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 sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n smoke of fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spathe of coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first yam of the year to be eaten

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n morning star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸiroa] n. Pink Ear Emperor

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

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

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foʃinai] n womb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pool of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n dew, mist, fog

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[kurapou] n. Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

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

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

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mari] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

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

n orange tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

Scientific name: Aglaomorpha rigidula, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

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 a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wound, sore

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 section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n inner corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[rou’api] n. Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

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

[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

[sekaʋesi] n. Spotted Coralgrouper

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

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

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sumfo jaka] n. Green Jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

Scientific name: Aprion virescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tapatu] n. Blackfin Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tapi toki] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus floridanus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n uncle, mother’s brother, mother’s male parallel cousin, the father of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowfin Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana