Futuna-Aniwa

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n substitute, duplicate (examples include a person killed in retaliation for another’s death, one of two persons chewing kava, or one who chews kava for others to drink).

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸeimama] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4178)

Example: This is a source of house posts for temporary houses. The young stick split in half, and is used to grasp hot stones in earth oven.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n insult

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸoe] Paddle of canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to appear (said only of the first tooth)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n eyelid

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ka:pe] n. Mangrove Red Snapper, Mangrove Jack

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

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

n stalk of banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to laugh, smile

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kurapou] n. Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

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

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

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s sarong

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5264)

Example: This herb is used for cooking, and is said to be used to add flavor to fish and chicken. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ocimum

n island, bit of land

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n mother, mom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[nikasof] n orphan

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n point of the nose

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

waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n house fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5250)

Example: This is an edible plant. Collect the young leaves, boil them in water, discard the water, and add salt and eat. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Solanum americanum

[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

[rai] n. Doublespotted Queenfish

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

Scientific name: Scomberoides lysan via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n inner corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[roi] n. Bluelined Hind, Bluelined Grouper

Example: Photo by Amada44 / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cephalopholis formosa via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sapratou] A song sung while waiting for food in earth oven to cook, using rocks as rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[touʃi] n. Spotted Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eyebrows

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knee, including lower part of leg

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

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

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

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson