Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[burunga] Metal piece on the front of the canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n 1. possessions, supplies, 2. a child’s penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸe’ata] n. White-Streaked Grouper

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

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

v to copulate

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a braid or braided piece of rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 7, seven

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuʃi] n banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Netfin Grouper

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

n protection, shield

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰa] The can used to bail water out of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ikoɸi] Tongs made of twisted cane, used to pick up hot rocks from oven.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Flathead Grey Mullet, Sea Mullet, Grey Mullet

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

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

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

n beater for drum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n aunt, father’s sister, father’s female parallel cousin, the mother of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hawk

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n fermented banana or breadfruit pudding

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio cuning via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

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

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[natokeni] n poison for fish

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru fifiʃi] n. Goldbanded Jobfish, Goldband Snapper

(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

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

a small taro, just above the ground

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5245)

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

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

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

[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

[ruku] n. Blackeye Thicklip, Thicklip Wrasse

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

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

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

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

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n husband, man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapi toki] n. small, densely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4160)

Example: This plant is used for firewood, as when it is cut green, it will burn quite easily. The can be used to make rafters. It cannot be used as a housepost in the ground, as it will not last long at all.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n blood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

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

[ʋetei] n. Finstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus taeniopterus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana