Futuna-Aniwa

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

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 ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first yam of the year to be eaten

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

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

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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 center strip for finishing and covering the peak of a roof

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anchor

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

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

n basket with two cornered base

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long pole, club, bar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to husk coconuts

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 stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[nahsara] n day before yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[natokeni] n poison for fish

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lower sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu