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ara

n row, line

aro

n chest, front side

aru

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

ata

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

atu

n row, line

atua

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

eigo

n name

entin

n engine

fafine

n women, girls

faga

n bed, platform, shelf

fagokoumajira

n pan pipes made of bamboo

fajaga

n period of time, point in time

fakau sore

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[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

fana

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[ɸana] A person with one parent from each moiety.

fanua

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n island, land, country, homeland

fare

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n house, dwelling

farere

n birth

fatoto

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n outrigger pins

fatupuga

n meeting, council

favaka

n wood planks, prepared lumber

fegaitu

n sorcery, magic

fegeitua

v to poison, bewitch, curse

feniepuku

n arrow (for a bird)

fere

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

fetuafogo

n shooting contest

fiava

n bay, harbor, anchorage

fiji

n servant

fioui

n maker of rain

firia

n a braid or braided piece of rope

foi ifi

n traditional dance done by women

foi rakau

n a killing stick (black)

foiragi

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

fojia

a to be engaged to be married

forau

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v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

foromia

v swallow, gulp down

fou uru

v to fashion one’s hair in the traditional manner for men involving braiding and ties

foutoki

v to appear (said only of the first tooth)

fujira

v to sail, move by sail

furufare

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[furufare] n a row of thatch

furumoa

n fishing lure

ganea

n pot, cauldron, utensil

gofonu

n tortoise shell

hagka

n anchor

hioua

interjection shut up

hkapa

n a game of peek-a-boo

hkio

adj exceedingly small

hliki

adj small

hloi

n food prepared with coconut milk

hnofoga

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[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

ho

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[ho] yes

hpono

n wrapper, cover, stopper; penis sheath

hsore

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

ifio

n a native dance

iri

n native dance

iriri

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[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

jiama

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[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

kaisira

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n evening star

kalapuni

n sleeping mat

kane

n beater for drum

karoji

n bow string

kau

n to swim

kaunea

n fishing rod

kausua

n a stick for a net

Kavimeta

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

Kavimeta kona

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

keripoga

n a feast

kiato

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n outrigger rods

koga ika

v to fish with a long line

koia

v to husk coconuts

koumotua

n garden

koupa

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[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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koupega

n net

lavanu

n loop knot

maivaka

n stranger, foreigner

majijiki

n legendary hero

masi

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n bark cloth

matarua

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n girdle, men’s

matjira

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n knife

matua

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[matua] the planting season

mega

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n cloth

motu tafanua

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[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

mounu

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n bait for fishing

najeji

n lobster trap

naleva

n a traditional dance

Namruke kona

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

nanafi

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n yesterday

napula

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

nasara

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[nahsara] n day before yesterday

natokeni

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[natokeni] n poison for fish

nifijikake

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n puberty ceremony for girls

nigapu

n adze

nilo

n rope

nisori

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[nisouri] A traditional broom

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nisouri

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[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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nohkano

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n spirit

phane

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[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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popokiga

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[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

rauai

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n sideboard (of a canoe)

ta

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n bailer (for a canoe)

tjinea

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[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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