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amtakinaga

n crowd, group of people

amuamu

n strands, threads

apolo

n devil

ara tapu

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

aru

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

atua

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

bai

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[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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eigo

n name

fakamijimiji

v to dream continuously of one thing

fakaog

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

fakatu

n a steep place

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.

fakoko

n a fight

farere

n birth

faruke

n stranger

fasao

n word

fatakanu

n charm worn for the dead

fatoto

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n outrigger pins

favaka

n wood planks, prepared lumber

fegeitua

v to poison, bewitch, curse

feirau

n circle of people

feitatau

n exchange of food between two or a few people

feniepuku

n arrow (for a bird)

fesao

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n language, speech

fesaoga

n story

fetu

n stone

fetuafogo

n shooting contest

fiava

n bay, harbor, anchorage

filama

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

fioui

n maker of rain

firia

n a braid or braided piece of rope

fitjika

n servant

foia

v to peel or skin something

foiakahtanu

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

foiragi

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

fono

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

fonutoki

n the brim edge of a vessel

forau

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

forauga

n trip, voyage

fotakoto

v to fish from land or reef

fou

a new, young

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v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

fuaga

n grindstone

funa

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

furufare

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[furufare] n a row of thatch

furumoa

n fishing lure

hamakala

n village green

hfana

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n bow

hia

hello

hkapa

n a game of peek-a-boo

hkio

adj exceedingly small

hlaga aika

v to fish using large nets

hloi

n food prepared with coconut milk

hmoji

n hunting

hnou

v to thatch

hpono

n wrapper, cover, stopper; penis sheath

htunu

v to cook, roast on embers

inu

v to drink

iriri

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[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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kaifara

n sideboard of canoe

kane

n beater for drum

karea

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

karoji

n bow string

kasikia

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

katea

n forward portion of canoe hull

kato iotea

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[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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kato vaka

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[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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kau

n to swim

kausafi

n adze

Kavimeta

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

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.

keripoga

n a feast

kiliuini

n reed fence

koga ika

v to fish with a long line

koia

v to husk coconuts

koupega

n net

lama

n torch

lavafatu

n knot

loto

n car, truck

maka ufi

n harvest festival

matarua

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n girdle, men’s

meiro

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n sail made of coconut leaf matting

metao

n fishhook

moli vaka

moli vaka
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n back part of the canoe

mori ~ hmori

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[hmori] n prayer

mpuku

n ball

mtariki

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[matariki] n tribe

muri foe

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n canoe paddle

nakunari

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[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

naleva

n a traditional dance

napa

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n dwarf

napula

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

nasiki

n magic sign, lucky omen

nilo

n rope

nisori

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[nisouri] A traditional broom

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nogia

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n request

pakaunea

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n trousers, pants

pekapeka

place with little earth

phane

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[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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tapu

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n Sunday