Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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ara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

bukusi

[bukusi]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

ekega

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ekeŋa]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

etega

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[eteŋa]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Fafakaraua

[fafakaraua] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

fafine

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fajiavagavae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fakamarumaru

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fano

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fara

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fetuafogo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foimata uri

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

foruku

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fotakoto

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fugou

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fuji

[fuʃi] n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

gaipu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gutu

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

heimata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Hgauta

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

hgavava

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[hŋaʋaʋa]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

hleu

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hma

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

[hma] n.

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

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

hpunaga

[hpunaŋa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

ika maru

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

[ika maru] n.

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

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

ireira

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

iriri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[iriri]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

iro

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

jijifi

Zebrasoma velifer http://fishbase.org/summary/Zebrasoma-velifer.html

[ʃiʃiɸi] n.

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

jijifi

Siganus vulpinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-vulpinus.html

[ʃiʃiɸi] n.

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

kafijafi

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kamoni

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kamoni]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kanai

Albula glossodonta http://fishbase.org/summary/Albula-glossodonta.html

[kanai] n.

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kano

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kapekanu

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

[kapekanu] n. Red Snapa

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

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

kasai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kasoki

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kasoki]

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

kaufakawara

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kaufaghawara]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kaupa

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kaura

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kimo

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kiriragutu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kiriraŋutu]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

ko uorukago

Xiphias gladius http://fishbase.org/summary/Xiphias-gladius.html

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

koia

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kuli

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kuli

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kuli]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kuntea

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[likou] n.

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

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

mago

[maŋo] n.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

mahmata ~ matmata

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

manu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marau ta

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

[marau ta] n.

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron violaceum 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

matjikovae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matua

[matua]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Namatagi

[namatagi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

napa

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nasivari

nasivari

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

ndara

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ndara]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

niseni

Sphaerostephanos invisus

[niseni] n.

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

nisori

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[nisouri]

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nisouri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[nisouri]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Niwa

[niwa] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

nokau

[nokau]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

nonai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nopogi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nta

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ntarai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

oromea

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

[ora mea] n.

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

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

paea

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

paika

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[baika] n.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Paramatua

[paramatua] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Paramisi

[paramisi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

pareke

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

paru fifiji

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

[baru fifiʃi] n. Big Scale Poulet

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

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

paufa

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

puku

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

rakauriki

n.

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

raukutu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

rouate

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ruku

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

[ruku] n.

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

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

Saferaro

[saferaro] n.

sasua

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

[sasua] n.

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

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

Soata

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

somfoyaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[somfoyaga]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

sukale moana

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae and Pseudobulweria becki

[sukale moana]

Example: Photo by Tony Hisgett, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae and Pseudobulweria becki, Speaker: Anselon Seru

Tafasua

[tafasua] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Tamtautu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Tamurivaka

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

toro faru

Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

[toro ɸaru] n.

Example: Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

Scientific name: Micromelum minutum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

toru

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tuhtuke mata

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

uorukago kanu

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Uritoga Fine

Uritoga Fine

[uritoga fine] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

uru rima

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

uru vaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[uru ʋaka]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

varoki

[ʋaroki]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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.
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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