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 beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸana] A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Starspotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋou] n dew, mist, light rain, snow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Pencil Surgeonfish

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

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

[ho] yes

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Ember Parrotfish, Redlip Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

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

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃitou] n. Yellowfin Surgeonfish, Yellowmask Surgeonfish

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

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

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta ] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n water bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lips

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kou] n. Sailfish

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[moko bula] A type of orange and blue lizard.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husband, old man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru bare utu] n. Rusty Jobfish

(Bislama) Silva Poulet

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

Scientific name: Aphareus rutilans via FishBase, 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 kajau] n. Deep Water Long-Tail Red Snapper, Flame Snapper

(Bislama) Longtel Red Poulet

Example: Photo by MCZ / Harvard University, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Etelis coruscans via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Streamlined Spinefoot, Forktail Rabbitfish

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

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

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[pula’] n. Scarlet Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis pralinia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[raso] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5055)

Example: Fruits edible like berries. Stems used for firewood. The name refers to testicle.

Scientific name: Maesa, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[rimu] Edible seaweed gathered around the reef during low tide. Used in salads and is particularly good with breadfruit because of its saltiness.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Floral Wrasse

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

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

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

[sekaʋesi] n. Leopard Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by John Sear / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus leopardus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n navel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tarakisi] n. Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Dash-And-Dot Goatfish

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

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

n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana