Futuna-Aniwa

n Futuna people

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

a the flowers of reeds, breadfruit, and chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸoe] Paddle of canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mustache

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuŋa] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus malabaricus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸuna moto] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4157)

Example: The stems are used for firewood, as it is hard and burns well, for example to roast taro, yams, and other foods.

Scientific name: Ilex vitiensis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[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

[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 to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish

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

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ikoɸi] Tongs made of twisted cane, used to pick up hot rocks from oven.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiama] Outrigger of canoe, long name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus lutjanus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cricket, cicada

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kou warukaŋou] n. Striped Marlin

(Bislama) Striped Marlin

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

Scientific name: Kajikia audax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapo] n. Tang’s Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Brim

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

Scientific name: Lipocheilus carnolabrum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[maɸei] n. Yellow-Edged Moray

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

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

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

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

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

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n village common

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 cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[momoure] n. Orangespine Unicornfish, Clown Unicornfish

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

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

[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 plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hill, mountain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baika] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n edible white fruit

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

a small taro, just above the ground

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n toes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poki] Rainbow Lorikeet

Example: Photo by user Cacophony, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Trichoglossus moluccanus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Pinecone Soldierfish, Small-Eyed Squirrelfish

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

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

[pusi] n. small tree, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4179)

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n inner corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Humpback Red Snapper, Paddletail

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus gibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sibling or parallel cousin of same sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[tariŋa] n ear

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spleen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[doʃi] n. Dusky Parrotfish, Swarthy Parrotfish

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

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

n uncle, mother’s brother, mother’s male parallel cousin, the father of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[woɸoru bo’] n. Twosaddle Goatfish

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

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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowfin Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[yagesi] The plateau above Tafatu. Kava and taro are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo