Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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afi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

aruarua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Atatoma

[atatoma] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

atua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

eisu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Esia

[isia]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

fakamiji

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

Fana

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fare otea

[ɸare otea]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fasao

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fetu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

filama

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foforua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fonufonu

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

foromaga

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fuafa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fufuru

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gatara kosi

Epinephelus hexagonatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-hexagonatus.html

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

gatara kosi

Epinephelus lanceolatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-lanceolatus.html

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

gau

[ŋou] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gojia

[ŋoʃia]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

hkanveika

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hlaga aika

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hne

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ho

[ho]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

honga vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

hpunaga

[hpunaŋa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

hpura

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ivi kaunalesi

[ivi kaunalesi] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kafika

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kamkovai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kanai

Mugil cephalus http://fishbase.org/summary/Mugil-cephalus.html

[kanai] n.

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kapekanu

Lutjanus quinquelineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-quinquelineatus.html

[kapekanu] n.

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

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

kapkapa

Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius

[kapkapa]

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

katiepia

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kaukava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kaumagarae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Kavimeta

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

koho, koi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kurapo

Lethrinus laticaudis http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-laticaudis.html

[kurapou] n.

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

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

liko

Chlorurus bleekeri http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-bleekeri.html

[likou] n.

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

mahmaji

Naso unicornis http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-unicornis.html

[mahmaʃi] n.

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

majijiki

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marino

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html

[marinou] n.

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

melomelo

Cephalopholis leopardus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-leopardus.html

[melomelo] n.

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis leopardus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

melomelo

Epinephelus fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-fasciatus.html

[melomelo] n.

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

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

moko hliki

[moko hliki]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

mori mori

n.

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

Scientific name: Nerium oleander

mu

Monotaxis heterodon http://fishbase.org/summary/Monotaxis-heterodon.html

[mu] n.

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Monotaxis heterodon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

naibu

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

namase

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Namatagi

[namatagi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Namuji

[namuji] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

napanisila

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

naruru

[naruru]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

nasitau

This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

[nasitau] n.

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

naulesi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nauoua

[newawa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

ndara

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ndara]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

niok o fara harafa

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

nomomoa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Nukubi

[nukubi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

numkumo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pakau muro

Kyphosus cinerascens http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-cinerascens.html

[pakau marau] n.

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

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

pakaunea

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

paru fifiji

Pristipomoides multidens http://fishbase.org/summary/Pristipomoides-multidens.html

[baru fifiʃi] n. Big Scale Poulet

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

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

paru kopau kanu

Paracaesio xanthura http://fishbase.org/summary/Paracaesio-xanthura.html

[baru kopau kanu] n. 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

paru semta furuseo

Wattsia mossambia http://fishbase.org/summary/Wattsia-mossambia.html

[baru semta furuseo] n. Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

paua

Siganus fuscescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-fuscescens.html

[ba:wa] n.

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

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

paua

Siganus doliatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-doliatus.html

[ba:wa] n.

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

paua

Siganus fuscescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-fuscescens.html

[ba:wa] n.

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

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

pehpeki

Speaker: Paul Navaika

pelu

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pili

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

piliga

Megalops cyprinoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Megalops-cyprinoides.html

[biliŋa] n.

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

piliga

Polydactylus sexfilis http://fishbase.org/summary/Polydactylus-sexfilis.html

[biliŋa] n.

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

poirima

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja rima matua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pure fine

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[pure fine] n.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

puri

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

raso

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

rero

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ruku

Epibulus insidiator http://fishbase.org/summary/Epibulus-insidiator.html

[ruku] n.

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

Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sapratou

[sapratou]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

sia

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Heteropriacanthus-cruentatus.html

[sija] n.

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sieni

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

somfoyaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[somfoyaga]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

tafa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tamori

[tamori]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Tamtautu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Tamurivaka

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tasi

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tau

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

toga

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

toro faru

Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

[toro ɸaru] n.

Example: Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

Scientific name: Micromelum minutum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

toto

Bodianus mesothorax http://fishbase.org/summary/Bodianus-mesothorax.html

[toto] n.

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

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

umue umue

Naso caesius http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-caesius.html

[umwe umwe] n.

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

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

uoukago

Acanthocybium solandri http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthocybium-solandri.html

[wakaŋou] n. Wahoo

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

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

vitoka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ʋitoka]

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

About the Dictionary

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All content copyright © Futuna Aniwa community (2016).
Talking Dictionary produced by K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Tom A. Ranker and Sean Thackurdeen. (2016-2018)
Futuna Aniwa language contributors include Ausdin Jackson, Takaronga Kuautonga, Nigasau Misikofo, Paul Navaika, Nigel Nesua, Iarawoi Rezel Samana, Anselon Seru, Donald Tamalua Wotu, Yaugani Zeiake and others as credited within the dictionary entries.
The Futuna Aniwa-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu." This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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