Futuna-Aniwa

n Futuna people

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

A Futuna traditional game played with shells, as a show of memory and mathematical ability. Name means "take away one", describing how shells are removed one by one, and the player must recite how many remain in each row.

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n crowd, group of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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 a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ariri] A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

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 fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n heart

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n smoke of fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana