Futuna-Aniwa

Introduction

Futuna-Aniwa is a language of Vanuatu. It is spoken in West Futuna and Aniwa islands, east of Tanna.

Dialects

Aniwa (Anewa), West Futuna (Fotuna). Significant differences between West Futunan and Aniwan dialects.

The Futuna-Aniwa Verb

Verblist

• ka

• (h)mava -- to yawn
• arajia, arashia -- to scratch
• atongia -- to open, uncover
• buku, nofo -- to sit
• fana, fania -- to shoot
• fasia, tapasi/a -- to split
• fau/sia, rishia -- to tie up, fasten
• fiji, fishi, kʰava -- to climb
• fishikai -- to work
• fura, hfura[fʰura] -- to swell
• h/lua/, hlua [ḷua], lua -- to vomit
• hkavi, htunu, tao -- to cook
• hmai [ṃai] -- to come
• hmava [ṃava], manava -- to breathe
• hmoshi [mcʃi] -- to hunt
• hmuni [ṃuni] -- to hide
• hpura [pʰura] -- to plant
• hsau [sʰau], ifi/a, ifia -- to blow
• inu -- to drink
• iroa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• jia [ǰia], paki, tuki -- to hit
• jia ka mate -- to kill
• kai, kai kai, keina -- to eat
• kata -- to laugh
• kau, kaukau -- to swim
• keri/a, keria -- to dig
• kumia -- to hold
• kumkumia -- to squeeze
• maia, mama -- to chew
• manatu/nea, manatunea -- to think
• mangushia [maŋuʃia] -- to bite
• mataku -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• miji, mishi [miʃi] -- to dream
• moe -- to lie down
• moeroa -- to sleep
• motu, saua, sere, tu/ia -- to cut, hack
• mouri -- to live, be alive
• namuia, soŋi -- to sniff, smell
• rangona -- to hear
• rere -- to fly
• saavari-a, savari -- to spit
• safea -- to see
• sari/a, tafe -- to flow
• shiri, tsiri -- to throw
• ʃiŋo -- to steal
• somo, tupu -- to grow
• suki/a, sukia -- to stab, pierce
• sukia, tui -- to sew
• tafuri -- to turn
• tagi, tangi -- to cry
• takaifo -- to fall
• takamata -- to buy
• tau/a, taua -- to count
• tu -- to stand
• tugi/a, tungia, tuŋ/tuŋia/ -- to burn
• tuhtukia -- to pound, beat
• tuku/a, tukua -- to say
• tusia -- to choose
• umi/a, umia -- to suck