Futuna-Aniwa

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fare marari] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

Example: Photo by Mattia Menchetti, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Ambon Emperor

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

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

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n narrow crevice or hole in stone or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fuŋa] n. Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar

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

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

n niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n reed, wild cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋou] n dew, mist, light rain, snow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n bone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃitou] n. Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

[kafa] The bindings used to join canoe parts. Traditionally made of coconut fiber, but today fishing line is used.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger rods

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tidal wave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kouhmara] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5057)

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n garden

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 louse, flea

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n crown of skull, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n orange tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[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

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu tanei] 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 men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n husband, old man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[baru pula] n. Deep Water Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

(Bislama) Sottell Red Poulet

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

Scientific name: Etelis carbunculus 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

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

whitecaps, ocean swell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula takai] n. Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldierfish

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

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

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Blackfin Squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n Futuna man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. Tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5217)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for timber that is used for house posts. The stems can also be burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[touʃi] n. Spotted Parrotfish

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n knee, including lower part of leg

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

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

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

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n head, hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson