Futuna-Aniwa

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bottom of sea

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit (includes nuts and berries)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

n native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

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

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

[ʃitou] n. Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth

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

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

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

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sakau, kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n square woven mat for sitting on

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n valley, dale

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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. 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

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5237)

Example: Name means "thick leaves." This is an ornamental plant introduced by the missionaries. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata

n blowhole in rock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nahsara] n day before yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nau nau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5056)

Example: Termites like to live in this wood. Collect termites from this plant and give to young chickens as food.

Scientific name: Scaevola, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nukubi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Golden-Lined Spinefoot, Lined Rabbitfish

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

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

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[potupʰuku] n mat for sitting upon

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pula’] n. Pinecone Soldierfish, Small-Eyed Squirrelfish

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

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

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stone in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ruɸau] n. Island Trevally

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

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

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sasua] n. Oriental Sweetlips

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

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

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

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

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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))

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[toga rari] n. wind from the southeast near Atatoma

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[uritoga tane] n. wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋetei] n. Finstripe Goatfish

Example: Photo by Robert Pillon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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