Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n substitute, duplicate (examples include a person killed in retaliation for another’s death, one of two persons chewing kava, or one who chews kava for others to drink).

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[faʃaŋarima] n wrist

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

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mediator

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of beetle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vocal cords

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Zosterops griseotinctus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Giant Grouper

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

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

n intestines

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n protection, shield

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Pencil Surgeonfish

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

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

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Kawiameta.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

adj white, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to husk coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5231)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for making house posts as well as used for firewood. The leaves are also used as plates for holding food. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Elongate Unicornfish, Slender Unicornfish

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

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

n belly

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

[marinou] n. Blue And Gold Fusilier, Scissortail Fusilier, Goldband Fusilier

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / Fishwise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n husk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[moko hliki] A type of small, brown and black skink.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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 mother, mom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nawoʔ] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4187)

Example: This plant is used for firewood. It is hard and burns well.

Scientific name: Alyctron, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick of sugar cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Goldspotted Spinefoot, Gold-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Peppered Spinefoot, Fine-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

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

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

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

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

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

n women’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5229)

Example: The stems of this tree are very good for making house posts. The wood from the tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

[tapi toki] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus floridanus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[toga tea] n. wind from the southeast towards Hteiu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n head, hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983