Futuna-Aniwa

n crowd, group of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n feast for paying those who have cut or dug a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Greasy Grouper

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

n cuttlefish, squid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

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

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tooth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paraŋi paroro] n. Elongate Surgeonfish, Pale Surgeonfish

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

[pula’] n. Brick Soldierfish

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

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

num 2, two

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[eteŋa] seat in the canoe

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kafa] The bindings used to join canoe parts. Traditionally made of coconut fiber, but today fishing line is used.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

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

[pula takai] n. Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldierfish

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

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

[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

[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

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

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru