Futuna-Aniwa

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n 1. possessions, supplies, 2. a child’s penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fare marari] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ɸariŋoi] Canoe marking which signifies tribe and ownership.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 7, seven

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Greasy Grouper

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

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

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to count, read

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

[itamtautu] The name of a harbor with a point on Futuna island where there are coconuts. A good place to plant mango and banana.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kawiameta ] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n leg, calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kokau] A house component: diagonal upward beams forming the A-shape of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kofafa] n jaw

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dog

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[maɸei] n. Longfin African Conger, Moustache Conger, Blacklip Conger

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

Scientific name: Conger cinereus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sickness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[marau ta] n. Violet Squirrelfish

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

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

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n tree sp. with inedible spherical fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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 mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[natokeni] n poison for fish

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oramea] n. Filament-Finned Parrotfish

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

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

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[pararaŋi toŋa] n. Black-Spot Surgeonfish, Eyespot Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n index finger

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 thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cliff in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

[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

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 50 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5216)

Example: Photo by raphaelsandro / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. The leaves of this plant are said to be a good local cabbage, cooked in soup and other foods. The fruits are used to spice food, giving it a hot taste. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Capsicum annuum

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapatu ʋai] n. Yellowtail Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena obtusata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson