Futuna-Aniwa

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸeimama] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4178)

Example: This is a source of house posts for temporary houses. The young stick split in half, and is used to grasp hot stones in earth oven.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[ɸiroa] n. Longface Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance done by women

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

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 green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

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

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

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine, backbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n poisonous vine, hemlock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Black Marlin

(Bislama) Black Marlin

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

Scientific name: Istiompax indica via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whites of the eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n bug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

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

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

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Bluefin Trevally

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

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

Scientific name: Aglaomorpha rigidula, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[momoure] n. Orangespine Unicornfish, Clown Unicornfish

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

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

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5261)

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

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vine used for making twine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

grave, cemetary

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a scar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[no ami] fish part: gills

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n stem of coconut fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Goldspotted Spinefoot, Gold-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus punctatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Vermiculated Spinefoot, Vermiculate Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus vermiculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

menstruation

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

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5276)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the wide leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sija] n. Humpback Red Snapper, Paddletail

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus gibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sumu] n. Rough Triggerfish, Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish, Oceanic Triggerfish

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

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

[tafagai futuna] n Futuna person

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tai] n sea, seaward

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena jello via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[taufufu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

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

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[warukaŋo] n. Kawakawa

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

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis 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