Futuna-Aniwa

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Japanese Large-Eye Bream, Paddletail Seabream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius euanus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸiroa] n. Pink Ear Emperor

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

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

n traditional dance done by women

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Foursaddle Grouper

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

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

[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 cuttlefish, squid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma] n. Epaulette Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Eyeline Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus nigricauda 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

v to pray

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

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

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

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

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

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

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n an itch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sickness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Darkfin Hind, Flagtail Grouper

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n urine (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

[moko hliki] A type of small, brown and black skink.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n island, bit of land

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu finei] n. Brassy Chub, Lowfin Drummer

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n tooth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niŋei] n white ant, termite

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[oramea] n. Filament-Finned Parrotfish

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

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

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

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

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

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ramarari] n. Bigeye Trevally

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

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

n arm, hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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. Lesson’s Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

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

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

[sasua] n. Yellowbanded Sweetlips

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

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

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafasua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takuku moana] n. Midnight Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Samarra Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Neoniphon sammara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983