Futuna-Aniwa

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feawa] The name of a harbor on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuʃi] n banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n intestines

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dry

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

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

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

[ʃitou] n. Golden Trevally

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

Scientific name: Gnathanodon speciosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n square woven mat for sitting on

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 dew, mist, fog

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

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

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

[kuru kuru] n. sparsely branched tree, growing in well developed secondary forest. young fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4149)

Example: Cover top layer of earth oven.

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[likou] n. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

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

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

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n aunt, father’s sister, father’s female parallel cousin, the mother of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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 hawk

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock clinger, chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mu] n. Humpnose Big-Eye Bream

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

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

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[namuji] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

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

[natokeni] n poison for fish

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n point of the nose

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

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pararaŋi toŋa] n. Black-Spot Surgeonfish, Eyespot Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[baru kauroŋa] n. Comet Grouper

(Bislama) Banded Los

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus morrhua 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

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rimu] Edible seaweed gathered around the reef during low tide. Used in salads and is particularly good with breadfruit because of its saltiness.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruɸau] n. Island Trevally

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

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

[sasua] n. Lesson’s Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus lessonii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sija] n. Humpback Red Snapper, Paddletail

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

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

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sumfo jaka] n. Green Jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

Scientific name: Aprion virescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n navel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapi toki] n. small, densely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4160)

Example: This plant is used for firewood, as when it is cut green, it will burn quite easily. The can be used to make rafters. It cannot be used as a housepost in the ground, as it will not last long at all.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n Futuna man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[toga rari] n. wind from the southeast near Atatoma

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson