Futuna-Aniwa

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n nine

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 pan pipes made of bamboo

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 a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n language, speech

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fashion one’s hair in the traditional manner for men involving braiding and ties

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forbidden food that cannot be touched directly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n piece of wood, plank, flooring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n protection, shield

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrapper, cover, stopper; penis sheath

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n basket with two cornered base

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n square woven mat for sitting on

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu