Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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ajiga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Amkea Tasi

Amkea Tasi

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ausafi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

eivi o ta tai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Eronan

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

fa’afetai

Speaker: Paul Navaika

fafa

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fakau sore [fakau hsore]

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

fara rafa

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fare otea

[ɸare otea]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

farere

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fatukamasi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fesaoga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fesaotapu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fiava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foimata

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fonkapiji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foruku

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fufuru kumkumi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fuji melomelo

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

funa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gahgaji

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gasau

[ŋasau]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

gutu manu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hfine

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

hgoro

hgoro

n

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Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hgoro saki

[hŋoro saki]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

hnofoga

[hnofoŋa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

htae

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

ifi

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

igoa

[iŋoa]

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

jito

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

[ʃitou] n.

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

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

kafijafi

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kai ta geji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kaire

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kamkogoji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kapavae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

kapkapa

Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius

[kapkapa]

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kato

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kirisi

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kofukofu

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kokau

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kokau]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

koro

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kotauia

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kuriri

Scolopacidae

[kuriri]

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

Scientific name: Scolopacidae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

laso

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

lavafatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

liko

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

[likou] n.

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

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

mafe

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

[maɸei] n.

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

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

mafuke

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mamauru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marino

Pterocaesio marri http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-marri.html

[marinou] n.

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

marino

Pterocaesio tile http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-tile.html

[marinou] n.

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

masi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

metao

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

miji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

morua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

muruji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nafune

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

nanafi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

napugi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nasivar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

nauoua

[newawa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nilo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nisouri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[nisouri]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Nokoruai

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

nuane

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

one

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

paea

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

pai

[pai] n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pakafeina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Paramatua

[paramatua] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

paru kopau kanu

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

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yello Tel Brim

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

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

paufa

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pelu

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

piliga

Megalops cyprinoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Megalops-cyprinoides.html

[biliŋa] n.

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

poja vae takemariri

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

puandabura

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

[pwandabura] n.

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

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

pure tane

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[pure tani] n.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

pusi

Speaker: Paul Navaika

raso

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

rua

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

sasua

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

[sasua] n.

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

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

Sinou

[sino]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Sisait

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

susuku mata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ta

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ta]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Tamtautu Sore

[tamtautu sore] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

taro

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

tona fatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tuna

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

turu turu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[turu turu]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Uritoga Fine

Uritoga Fine

[uritoga fine] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

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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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