Futuna-Aniwa

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n center strip for finishing and covering the peak of a roof

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the roof thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋatara kosi] n. Snubnose Grouper

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

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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. White-Freckled Surgeonfish, Spotted-Face Surgeonfish

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

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

v to pray

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

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

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Squaretail Mullet

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

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

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapkapa] Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 sore, ulcer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cluster of coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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

[nasijau] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4150)

Example: Houseposts, strong wood lasts 7-8 years in the ground. Use the small wood to make a bow and arrow as well as when it is young and straight to make a spear handle. The young wood is flexible and is used to make the circular part of a flying fish net.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paraŋi] n. Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Gerard E. Allen / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[baru onea] n. Speckled Grouper

(Bislama) Spot Los

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

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

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[pula takai] n. Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis berndti via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n inner corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[romaʃi] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4182)

Example: The young leaves are edible. Boil them for 30 minutes, and eat. The fruits are also edible and are eaten. Boil fruits 1 hour and eat with coconut. Also, you can wrap the leaves of this plant with Cordyline fruitcosa (MJB 4180) leaves and bake in fire, adding meat as well.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[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

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tafatu] The name of the lowest plateau on Futuna island where crops are planted. Usually just bananas are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tai] n sea, seaward

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n back of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stomach

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapi toki] n. small, densely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4160)

Example: This plant is used for firewood, as when it is cut green, it will burn quite easily. The can be used to make rafters. It cannot be used as a housepost in the ground, as it will not last long at all.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toga rari] n. wind from the southeast near Atatoma

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[toto] n. Splitlevel Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus mesothorax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[warukaŋou marari] n. Bigeye Tuna

Example: Photo by Fishpix / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Thunnus obesus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga tane] n. wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[ʋa:ʋe] n. Russell’s Snapper, Moses Perch

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

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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua