Futuna-Aniwa

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass mat; grass skirt; penis sheath; belt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 10 m, dbh 30 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5213)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ficus

[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

[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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸoe] Paddle of canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5227)

Example: The stems of this shrub are used as firewood, because they are easy to light when dry. These stems are used for cooking. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flax

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

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

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bush hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n poisonous vine, hemlock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kou warukaŋou] n. Striped Marlin

(Bislama) Striped Marlin

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

Scientific name: Kajikia audax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n legendary hero

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sickness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marau] n. Pink Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiereoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Blue And Gold Fusilier, Scissortail Fusilier, Goldband Fusilier

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

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

[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

Scientific name: Wikstroemia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n urine (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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 ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[baika] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[paraŋi paroro] n. Elongate Surgeonfish, Pale Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ba:wa] n. Little Spinefoot, Scribbled Rabbitfish

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

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

whitecaps, ocean swell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[sekaʋesi] n. Spotted Coralgrouper

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

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

[sapratou] A song sung while waiting for food in earth oven to cook, using rocks as rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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 oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blood

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

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n pus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Bigeye Tuna

Example: Photo by Fishpix / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Thunnus obesus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wauwau] n. scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga