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arigawagawa

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

ausafi

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n smoke of fire

eisu

n nose

fajiavagavae

n back of knee

faka

n spathe of coconut

fakamiji

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n a spider which causes dreams

fakamiji

v to cause to dream

fakana

n 1. possessions, supplies, 2. a child’s penis

fakatauga

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

fare

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General term for a house.

fasao

n word

fatoto

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

fatupuga

n meeting, council

fegaitu

n sorcery, magic

fiai

n shell necklace

fine ~ hfine

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n woman, girl; female; wife

firikiga fatu

n ore, stones

firoa

Lethrinus amboinensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-amboinensis.html
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[ɸiroa] n. Ambon Emperor

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

firoa

Gymnocranius microdon http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-microdon.html
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[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

fiso

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n foam, boiling bubbles

fofo

n deck

foiragi

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

fonufonu

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n kind of beetle

fuaga

n grindstone

fufuru

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n hair

furu fare

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[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the roof thatching.

ganea

n pot, cauldron, utensil

gasau

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[ŋasau] wild cane

gatara kosi

Epinephelus howlandi http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-howlandi.html
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[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

girifau

n flax

gojia

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[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

hamakala

n village green

hgoro saki

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[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

hia

hello

hma

Acanthurus maculiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-maculiceps.html
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[hma] n. White-Freckled Surgeonfish, Spotted-Face Surgeonfish

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

Ibau

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n new form of Pau, a village in Futuna

ifio

n a native dance

ika maru

Scarus dimidiatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-dimidiatus.html
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[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

ikofi

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n tongs

isu

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n nose

itatafu

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[itatafu] The name for the top part of the island. It is flat and good for growing different kinds of taro.

jiama

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[ʃiama] Outrigger of canoe, long name.

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

jijifi pakasi

Platax teira http://fishbase.org/summary/Platax-teira.html
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[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

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

jinai

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[ʃinai] n belly

jito

Acanthurus nigrofuscus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-nigrofuscus.html
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[ʃitou] n. Brown Surgeonfish, Dusky Surgeonfish

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

kamkufatu

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

kanai

Liza macrolepis http://fishbase.org/summary/Liza-macrolepis.html
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[kanai] n. Largescale Mullet

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

kapau

n sky

kasikia

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

kasoki

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

kata

v to laugh, smile

kau

n to swim

kave

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n tenticle

keiu

n water bird sp.

kiri foimata

n eyelid

kokouri

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5241)

Example: Planted as an ornamental, for shade (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

konomata

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[konomata] n eyeball

kuru

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n breadfruit

lape

n vagina

lavafatu

n knot

ma

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n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

maire

Microsorum grossum
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[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

maji ra hgu

A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.
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[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.

mama

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n lungs

marau roa

Sargocentron tiere http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-tiere.html
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[marau uroa] n. Bluelined Squirrelfish, Tahitian Squirrelfish

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

marau ta

Sargocentron violaceum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-violaceum.html
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[marau ta] n. Violet Squirrelfish

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

marino

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n peace

masi

Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.
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[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

meiro

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n sail made of coconut leaf matting

mounu

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n bait for fishing

murivae

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[murivai] n heel

nakarwai

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[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

napasi

n a native cabbage

narikai

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

nifonea

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n fishhook

niu

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n coconut

niu

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n coconut palm, coconut fruit

para

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

parapuri

n wind from the southeast

paua

Siganus fuscescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-fuscescens.html
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[ba:wa] n. White-Spotted Spinefoot, White-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

peka

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flying fox

poja rima tasi

n index finger

poki

Trichoglossus moluccanus
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[poki] Rainbow Lorikeet

Example: Photo by user Cacophony, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

pula

Myripristis kuntee http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-kuntee.html
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[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

rago

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[raŋo] n a fly

Retu Matua

Retu Matua
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[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

rouhapi

Acanthurus guttatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-guttatus.html
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[rou’api] n. Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

ruku

Hemigymnus melapterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Hemigymnus-melapterus.html
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[ruku] n. Blackeye Thicklip, Thicklip Wrasse

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

sakavesi

Plectropomus leopardus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-leopardus.html
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[sekaʋesi] n. Leopard Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by John Sear / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Sisait

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n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

soni

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5274)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

tama

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n child of oneself, child of one’s siblings and parallel cousins of the same sex as oneself

tasi

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num 1, one

tatangatai futuna

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n Futuna man

taufufu

n suture on top of skull

tawai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

toru

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num 3, three

uorukago

Euthynnus affinis http://fishbase.org/summary/Euthynnus-affinis.html
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[warukaŋo] n. Kawakawa

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

vaka manu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

wakasore

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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