Futuna-Aniwa

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n substitute, duplicate (examples include a person killed in retaliation for another’s death, one of two persons chewing kava, or one who chews kava for others to drink).

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

thank you

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸe’ai] A type of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸiroa] n. Japanese Large-Eye Bream, Paddletail Seabream

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

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

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the roof thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋata] snake

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma] n. Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Pencil Surgeonfish

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

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

[hma] n. Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

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

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

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chestnut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[likou] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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 car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso brachycentron via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5264)

Example: This herb is used for cooking, and is said to be used to add flavor to fish and chicken. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ocimum

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. Vine to 3 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5211)

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

Scientific name: Jasminum

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stem of coconut fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dirt, residue, scab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru ʃiŋou] n. Crimson Jobfish, Rosy Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides filamentosus 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. Dusky Rabbitfish

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

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

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pebar] n. Hairy Hotlips, Blubberlip

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus gibbosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Brick Soldierfish

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

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

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

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

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

[raso] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5055)

Example: Fruits edible like berries. Stems used for firewood. The name refers to testicle.

Scientific name: Maesa, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[retu matoga] n. wind from the east towards Tekau

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

[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

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

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

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu] n. Blackfin Barracuda

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

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

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lower sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n knee, including lower part of leg

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso annulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[ʋetei] n. Cinnabar Goatfish

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

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

[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