Futuna-Aniwa

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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 current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸaka taŋi ŋata] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4169)

Example: Peel off the outer portion of the stem, clean it, remove the fibers and dry them in the sun, and then weave into rope for fishing and also to make the net for catching flying fish. Weave into rope for fishing, and also weave this fiber to attach to the frame, used to catch flying fish.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n morning star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ŋatara kosi] n. Malabar Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Starspotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ikoɸi] Tongs made of twisted cane, used to pick up hot rocks from oven.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

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

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tidal wave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

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

[kurapou] n. Longspine Emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n life

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

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mother, mom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n husband, old man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[baru pula] n. Deep Water Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

(Bislama) Sottell Red Poulet

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

Scientific name: Etelis carbunculus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

a small taro, just above the ground

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

n neice, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law (referring to the relative of a man)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

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

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

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

[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

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tapatu] n. Blackfin Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tapatu ʋai] n. Bigeye Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena forsteri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tapou] The shout that the fishermen give to announce to the village that they have caught fish. The type of shout and number of times it’s repeated indicate type and quantity of fish.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[toga] n. wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n eyebrows

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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