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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.

eisu

n nose

fafa

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n mouth, mouthlike opening

fajaga

n period of time, point in time

fakamarumaru

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n shelter

fana

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A person with one parent from each moiety.

fara rafa

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v roast in leaves

Farea

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n lookout point on Futuna

fatakina eisu

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n bridge of nose

feata

Epinephelus ongus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-ongus.html
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[ɸe’ata] n. White-Streaked Grouper

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

Feava

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[fejava] n bay, inlet

feiuru

n hair

fesaoga

n story

fiso

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n foam, boiling bubbles

fogahma

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n bottom of sea

foruku

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n small canoe

fuga

Lutjanus malabaricus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-malabaricus.html
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[fuŋa] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

fugou

n your child’s spouse

fuji

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[fuʃi] n banana

funamoto

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5227)

Example: The stems of this shrub are used as firewood, because they are easy to light when dry. These stems are used for cooking. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Futuna

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[futuna] n. Futuna island

hgaro, garo

n molars, bicuspids

hgavava

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n intestines

hkano

n flesh, body; essence

hmauta

n inland people

htamai

v to be born

Ibau

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[ipau] The name of a place on Futuna island.

itatafu

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[itatafu] The name for the top part of the island. It is flat and good for growing different kinds of taro.

jiama

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[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

jito

Acanthurus nigrofuscus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-nigrofuscus.html
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[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

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

kamakama

kamakama
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n crab sp.

kamkufatu

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

kaniva

n the Milky Way galaxy

kaomaru

Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5251)

Example: Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

karupaua

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

kasai

n shed

kasoki

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

kaumagarae

n forehead

kaupega

n fishing net

kautariga

n side of ear lobe

keripoga

n a feast

kimo

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n rat

koganea

n long pole, club, bar

kouhmara

Unspecified medicinal use.
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[kouhmara] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5057)

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

laso

n testicles

loto

n car, truck

mago

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[maŋo] n. Shark

mamauru

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

matapiari

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n rock clinger, chiton (marine mollusk)

matjikovae

n little toe

melomelo

Cephalopholis urodeta http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-urodeta.html
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[melomelo] n. Darkfin Hind, Flagtail Grouper

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

mkaka

n husk

mole

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5264)

Example: This herb is used for cooking, and is said to be used to add flavor to fish and chicken. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

monemone

n vagina

moropake

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

mtane

n boy, youth, young man

muri foe

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n canoe paddle

nagavai

n stream, water channel

Namuji

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[namuji] n. village of Futuna

napa

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n dwarf

napari

n a native cabbage

nauji

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n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

no ami

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[no ami] fish part: gills

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

nopogi tapu

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n Sunday

numkumo

n stick of sugar cane

Oneone

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[oneone] n. village of Futuna

paku

n dirt, residue, scab

paua

Siganus puellus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-puellus.html
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[ba:wa] n. Masked Spinefoot, Masked Rabbitfish

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

pepaea

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n house fence

peua

n liver

poja rima tasi

n index finger

poja vae

n toes

popo

Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.
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[popo] n. scandent shrub, growing in canopy gap of dense forest. fruits green to pale red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4186)

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

pua

n back

pua

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n grandparent

rakauriki

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5245)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

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))

Retu Matua

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

rifi rima

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n palm of hand

rua

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num 2, two

Rueto

Rueto
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[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

rufau

Carangoides plagiotaenia http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-plagiotaenia.html
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[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

sasua

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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[sasua] n. Two-Striped Sweetlips, Giant Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Sisait

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n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

sukale moana

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae and Pseudobulweria becki
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[sukale moana] Silver Gull and Beck’s Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Hisgett, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

sumtukuga

Balistoides viridescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Balistoides-viridescens.html
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[sumtukuŋa] n. Titan Triggerfish

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

Tafasua

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[tafasua] n. village of Futuna

Tagarosaro

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n rock in Futuna

Tai Sia

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[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

takuku moana

Macolor niger http://fishbase.org/summary/Macolor-niger.html
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[takuku moana] n. Black-and-White Snapper

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

Tamtautu

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[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

tapatu

Sphyraena barracuda http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-barracuda.html
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[tapatu] n. Great Barracuda

(Bislama) Barracuda

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

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

tjoku feava i Severaro

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my bay is Severaro

Tokorau Tu

Tokorau Tu
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[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

uru

n head, hair

uru vaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[uru ʋaka] The front of the canoe, designed to break through waves.

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

vasau

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vava fofare

The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.
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[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Veronan

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n another name for Futuna