Futuna-Aniwa

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5228)

Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia

[fare marari] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

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

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

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Coral Grouper, Coral Rock Grouper

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

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

[gauta] n. Tanna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n tortoise shell

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

[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

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

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiroŋ] A house component: a window.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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. 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

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Bluespot Mullet

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

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Flathead Grey Mullet, Sea Mullet, Grey Mullet

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beater for drum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n water bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 tidal wave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kona] adj. sour

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kouhmara] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5057)

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

chicken

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5264)

Example: This herb is used for cooking, and is said to be used to add flavor to fish and chicken. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ocimum

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[papakaiɸi] fish part: pectoral fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pararaŋi toŋa] n. Black-Spot Surgeonfish, Eyespot Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[baru maru] n. Golden Eye Jobfish, Goldeneye Snapper

(Bislama) Yellofin White Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides flavipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pebar] n. Hairy Hotlips, Blubberlip

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

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

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

[romaʃi] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4182)

Example: The young leaves are edible. Boil them for 30 minutes, and eat. The fruits are also edible and are eaten. Boil fruits 1 hour and eat with coconut. Also, you can wrap the leaves of this plant with Cordyline fruitcosa (MJB 4180) leaves and bake in fire, adding meat as well.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5230)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this as a fishing line. Strip off the skin (bark) of the stem and place it in the sun to dry. Remove the fiber by stripping it off and weave the fiber into a fishing line. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sasua] n. Two-Striped Sweetlips, Giant Sweetlips

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

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

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafagai futuna] n Futuna person

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tafatu] The name of the lowest plateau on Futuna island where crops are planted. Usually just bananas are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stomach

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapi toki] n. small, densely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4160)

Example: This plant is used for firewood, as when it is cut green, it will burn quite easily. The can be used to make rafters. It cannot be used as a housepost in the ground, as it will not last long at all.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[turu turu] A house component: small vertical beams supporting the A-shaped section of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata