Futuna-Aniwa

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ariri] A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mediator

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n ore, stones

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

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

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

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fuŋa] n. Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus adetii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuna moto] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4157)

Example: The stems are used for firewood, as it is hard and burns well, for example to roast taro, yams, and other foods.

Scientific name: Ilex vitiensis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n taro and banana garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Brown-Marbled Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Foursaddle Grouper

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

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

n forbidden food that cannot be touched directly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v ripen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v be pregnant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock look out point near Moriga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n aunt, father’s sister, father’s female parallel cousin, the mother of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃitou] n. Yellowfin Surgeonfish, Yellowmask Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Bluespot Mullet

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

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sakau, kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n type of necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[mahmaʃi] n. Bluespine Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[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.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n orange tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n men’s bracelet

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n hill, mountain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru ariki] n. Rainbow Runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata 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

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n edible white fruit

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ba:wa] n. Little Spinefoot, Scribbled Rabbitfish

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Masked Spinefoot, Masked Rabbitfish

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

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

[pula’] n. Whitetip Soldierfish

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

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

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus multifasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides plagiotaenia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Yesur volcano, Tanna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sukale moana] Silver Gull and Beck’s Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Hisgett, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae and Pseudobulweria becki, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tafasua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

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))

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wajiri] n. lightning and thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson