Futuna-Aniwa

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chest, front side

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

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

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

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

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

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

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

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruiting season

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Whitespotted Grouper

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

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

[gauta] n. Tanna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n forbidden food that cannot be touched directly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Pencil Surgeonfish

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

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

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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 sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sweat

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 spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaipuri] n beche-de-mer, sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n artery, vein

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso brachycentron via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[no ami] fish part: gills

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baika] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru onea] n. Speckled Grouper

(Bislama) Spot Los

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

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

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

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

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5275)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the thin leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n arm, hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[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

[ruku] n. Tripletail Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus 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 Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tafatu] The name of the lowest plateau on Futuna island where crops are planted. Usually just bananas are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grandchild

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[taufufu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

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

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n collarbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n throat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Gold-Saddle Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus cyclostomus 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