Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n present, gift

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 nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bed, platform, shelf

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 anger

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v to cause to dream

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v to dream continuously of one thing

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birth

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n stranger

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n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n circle of people

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v to plant using the sau

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

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n shell necklace

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n servant

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n maker of rain

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n a braid or braided piece of rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n deck

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n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance done by women

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

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v to appear (said only of the first tooth)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taro and banana garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n protection, shield

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adj exceedingly small

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adj small

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n food prepared with coconut milk

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n inland people

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v to pray

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v to scale fish

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n grater

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v to count, read

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n sound, voice, noise

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n tabooed food

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n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

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 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

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long pole, club, bar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth, clothing

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n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait for fishing

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n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A marriage ceremony during which the parents of the bride and groom meet and give approval for the marriage.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[potupʰuku] n mat for sitting upon

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru