Futuna-Aniwa

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 4, four

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸaka taŋi ŋata] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4169)

Example: Peel off the outer portion of the stem, clean it, remove the fibers and dry them in the sun, and then weave into rope for fishing and also to make the net for catching flying fish. Weave into rope for fishing, and also weave this fiber to attach to the frame, used to catch flying fish.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Trumpet Emperor, Red Throat Emperor

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

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

[foŋa iɸi] n. Humphead Wrasse (Initial Phase)

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

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

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furufare] n a row of thatch

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Brown-Marbled Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus via FishBase, 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. Snubnose Grouper

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

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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Tanna Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n temporal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

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

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃiroŋ] A house component: a window.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus lutjanus 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 a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n type of necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[likou] n. Pacific Slopehead Parrotfish, Tan-Faced Parrotfish

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

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

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marau uroa] n. Bluelined Squirrelfish, Tahitian Squirrelfish

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

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

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

Scientific name: Wikstroemia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mu] n. Redfin Bream

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis heterodon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5223)

Example: This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paraŋi paroro] n. Elongate Surgeonfish, Pale Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Dusky Rabbitfish

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

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

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5245)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

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

[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

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takaɸa] A song sung while waiting for the food in the earth oven to cook, using sticks for rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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))

[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

[tatoafa] The name for a desert-like area on Vanuatu with lots of rocks and wild canes. Is still used for cultivating some crops.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. Herb to 1.0 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5210)

Example: Name means "strong." This is a plant used to make the children strong, as implied by the local name. For children who are 1-3 years old, take a small branch of Tuhmakei, heat over a fire, and rub on the child’s knees, elbows, and ankles 1x daily for 5 days. Each day use another branch and hang it in a tree such as a coconut where the wind can go through it. this will make the child very strong and be able to walk well. Also used by older men, go give them virility. Take 6 leaves and boil in water 1x daily, drink the liquid and toss the leaves away. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Sida rhombifolia

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

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

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wajiri] n. lightning and thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo