Futuna-Aniwa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ama]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸau] n.

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸoi’ata] n.

Example: The fiber of this plant is used as a rope. Collect the young shoots, strip off bark and use fresh as a rope, especially to tie and carry baskets or firewood. The birds eat fruits; hunters know this and they hunt there.

Scientific name: Ficus aspera, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n.

Example: Photo by Molly Varghese / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ŋau pakora] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[itatafu]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ivei] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃiɾa] v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n.

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

Scientific name: Liza vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n.

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n.

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

Scientific name: Abutilon indicum

[kapekanu] n.

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

[kapekanu] n.

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

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

[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

[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

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[keam] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

Example: Photo by CAFS, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Makaira mazara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n.

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

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

[melomelo] n.

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

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

[mwejau] n.

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

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

[mutu tanei] n.

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n.

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

[nasijau] n.

Example: Houseposts, strong wood lasts 7-8 years in the ground. Use the small wood to make a bow and arrow as well as when it is young and straight to make a spear handle. The young wood is flexible and is used to make the circular part of a flying fish net.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[no ami]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[otea] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[parapu] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[pararaŋi toŋa] n.

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

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

[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

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poki]

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

Scientific name: Trichoglossus moluccanus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[popokiŋa]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[pusiki tai] n.

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

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

[rimu]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n.

Example: Ancient people were said to use this as a fishing line. Strip off the skin (bark) of the stem and place it in the sun to dry. Remove the fiber by stripping it off and weave the fiber into a fishing line. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ruku] n.

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

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

[ruku] n.

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

Scientific name: Hemigymnus melapterus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruru]

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

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukale]

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sore] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu ʋai] n.

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

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

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tokorau] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[topatu]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toto’ama] n.

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[touʃi] n.

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

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[uritoga] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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