Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5228)

Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Starspotted Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus hexagonatus 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 tortoise shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

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 native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuku] Fruit Doves

Example: Photo by Papier K, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptilinopus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

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

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

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

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stranger, guest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Darkfin Hind, Flagtail Grouper

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

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

n stream, water channel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n day

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nokau] Handle of the canoe paddle.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n comet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru onea] n. Speckled Grouper

(Bislama) Spot Los

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

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

[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

[ba:wa] n. Peppered Spinefoot, Fine-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

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

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5250)

Example: This is an edible plant. Collect the young leaves, boil them in water, discard the water, and add salt and eat. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Solanum americanum

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Scarlet Soldierfish

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

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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5245)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5275)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the thin leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[rimu] Edible seaweed gathered around the reef during low tide. Used in salads and is particularly good with breadfruit because of its saltiness.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruetu] n. wind from the north towards Napau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruku] n. Blackeye Thicklip, Thicklip Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Hemigymnus melapterus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n brother-in-law, male cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sekaʋesi] n. Leopard Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by John Sear / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n waist, pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n father, father’s brothers, father’s male parallel cousins, mother’s husband

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tapatu] n. Sawtooth Barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[tapatu ʋai] n. Yellowtail Barracuda

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

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

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

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

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

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

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