Futuna-Aniwa

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n smoke of fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸeimama] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4178)

Example: This is a source of house posts for temporary houses. The young stick split in half, and is used to grasp hot stones in earth oven.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n immature coconut whose husk and meat are still soft

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ɸiroa] n. Yellowlip Emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bottom of sea

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuŋa] 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

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n eyelid

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dry

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma] n. Palelipped Surgeonfish

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

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

[hma jala] n. Achille’s Tang

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

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

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flame

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lips

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kuku] Fruit Doves

Example: Photo by Papier K, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptilinopus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n dog

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marau] n. Pink Squirrelfish

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

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

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cluster of coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[mutu finei] n. Brassy Chub, Lowfin Drummer

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Kyphosus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niɸo] fish part: tooth

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tooth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n comet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper tusks of pig

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

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pusiki tai] n. Doublebar Goatfish

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

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

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 2, two

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n navel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[umwe umwe] n. Sleek Unicornfish

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

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

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

Scientific name: Thunnus albacares via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana