Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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alokave

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

Amkea Tasi

Amkea Tasi

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atu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

bo

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[bo]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

eisi ~ esi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

eiva

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ejia

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fakau sore

[ɸakau sore]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fakukuga o pakau

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fana

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Fanau Fatu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

fare otea

[ɸare otea]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

fatukamasi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

feiuru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fere

adj

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fesaoga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fetu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foi rei

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foivai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fora

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

fufuru

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fufuru kugkumi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fuga

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

[fuŋa] n.

(Bislama) 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

furumoa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gataftafe

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gatara

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

[ŋatara] n.

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

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

gatara kosi

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

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

hkanveika

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

honga vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

htunu

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hutoi

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

jijifi pakasi

Platax teira http://fishbase.org/summary/Platax-teira.html

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n.

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Kama

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

kamkufatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kanai

Liza macrolepis http://fishbase.org/summary/Liza-macrolepis.html

[kanai] n.

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

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

kane

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

kasai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kasi

Katsuwonus pelamis http://fishbase.org/summary/Katsuwonus-pelamis.html

[kasi] n.

(Bislama) Skipjack

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

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

kato vaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kato ʋaka]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

katokato

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kauvmaka kiato

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kauvmaka kiato]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kerehpuru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kotkoto

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kuganai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kumarae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

magarafu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mageo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

magi

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

marasi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

marau ta

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

[marau ta] n.

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

mari

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

matatui

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matuku

Egretta novaehollandiae

[matuku]

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

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

melomelo

Cephalopholis leopardus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-leopardus.html

[melomelo] n.

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

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

metao

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

moli vaka

moli vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

mutu tanei

Kyphosus cinerascens http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-cinerascens.html

[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

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

najeji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Namtaperi

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

napanisila

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

narimesa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nigapu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nisouri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[nisouri]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

nta

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ono

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

paru jigou

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

[baru ʃiŋou] n.

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

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

paru popai

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

[baru popai] n.

(Bislama) Yello Stripe Poulet

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

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

pohpoku tarohmara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja rima

[poʃo rima] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

puli vae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pusiki tai

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

[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

ramaga

[ramaŋa]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

rei

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

rimrimu

[rimrimu]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Rofatu

[rofatu] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

tafa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tafatu

[tafatu]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Taniuihi

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

tau

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

tjinea

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[tʃinea]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Tokorau

Tokorau

[tokorau] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Tokorau Tu

Tokorau Tu

[tokorau tu] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

tuamata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

uikarapusi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ulu vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

Uritoga

Uritoga

[uritoga] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

vejigario

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Veronan

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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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