Futuna-Aniwa

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n village near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n language, speech

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Japanese Large-Eye Bream, Paddletail Seabream

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Trumpet Emperor, Red Throat Emperor

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

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

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Starspotted Grouper

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

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

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ika maru] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish

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

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[itamtautu] The name of a harbor with a point on Futuna island where there are coconuts. A good place to plant mango and banana.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ka:pe] n. Two-Spot Red Snapper, Twinspot Snapper, Red Bass

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar via FishBase, 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

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n tenticle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n marlin or sailfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dog

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kuriri] Curlews and Sandpipers

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

Scientific name: Scolopacidae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

[likou] n. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus spilurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maɸei] n. Yellow-Edged Moray

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax flavimarginatus 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

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marau ta] n. Violet Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron violaceum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

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

[melomelo] n. Tomato Hind, Tomato Grouper

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[napuk] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5050)

Example: Used to build fences or pens around houses.

Scientific name: Jatropha curcas, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5223)

Example: This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nokau] Handle of the canoe paddle.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hill, mountain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[otea] n midday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n green coconut not ready to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A marriage ceremony during which the parents of the bride and groom meet and give approval for the marriage.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[parapu uri] n. wind from the southwest towards Nakiroa/Sukeamu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yellowtail Blue Snapper, False Fusilier

(Bislama) Yello Tel Brim

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

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

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bora bora] n. Bignose Unicornfish

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5250)

Example: This is an edible plant. Collect the young leaves, boil them in water, discard the water, and add salt and eat. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Solanum americanum

[pure fine] n. generic name for shells ("girls shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus picus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua