Futuna-Aniwa

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n engine

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first yam of the year to be eaten

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n piece of wood, plank, flooring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrapper, cover, stopper; penis sheath

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kaleleŋa] A hammock.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

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

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger, guest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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 grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spirit

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

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n house fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru