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 present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Zosterops griseotinctus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. Tree to 5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5215)

Example: The stems of this plant are good for firewood and house posts (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Melochia odorata

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. One-Spot Snapper

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

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

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n basket with two cornered base

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reef, rocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n poisonous vine, hemlock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka ɸatoto] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kiato] The beams connecting the main canoe to the outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kou warukaŋou] n. Black Marlin

(Bislama) Black Marlin

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

Scientific name: Istiompax indica via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tidal wave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[kurapo] n. Tang’s Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Brim

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

Scientific name: Lipocheilus carnolabrum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kurapou] n. Thumbprint Emperor, Blackspot Emperor

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

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

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

[likou] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n eel

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

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

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio cuning via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cluster of coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Leopard Hind, Leopard Grouper

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

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

[melomelo] n. Sixblotch Hind, Saddle Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[moko hliki] A type of small, brown and black skink.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n stream, water channel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paraŋi] n. Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Gerard E. Allen / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n game or prey

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia 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

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poki] Rainbow Lorikeet

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

Scientific name: Trichoglossus moluccanus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[pure tani] n. generic name for shells ("boys shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

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

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n foreskin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n grandchild

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n collarbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrist, fist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Cinnabar Goatfish

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

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