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ajiga

n the activity of spearing fish

bo

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

eigo

n name

entin

n engine

fa

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num 4, four

fa’afetai

thank you

fafetai

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discourse Thank you!

fagokoumajira

n pan pipes made of bamboo

fai

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[fai] n. Stingray

fakar woro

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[fakar woro] n slope

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))

fakatoni

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

Fanau Fatu

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n an early European name for Futuna

fatu

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n rock

feituna

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[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

feiuru

n hair

fiava

n bay, harbor, anchorage

fiji

n servant

firikiga fatu

n ore, stones

firoa

Gymnocranius grandoculis http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-grandoculis.html
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[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

foinaravrevi

n a mound between two rows of yams

foromia

v swallow, gulp down

fou

a new, young

fugona

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

furu fare

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[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

gata

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[ŋata] n land snake

gatara kosi

Epinephelus howlandi http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-howlandi.html
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[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

gatara kosi

Epinephelus malabaricus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-malabaricus.html
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[ŋatara kosi] n. Malabar Grouper

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

heimata

n eye

hfine

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woman

hgavae tagau

n shin

hleu

v ripen

hmaka

n sling, speargun

hpo

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n morning

htafugi

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

ifio

n a native dance

ivi pua

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n spine, backbone

jigamotu

The below ground portion of the stem is used to bake in an earth oven and eat. It has a sugary taste.
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[ʃiŋamotu] n. tree, 2.5 to 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4180)

Example: The below ground portion of the stem is used to bake in an earth oven and eat. It has a sugary taste.

jijifi pakasi

Platax teira http://fishbase.org/summary/Platax-teira.html
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[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

jito

Acanthurus nigrofuscus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-nigrofuscus.html
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[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by David Burdick, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kaikarapusi, karapusi

n collar bone

kairavaru

n long club with one root at head

kamakama

kamakama
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n crab sp.

kape

Lutjanus argentimaculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-argentimaculatus.html
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[ka:pe] n. Mangrove Red Snapper, Mangrove Jack

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

katea

n forward portion of canoe hull

kaumagarae

n forehead

kaumajira

n species of giant bamboo

kaurauniu

n spine

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

kautariga

n side of ear lobe

Kiamo

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n Aneityum Island

ko kava

Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.
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[ko kaʋa] n. liana, growing in well developed secondary forest. flowers pale pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4154)

Example: Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.

ko uorukago

Xiphias gladius http://fishbase.org/summary/Xiphias-gladius.html
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[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

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

koraga

n large crowbar

koro

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n fence

lavalava

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n men’s sarong

liko

Chlorurus bleekeri http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-bleekeri.html
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[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

mahmaji

Naso brachycentron http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-brachycentron.html
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[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

mari

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n truth

marino

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html
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[marinou] n. Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

matua

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[matua] n thumb

melomelo

Epinephelus fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-fasciatus.html
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[melomelo] n. Blacktip Grouper

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

moa

chicken

moropake

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

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

motu tafanua

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[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

nagavai

n stream, water channel

naibu

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n men’s bracelet

Namsaroi

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n big rock at Sinou, Futuna

Namtaperi

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n cliffs near Esoa

nasara

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[nahsara] n day before yesterday

nigei

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[niŋei] n white ant, termite

nohkano

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n spirit

nomomoa

n skin of young banana fruit

nopogi htao

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Saturday

pakao fare

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[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

papakaifi

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[papakaiɸi] fish part: pectoral fin

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

paru kapau

Paracaesio kusakarii http://fishbase.org/summary/Paracaesio-kusakarii.html
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[baru kapau] n. Saddle-Back Snapper

(Bislama) Kusaka Brim

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

paru popai

Pristipomoides zonatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Pristipomoides-zonatus.html
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[baru popai] n. Oblique-Banded Jobfish, Oblique-Banded Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Stripe 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

paufa

menstruation

peipai taro

a small taro, just above the ground

poja vae takemariri

n big toe

rakomai

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greeting Welcome!

rauai

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n sideboard (of a canoe)

raukutu

n occiput, depression at base of skull

sasua

Plectorhinchus picus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-picus.html
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[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

Seuseu

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n placename, Futuna

sia

Heteropriacanthus cruentatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Heteropriacanthus-cruentatus.html
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[sija] n. Glasseye

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

sia

Priacanthus blochii http://fishbase.org/summary/Priacanthus-blochii.html
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[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

Sukeamu

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[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

tamdavai

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[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Tamtautu Sisi

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[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

tapa rima

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n back of hand

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

topatu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[topatu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

tore

n gums

toru

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num 3, three

totoama

Strongylura incisa http://fishbase.org/summary/Strongylura-incisa.html
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[toto’ama] n. Reef Needlefish, Reef Longtom

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

vetei

Parupeneus pleurostigma http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-pleurostigma.html
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[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

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

yagesi

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[yagesi] The plateau above Tafatu. Kava and taro are planted here.