Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[eture] n. Chub Mackerel

(Bislama) Mangru

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

Scientific name: Scomber japonicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n cross cousin of opposite sex

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n mediator

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n anus; syphilis

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋatara kosi] n. One-Blotch Grouper

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

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

[ŋau pakora] n scar, mark, trail

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Ember Parrotfish, Redlip Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Five-Lined Snapper

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

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

[kapekanu] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

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

n necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick (peg) used to attach the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kisaria] Willie Wagtail

Example: Photo by James Niland, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Rhipidura leucophrys, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to husk coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Thumbprint Emperor, Blackspot Emperor

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

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

n bug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ashes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n fever, malaria

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus guttatus 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 grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cliff in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5245)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5275)

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

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

[sapratou] A song sung while waiting for food in earth oven to cook, using rocks as rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n women’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[sumtukuŋa] n. Titan Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5229)

Example: The stems of this tree are very good for making house posts. The wood from the tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

[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

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toto’ama] n. Reef Needlefish, Reef Longtom

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa 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

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga