Futuna-Aniwa

n variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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 wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Zosterops griseotinctus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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. Highfin Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Malabar Grouper

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

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

[ŋou] n dew, mist, light rain, snow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Palelipped Surgeonfish

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

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

[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

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n pudding of scraped bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a soft grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v hiccough, burp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to laugh, smile

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

Example: Photo by CAFS, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Makaira mazara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Grass Emperor

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

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

[kuru kuru] n. sparsely branched tree, growing in well developed secondary forest. young fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4149)

Example: Cover top layer of earth oven.

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

[likou] n. Pacific Slopehead Parrotfish, Tan-Faced Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus frontalis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

Example: Photo by Mark Shepherd / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n island, bit of land

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu] n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n comet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru pula] n. Deep Water Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

(Bislama) Sottell Red Poulet

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

Scientific name: Etelis carbunculus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n nail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a small taro, just above the ground

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bora bora] n. Spotted Unicornfish

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

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

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inner corner of eye

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

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

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

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

[sasua] n. Two-Striped Sweetlips, Giant Sweetlips

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5274)

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

Scientific name: Bougainvillea spectabilis

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tai] n sea, seaward

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n lookout point on Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n navel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5220)

Example: The stems of this plant are used for house posts. They are said to be very hard and last "forever." (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana

n. Tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5217)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for timber that is used for house posts. The stems can also be burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Bigeye Tuna

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

Scientific name: Thunnus obesus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga