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# Name of local canoe in Wallis&amp;Futuna Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea
tools4fools 07:56 UTC 09 Sep 2007 | Anyone knows the name of this local canoe from Futuna island? Uploaded some pics but would like to have a bit more info in the describtion of the pic. Remember it had some special name, but forget it... Thanks for any clues. ++ |
raro 08:01 UTC 09 Sep 2007 | Not sure about Futuna, but in the Cooks, which also has a Polynesian language, a canoe is a "vaka". Does that sound familiar?? | 1
tools4fools 17:09 UTC 12 Sep 2007 | Yes, 'vaka' was all right, helped my lazy brain, helped to search around a bit. 'vaka kumete' is polynesian, vaà tanoa´ fidji, second one means cooking pot or something like that. I remember my friend telling me that in Futuna those boats were used to cook stuff as well (earth ofen style). Thanks! ***** | 2