Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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ariki ~ teriki

ariki ~ teriki

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

atu tangata

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

ekega

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ekeŋa]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

faafetai

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

faka masi

Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

[ɸaka masi] n.

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

fanua

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Feava

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

firikiga fatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

firoa

Lethrinus lentjan http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-lentjan.html

[ɸiroa] n.

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus lentjan via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

firoa

Lethrinus olivaceus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-olivaceus.html

[ɸiroa] n.

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

fogapapa

fogapapa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foivananone

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fonaji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gagaika

[ŋaŋaika] n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

gata

[ŋata]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

Gauta

[gauta] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

gojia

[ŋoʃia]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

hgoro

hgoro

n

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hleu

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hloi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hutoi

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

ianenea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Ibau

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

jinai

[ʃinai] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

jineivae, jinovae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kalpaua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kamkufatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kamoni

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kamoni]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kape

Lutjanus bohar http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-bohar.html

[ka:pe] n.

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kape kanu

Lutjanus kasmira http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-kasmira.html

[kape kanu] n. 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

karea

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

karikau

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

karukaru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kasifa

[kasifa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kaufafa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kaunalesi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

keripoga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Kiamo

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

kiato

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kiato]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kiri ragutu

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kono mata tea

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

koumotua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kovkavatua

Macropiper latifolium

[koʋkaʋatua] n.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

kurapo

Lethrinus atkinsoni http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-atkinsoni.html

[kurapou] n.

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus atkinsoni via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kurapo

Lethrinus harak http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-harak.html

[kurapou] n.

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus harak via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

liko

Scarus ghobban http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-ghobban.html

[likou] n.

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

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

loto

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

majira

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

makara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

maramrama

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marau ta

Sargocentron spiniferum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-spiniferum.html

[marau ta] n.

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron spiniferum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

marino

Caesio teres http://fishbase.org/summary/Caesio-teres.html

[marinou] n.

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

meinu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

melomelo

Cephalopholis leopardus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-leopardus.html

[melomelo] n.

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

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

moiau

Scarus globiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-globiceps.html

[mwejau] n.

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

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

moiau

Scarus longipinnis http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-longipinnis.html

[mwejau] n.

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

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

mororapa

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

morua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

muma ~ moma

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

mutu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Namatagi

[namatagi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

namuriri

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

napakasi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

narimesa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nisouri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[nisouri]

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nosivero

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Nukubi

[nukubi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

one

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

oritoga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[pai]

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

pakau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

paru kapau

Paracaesio kusakarii http://fishbase.org/summary/Paracaesio-kusakarii.html

[baru kapau] n. Kusaka Brim

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

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

pehpeka ~ tapehepeka

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

penpenu

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

piliga

Polydactylus sexfilis http://fishbase.org/summary/Polydactylus-sexfilis.html

[biliŋa] n.

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

poiaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

popokiga

[popokiŋa]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

potuhpuku

[potupʰuku] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

puku

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pula

Myripristis pralinia http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-pralinia.html

[pula’] n.

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

rakomai

greeting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Retu Arari

Retu Arari

[retu arari] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

rokinea

[rokinea]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

rouate

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

rouhapi

Acanthurus guttatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-guttatus.html

[rou’api] n.

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

rufau

Carangoides orthogrammus http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-orthogrammus.html

[ruɸau] n.

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

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

ruku

Cheilinus fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-fasciatus.html

[ruku] n.

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

Sisait

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tamana

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tamori

[tamori]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

tjipe

[tʃipe] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Toga

Toga

[toga] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

tonu

Plectropomus laevis http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-laevis.html

[to:nu] n.

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus laevis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

topatu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[topatu]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

ufi

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

uipini

Caranx ignobilis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-ignobilis.html

[wibini] n.

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

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

umue

Naso tonganus http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-tonganus.html

[umwe] n.

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

vaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

vetei

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Mulloidichthys-flavolineatus.html

[ʋetei] n.

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

vetei

Parupeneus barberinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-barberinus.html

[ʋetei] n.

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus barberinus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

About the Dictionary

There are currently 1503 entries, 902 audio files, and 449 images.

All content copyright © Futuna Aniwa community (2016).
Talking Dictionary produced by K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Tom A. Ranker and Sean Thackurdeen. (2016-2018)
Futuna Aniwa language contributors include Ausdin Jackson, Takaronga Kuautonga, Nigasau Misikofo, Paul Navaika, Nigel Nesua, Iarawoi Rezel Samana, Anselon Seru, Donald Tamalua Wotu, Yaugani Zeiake and others as credited within the dictionary entries.
The Futuna Aniwa-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu." This support is gratefully acknowledged.
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