Futuna-Aniwa

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n morning star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foŋa iɸi] n. Humphead Wrasse (Initial Phase)

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

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

n narrow crevice or hole in stone or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taro and banana garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Highfin Grouper

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

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

n forbidden food that cannot be touched directly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Tanna Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n chestnut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃitou] n. Golden Trevally

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

[ʃitou] n. Orangespot Surgeonfish

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

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick (peg) used to attach the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

adj white, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Longspine Emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[kurapou] n. Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

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

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

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mata poto] A type of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lizard

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Canna indica

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A marriage ceremony during which the parents of the bride and groom meet and give approval for the marriage.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[papakaiɸi] fish part: pectoral fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

whitecaps, ocean swell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pebar] n. Hairy Hotlips, Blubberlip

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

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

n toes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[porugu] General name for any canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[potupʰuku] n mat for sitting upon

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pula’] n. Lattice Soldierfish, Violet Soldierfish

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

[pusiki tai] n. Doublebar Goatfish

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

n cliff in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tongue

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[romaʃi] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4182)

Example: The young leaves are edible. Boil them for 30 minutes, and eat. The fruits are also edible and are eaten. Boil fruits 1 hour and eat with coconut. Also, you can wrap the leaves of this plant with Cordyline fruitcosa (MJB 4180) leaves and bake in fire, adding meat as well.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[ruɸau] n. Island Trevally

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

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

[sasua] n. Cocoa Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Straep Brim

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

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

[sasua] n. Oriental Sweetlips

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

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

[sasua] n. Two-Striped Sweetlips, Giant Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. Herb to 50 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5216)

Example: Photo by raphaelsandro / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. The leaves of this plant are said to be a good local cabbage, cooked in soup and other foods. The fruits are used to spice food, giving it a hot taste. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Capsicum annuum

n cowlick, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ta] Bailing can used to remove water from canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stomach

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʋetei] n. Gold-Saddle Goatfish

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

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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru