Futuna-Aniwa

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cross cousin of opposite sex

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

a the flowers of reeds, breadfruit, and chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Japanese Large-Eye Bream, Paddletail Seabream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius euanus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ngai] n almond, almond tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater at top of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[itatafu] The name for the top part of the island. It is flat and good for growing different kinds of taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃinai] n belly

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃitou] n. Golden Trevally

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

Scientific name: Gnathanodon speciosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃito] n. Longnose Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides chrysophrys 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 parrot species

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

Example: The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

n a feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n cricket, cicada

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kurapou] n. Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

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

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

[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

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eel

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mata poto] A type of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n spring of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5224)

Example: The stems of this tree are used to make firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides

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 magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n green coconut not ready to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[ba:wa] n. Vermiculated Spinefoot, Vermiculate Rabbitfish

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

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

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bora bora] n. Bignose Unicornfish

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

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

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tongue

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rimu] Edible seaweed gathered around the reef during low tide. Used in salads and is particularly good with breadfruit because of its saltiness.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Tripletail Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus 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

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sino] The name of a beach on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tafagai futuna] n Futuna person

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toto] n. Splitlevel Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish

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

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

[turu turu] A house component: small vertical beams supporting the A-shaped section of the house.

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

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

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu