Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

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 a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n exchange of food between two or a few people

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 peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tortoise shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to count, read

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

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 fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

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 pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

menstruation

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

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru