Futuna-Aniwa

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n spathe of coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸiroa] n. Japanese Large-Eye Bream, Paddletail Seabream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius euanus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[foŋa iɸi] n. Humphead Wrasse (Initial Phase)

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma] n. White-Freckled Surgeonfish, Spotted-Face Surgeonfish

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

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

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sleeping mat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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: Ausdin Jackson

n membrane, diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marlin or sailfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Thumbprint Emperor, Blackspot Emperor

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

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

n breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[manini] n. Convict Surgeonfish, Convict Tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

Scientific name: Wikstroemia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[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 back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tree sp. with inedible spherical fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Canna indica

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niŋei] n white ant, termite

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[niwa] n. Aniwa island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n house fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Whitetip Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis vittata 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

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[roi] n. Bluelined Hind, Bluelined Grouper

Example: Photo by Amada44 / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[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

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sekaʋesi] n. Leopard Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by John Sear / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

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

n women’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tarakisi] n. Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[taufufu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toga tea] n. wind from the southeast towards Hteiu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n blood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[uritoga tane] n. wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʋetei] n. Cinnabar Goatfish

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

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