Futuna-Aniwa

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n crowd, group of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n heart

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸana] A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant using the sau

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fie] n firewood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Whitespotted Grouper

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

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

[gauta] n. Tanna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v. intransitive burn (intransitive)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma jala] n. Achille’s Tang

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

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

v be pregnant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

Speaker: Paul Navaika

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n native cabbage

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

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

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

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

[kurapou] n. Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

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

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

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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 knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5237)

Example: Name means "thick leaves." This is an ornamental plant introduced by the missionaries. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[napuk] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5050)

Example: Used to build fences or pens around houses.

Scientific name: Jatropha curcas, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nasijau] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4150)

Example: Houseposts, strong wood lasts 7-8 years in the ground. Use the small wood to make a bow and arrow as well as when it is young and straight to make a spear handle. The young wood is flexible and is used to make the circular part of a flying fish net.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n wild yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arm, hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Lesson’s Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

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

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

n foreskin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

[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

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n husband, man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

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

n lower sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

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

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua