Futuna-Aniwa

[burunga] Metal piece on the front of the canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[faʃaŋarima] n wrist

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the roof thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋatara kosi] n. Honeycomb Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

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

[gauta] n. Tanna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj naked

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

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

n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Largescale Mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza macrolepis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beater for drum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5251)

Example: Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Abutilon indicum

[kapekanu] n. One-Spot Snapper

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

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

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marlin or sailfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n eel

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mari] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

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

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

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n husband, old man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hill, mountain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakau marau] 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

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[parapu uri] n. wind from the southwest towards Nakiroa/Sukeamu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[ba:wa] n. Streamlined Spinefoot, Forktail Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus argenteus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pebar] n. Hairy Hotlips, Blubberlip

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

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

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popo] n. scandent shrub, growing in canopy gap of dense forest. fruits green to pale red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4186)

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n mouth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n neice, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law (referring to the relative of a man)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[takaɸa] A song sung while waiting for the food in the earth oven to cook, using sticks for rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu ʋai] n. Bigeye Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena forsteri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A Futuna traditional game ("chief") played with shells arrayed in a circle. Helps to develop cognitive skills.

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[ʋare ʋare] Water more than 100 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua