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

n substitute, duplicate (examples include a person killed in retaliation for another’s death, one of two persons chewing kava, or one who chews kava for others to drink).

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[eture] n. Chub Mackerel

(Bislama) Mangru

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

Scientific name: Scomber japonicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip, voyage

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))

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fat, lard, grease

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forest, bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed, wild cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chestnut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[iŋoa] name

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

[ikoɸi] Tongs made of twisted cane, used to pick up hot rocks from oven.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Flathead Grey Mullet, Sea Mullet, Grey Mullet

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n the Milky Way galaxy

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n species of giant bamboo

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 tenticle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n mangrove crab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matuku] White-faced Heron

Example: Photo by Martin Pot, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5224)

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

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nasijau] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4150)

Example: Houseposts, strong wood lasts 7-8 years in the ground. Use the small wood to make a bow and arrow as well as when it is young and straight to make a spear handle. The young wood is flexible and is used to make the circular part of a flying fish net.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n. Vine to 3 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5211)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Jasminum

[nikasof] n orphan

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[baru ariki] n. Rainbow Runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n inside of eyes beside nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tukuŋa] Water 50 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[wauwau] n. scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana