Futuna-Aniwa

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n 1. possessions, supplies, 2. a child’s penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n feast for paying those who have cut or dug a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to appear (said only of the first tooth)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n center strip for finishing and covering the peak of a roof

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[furufare] n a row of thatch

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taro and banana garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forbidden food that cannot be touched directly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n piece of wood, plank, flooring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pray

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v to thatch

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n grater

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n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beater for drum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a stick for a net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta ] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n square woven mat for sitting on

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[namruke] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n house fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[potupʰuku] n mat for sitting upon

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tapou] The shout that the fishermen give to announce to the village that they have caught fish. The type of shout and number of times it’s repeated indicate type and quantity of fish.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lower sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu