Futuna-Aniwa

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius microdon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n empty shell of a fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 9, nine

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃitou] n. Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

n a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kamoni] A vine with yellow flowers that grows on the beach. Tied to the Popokiga fishing song.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[kapekanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

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

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

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reef, rocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Kawiameta.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n water bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long pole, club, bar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mata poto] A type of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Leopard Hind, Leopard Grouper

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

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

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n lizard

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n vagina

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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5260)

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

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n comet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hill, mountain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru taplenake] n. Eightbar Grouper

(Bislama) Eit Ban Los

Example: Photo by Fish Database of Taiwan, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Hyporthodus octofasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

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

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5230)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this as a fishing line. Strip off the skin (bark) of the stem and place it in the sun to dry. Remove the fiber by stripping it off and weave the fiber into a fishing line. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus

[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

n brother-in-law, male cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[saka] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5059)

Example: Fruit is edible when bract is dry. Boil the whole plant in a 1 liter of hot water, for 1 hour. Make certain juice comes out from plant. To treat dengue fever, drink hot 1-2 cups daily, for 2-3 days.

Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sekaʋesi] n. Spotted Coralgrouper

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

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

[sekaʋesi] n. Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sukale] Kingfisher

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

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sumu] n. Rough Triggerfish, Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish, Oceanic Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n father, father’s brothers, father’s male parallel cousins, mother’s husband

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n father, dad

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

[doʃi] n. Dusky Parrotfish, Swarthy Parrotfish

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

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

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru