Futuna-Aniwa

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furufare] n a row of thatch

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Honeycomb Grouper

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

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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kanai] n. Flathead Grey Mullet, Sea Mullet, Grey Mullet

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Five-Lined Snapper

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

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

[kapekanu] 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

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaipuri] n beche-de-mer, sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kisaria] Willie Wagtail

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

Scientific name: Rhipidura leucophrys, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n marlin or sailfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n whites of the eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[kuriri] Curlews and Sandpipers

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

Scientific name: Scolopacidae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mahmaʃi] n. Bluespine Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caesio cuning via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Blacktip Grouper

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

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

[melomelo] n. Sixblotch Hind, Saddle Grouper

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

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

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[mwejau] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n tree sp. with inedible spherical fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big rock at Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru ʃiŋou] n. Crimson Jobfish, Rosy Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides filamentosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

whitecaps, ocean swell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

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

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sekaʋesi] n. Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Lesson’s Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

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

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

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n waist, pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tapatu] n. Great Barracuda

(Bislama) Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena barracuda via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

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

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

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

num 8, eight

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua