Futuna-Aniwa

n crowd, group of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v beg from one who has nothing; teasing, joke-telling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n language, speech

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance done by women

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

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 food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish from land or reef

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

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furufare] n a row of thatch

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forbidden food that cannot be touched directly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ho] yes

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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 sleeping mat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaleleŋa] A hammock.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 fishing 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 square woven mat for sitting on

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger rods

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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