Futuna-Aniwa

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n smoke of fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

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

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[furufare] n a row of thatch

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fat, lard, grease

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj naked

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to be born

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n new form of Pau, a village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n empty shell of a fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

Scientific name: Lutjanus argentimaculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n long pole, club, bar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whites of the eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n louse, flea

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[likou] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[maɸei] n. Yellow-Edged Moray

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mangrove crab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n scorpion

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[manini] n. Convict Surgeonfish, Convict Tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5224)

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

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[otea] n midday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

flying fox

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mouth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[sekaʋesi] n. Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti 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 women’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[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

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toro ɸaru] n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4155)

Example: Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

Scientific name: Micromelum minutum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru