Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n 1. possessions, supplies, 2. a child’s penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cross cousin of opposite sex

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Futuna language

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Longface Emperor

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

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

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸoi’ata] n. banyan-forming fig tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4183)

Example: The fiber of this plant is used as a rope. Collect the young shoots, strip off bark and use fresh as a rope, especially to tie and carry baskets or firewood. The birds eat fruits; hunters know this and they hunt there.

Scientific name: Ficus aspera, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of beetle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chicken with a crown the color of which contrasts with the other head feathers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara] n. Brownspotted Grouper

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5226)

Example: The stems of this grass are tied together and woven to make the wall of a traditional house. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v be pregnant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chestnut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n maggots

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ʃiʃi] Section joining upper and lower section of main canoe. Traditonally made of pandanus root.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃito] n. Longnose Trevally

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

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

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kataʔ] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2527)

Scientific name: Asplenium nidus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n species of giant bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lips

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marau uroa] n. Bluelined Squirrelfish, Tahitian Squirrelfish

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

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

[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

Example: Photo by Lesley Clements / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[melomelo] n. Leopard Hind, Leopard Grouper

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

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

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[namuji] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tooth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n unmarried adult

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[baru taplenake] n. Eightbar Grouper

(Bislama) Eit Ban Los

Example: Photo by Fish Database of Taiwan, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Hyporthodus octofasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pure tani] n. generic name for shells ("boys shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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. 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 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 homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapeja] n. Giant Moray

Example: Photo by Sascha Schultz / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gymnothorax javanicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

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

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

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson