Futuna-Aniwa

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant using the sau

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Longface Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to appear (said only of the first tooth)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5259)

Example: Photo by jcorrie / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macroptilium lathyroides

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ŋatara kosi] n. Highfin Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Malabar Grouper

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

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

n Tanna Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunting

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

[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

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pool of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanawaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kapekanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

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

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

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kurapo] n. Tang’s Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Brim

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

Scientific name: Lipocheilus carnolabrum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n an itch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n scorpion

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fermented banana or breadfruit pudding

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marau] n. Silverspot Squirrelfish, Tailspot Squirrelfish

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

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

n orange tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spring of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n dolphin, porpoise

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper tusks of pig

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Brick Soldierfish

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

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

n mouth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stone in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

[sapratou] A song sung while waiting for food in earth oven to cook, using rocks as rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Yellowbanded Sweetlips

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

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

[sorenau] The name of the highest part of Futuna, at 666 meters. Good for planting taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tapatu] n. Blackfin Barracuda

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

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

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toro ɸaru] n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4155)

Example: Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

Scientific name: Micromelum minutum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[umwe] n. Bulbnose Unicornfish, Humpnose Unicornfish

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

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

[ʋare ʋare] Water more than 100 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n new form of Eronan, a variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[yagesi] The plateau above Tafatu. Kava and taro are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo