Futuna-Aniwa

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸe’ai] A type of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v beg from one who has nothing; teasing, joke-telling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Ambon Emperor

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

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

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chicken with a crown the color of which contrasts with the other head feathers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n temporal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v ripen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Epaulette Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Eyeline Surgeonfish

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

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

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n calf of leg

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 septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n species of giant bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5231)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for making house posts as well as used for firewood. The leaves are also used as plates for holding food. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius

[kouhmara] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5057)

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kurapou] n. Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

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

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

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[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 a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mari] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n orange tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lizard

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tree sp. with inedible spherical fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mother, mom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5273)

Example: Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum

[nahsara] n day before yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popo] n. scandent shrub, growing in canopy gap of dense forest. fruits green to pale red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4186)

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[porugu] General name for any canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[potupʰuku] n mat for sitting upon

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[puku ɸakatu] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2521)

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pula’] n. Pinecone Soldierfish, Small-Eyed Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis murdjan 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

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[takuku moana] n. Midnight Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tatoafa] The name for a desert-like area on Vanuatu with lots of rocks and wild canes. Is still used for cultivating some crops.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n new form of Eronan, a variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

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

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