Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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alokave feke

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

amtakinaga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ao

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

ara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ara fafare

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ariri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ariri]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

buruga

buruga

[burunga]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

entin

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fakukuga o pakau

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fano

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fara harafa

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fasao

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

feituna

[feituna] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

foe

[ɸoe]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

foi rei

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foimata uri

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

foyaka

Photo by jcorrie / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n.

Example: Photo by jcorrie / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macroptilium lathyroides

fufuru ragutu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gako

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gamotu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gasina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gatara kosi

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

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

gauta

[ŋauta]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

hgu

[hŋu] n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

hkio

adj

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hleu

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hto

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

inai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

iriri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[iriri]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

jiji

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ʃiʃi]

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

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

kaomaru

Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n.

Example: Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Abutilon indicum

karaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

karea

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

karkari

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

karoji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kasifa

[kasifa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kato iotea

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kato iotea]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kofu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kofukofu

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

koho, koi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

koia

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

konomata

[konomata] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kouhmara

Unspecified medicinal use.

[kouhmara] n.

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

magalastik

[maɣalaːstik]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

magi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

magia

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

makara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

maki

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marau

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

[marau] n.

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

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

marau roa

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

[marau uroa] n.

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

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

meinu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

moiau

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

[mwejau] n.

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

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

moropake

n.

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

mtagi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

muma ~ moma

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

mumopil

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

napani

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

nasara

[nahsara] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nasiki

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nimoro

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

niu

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

nofoana

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

pa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

paea

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

pakasi

[pakasi]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

panpaniga

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

papa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Paramisi

[paramisi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

paru kauroga

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

[baru kauroŋa] n. Banded Los

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

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

pomea

n.

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus

pora bora

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

[bora bora] n.

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

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

pula

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

[pula’] n.

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

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

segeakage

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Soata

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

supe

[supwe] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Tafasua

[tafasua] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Tagutu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

takamurirai

Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n.

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

taku

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

takuku moana

Macolor macularis http://fishbase.org/summary/Macolor-macularis.html

[takuku moana] n.

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

takuku moana

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

[takuku moana] n.

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

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

tapatu

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

[tapatu] n.

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

tatangatai futuna

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

terap

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

toga

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Toga

Toga

[toga] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

tu

Chalcophaps indica

[tu]

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

tukuga

[tukuŋa]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

tuta

[tuta]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

ulisi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

uorukago marari

Thunnus obesus http://fishbase.org/summary/Thunnus-obesus.html

[warukaŋou marari] n.

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

uru rima

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

vetei

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

[ʋetei] n.

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

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

vetei

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

[ʋetei] n.

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus pleurostigma 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.
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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how to cite: K. David Harrison. 2016. Futuna Aniwa Talking Dictionary. Swarthmore College. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/futuna_aniwa

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