Futuna-Aniwa

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Malabar Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Surge Grouper

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

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

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃitou] n. Orangespot Surgeonfish

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

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

n parrot species

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

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

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

[kapekanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

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

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

n bush hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[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

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eyelid

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

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Blue And Gold Fusilier, Scissortail Fusilier, Goldband Fusilier

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / Fishwise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caesio caerulaurea via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

Scientific name: Aglaomorpha rigidula, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n urine (profane)

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

n mother, mom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n tooth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sandalwood tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n husband, old man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n green coconut not ready to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paraŋi paroro] n. Elongate Surgeonfish, Pale Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) 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

[ba:wa] n. Dusky Rabbitfish

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

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pwandabura] n. Blue Trevally

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

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

[pula’] n. Scarlet Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis pralinia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis kuntee via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[rai] n. Needlescaled Queenfish

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

Scientific name: Scomberoides tol via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n brother-in-law, male cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata 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

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n pus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

Scientific name: Thunnus albacares via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga tane] n. wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru