Futuna-Aniwa

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n smoke of fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸaka taŋi ŋata] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4169)

Example: Peel off the outer portion of the stem, clean it, remove the fibers and dry them in the sun, and then weave into rope for fishing and also to make the net for catching flying fish. Weave into rope for fishing, and also weave this fiber to attach to the frame, used to catch flying fish.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[hgakere] n land

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n species of giant bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka ɸatoto] 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. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n kind of clay or mud that produces suds when mixed with water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou] n. Sailfish

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ko kaʋa] n. liana, growing in well developed secondary forest. flowers pale pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4154)

Example: Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Derris indica, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kona] adj. sour

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kurapou] n. Longspine Emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus genivittatus 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. 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

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea slug

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

[melomelo] n. Blacktip Grouper

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

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

[mwejau] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niseni maru] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 1.0 m. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2523)

Scientific name: Christella harveyi, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[paraŋi paroro] n. Elongate Surgeonfish, Pale Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[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. Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus 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

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n house fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata 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. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n foreskin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tafatu] The name of the lowest plateau on Futuna island where crops are planted. Usually just bananas are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[tapi toki] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus floridanus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[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

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋa:ʋe] n. Russell’s Snapper, Moses Perch

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus russellii via FishBase, 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