Futuna-Aniwa

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[eteŋa] seat in the canoe

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

General term for a house.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shooting contest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eyelid

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋata] n land snake

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

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

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n new form of Pau, a village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n spine, backbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃito] n. Longnose Trevally

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

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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n earth, land, soil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n leg, calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

n louse, flea

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n an itch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[manini] n. Convict Surgeonfish, Convict Tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

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

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

Scientific name: Scarus globiceps via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[mu] n. Redfin Bream

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis heterodon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[newawa] n veins, arteries, tendons

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n unmarried adult

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[nokau] Handle of the canoe paddle.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

Scientific name: Scarus xanthopleura via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru popai] n. Oblique-Banded Jobfish, Oblique-Banded Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Stripe Poulet

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

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

n edible white fruit

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5269)

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

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[ramarari] n. Bigeye Trevally

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

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

[retu matoga] n. wind from the east towards Tekau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rimu] Edible seaweed gathered around the reef during low tide. Used in salads and is particularly good with breadfruit because of its saltiness.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rou’api] n. Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

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

[sija] n. Glasseye

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sorenau] The name of the highest part of Futuna, at 666 meters. Good for planting taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[toga rari] n. wind from the southeast near Atatoma

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[turi] n knee

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n ankle

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson