Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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atua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

entin

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fafa

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fatoto

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ɸatoto]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

feiava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fetuanake

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

filama

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fora

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

fotakoto

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foutoki

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fufuru

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

futu

[ɸutu]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

gasina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gatara kosi

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

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

hgaro

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hne

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hnofoga

[hnofoŋa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

htua

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hutoi

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

inu

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ivi naulesi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

jineivae, jinovae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

jinisa

greeting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kafijafi

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kamkogoji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kamkufatu

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

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

kau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kego

adj

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kete

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kimo

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kiri ragutu

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

kirikiri

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

koka sore

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kurapo

Lipocheilus carnolabrum http://fishbase.org/summary/Lipocheilus-carnolabrum.html

[kurapo] n.

(Bislama) Yello Brim

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

Scientific name: Lipocheilus carnolabrum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

lavafatu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

magalastik

[maɣalaːstik]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

mago

[maŋo] n.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

mahavai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

maramrama

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marari sega

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

[marariseŋa] n.

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

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

marari sega

Caranx melampygus http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-melampygus.html

[marariseŋa] n.

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

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

marino

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

mariuru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matagi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matataro

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matjikovi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

melomelo

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

[melomelo] n.

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

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

misa

[misa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

mo

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

mumopil

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nafara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nahnatua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

naikiamotu

n.

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

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides

namirau

Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n.

Example: Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum

naulesi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nifo

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nikaso

[nikasof] n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

nikipisi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ono

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

pakopako

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

papakaifi

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[papakaiɸi]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

paragi

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

[paraŋi] n.

Example: Photo by Gerard E. Allen / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

paru fifiji

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

[baru fifiʃi] n.

(Bislama) Big Scale Poulet

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

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

paru kapau

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

[baru kapau] n.

(Bislama) Kusaka Brim

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

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

peau

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja rima

[poʃo rima] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

poja rima tusi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja vae tasi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pula

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

[pula’] n.

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

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

pumpuni rima

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

raukimato

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

raukutu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Rofatu

[rofatu] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

rokinea

[rokinea]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

ruku

Hemigymnus melapterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Hemigymnus-melapterus.html

[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

sakavesi

Plectropomus maculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-maculatus.html

[sekaʋesi] n.

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sasua

Diagramma pictum http://fishbase.org/summary/Diagramma-pictum.html

[sasua] n.

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

sasua

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

[sasua] n.

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

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

sumu

Canthidermis maculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Canthidermis-maculatus.html

[sumu] n.

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

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

tagafuru

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

taguruguru

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Tamtautu Sisi

[tamtautu sisi] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

tapaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tarakisi

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

[tarakisi] n.

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

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

tauga lekaleka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

toutou

Aerodramus vanikorensis

[toutou]

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

tuamata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tuta

[tuta]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

uikarapusi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

uipini

Caranx ignobilis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-ignobilis.html

[wibini] n.

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

Scientific name: Caranx ignobilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

ulisi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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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