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Amkea Tasi

Amkea Tasi

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.

apolo

n devil

aru

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

ata

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

eivi o ta tai

n sea creature

fa

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num 4, four

faafetai

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thank you

faka masi

Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.
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[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

fakapura

n a native feast

fakatangigata

Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5228)

Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

fakaumea

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n men’s grass mat; grass skirt; penis sheath; belt

fare furufuru

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[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

faresor

communal kitchen

feirau

n circle of people

feitatau

n exchange of food between two or a few people

feniepuku

n arrow (for a bird)

feria

v beg from one who has nothing; teasing, joke-telling

fetuanake

n peacemaker

firoa

Lethrinus olivaceus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-olivaceus.html
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[ɸiroa] n. Longface Emperor

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

fitu

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num 7, seven

fono

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

fuga

Lutjanus adetii http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-adetii.html
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[fuŋa] n. Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar

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

fugou

n your child’s spouse

fujiatara

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v to put up a sail

funa

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

girifau

n flax

hamakala

n village green

havaka

n piece of wood, plank, flooring

hgaro

n molars, bicuspids

hleu

v ripen

hma

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n dry

hnofoga

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[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

ika maru

Scarus forsteni http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-forsteni.html
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[ika maru] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish

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

ivi taku

n pelvis

kai ta geji

n tabooed food

katiepia

n long club with roots at head

kaunea

n fishing rod

kaupega

n fishing net

kaupega, koupega

n membrane, diaphragm

kiki

n a small bird sp.

kiriragutu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

kirisi

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n cricket, cicada

kisaria

Rhipidura leucophrys
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[kisaria] Willie Wagtail

Example: Photo by James Niland, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

kolomlome

n tidal wave

komkofatu

n. Herb to 0.5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5209)

Example: This plant is used as a styptic, to stop wounds from bleeding. Mash as much leaf as needed to cover the wound and place it directly on the wound. Also, for treating sores to help them heal, take the tops of 4 stems and squeeze the juice directly on the sore. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

kotauia

n wing

liko

Scarus longipinnis http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-longipinnis.html
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[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

liko

Scarus flavipectoralis http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-flavipectoralis.html
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[likou] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

magarae

n brow, forehead

makara

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

mamke

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n hawk

manuava

n penis

marari sega

Carangoides bajad http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-bajad.html
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[marariseŋa] n. Orangespotted Trevally

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

marau ta

Sargocentron spiniferum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-spiniferum.html
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[marau ta] n. Sabre Squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

marino

Pterocaesio marri http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-marri.html
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[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

masi

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n bark cloth

mata

n eyes, face

mega

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n cloth

meifi

n blowhole in rock

monemone

n vagina

murukina

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

naireakava

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

namo

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n mosquito

Namruke

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n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

napari

n a native cabbage

nasiki

n magic sign, lucky omen

natokeni

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[natokeni] n poison for fish

nauoua

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[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

nauoua, uaua

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

nigei

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[niŋei] n white ant, termite

nofoana

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n unmarried adult

oritoga

n southeast wind

pai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[pai] boundary stones

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

pakao fare

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[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

pakora

n wound, sore

pareke

n upper tusks of pig

paua

Siganus vermiculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-vermiculatus.html
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[ba:wa] n. Vermiculated Spinefoot, Vermiculate Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

paua

Siganus fuscescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-fuscescens.html
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[ba:wa] n. White-Spotted Spinefoot, White-Spotted Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pehpeka ~ tapehepeka

shallows

poja rima louiariri

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

poja vae tusi

n first toe, pointer

popokiga

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[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

puri

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n pudding (laplap)

rapoji

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5276)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the wide leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

rifi rima

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n palm of hand

rima

n arm, hand

ruku

Epibulus insidiator http://fishbase.org/summary/Epibulus-insidiator.html
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[ruku] n. Sling-Jaw Wrasse

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

segeakage

n foreskin

Soata

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n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Takoraragi

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n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

tapatu vai

Sphyraena jello http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-jello.html
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[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

tapu

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n Sunday

tata

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n father, dad

tawai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

tonu

Plectropomus laevis http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-laevis.html
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[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tukuga

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[tukuŋa] Water 50 meters deep.

uoroga

Acanthurus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-lineatus.html
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[woroŋou] n. Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

uru rima

n wrist, fist

vejigario

n throat

wowofine

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))