Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n substitute, duplicate (examples include a person killed in retaliation for another’s death, one of two persons chewing kava, or one who chews kava for others to drink).

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸana] A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a braid or braided piece of rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus obsoletus 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

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

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. Tree to 5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5215)

Example: The stems of this plant are good for firewood and house posts (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Melochia odorata

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Netfin Grouper

Example: Photo by Molly Varghese / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma jala] n. Achille’s Tang

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

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

v be pregnant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kafa] The bindings used to join canoe parts. Traditionally made of coconut fiber, but today fishing line is used.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beater for drum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[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 sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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

[marinou] n. Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5247)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, 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 skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paraŋi] n. Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Gerard E. Allen / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Goldspotted Spinefoot, Gold-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

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

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[puku ɸakatu] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2521)

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sasua] n. Cocoa Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Straep Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio stonei via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sino] The name of a beach on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tai] n sea, seaward

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takuku moana] n. Midnight Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grandchild

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

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

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wakaŋou] n. Wahoo

(Bislama) Wahoo

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

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wrist, fist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson