Futuna-Aniwa

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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 back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fare marari] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mustache

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

[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

[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

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5241)

Example: Planted as an ornamental, for shade (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Diospyros

n valley, dale

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuku] Fruit Doves

Example: Photo by Papier K, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptilinopus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n legendary hero

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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. Brassy Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis 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

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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. Bigeye Trevally

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

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

[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

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n blood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[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

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[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

[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

[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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata