Futuna-Aniwa

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A Futuna traditional game played with shells, as a show of memory and mathematical ability. Name means "take away one", describing how shells are removed one by one, and the player must recite how many remain in each row.

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n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸana] A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸe’ata] n. White-Streaked Grouper

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

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

a the flowers of reeds, breadfruit, and chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Trumpet Emperor, Red Throat Emperor

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

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

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruiting season

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chicken with a crown the color of which contrasts with the other head feathers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuŋa] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

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

n Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n taro and banana garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[hma] n. Epaulette Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Eyeline Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus nigricauda via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ho] yes

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰa] The can used to bail water out of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n calf of leg

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 bush hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

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

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

[kaurounu] n. Hound Needlefish, Crocodile Longtom

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kiato] The beams connecting the main canoe to the outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ko kaʋa] n. liana, growing in well developed secondary forest. flowers pale pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4154)

Example: Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Derris indica, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ashes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fermented banana or breadfruit pudding

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu finei] n. Brassy Chub, Lowfin Drummer

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

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

[namuji] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a scar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[otea] n midday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru ariki] n. Rainbow Runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru onea] n. Speckled Grouper

(Bislama) Spot Los

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

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

a small taro, just above the ground

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[rou’api] n. Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus guttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rube] Pigeon

Example: Photo by Charles Davies, License: CC BY-NC 4.0 Accessible on Internet Bird Collection

Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Blackeye Thicklip, Thicklip Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Hemigymnus melapterus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

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

[takaɸa] A song sung while waiting for the food in the earth oven to cook, using sticks for rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n child of oneself, child of one’s siblings and parallel cousins of the same sex as oneself

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu] n. Sawtooth Barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena putnamae via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Futuna man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spleen

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

[touʃi] n. Spotted Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Indian Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus indicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru