Futuna-Aniwa

n Futuna people

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸana] A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Spangled Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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))

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. One-Blotch Grouper

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

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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʃiama] Outrigger of canoe, long name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n aunt, father’s sister, father’s female parallel cousin, the mother of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n parrot species

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n reef, rocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n species of giant bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n eyelid

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

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato

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

[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 blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[matuku] White-faced Heron

Example: Photo by Martin Pot, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger, guest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[moko bula] A type of orange and blue lizard.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5247)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[muri ʋaka] The back of the canoe. The shape of the knob resembles the prominent rock outcropping (of the same name) from whichever bay the vessel embarks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cliffs near Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakau marau] n. Blue Sea Chub, Snubnose Chub, Topsail Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru taplenake] n. Eightbar Grouper

(Bislama) Eit Ban Los

Example: Photo by Fish Database of Taiwan, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Hyporthodus octofasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

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

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Streamlined Spinefoot, Forktail Rabbitfish

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

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

waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rou’api] n. Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

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

n foreskin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sorenau] The name of the highest part of Futuna, at 666 meters. Good for planting taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n husband, man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[topatu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n knuckles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

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

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu