Futuna-Aniwa

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 4, four

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foŋa iɸi] n. Humphead Wrasse (Initial Phase)

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bottom of sea

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋau pakora] n scar, mark, trail

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

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

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

v to pray

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to roast

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

n empty shell of a fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n evening star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a soft grass

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

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kataʔ] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2527)

Scientific name: Asplenium nidus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n basket with two cornered base

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaufaghawara] A house component: series of long, horizontal beams.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n poisonous vine, hemlock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kawiameta ] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tidal wave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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 face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marau] n. Pink Squirrelfish

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

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

[marinou] n. Blue And Gold Fusilier, Scissortail Fusilier, Goldband Fusilier

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

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

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lizard

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5267)

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

Scientific name: Nerium oleander

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

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

Scientific name: Canna indica

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. Vine to 3 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5211)

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

Scientific name: Jasminum

n manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n game or prey

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru bare utu] n. Rusty Jobfish

(Bislama) Silva Poulet

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

Scientific name: Aphareus rutilans via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru fifiʃi] n. Goldbanded Jobfish, Goldband Snapper

(Bislama) Big Scale Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides multidens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n face

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 back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[sasua] n. Yellowbanded Sweetlips

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

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

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tapi toki] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus floridanus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tatoafa] The name for a desert-like area on Vanuatu with lots of rocks and wild canes. Is still used for cultivating some crops.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[umwe] n. Bulbnose Unicornfish, Humpnose Unicornfish

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

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

n wrist, fist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wauwau] n. scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana