Futuna-Aniwa

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n substitute, duplicate (examples include a person killed in retaliation for another’s death, one of two persons chewing kava, or one who chews kava for others to drink).

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[foʃinai] n womb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fashion one’s hair in the traditional manner for men involving braiding and ties

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Snubnose Grouper

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

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

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n spine, backbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiŋamotu] n. tree, 2.5 to 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4180)

Example: The below ground portion of the stem is used to bake in an earth oven and eat. It has a sugary taste.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[kafa] The bindings used to join canoe parts. Traditionally made of coconut fiber, but today fishing line is used.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ka:pe] n. Two-Spot Red Snapper, Twinspot Snapper, Red Bass

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

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

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kataʔ] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2527)

Scientific name: Asplenium nidus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to laugh, smile

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

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 adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a stick for a 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

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Black Marlin

(Bislama) Black Marlin

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

Scientific name: Istiompax indica via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kofafa] n jaw

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[kurapou] n. Grass Emperor

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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 face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marau ta] n. Sabre Squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[marinou] n. Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock clinger, chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blowhole in rock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cluster of coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Tomato Hind, Tomato Grouper

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sonnerati via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[pakau marau] 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 wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Dusky 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

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

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

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

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

a small taro, just above the ground

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5255)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood or making houses and rafters for the roof. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala

n cliff in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stone in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

n knuckles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

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

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

[wakaŋou] n. Wahoo

(Bislama) Wahoo

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

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga] n. wind from the southwest towards Ivei

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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