Futuna-Aniwa

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feawa] The name of a harbor on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[hgakere] n land

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Brown-Marbled Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Snubnose Grouper

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

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

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Tanna Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

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 hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

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 nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n rock look out point near Moriga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with one root at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5251)

Example: Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Abutilon indicum

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

Example: The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

n cricket, cicada

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long pole, club, bar

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

[kouhmara] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5057)

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n car, truck

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 charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

Scientific name: Aglaomorpha rigidula, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[moko bula] A type of orange and blue lizard.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

n island, bit of land

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

[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 stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5250)

Example: This is an edible plant. Collect the young leaves, boil them in water, discard the water, and add salt and eat. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Solanum americanum

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[pula’] n. Pinecone Soldierfish, Small-Eyed Squirrelfish

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

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

[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

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[roi] n. Bluelined Hind, Bluelined Grouper

Example: Photo by Amada44 / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tai] n sea, seaward

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[turi] n knee

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga] n. wind from the southwest towards Ivei

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wrist, fist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n new form of Eronan, a variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋetei] n. Dash-And-Dot Goatfish

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

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