Futuna-Aniwa

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ŋatara kosi] n. Surge Grouper

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

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

[gauta] n. Tanna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater at top of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a soft grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Flathead Grey Mullet, Sea Mullet, Grey Mullet

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ka:pe] n. Mangrove Red Snapper, Mangrove Jack

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

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

n a sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tenticle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n cricket, cicada

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n artery, vein

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[mahmaʃi] n. Elongate Unicornfish, Slender Unicornfish

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

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

[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[moko bula] A type of orange and blue lizard.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n vagina

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 homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[namanu] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4156)

Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[parapu] n. wind from the west towards Fafakaraua

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n upper tusks of pig

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. Streamlined Spinefoot, Forktail Rabbitfish

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

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

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n toes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[pula’] n. Scarlet Soldierfish

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

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

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

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

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

[pusi] n. small tree, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4179)

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[pusiki tai] n. Doublebar Goatfish

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

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

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5276)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the wide leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n arm, hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n navel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[taufufu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n wrist, fist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[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