Futuna-Aniwa

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cross cousin of opposite sex

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgakere] n land

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Coral Grouper, Coral Rock Grouper

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mother, mother’s sister and her female parallel cousins

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃitou] n. Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n parrot species

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kanai] n. Squaretail Mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n the Milky Way galaxy

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ka:pe] n. Two-Spot Red Snapper, Twinspot Snapper, Red Bass

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kaufaghawara tu kokau] A house component: long beams supporting upward side beams.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

Example: The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tenticle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

Example: Photo by CAFS, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Makaira mazara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 0.5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5209)

Example: This plant is used as a styptic, to stop wounds from bleeding. Mash as much leaf as needed to cover the wound and place it directly on the wound. Also, for treating sores to help them heal, take the tops of 4 stems and squeeze the juice directly on the sore. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n type of necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kofafa] n jaw

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Adult)

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus flavipectoralis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso brachycentron via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus dimidiatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mwejau] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus flavipectoralis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu] n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mutu tanei] n. Blue Sea Chub, Snubnose Chub, Topsail Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[namuji] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nawoʔ] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4187)

Example: This plant is used for firewood. It is hard and burns well.

Scientific name: Alyctron, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n unmarried adult

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru ʃiŋou] n. Crimson Jobfish, Rosy Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides filamentosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n nail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bora bora] n. Bignose Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso vlamingii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sapratou] A song sung while waiting for food in earth oven to cook, using rocks as rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Moontail Bullseye, Crescent-Tail Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus hamrur via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafagai futuna] n Futuna person

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n inside of eyes beside nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toto’ama] n. Reef Needlefish, Reef Longtom

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eyebrows

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[turu turu] A house component: small vertical beams supporting the A-shaped section of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso annulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n throat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru