Futuna-Aniwa

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n anger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸariŋoi] Canoe marking which signifies tribe and ownership.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸe’ata] n. White-Streaked Grouper

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

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

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[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

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Giant Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus lanceolatus 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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Honeycomb Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Whitespotted Grouper

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

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

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v. intransitive burn (intransitive)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ikoɸi] Tongs made of twisted cane, used to pick up hot rocks from oven.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n collar bone

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 flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ka:pe] n. Mangrove Red Snapper, Mangrove Jack

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

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

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasi] n. Skipjack Tuna

(Bislama) Skipjack

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

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Longspine Emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hawk

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[marau] n. Silverspot Squirrelfish, Tailspot Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron caudimaculatum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mutu tanei] n. Blue Sea Chub, Snubnose Chub, Topsail Drummer

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

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

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Little Spinefoot, Scribbled Rabbitfish

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

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

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[bora bora] n. Bignose Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso vlamingii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[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

[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

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tariŋa] n ear

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Sleek Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso hexacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[uru ʋaka] The front of the canoe, designed to break through waves.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson