Futuna-Aniwa

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n 1. possessions, supplies, 2. a child’s penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foŋa iɸi] n. Humphead Wrasse (Initial Phase)

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foʃinai] n womb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5259)

Example: Photo by jcorrie / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macroptilium lathyroides

n fruit (includes nuts and berries)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuŋa] n. Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar

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

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

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5215)

Example: The stems of this plant are good for firewood and house posts (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Melochia odorata

[ŋatara kosi] n. Netfin Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus miliaris via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ipau] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃitou] n. Orangespot Surgeonfish

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

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

[ʃitou jala] n. Chocolate Surgeonfish, Mimic Surgeonfish

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

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

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kamoni tai] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5058)

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kanawaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

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

Scientific name: Makaira mazara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mahmaʃi] n. Bluespine Unicornfish

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

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

[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 bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Bluefin Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

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

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

n spring of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nukubi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stem of coconut fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru pula] n. Deep Water Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

(Bislama) Sottell Red Poulet

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

Scientific name: Etelis carbunculus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[popo] n. scandent shrub, growing in canopy gap of dense forest. fruits green to pale red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4186)

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[bora bora] n. Bignose Unicornfish

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

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

[potupʰuku] n mat for sitting upon

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pula’] n. Lattice Soldierfish, Violet Soldierfish

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

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

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides plagiotaenia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Sling-Jaw Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[saveraro] The name of a harbor on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5274)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bougainvillea spectabilis

[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Samarra Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Neoniphon sammara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n inside of eyes beside nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo