Futuna-Aniwa

n crowd, group of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[eture] n. Yellowtail Scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[faʃaŋarima] n wrist

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hibiscus tree

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 sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

a the flowers of reeds, breadfruit, and chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus howlandi 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

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pool of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapkapa] Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

n place where the sun sets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5260)

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

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

n a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spider web

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5255)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood or making houses and rafters for the roof. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala

[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rokinea] Traditional earth oven.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

[saka] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5059)

Example: Fruit is edible when bract is dry. Boil the whole plant in a 1 liter of hot water, for 1 hour. Make certain juice comes out from plant. To treat dengue fever, drink hot 1-2 cups daily, for 2-3 days.

Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ribs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[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

[sino] The name of a beach on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n knuckles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana