Futuna-Aniwa

n Futuna people

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n first yam of the year to be eaten

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass mat; grass skirt; penis sheath; belt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸiroa] n. Slender Emperor

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

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

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater at top of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v be pregnant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ho] yes

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggots

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ʃiama] Outrigger of canoe, long name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃi] Section joining upper and lower section of main canoe. Traditonally made of pandanus root.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sleeping mat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaufaghawara] A house component: series of long, horizontal beams.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuriri] Curlews and Sandpipers

Example: Photo by Mdf, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Scolopacidae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eel

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stomach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[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 ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[niwa] n. Aniwa island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n game or prey

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n nostril

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[roi] n. Bluelined Hind, Bluelined Grouper

Example: Photo by Amada44 / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[rou’api] n. Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

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

[rube] Pigeon

Example: Photo by Charles Davies, License: CC BY-NC 4.0 Accessible on Internet Bird Collection

Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, 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

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sekaʋesi] n. Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[takere] The floor of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5229)

Example: The stems of this tree are very good for making house posts. The wood from the tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapi toki] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus floridanus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu