Futuna-Aniwa

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fare marari] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ɸeimama] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4178)

Example: This is a source of house posts for temporary houses. The young stick split in half, and is used to grasp hot stones in earth oven.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Futuna language

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Slender Emperor

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

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

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n new form of Pau, a village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[itatafu] The name for the top part of the island. It is flat and good for growing different kinds of taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n bone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[ʃitou] n. Yellowfin Surgeonfish, Yellowmask Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapkapa] Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v hiccough, burp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

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 small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5231)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for making house posts as well as used for firewood. The leaves are also used as plates for holding food. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5241)

Example: Planted as an ornamental, for shade (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Diospyros

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n stranger, foreigner

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 a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5267)

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

Scientific name: Nerium oleander

n stream, water channel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5223)

Example: This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[nau nau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5056)

Example: Termites like to live in this wood. Collect termites from this plant and give to young chickens as food.

Scientific name: Scaevola, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a scar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n unmarried adult

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[baika] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper tusks of pig

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

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

[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pwandabura] n. Blue Trevally

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

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

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ramarari] n. Bigeye Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx sexfasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

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

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[takere] The floor of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5229)

Example: The stems of this tree are very good for making house posts. The wood from the tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

[takuku moana] n. Black-and-White Snapper

Example: Photo by dachalan / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

n stomach

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Samarra Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Neoniphon sammara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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