Futuna-Aniwa

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

thank you

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat, lard, grease

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋau pakora] n scar, mark, trail

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to be born

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Golden Spadefish

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

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

n parrot species

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ka:pe] n. Two-Spot Red Snapper, Twinspot Snapper, Red Bass

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

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

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kataʔ] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2527)

Scientific name: Asplenium nidus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sibling or parallel cousin of opposite sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou] n. Sailfish

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

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

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kofafa] n jaw

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus atkinsoni via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ashes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[marau ta] n. Sabre Squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spring of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Tomato Hind, Tomato Grouper

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sonnerati via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5273)

Example: Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum

[namruke] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niŋei] n white ant, termite

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n unmarried adult

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thorn

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

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ba:wa] n. White-Spotted Spinefoot, White-Spotted 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

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pure fine] n. generic name for shells ("girls shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rai] n. Needlescaled Queenfish

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

Scientific name: Scomberoides tol via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arm, hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ruɸau] n. Island Trevally

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

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

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

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

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

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

[saka] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5059)

Example: Fruit is edible when bract is dry. Boil the whole plant in a 1 liter of hot water, for 1 hour. Make certain juice comes out from plant. To treat dengue fever, drink hot 1-2 cups daily, for 2-3 days.

Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sasua] n. Yellowbanded Sweetlips

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

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

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sumtukuŋa] n. Titan Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n husband, man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

n Futuna man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[toto] n. Splitlevel Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus mesothorax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n head, hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋare ʋare] Water more than 100 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru