Futuna-Aniwa

A Futuna traditional game played with shells, as a show of memory and mathematical ability. Name means "take away one", describing how shells are removed one by one, and the player must recite how many remain in each row.

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n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to plant using the sau

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a braid or braided piece of rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Trumpet Emperor, Red Throat Emperor

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus miniatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chicken with a crown the color of which contrasts with the other head feathers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fuŋa] n. Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus adetii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Surge Grouper

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Epinephelus socialis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n intestines

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a song, hymn

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Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Epaulette Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Eyeline Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus nigricauda via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n new form of Pau, a village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v hiccough, burp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasi] n. Skipjack Tuna

(Bislama) Skipjack

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n species of giant bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n valley, dale

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Elongate Unicornfish, Slender Unicornfish

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso lopezi via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mari] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mu] n. Humpnose Big-Eye Bream

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Monotaxis grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5223)

Example: This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sandalwood tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dolphin, porpoise

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baika] n. type of shell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru fifiʃi] n. Goldbanded Jobfish, Goldband Snapper

(Bislama) Big Scale Poulet

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pristipomoides multidens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rai] n. Needlescaled Queenfish

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scomberoides tol via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n ribs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sasua] n. Lesson’s Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus lessonii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sino] The name of a beach on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tatoafa] The name for a desert-like area on Vanuatu with lots of rocks and wild canes. Is still used for cultivating some crops.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toga tea] n. wind from the southeast towards Hteiu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. Tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5217)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for timber that is used for house posts. The stems can also be burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[touʃi] n. Spotted Parrotfish

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋetei] n. Indian Goatfish

Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Parupeneus indicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋetei] n. Yellowfin Goatfish

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru