Futuna-Aniwa

n Futuna people

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[eture] n. Chub Mackerel

(Bislama) Mangru

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

Scientific name: Scomber japonicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n immature coconut whose husk and meat are still soft

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. Tree to 10 m, dbh 30 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5213)

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

Scientific name: Ficus

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tortoise shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kamoni] A vine with yellow flowers that grows on the beach. Tied to the Popokiga fishing song.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Squaretail Mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

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

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

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n type of necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[marinou] n. Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[melomelo] n. Coral Hind, Coral Grouper

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

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

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[momoure] n. Orangespine Unicornfish, Clown Unicornfish

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

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

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tooth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. Vine to 3 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5211)

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

Scientific name: Jasminum

[niŋei] n white ant, termite

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n comet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n edible white fruit

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[puku ɸakatu] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2521)

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pula’] n. Pinecone Soldierfish, Small-Eyed Squirrelfish

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

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

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sija] n. Glasseye

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

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Moontail Bullseye, Crescent-Tail Bigeye

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

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

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takuku moana] n. Midnight Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n spleen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[woɸoru bo’] n. Twosaddle Goatfish

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

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

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana