Futuna-Aniwa

[isia] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸeimama] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4178)

Example: This is a source of house posts for temporary houses. The young stick split in half, and is used to grasp hot stones in earth oven.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Coral Grouper, Coral Rock Grouper

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

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

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n new form of Pau, a village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n empty shell of a fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

Scientific name: Siganus vulpinus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n long club with one root at head

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

n pool of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Black Marlin

(Bislama) Black Marlin

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

Scientific name: Istiompax indica via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[marariseŋa] n. Bluefin Trevally

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niŋei] n white ant, termite

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[otea] n midday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pula’] n. Pinecone Soldierfish, Small-Eyed Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis murdjan 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

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sasua] n. Cocoa Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Straep Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio stonei via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

A Futuna traditional game ("chief") played with shells arrayed in a circle. Helps to develop cognitive skills.

[toga tea] n. wind from the southeast towards Hteiu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tukuŋa] Water 50 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru