Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸaka taŋi ŋata] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4169)

Example: Peel off the outer portion of the stem, clean it, remove the fibers and dry them in the sun, and then weave into rope for fishing and also to make the net for catching flying fish. Weave into rope for fishing, and also weave this fiber to attach to the frame, used to catch flying fish.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n first yam of the year to be eaten

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to pray

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to roast

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃitou] n. Yellowfin Surgeonfish, Yellowmask Surgeonfish

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

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Flathead Grey Mullet, Sea Mullet, Grey Mullet

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanawaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 bush hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick (peg) used to attach the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

Example: Photo by CAFS, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Makaira mazara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nahsara] n day before yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nasijau] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4150)

Example: Houseposts, strong wood lasts 7-8 years in the ground. Use the small wood to make a bow and arrow as well as when it is young and straight to make a spear handle. The young wood is flexible and is used to make the circular part of a flying fish net.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[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

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niseni maru] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 1.0 m. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2523)

Scientific name: Christella harveyi, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n day, season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[oramea] n. Filament-Finned Parrotfish

Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[pula’] n. Lattice Soldierfish, Violet Soldierfish

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

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

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

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

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides plagiotaenia 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

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n women’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, 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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n grandchild

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[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

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[ʋa:ʋe] n. Russell’s Snapper, Moses Perch

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[yagesi] The plateau above Tafatu. Kava and taro are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana