Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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amuamu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

aru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

bai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[bai]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

buruga

buruga

[burunga]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

eisi ~ esi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

eture

Atule mate http://fishbase.org/summary/Atule-mate.html

[eture] n.

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

faka masi

Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

[ɸaka masi] n.

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

fakatoni

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fara

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fatoto

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fatukara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fatumanu

[fatumanu] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Feava

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

ferfero ~ fefero

adj

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fesao

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fesao i Futuna

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

foimata

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

foivananone

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fono

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fotakoto

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fuaga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fugou

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

futu

[ɸutu]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

gamotu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gatara kosi

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

[ŋatara kosi] n.

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

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

hfine

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

hgu

[hŋu] n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

hlava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hloma

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

hmaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hnae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hsore

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ifio

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ira

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

jito

Gnathanodon speciosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gnathanodon-speciosus.html

[ʃitou] n.

Example: Photo by Karelj / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gnathanodon speciosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

Kama

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

kanai

Crenimugil crenilabis http://fishbase.org/summary/Crenimugil-crenilabis.html

[kanai] n.

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

karae

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

karea

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

kasikia

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kato iotea

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kato iotea]

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

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

kaukava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kautau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kave

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

Keam

[keam] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

ko

Istiophorus platyperus http://fishbase.org/summary/Istiophorus-platyperus.html

[kou] n.

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

koga ika

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

koufafa

[kofafa] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

koumotua

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

kurapo

Lethrinus harak http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-harak.html

[kurapou] n.

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus harak via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

magarafu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mahavae

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

mako

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marasi

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

marau

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

[marau] n.

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

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

masaga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matjikorima

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matuku

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

mega

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

moiau

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

[mwejau] n.

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

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

moli vaka

moli vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

mpuku

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

muma

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

muma ~ moma

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

namanu

Dendrolobium umbellatum

[namanu] n.

Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

Namruke

[namruke]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

napakasi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

neli

[nieli] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

nigapu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nikaponi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nilo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nosivero

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pakasi

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

pamu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pohpoku tarohmara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poja vae tasi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

popo

Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

[popo] n.

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

puku fakatu

Nephrolepis biserrata

[puku ɸakatu] n.

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Anselon Seru

puri

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

rakauriki

n.

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

sakavesi

Variola louti http://fishbase.org/summary/Variola-louti.html

[sekaʋesi] n.

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sakiri

[sakiri]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

somfoyaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[somfoyaga]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Sukeamu

[sukeamu] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

ta

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ta]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Tagajariri

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Tagarosaro

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Tai Sia

[tai sia] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

tasi

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

taufufu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[taufufu]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

toto

Bodianus loxozonus http://fishbase.org/summary/Bodianus-loxozonus.html

[toto] n.

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

totoama

Strongylura incisa http://fishbase.org/summary/Strongylura-incisa.html

[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

tutuke mata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

umue umue

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

[umwe umwe] n.

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

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

uoguo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

vae

[vai] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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.
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