| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
|
West Futuna
|
OC.ATU
|
K/atu
|
Suffix denoting motion towards person addressed
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KAU.2B
|
Kau
|
Person (ta kau, plural a fa kau)
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.HAKAU
|
Kau
|
Reef, rocks
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.QAU.2
|
K/au-a
|
To remove the bark of a tree
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KAKAWA
|
Kava/kava. Kau/kava (Cpl).
|
To sweat. To be heated, sweat (n,v) (Cpl).
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.KAWA-KAWA-QATUA
|
Kaukava atua
|
'Hemlock'
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.KUPEGA
|
Kupega, kaupega, koupega. Kupenga (FUT), gopena (ANI) (Cpl).
|
Fishing net; spider's web (esp. sticky web used as bait). Filet (grand) (Rve).
|
|
West Futuna
|
EO.ULA.1A
|
Ta/ura/fi (WFU), ka/ura (ANI)
|
Flame
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KAU.5
|
Kau/tariŋa
|
Side of lobe of ear
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KAU.5
|
Kau/isu
|
Septum of nose
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KAU.5
|
Kau/fafa
|
Jawbone
|
|
West Futuna
|
EC.KAVAU
|
Kavau
|
To make a great noise
Problematic
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KAAWE-A
|
Kave/ya
|
Stupid, lazy, weak
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KILA.1
|
Kerá/kira
|
To be thin and glossy (as skin of boil)
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.PULU.2
|
Kere(h)puru
|
A particular clay or mud that produces subs when mixed with water (can be used for washing). Sol argile (Rve).
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KOO.1
|
Ki-ku
|
To this place, hither
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.KILI.1
|
Kiri
|
Skin, bark, outer layer
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.KIWI.2
|
Kivi/kivi
|
Weak (of eyes); to squint. Regard du myope (Rve).
|
|
West Futuna
|
EO.NOO-GIA
|
Ki/xno (FUT)
|
To beg
|
|
West Futuna
|
FJ.KO.1
|
Ko
|
Predicative article
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.KOHO
|
Ko. Ta/ko (Cpl).
|
Digging stick; stick used for husking coconuts; marlin or sailfish. Grand pieu; (Istiophorus gladius [sailfish]) (Rve).
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.EQA.A
|
Ko/e
|
To appear out of the water
Problematic
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.FIGOTA
|
Ko/feiŋota (ANI)
|
Firstfruits
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.KINI.1
|
Ko/gin/gini (ANI)
|
Prickly heat
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.HEKE
|
Ko/ige (ANI)
|
To perch (of bird)
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.KOKOO
|
Koko
|
To crow, cluck (as a chicken). Cri du coq (Rve).
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.LOMA.1
|
Ko/lom/lome
|
Tidal wave. La mer monte (Rve).
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.KONA.5
|
Kona
|
A very little thing (*takona*?)
|
|
West Futuna
|
PN.LAGA.1C
|
Ko/raŋa
|
A large crowbar
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.KOLO.1
|
Koro
|
Enclosure for putting yams; inlet (*koro ta tai*)
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.KUUKUU.1
|
Kuku
|
Dove with red head. Pigeon (Ptilinopus spp.) (Rve).
Problematic
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.KUMI.3A
|
Kumi/eifo
|
To press down
|
|
West Futuna
|
MP.KUMI.3A
|
Kum/kumi-a
|
To mould the head and stretch the limbs of an infant
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.MATAKU
|
Mtáku (WFU), ku/mtagu (ANI)
|
Fear (n)
|
|
West Futuna
|
OC.KULAPO
|
Kurapo
|
Scolopsis margaritifera (Pearly Monocle Bream)
|
|
Tongan
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Cord or rope with which the outrigger is bound to the kiato
Borrowed
|
|
Luangiua
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Kauama
|
Rope from mast to main hoho’a [beam parallel to outrigger boom]
|
|
Takuu
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Rope from mast to furthest outrigger stringer on ancient canoe; shroud
|
|
Sikaiana
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tau ama
|
A rope on the outrigger canoe that runs from the mast to the boom and then back to the stern of the canoe
|
|
Tuamotu
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
The left/port side of a canoe; the outrigger side
|
|
Tahitian
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
A canoe with an outrigger
|
|
West Futuna
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Rope fixed to sail; tiller
|
|
Samoan
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
The name of a rope in a sailing canoe
|
|
Rennellese
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Tauama
|
Persons in a small canoe following a large canoe netting flying fish...
Uncertain Semantic Connection
|
|
Kapingamarangi
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Dau ama
|
Rope connecting mast with the outrigger
|
|
Nukuoro
|
NP.TAU-AMA
|
Dau ama
|
The mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
|
|
West Futuna
|
AN.RAMA
|
Lama
|
Torch; to shine, to light a lamp. Eclairer avec la torche (Rve)
|
|
Takuu
|
SO.TAU-TALI
|
Tautari
|
Follow (an example), imitate
|
|
Sikaiana
|
SO.TAU-TALI
|
Tautali
|
Follow another, walk behind
|
|
East Futuna
|
SO.TAU-TALI
|
Tautali
|
Suivre (intransitif); suivre à la piste (transitif)
|
