Futuna-Aniwa

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n hole, depression, crater

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruiting season

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuna moto] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4157)

Example: The stems are used for firewood, as it is hard and burns well, for example to roast taro, yams, and other foods.

Scientific name: Ilex vitiensis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgakere] n land

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara] n. Brownspotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Whitespotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋou] n dew, mist, light rain, snow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n piece of wood, plank, flooring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Epaulette Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Eyeline Surgeonfish

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

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

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish

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 tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃinai] n belly

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[kapekanu] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

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

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n basket with two cornered base

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n poisonous vine, hemlock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

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

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n square woven mat for sitting on

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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 anus, buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuku] Fruit Doves

Example: Photo by Papier K, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptilinopus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an itch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[melomelo] n. Sixblotch Hind, Saddle Grouper

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

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

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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 boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n day

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru fifiʃi] n. Goldbanded Jobfish, Goldband Snapper

(Bislama) Big Scale Poulet

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

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

[baru kapau] n. Saddle-Back Snapper

(Bislama) Kusaka Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio kusakarii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kauroŋa] n. Comet Grouper

(Bislama) Banded Los

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

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

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[porugu] General name for any canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Brick Soldierfish

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

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

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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 big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n back of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eyebrows

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[turi] n knee

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

Scientific name: Thunnus albacares via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋare ʋare] Water more than 100 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua