Futuna-Aniwa

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a braid or braided piece of rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸoe] Paddle of canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. One-Blotch Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Starspotted Grouper

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

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

n tortoise shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

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

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

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kawiameta kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Kawiameta.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marlin or sailfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kona] adj. sour

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri 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

[likou] n. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus spilurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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 bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Orangespotted Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides bajad via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[melomelo] n. Darkfin Hind, Flagtail Grouper

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

n stomach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mu] n. Redfin Bream

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis heterodon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[namruke] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus 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

[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

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

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus multifasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides plagiotaenia via FishBase, 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

[sekaʋesi] n. Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Cocoa Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Straep Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio stonei via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena jello 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

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus ciliatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

Scientific name: Thunnus albacares via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana