Futuna-Aniwa

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[eture] n. Yellowtail Scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n feast for paying those who have cut or dug a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fie] n firewood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

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

[gauta] n. Tanna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kawiameta ] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cricket, cicada

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

[kou warukaŋou] n. Striped Marlin

(Bislama) Striped Marlin

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

Scientific name: Kajikia audax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kokau] A house component: diagonal upward beams forming the A-shape of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dog

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kurapo] n. Tang’s Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Brim

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

Scientific name: Lipocheilus carnolabrum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maɸei] n. Yellow-Edged Moray

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

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

n earthquake

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n sickness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5267)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Nerium oleander

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[muri ʋaka] The back of the canoe. The shape of the knob resembles the prominent rock outcropping (of the same name) from whichever bay the vessel embarks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru ʃiŋou] n. Crimson Jobfish, Rosy Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

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

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru taplenake] n. Eightbar Grouper

(Bislama) Eit Ban Los

Example: Photo by Fish Database of Taiwan, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Hyporthodus octofasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5269)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Scarlet Soldierfish

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

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

[pusi] n. small tree, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4179)

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[retu arari] n. wind form the northeast towards Tafasua

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[saferaro] n. village of Futuna

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))

[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tarakisi] n. Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

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

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

[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Blackfin Squirrelfish

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

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

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

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

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