Futuna-Aniwa

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸana] A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Trumpet Emperor, Red Throat Emperor

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

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

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

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

n Tanna Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

adj naked

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʃitou] n. Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n reef, rocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

Example: The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

n a stick for a net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whites of the eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lime

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 any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[likou] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[marariseŋa] n. Bluefin Trevally

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

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

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n vine used for making twine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n green coconut not ready to drink

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

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[parapu uri] n. wind from the southwest towards Nakiroa/Sukeamu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n game or prey

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

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

[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

[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

[pusiki tai] n. Doublebar Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus crassilabris via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5276)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the wide leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sasua] n. Oriental Sweetlips

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

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

[sino] The name of a beach on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sibling or parallel cousin of same sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n navel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[topatu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

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 elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

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

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n throat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋetei] n. Gold-Saddle Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus cyclostomus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata