Futuna-Aniwa

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸe’ai] A type of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n language, speech

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chicken with a crown the color of which contrasts with the other head feathers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the roof thatching.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋou] n dew, mist, light rain, snow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n intestines

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n field

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[itamtautu] The name of a harbor with a point on Futuna island where there are coconuts. A good place to plant mango and banana.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Largescale Mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza macrolepis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ko kaʋa] n. liana, growing in well developed secondary forest. flowers pale pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4154)

Example: Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Derris indica, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[kou warukaŋou] n. Black Marlin

(Bislama) Black Marlin

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

Scientific name: Istiompax indica via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kona] adj. sour

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n type of necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n earthquake

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marau uroa] n. Bluelined Squirrelfish, Tahitian Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

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

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

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stomach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n unmarried adult

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stem of coconut fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ba:wa] n. Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ba:wa] n. Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

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

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poki] Rainbow Lorikeet

Example: Photo by user Cacophony, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Trichoglossus moluccanus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pusiki tai] n. Doublebar Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus crassilabris via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ruɸau] n. Island Trevally

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

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

n brother-in-law, male cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sapratou] A song sung while waiting for food in earth oven to cook, using rocks as rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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))

[tapatu] n. Sawtooth Barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Samarra Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Neoniphon sammara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[taufufu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

[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

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

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

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

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

[woroŋou] n. Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

[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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowfin Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru