Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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ariri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ariri]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

bukusi

[bukusi]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

eigo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Esia

[isia]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

fafetai

discourse

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Fanau Fatu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

fara harafa

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fara rafa

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fare

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fatoto

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[ɸatoto]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Fatu Ao

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

fatukamasi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

feiniu

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

firikiga fatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

firoa

Gymnocranius microdon http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-microdon.html

[ɸiroa] n.

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius microdon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

firosia

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foitona

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fojia

a

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fonu tapa

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[ɸonu tapa]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

foruku

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fufuru ragutu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gatara kosi

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

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

gatara kosi

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

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

girifau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

heimata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hgoro

hgoro

n

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hkanveika

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hmoji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kamoa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kamoni tai

Canavalia

[kamoni tai] n.

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kanai

Chanos chanos http://fishbase.org/summary/Chanos-chanos.html

[kanai] n.

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kanai

Moolgarda seheli http://fishbase.org/summary/Moolgarda-seheli.html

[kanai] n.

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kane

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kanov vaka

[kanoʋ ʋaka]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kapekanu

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

[kapekanu] n.

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

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

kapkapamoana

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kasifa uiui

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[kasifa wiwi] n.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kaufakawara

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[kaufaghawara]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kautau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Kavimeta

[kawiameta]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

keiu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kopunaua karoa

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

kuru

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

lape

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mahmaji

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

[mahmaʃi] n.

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

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

mahmata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

makara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mari

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

matarua

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

metao

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mkaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

moega

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nabau

Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Pseudobalistes-flavimarginatus.html

[nabau] n.

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

naireakava

n.

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

namkaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Napau

[napau] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

narimesa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nasara

[nahsara] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

naunafi

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

nawo

This plant is used for firewood. It is hard and burns well.

[nawoʔ] n.

Example: This plant is used for firewood. It is hard and burns well.

Scientific name: Alyctron, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

ndara ja papakaifi

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[ndara ja papakaiɸi]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

nifonea

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

niseni maru

Christella harveyi

[niseni maru] n.

Scientific name: Christella harveyi, Speaker: Anselon Seru

nisori

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

niu

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

nogia

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nouka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nufe

[nufwe?] n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

Oneone

[oneone] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

pa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pahpakaifi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

papakaifi

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[papakaiɸi]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

paramisi ~ parahmisi, paramatua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

paru taplenake

Hyporthodus octofasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Hyporthodus-octofasciatus.html

[baru taplenake] n. Eit Ban Los

Example: Photo by Fish Database of Taiwan, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Hyporthodus octofasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

paumu

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pehpeki

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

poja rima matua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pua

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

pula

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

[pula’] n.

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

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

pula

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

[pula’] n.

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

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

puri

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

pusi

Pavetta opulina

[pusi] n.

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

rimu

[rimu]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Rueto

Rueto

[rueto] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Saferaro

[saferaro] n.

Seuseu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Tafonu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Tagajariri

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tapa vae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tapatu

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

[tapatu] n.

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie 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

Tokorau

Tokorau

[tokorau] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

tona

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

toto

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Urifafa

Urifafa

[urifafa] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

vaka manu

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[faka manu] n.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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