Futuna-Aniwa

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[yasoa] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foʃinai] n womb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit (includes nuts and berries)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taro and banana garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater at top of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[hma] n. Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Pencil Surgeonfish

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

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

[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

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ipau] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n empty shell of a fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggots

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

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 a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kaufaghawara] A house component: series of long, horizontal beams.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kisaria] Willie Wagtail

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

Scientific name: Rhipidura leucophrys, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kou] n. Sailfish

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anus, buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matuku] White-faced Heron

Example: Photo by Martin Pot, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[nokau] Handle of the canoe paddle.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stem of coconut fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kapau] n. Saddle-Back Snapper

(Bislama) Kusaka Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio kusakarii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n edible white fruit

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

Scientific name: Carangoides fulvoguttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[raso] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5055)

Example: Fruits edible like berries. Stems used for firewood. The name refers to testicle.

Scientific name: Maesa, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[rokinea] Traditional earth oven.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[romaʃi] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4182)

Example: The young leaves are edible. Boil them for 30 minutes, and eat. The fruits are also edible and are eaten. Boil fruits 1 hour and eat with coconut. Also, you can wrap the leaves of this plant with Cordyline fruitcosa (MJB 4180) leaves and bake in fire, adding meat as well.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5230)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this as a fishing line. Strip off the skin (bark) of the stem and place it in the sun to dry. Remove the fiber by stripping it off and weave the fiber into a fishing line. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

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

[sija] n. Glasseye

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

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5274)

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

Scientific name: Bougainvillea spectabilis

[sumfo jaka] n. Green Jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

Scientific name: Aprion virescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grandchild

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[woɸoru bo’] n. Twosaddle Goatfish

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

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

[uritoga] n. wind from the southwest towards Ivei

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n throat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yagesi] The plateau above Tafatu. Kava and taro are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo