Futuna-Aniwa

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[burunga] Metal piece on the front of the canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Slender Emperor

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

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

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n center strip for finishing and covering the peak of a roof

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forest, bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

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

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater at top of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ipau] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃiŋamotu] n. tree, 2.5 to 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4180)

Example: The below ground portion of the stem is used to bake in an earth oven and eat. It has a sugary taste.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[ʃiʃi] Section joining upper and lower section of main canoe. Traditonally made of pandanus root.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

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

[ʃitou] n. Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

[ʃito] n. Longnose Trevally

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

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

n parrot species

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Five-Lined Snapper

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

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

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaufaghawara tu kokau] A house component: long beams supporting upward side beams.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou] n. Sailfish

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n fat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

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

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

grave, cemetary

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[niɸo] fish part: tooth

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yellowtail Blue Snapper, False Fusilier

(Bislama) Yello Tel Brim

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

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

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n baby toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popo] n. scandent shrub, growing in canopy gap of dense forest. fruits green to pale red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4186)

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pure fine] n. generic name for shells ("girls shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sekaʋesi] n. Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum 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 placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n stomach

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toga rari] n. wind from the southeast near Atatoma

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus laevis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toto] n. Splitlevel Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus mesothorax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toto’ama] n. Reef Needlefish, Reef Longtom

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uru ʋaka] The front of the canoe, designed to break through waves.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua