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 elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n feast for paying those who have cut or dug a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n mustache

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tortoise shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

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

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to be born

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiŋamotu] n. tree, 2.5 to 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4180)

Example: The below ground portion of the stem is used to bake in an earth oven and eat. It has a sugary taste.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[ʃitou jala] n. Chocolate Surgeonfish, Mimic Surgeonfish

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

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

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reef, rocks

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 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 spider sp.

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

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus spilurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

Scientific name: Aglaomorpha rigidula, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5273)

Example: Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sandalwood tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[baika] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bora bora] n. Spotted Unicornfish

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

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

[retu matoga] n. wind from the east towards Tekau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

n stone in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tai] n sea, seaward

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu] n. Sawtooth Barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

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

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toga tea] n. wind from the southeast towards Hteiu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. Tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5217)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for timber that is used for house posts. The stems can also be burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wakaŋou] n. Wahoo

(Bislama) Wahoo

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

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wauwau] n. scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga