Futuna-Aniwa

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[yasoa] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

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

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

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuŋa] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

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

[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

[gauta] n. Tanna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃinai] n belly

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiroŋ] A house component: a window.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kaufaghawara tu kokau] A house component: long beams supporting upward side beams.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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 bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cheeks of buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lips

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n type of necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

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

[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

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

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n fermented banana or breadfruit pudding

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

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

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Coral Hind, Coral Grouper

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

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

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[moko bula] A type of orange and blue lizard.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n place where the sun sets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5247)

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

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[namanu] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4156)

Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n fever, malaria

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[napuk] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5050)

Example: Used to build fences or pens around houses.

Scientific name: Jatropha curcas, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n stick of sugar cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of the coconut frond

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

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru popai] n. Oblique-Banded Jobfish, Oblique-Banded Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Stripe Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides zonatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Golden-Lined Spinefoot, Lined Rabbitfish

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Streamlined Spinefoot, Forktail Rabbitfish

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

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

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n toes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pwandabura] n. Blue Trevally

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

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

[rokinea] Traditional earth oven.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Floral Wrasse

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus chlorourus 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

[sija] n. Glasseye

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

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tai] n sea, seaward

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

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

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[turi] n knee

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 8, eight

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana