Futuna-Aniwa

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[eture] n. Yellowtail Scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n narrow crevice or hole in stone or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuŋa] n. Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar

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

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

[ɸuna moto] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4157)

Example: The stems are used for firewood, as it is hard and burns well, for example to roast taro, yams, and other foods.

Scientific name: Ilex vitiensis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[ngai] n almond, almond tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ŋata] n land snake

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ŋatara kosi] n. Netfin Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus miliaris 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

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n temporal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v be pregnant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ho] yes

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a Christian (particularly European)

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 fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n kind of clay or mud that produces suds when mixed with water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kiato] The beams connecting the main canoe to the outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sore, ulcer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Blacktip Grouper

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

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

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n stomach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n big rock at Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stick of sugar cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

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

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

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

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neice, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law (referring to the relative of a man)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rimu] Edible seaweed gathered around the reef during low tide. Used in salads and is particularly good with breadfruit because of its saltiness.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

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

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[turi] n knee

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

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

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

[umwe] n. Bulbnose Unicornfish, Humpnose Unicornfish

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

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

[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

n throat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana