Futuna-Aniwa

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ariri] A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n feast for paying those who have cut or dug a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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 exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n immature coconut whose husk and meat are still soft

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance done by women

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋata] snake

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

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

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

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n mother, mother’s sister and her female parallel cousins

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a soft grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

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

[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 bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n groin

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

adj white, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

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

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mari] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[napuk] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5050)

Example: Used to build fences or pens around houses.

Scientific name: Jatropha curcas, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Canna indica

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nikasof] n orphan

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru pula] n. Deep Water Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

(Bislama) Sottell Red Poulet

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

Scientific name: Etelis carbunculus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

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

a small taro, just above the ground

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

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

[pula’] n. Whitetip Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis vittata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

[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 village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toro ɸaru] n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4155)

Example: Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

Scientific name: Micromelum minutum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[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

[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

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[wauwau] n. scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga