Futuna-Aniwa

n Futuna people

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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. Pink Ear Emperor

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

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

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n traditional dance done by women

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n center strip for finishing and covering the peak of a roof

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ngai] n almond, almond tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n reed, wild cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Foursaddle Grouper

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

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

[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock look out point near Moriga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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

n beater for drum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to laugh, smile

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n membrane, diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kiato] The beams connecting the main canoe to the outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

[likou] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

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

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mata poto] A type of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5261)

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

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yellowtail Blue Snapper, False Fusilier

(Bislama) Yello Tel Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio xanthura 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

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wild yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[ruku] n. Tripletail Wrasse

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

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

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

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

[sasua] n. Oriental Sweetlips

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

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

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tariŋa] n ear

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n Futuna man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n eyebrows

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[turu turu] A house component: small vertical beams supporting the A-shaped section of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[warukaŋo] n. Kawakawa

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

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo