Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[eteŋa] seat in the canoe

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[eture] n. Chub Mackerel

(Bislama) Mangru

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

Scientific name: Scomber japonicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[faʃaŋarima] n wrist

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v beg from one who has nothing; teasing, joke-telling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n reed, wild cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara] n. Brownspotted Grouper

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5226)

Example: The stems of this grass are tied together and woven to make the wall of a traditional house. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis

n cuttlefish, squid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

[ika maru] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish

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

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kamoni tai] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5058)

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kasi] n. Skipjack Tuna

(Bislama) Skipjack

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

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta ] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sickness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5264)

Example: This herb is used for cooking, and is said to be used to add flavor to fish and chicken. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ocimum

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[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 sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5224)

Example: The stems of this tree are used to make firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[niwa] n. Aniwa island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n dolphin, porpoise

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ba:wa] n. Masked Spinefoot, Masked Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus puellus 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. Whitetip Soldierfish

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

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

n mouth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[retu arari] n. wind form the northeast towards Tafasua

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruetu] n. wind from the north towards Napau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5274)

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

Scientific name: Bougainvillea spectabilis

[sumu] n. Rough Triggerfish, Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish, Oceanic Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

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

[tapeja] n. Giant Moray

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax javanicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n suture on top of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knee, including lower part of leg

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wibini] n. Giant Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx ignobilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

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

[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

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua