Futuna-Aniwa

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ariri] A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mustache

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n intestines

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n crater at top of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[itamtautu] The name of a harbor with a point on Futuna island where there are coconuts. A good place to plant mango and banana.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃiʃi] Section joining upper and lower section of main canoe. Traditonally made of pandanus root.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Golden Spadefish

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

Scientific name: Platax boersii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

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

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n mother, mother’s sister and her female parallel cousins

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaleleŋa] A hammock.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapkapa] Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n valley, dale

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mahmaʃi] n. Elongate Unicornfish, Slender Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso lopezi via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[marariseŋa] n. Orangespotted Trevally

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

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

[melomelo] n. Coral Hind, Coral Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis miniata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Sixblotch Hind, Saddle Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis spiloparaea via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n urine (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nau nau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5056)

Example: Termites like to live in this wood. Collect termites from this plant and give to young chickens as food.

Scientific name: Scaevola, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[papakaiɸi] fish part: pectoral fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tree fern

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

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popo] n. scandent shrub, growing in canopy gap of dense forest. fruits green to pale red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4186)

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

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

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

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

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

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n suture on top of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of eyes beside nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toto’ama] n. Reef Needlefish, Reef Longtom

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eyebrows

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[turu turu] A house component: small vertical beams supporting the A-shaped section of the house.

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

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

[umwe umwe] n. Sleek Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso hexacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Bigeye Tuna

Example: Photo by Fishpix / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga