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 strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant using the sau

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

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius microdon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸiroa] n. Japanese Large-Eye Bream, Paddletail Seabream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius euanus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

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

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

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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))

n Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

n flax

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tortoise shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cuttlefish, squid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to be born

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n empty shell of a fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n spine, backbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[kanawaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kataʔ] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2527)

Scientific name: Asplenium nidus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sibling or parallel cousin of opposite sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n rat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n artery, vein

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Grass Emperor

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

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

[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

[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

n scorpion

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Tomato Hind, Tomato Grouper

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[muri ʋaka] The back of the canoe. The shape of the knob resembles the prominent rock outcropping (of the same name) from whichever bay the vessel embarks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n day, season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n game or prey

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[pwandabura] n. Blue Trevally

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

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

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

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

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sasua] n. Lesson’s Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafagai futuna] n Futuna person

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

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

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

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu