Futuna-Aniwa

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Futuna language

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

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. Pink Ear Emperor

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

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

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuʃi] n banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n temporal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Eyestripe Surgeonfish, Pencil Surgeonfish

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

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

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃitou] n. Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth

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

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pool of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the Milky Way galaxy

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

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

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

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Scientific name: Asplenium nidus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n reef, rocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a feast

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 breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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 car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fermented banana or breadfruit pudding

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mari] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n rock clinger, chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5237)

Example: Name means "thick leaves." This is an ornamental plant introduced by the missionaries. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n. Herb to 1 m, leaves reddish colored. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5212)

Example: When a person has a stomach ache, take 5-6 leaves, squeeze them in a cup of water and drink. Said to be good to drink this for general sickness. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nau nau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5056)

Example: Termites like to live in this wood. Collect termites from this plant and give to young chickens as food.

Scientific name: Scaevola, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[nukubi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[otea] n midday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper tusks of pig

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n baby toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Brick Soldierfish

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

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

[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

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

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pure fine] n. generic name for shells ("girls shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pusi] n. small tree, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4179)

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n mouth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sekaʋesi] n. Leopard Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by John Sear / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus leopardus 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

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tafasua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n blood

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 new form of Eronan, a variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua