Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[ɸiroa] n. Spangled Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Yellowlip Emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 7, seven

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Zosterops griseotinctus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋata] n land snake

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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. Orangespot Surgeonfish

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

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

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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 fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n membrane, diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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 skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tidal wave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hawk

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n place where the sun sets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n island, bit of land

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[otea] n midday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stem of coconut fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj long

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

n edible white fruit

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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 nostril

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sumfo jaka] n. Green Jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

Scientific name: Aprion virescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapi toki] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus floridanus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n blood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pus

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

[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