Futuna-Aniwa

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

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

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

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Yellowlip Emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ŋata] snake

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

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

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kafa] The bindings used to join canoe parts. Traditionally made of coconut fiber, but today fishing line is used.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beater for drum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5251)

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

Scientific name: Abutilon indicum

[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

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n reef, rocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sibling or parallel cousin of opposite sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kokau] A house component: diagonal upward beams forming the A-shape of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 0.5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5209)

Example: This plant is used as a styptic, to stop wounds from bleeding. Mash as much leaf as needed to cover the wound and place it directly on the wound. Also, for treating sores to help them heal, take the tops of 4 stems and squeeze the juice directly on the sore. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s sarong

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. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[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

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n legendary hero

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Tomato Hind, Tomato Grouper

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n lizard

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mutu tanei] n. Blue Sea Chub, Snubnose Chub, Topsail Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niɸo] fish part: tooth

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

Scientific name: Jasminum

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[bora bora] n. Spotted Unicornfish

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

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

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[pula takai] n. Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldierfish

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

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

[ramarari] n. Bigeye Trevally

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

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

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[saveraro] The name of a harbor on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

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

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukale moana] Silver Gull and Beck’s Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Hisgett, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae and Pseudobulweria becki, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ta] Bailing can used to remove water from canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takuku moana] n. Black-and-White Snapper

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

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

[tariŋa] n ear

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[toga] n. wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua