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 a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸariŋoi] Canoe marking which signifies tribe and ownership.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bottom of sea

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v ripen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

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

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

Example: The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a stick for a net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Kawiameta.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n square woven mat for sitting on

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lips

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ko kaʋa] n. liana, growing in well developed secondary forest. flowers pale pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4154)

Example: Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Derris indica, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n louse, flea

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5237)

Example: Name means "thick leaves." This is an ornamental plant introduced by the missionaries. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n blowhole in rock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n place where the sun sets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[paraŋi paroro] n. Elongate Surgeonfish, Pale Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n upper tusks of pig

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Vermiculated Spinefoot, Vermiculate Rabbitfish

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

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

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5250)

Example: This is an edible plant. Collect the young leaves, boil them in water, discard the water, and add salt and eat. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Solanum americanum

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 2, two

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ruku] n. Blackeye Thicklip, Thicklip Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Hemigymnus melapterus via FishBase, 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

[sasua] n. Cocoa Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Straep Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio stonei via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

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

n. Herb to 50 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5216)

Example: Photo by raphaelsandro / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. The leaves of this plant are said to be a good local cabbage, cooked in soup and other foods. The fruits are used to spice food, giving it a hot taste. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Capsicum annuum

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sukale moana] Silver Gull and Beck’s Petrel

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

Scientific name: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae and Pseudobulweria becki, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takaɸa] A song sung while waiting for the food in the earth oven to cook, using sticks for rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5229)

Example: The stems of this tree are very good for making house posts. The wood from the tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n father, father’s brothers, father’s male parallel cousins, mother’s husband

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

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

[toro ɸaru] n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4155)

Example: Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

Scientific name: Micromelum minutum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[woɸoru bo’] n. Twosaddle Goatfish

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

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

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso caesius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso annulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru