Futuna-Aniwa

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 4, four

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

thank you

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n chest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n women, girls

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 pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[faʃaŋarima] n wrist

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[ɸaka taŋi ŋata] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4169)

Example: Peel off the outer portion of the stem, clean it, remove the fibers and dry them in the sun, and then weave into rope for fishing and also to make the net for catching flying fish. Weave into rope for fishing, and also weave this fiber to attach to the frame, used to catch flying fish.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to cause to dream

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 cross cousin of opposite sex

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5228)

Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia

n sweetheart

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

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

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 ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n men’s grass mat; grass skirt; penis sheath; belt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mediator

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fare marari] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸariŋoi] Canoe marking which signifies tribe and ownership.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n morning star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸe’ai] A type of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

Example: Photo by Mattia Menchetti, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cephalopholis argus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸe’ata] n. White-Streaked Grouper

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus ongus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru