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 devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[eture] n. Yellowtail Scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸariŋoi] Canoe marking which signifies tribe and ownership.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgakere] n land

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fat, lard, grease

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cuttlefish, squid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v be pregnant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃito] n. Longnose Trevally

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Carangoides chrysophrys via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

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

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

Example: The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus chameleon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick (peg) used to attach the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kuriri] Curlews and Sandpipers

Example: Photo by Mdf, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Scolopacidae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus forsteni via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus spilurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n scorpion

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n husk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mother, mom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mutu] n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a native cabbage

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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Canna indica

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nasijau] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4150)

Example: Houseposts, strong wood lasts 7-8 years in the ground. Use the small wood to make a bow and arrow as well as when it is young and straight to make a spear handle. The young wood is flexible and is used to make the circular part of a flying fish net.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[baru onea] n. Speckled Grouper

(Bislama) Spot Los

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n house fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n baby toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cowlick, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n father, father’s brothers, father’s male parallel cousins, mother’s husband

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toto’ama] n. Reef Needlefish, Reef Longtom

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

Scientific name: Caranx lugubris via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wajiri] n. lightning and thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson