Futuna-Aniwa

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n intestines

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

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

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

[ʃitou] n. Golden Trevally

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

Scientific name: Gnathanodon speciosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sakau, kava

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 marlin or sailfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n leg, calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 0.5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5209)

Example: This plant is used as a styptic, to stop wounds from bleeding. Mash as much leaf as needed to cover the wound and place it directly on the wound. Also, for treating sores to help them heal, take the tops of 4 stems and squeeze the juice directly on the sore. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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 life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Blacktip Grouper

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

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

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[mwejau] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mu] n. Redfin Bream

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis heterodon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dirt, residue, scab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili 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. 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

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n ribs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n father, father’s brothers, father’s male parallel cousins, mother’s husband

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n husband, man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tarakisi] n. Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

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

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

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[umwe] n. Bulbnose Unicornfish, Humpnose Unicornfish

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

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

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wajiri] n. lightning and thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson