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ama

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[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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ara fafare

n village (lit. row of houses)

Atafu

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n homesite in Esoa

efu

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n ashes, dust

fajaga

n period of time, point in time

fakapura

n a native feast

fakar woro

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[fakar woro] n slope

fakatauga

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

fakatoni

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

fakukuga o pakau

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[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

fana

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A person with one parent from each moiety.

fanauga

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n kinsmen, relatives, family

fare ku

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[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

fare otea

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[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

faresor

communal kitchen

faretoto

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n liver (lit. house of blood)

fasao

n word

fatupuga

n meeting, council

favaka

n wood planks, prepared lumber

feava

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

foga

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

foi rakau

n a killing stick (black)

foivananone

n strait, passage between islands

fojia

a to be engaged to be married

fora

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n whale

foruku

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n small canoe

fu

n vagina (profane)

futu

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[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

gagaika

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[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

gakere ~ hgakere

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[hgakere] n land

gatara

Epinephelus areolatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-areolatus.html
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[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

gatara kosi

Epinephelus fuscoguttatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-fuscoguttatus.html
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[ŋatara kosi] n. Brown-Marbled Grouper

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gatara kosi

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

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gutu manu

n green coconut for drinking

Hgauta

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n Tanna Island

hlava

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

hma

Acanthurus nigricauda http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-nigricauda.html
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[hma] n. Epaulette Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Eyeline Surgeonfish

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

hmoji

n hunting

hnofoga

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[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

hnunafi

v to scale fish

hsore

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

ika maru

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

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

isu

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n nose

Itamouga

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n rock look out point near Moriga, Futuna

kafa

n fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

kaifara

n sideboard of canoe

kairavaru

n long club with one root at head

kamoa

n nape of neck

kamoni

n bean

kaomaru

Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5251)

Example: Photo by pl_stenger / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

kapekanu

Lutjanus quinquelineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-quinquelineatus.html
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[kapekanu] n. Five-Lined Snapper

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

karaka

n a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

kato

n lower side of chest

kaumagarae

n forehead

kaupa

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n fence

kauraku

The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

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))

kirisi

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n cricket, cicada

koga ika

v to fish with a long line

koganea

n long pole, club, bar

kokau

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kokau] A house component: diagonal upward beams forming the A-shape of the house.

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

kouhmara

Unspecified medicinal use.
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[kouhmara] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5057)

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

lavafatu

n knot

loto

n car, truck

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.

marara

n charcoal, coals of fire

marasi

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n a small feast

matagi

Aglaomorpha rigidula
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[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

matjikorima

n finger

mo

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n hen

moko bula

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

moropake

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

motu

n island, bit of land

naireakava

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

naruru

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[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

neli

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[nieli] n friend

paea

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n stone fence

pai

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[pai] boundary stones

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pakasi

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n pig

papa

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[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

poro

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))

pua

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n grandparent

pula

Myripristis murdjan http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-murdjan.html
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[pula’] n. Pinecone Soldierfish, Small-Eyed Squirrelfish

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

pula

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

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

raimutu

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n neice, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law (referring to the relative of a man)

roi

Cephalopholis formosa http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-formosa.html
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[roi] n. Bluelined Hind, Bluelined Grouper

Example: Photo by Amada44 / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

ruru

Tyto javanica
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[ruru] Owl

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

Soata

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n Yesur volcano, Tanna

suku

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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tafetiata

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[tafetiata] n daybreak

tai

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[tai] n sea, seaward

Tamouga

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n lookout point on Futuna

tasi

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num 1, one

tjipe

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[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

tuamata

n upper eyelid

turi

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[turi] n knee

uorukago kanu

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[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Uritoga

Uritoga
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[uritoga] n. wind from the southwest towards Ivei

uru rima

n wrist, fist

Varona

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n new form of Eronan, a variant name for Futuna

vetei

Parupeneus barberinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-barberinus.html
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[ʋetei] n. Dash-And-Dot Goatfish

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