Futuna-Aniwa

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Pink Ear Emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus lentjan via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bottom of sea

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸoi’ata] n. banyan-forming fig tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4183)

Example: The fiber of this plant is used as a rope. Collect the young shoots, strip off bark and use fresh as a rope, especially to tie and carry baskets or firewood. The birds eat fruits; hunters know this and they hunt there.

Scientific name: Ficus aspera, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

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 hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Greasy Grouper

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

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

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kou warukaŋou] n. Striped Marlin

(Bislama) Striped Marlin

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

Scientific name: Kajikia audax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Longspine Emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus genivittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[mahmaʃi] n. Bluespine Unicornfish

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

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

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Orangespotted Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides bajad via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n rock clinger, chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

Example: Photo by Mark Shepherd / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus frenatus 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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5267)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Nerium oleander

[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

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kajau] n. Deep Water Long-Tail Red Snapper, Flame Snapper

(Bislama) Longtel Red Poulet

Example: Photo by MCZ / Harvard University, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Etelis coruscans via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yellowtail Blue Snapper, False Fusilier

(Bislama) Yello Tel Brim

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Paracaesio xanthura via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Golden-Lined Spinefoot, Lined Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus lineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Peppered Spinefoot, Fine-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus punctatissimus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[porugu] General name for any canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pusi] n. small tree, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4179)

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n cliff in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

Scientific name: Carangoides fulvoguttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

Example: Photo by BBM Explorer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[saka] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5059)

Example: Fruit is edible when bract is dry. Boil the whole plant in a 1 liter of hot water, for 1 hour. Make certain juice comes out from plant. To treat dengue fever, drink hot 1-2 cups daily, for 2-3 days.

Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sibling or parallel cousin of same sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sorenau] The name of the highest part of Futuna, at 666 meters. Good for planting taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ta] Bailing can used to remove water from canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[takuku moana] n. Midnight Snapper

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tarakisi] n. Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tatoafa] The name for a desert-like area on Vanuatu with lots of rocks and wild canes. Is still used for cultivating some crops.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toga] n. wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toto] n. Splitlevel Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus mesothorax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n knee, including lower part of leg

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[uritoga] n. wind from the southwest towards Ivei

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata