Futuna-Aniwa

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[isia] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n peacemaker

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Slender Emperor

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

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

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus; syphilis

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n mustache

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Giant Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Honeycomb Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine, backbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lips

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kou] n. Sailfish

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ko kaʋa] n. liana, growing in well developed secondary forest. flowers pale pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4154)

Example: Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Derris indica, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kokau] A house component: diagonal upward beams forming the A-shape of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Thumbprint Emperor, Blackspot Emperor

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

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

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an itch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blowhole in rock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n urine (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to lie, recline; to sleep

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 island, bit of land

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n day, season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kapau] n. Saddle-Back Snapper

(Bislama) Kusaka Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio kusakarii 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 thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Brick Soldierfish

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

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

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 2, two

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ruru] Owl

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

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[sino] The name of a beach on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5229)

Example: The stems of this tree are very good for making house posts. The wood from the tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

[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

[topatu] 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 arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru