Futuna-Aniwa

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n heart

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fie] n firewood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸiroa] n. Trumpet Emperor, Red Throat Emperor

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

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

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance done by women

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus; syphilis

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. One-Blotch Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Starspotted Grouper

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

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

[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

[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

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

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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 a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

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

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

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n membrane, diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a stick for a net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cheeks of buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5241)

Example: Planted as an ornamental, for shade (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Diospyros

[kurapou] n. Thumbprint Emperor, Blackspot Emperor

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

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

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus spilurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fermented banana or breadfruit pudding

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

[mutu] n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n day, season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 tongue

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[retu matoga] n. wind from the east towards Tekau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[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

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takaɸa] A song sung while waiting for the food in the earth oven to cook, using sticks for rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n child of oneself, child of one’s siblings and parallel cousins of the same sex as oneself

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[turu turu] A house component: small vertical beams supporting the A-shaped section of the house.

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

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. Yellowfin Goatfish

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

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

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana