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ara tapu

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

ariki ~ teriki

ariki ~ teriki
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n chief, ruler, God, spirits

ataua

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[doua] n arrowroot

elta

n elder

fafetai

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discourse Thank you!

fagarupe

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

faka masi

Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.
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[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

fakatangigata

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))

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))

fare furufuru

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[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

fare ku

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[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

faremori

n church (house of prayer)

fesaoga

n story

fetu

n stone

foa

n traditional dance

fogahma

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n bottom of sea

fugona

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

furumoa

n fishing lure

gahgaji

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n sternum

gasau

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[ŋasau] wild cane

gatara kosi

Epinephelus coioides http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-coioides.html
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[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

hge

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n a cough

hkai

n story, tale, legend

hkanveika

n temporal bone

hlaga

v to weave

hma

Acanthurus blochii http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-blochii.html
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[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

hma

Acanthurus maculiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-maculiceps.html
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[hma] n. White-Freckled Surgeonfish, Spotted-Face Surgeonfish

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

htae

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n excrement

ikofi

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n tongs

iva

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num 9, nine

ivi naulesi

n backbone

kai ta geji

n tabooed food

kaisira

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n evening star

kanouri

n flesh

kape

Lutjanus bohar http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-bohar.html
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[ka:pe] n. Two-Spot Red Snapper, Twinspot Snapper, Red Bass

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

karae

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n bush hen

karkari

n stalk of banana

kau

n reef, rocks

kauroukau

Scarus chameleon http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-chameleon.html
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[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

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

kiato

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kiato] The beams connecting the main canoe to the outrigger.

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

kiki

n a small bird sp.

kiri foimata

n eyelid

ko uorukago

Makaira mazara http://fishbase.org/summary/Makaira-mazara.html
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[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

Example: Photo by CAFS, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

koga ika

v to fish with a long line

koia

v to husk coconuts

koka sore

n tree sp.

kumarae

n forehead

kurapo

Lethrinus erythropterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-erythropterus.html
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[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

ma

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n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

maji ra hgu

A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.
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[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

manava

n belly

marino

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n peace

matoka

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n coral reef

mauku

n vine

melomelo

Cephalopholis sexmaculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sexmaculata.html
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[melomelo] n. Sixblotch Hind, Saddle Grouper

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

melomelo

Cephalopholis sonnerati http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sonnerati.html
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[melomelo] n. Tomato Hind, Tomato Grouper

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

moana

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

moiau

Scarus globiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-globiceps.html
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[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

moiau

Scarus longipinnis http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-longipinnis.html
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[mwejau] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

moropake

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

mu

Monotaxis heterodon http://fishbase.org/summary/Monotaxis-heterodon.html
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[mu] n. Redfin Bream

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

muri foe

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n canoe paddle

murukina

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

mutu

Kyphosus bigibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-bigibbus.html
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[mutu] n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

Namuji

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[namuji] n. village of Futuna

napani

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n kind of banana

nau nau

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

nauoua

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[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

nifonea

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n fishhook

niseni maru

Christella harveyi
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[niseni maru] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 1.0 m. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2523)

nisori

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

nonai

n womb

nta

n cluster of bananas

panpaniga

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A marriage ceremony during which the parents of the bride and groom meet and give approval for the marriage.

pararagi toga

Acanthurus bariene http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-bariene.html
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[pararaŋi toŋa] n. Black-Spot Surgeonfish, Eyespot Surgeonfish

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

paru jigou

Pristipomoides filamentosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Pristipomoides-filamentosus.html
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[baru ʃiŋou] n. Crimson Jobfish, Rosy Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

paua

Siganus punctatissimus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-punctatissimus.html
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[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

pekau

shoulder

pepaea

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n house fence

pure fine

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[pure fine] n. generic name for shells ("girls shell")

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

rufau

Carangoides orthogrammus http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-orthogrammus.html
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[ruɸau] n. Island Trevally

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

safe

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n brother-in-law, male cross cousin

Sorenau

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n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

takamurirai

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

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))

Tamtautu

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n placename, Futuna

tapeia

Gymnothorax javanicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnothorax-javanicus.html
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[tapeja] n. Giant Moray

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

tarakisi jino

Neoniphon sammara http://fishbase.org/summary/Neoniphon-sammara.html
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[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Samarra Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrelfish

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

tawai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

tjoku feava

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n my bay

torojei fotara

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n lower sail

toru

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num 3, three

toto

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n blood

touji

Cetoscarus ocellatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cetoscarus-ocellatus.html
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[touʃi] n. Spotted Parrotfish

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

tukuga

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[tukuŋa] Water 50 meters deep.

turi rima

n elbow

uikarapusi

n collarbone

vetei

Parupeneus indicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-indicus.html
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[ʋetei] n. Indian Goatfish

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

vetei

Upeneus vittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Upeneus-vittatus.html
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[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

wakasore

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

watjiri

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[wajiri] n. lightning and thunder

Yanarua

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n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna