Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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apolo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ataua

[doua] n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

bukusi

[bukusi]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

ejia

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

eture

Scomber japonicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scomber-japonicus.html

[eture] n. Mangru

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

Scientific name: Scomber japonicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

fafa

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fakafura

[fakafura] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fakatjikina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fare otea

[ɸare otea]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fatakanu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fau

[ɸau]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

favaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fe’ai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ɸe’ai]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

feata

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

[ɸe’ata] n.

Example: Photo by Mattia Menchetti, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

fegeitua

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fesao

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fioata

n.

Example: The stems of this tree are good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ficus

firikiga fatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

firoa

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

[ɸiroa] n.

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

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

firoa

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

[ɸiroa] n.

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

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

foi ifi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fonaji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fonutoki

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fora

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

fufuru ragutu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fuga

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

[fuŋa] n.

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

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

furu fare

[ɸuru ɸare]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

gakere ~ hgakere

[hgakere] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gatara kosi

Epinephelus fuscoguttatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-fuscoguttatus.html

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

heimata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hgavava

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

hma

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

[hma] n.

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

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

hmoji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Ibau

[ipau]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

kaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kanai

Crenimugil crenilabis http://fishbase.org/summary/Crenimugil-crenilabis.html

[kanai] n.

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kantea

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

karoa

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kiliuini

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kouhmara

Unspecified medicinal use.

[kouhmara] n.

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kuganai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mafe

Conger cinereus http://fishbase.org/summary/Conger-cinereus.html

[maɸei] n.

Example: Photo by Patrick Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Conger cinereus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

maisu vaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mamauru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marau

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

[marau] n.

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

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

marino

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

[marinou] n.

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caesio cuning via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

matuku

Egretta novaehollandiae

[matuku]

Example: Photo by Martin Pot, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

melomelo

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

[melomelo] n.

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

moana

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

moiau

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

[mwejau] n.

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

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

mu

Monotaxis grandoculis http://fishbase.org/summary/Monotaxis-grandoculis.html

[mu] n.

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

mumopil

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

muri vaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[muri ʋaka]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

muriri

(authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n.

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides

nagavai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

namase

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

napari

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

naruru

[naruru]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

nifijikake

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nignigifatu

Haliastur indus

[niŋniŋifatu]

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

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

numkumo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[pai]

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

pakaunea

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

pamu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

parapu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

paru maru

Pristipomoides flavipinnis http://fishbase.org/summary/Pristipomoides-flavipinnis.html

[baru maru] n. Yellofin White Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides flavipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

poja rima tasi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja rima tusi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja vae matua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja vae tasi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja vae tusi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pusi

Pavetta opulina

[pusi] n.

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

rakomai

greeting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Retu Matoga

Retu Matoga

[retu matoga] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

rimrimu

[rimrimu]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

ruku

Epibulus insidiator http://fishbase.org/summary/Epibulus-insidiator.html

[ruku] n.

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

Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sakavesi

Variola albimarginata http://fishbase.org/summary/Variola-albimarginata.html

[sekaʋesi] n.

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sasua

Plectorhinchus picus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-picus.html

[sasua] n.

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus picus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sumtukuga

Balistoides viridescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Balistoides-viridescens.html

[sumtukuŋa] n.

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

susuku mata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tai

[tai] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

takafa

[takaɸa]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

tapatu vai

Sphyraena forsteri http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-forsteri.html

[tapatu ʋai] n.

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena forsteri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

tapeia

Gymnothorax javanicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnothorax-javanicus.html

[tapeja] n.

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax javanicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

tapeua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

taro

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

toji

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

[doʃi] n.

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

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

tona reo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

toutou

Aerodramus vanikorensis

[toutou]

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

tuna

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

Uritoga Fine

Uritoga Fine

[uritoga fine] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

uru vae

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

vetei

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

[ʋetei] n.

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

wakasore

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[wakasore]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

wauwau

This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

[wauwau] n.

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

yagesi

[yagesi]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

About the Dictionary

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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.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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