Entries from Dougherty 1983 in Pollex-Online
Dougherty, J. W. D. (1983). West Futuna-Aniwa: An Introduction to a Polynesian Outlier Language. Berkeley, University of California Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| West Futuna | Kaka, faka (ANI) | Spathe of the coconut palm. Coconut cloth (ANI) (Cpl). Tissus fibreux, ius. feuilles (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Hka | Heat, hot |
| West Futuna | Hkai | Story, tale, legend; to tell tales |
| West Futuna | Xkano (WFU) | Body, ‘soul’ |
| West Futuna | Kake (WFU), kage (ANI) | Upwards |
| West Futuna | Karae | Bush hen |
| West Futuna | Karaka | Fruit tree (with small fruit) |
| West Futuna | Karea | Sea-snail, conch...; shell axe fashioned from the conch shell. Térèbre (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kari | Penis (profane) |
| West Futuna | Karikau | Top shell, a common, edible shellfish with pyramid-shaped shell with purplish tint. Trochus shell spp. (Clk). |
| West Futuna | Karo/ji | Bow string Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Karu/karu | Murky, cloudy; mucky, icky |
| West Futuna | Karu/paua | Pudding with coconut stirred into it |
| West Futuna | Kam(a)kama | Species of small bluish sea crab; generic term for sea crab |
| West Futuna | Kanae | Mullet. (Mugil [Moolgarda] seheli [Bluespot Mullet]) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kaniva | The Milky Way |
| West Futuna | Kano | Taste (n,vi). Body, soul (ANI) (Missionaries deliberately interchanged the meanings of ata and kano.) |
| West Futuna | H/kanu | Ring, stripe; striped, ringed, coloured, patterned, marked |
| West Futuna | Keo | A bird |
| West Futuna | Kape | Banana sp |
| West Futuna | Kape/a | To extract or clean out. Oter épine enfoncée à l'aide d'une aiguille; vider abcès (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kasi | Cockle shell; scraper made of cockle shell (esp. for scraping green bananas). Vénus (coquillage); rape à coco (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kata (pl. hkata) | To laugh, smile |
| West Futuna | Katea | Forward portion of canoe hull |
| West Futuna | Kato | Basket with a four-cornered base... |
| West Futuna | H/kini | Painful, prickly |
| West Futuna | Kau (pl. hkau) | To swim |
| West Futuna | Kau- | Prefix indicating kind, species |
| West Futuna | Kau/kau | Riders; roof supports running perpendicular to rafters |
| West Futuna | Kou/pa | Fence |
| West Futuna | Kau | Handle, stem, protuberance |
| West Futuna | Kau/fafatuta | Joint in middle of each side of a canoe Problematic |
| West Futuna | -Gk/-nk/-g/-n/-h/-ah | First person singular preverbal enclitic pronoun. Problematic |
| West Futuna | Kaufafa | Jaw, jawbone Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | (H)kau (trans. kauna) | To send |
| West Futuna | Kava | Plant sp. (Piper methysticum) and drink made from it |
| West Futuna | Kave | Tentacle of octopus or squid |
| West Futuna | Kave | Sibling or parallel cousin of opposite sex |
| West Futuna | Ke(ke) | Different; to change, become different, become strange |
| West Futuna | Kere | Earth, land, soil |
| West Futuna | H/keri (trans. keri/a) | Dig |
| West Futuna | Kero | To sink, drown; (sun) set. Submerger; se coucher (soleil) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kete | Square, woven mat for sitting on |
| West Futuna | H/keu | Move, shift |
| West Futuna | Keu/a | Push or shove |
| West Futuna | Kiato | Outrigger boom |
| West Futuna | (Ki)hki | To squeak (as a rat); to whistle |
| West Futuna | Kira | Pure, chaste Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Kirikiri | Coral bits, gravel. Ganglions (petits); sol tuyau de pipe (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kimoa, kimo (ANU) | Rat |
