Futuna-Aniwa

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[eture] n. Chub Mackerel

(Bislama) Mangru

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

Scientific name: Scomber japonicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n women, girls

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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 circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

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

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat, lard, grease

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. Whitespotted Grouper

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

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

n cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to scale fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n mother, mother’s sister and her female parallel cousins

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kamoni tai] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5058)

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kanai] n. Largescale Mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza macrolepis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[kapekanu] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

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

n cockle shell fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 0.5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5209)

Example: This plant is used as a styptic, to stop wounds from bleeding. Mash as much leaf as needed to cover the wound and place it directly on the wound. Also, for treating sores to help them heal, take the tops of 4 stems and squeeze the juice directly on the sore. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

Scientific name: Wikstroemia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matuku] White-faced Heron

Example: Photo by Martin Pot, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n day

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niŋniŋifatu] Brahminy Kite

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Haliastur indus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baika] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[paraŋi] n. Whitecheek Surgeonfish

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

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

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kajau] n. Deep Water Long-Tail Red Snapper, Flame Snapper

(Bislama) Longtel Red Poulet

Example: Photo by MCZ / Harvard University, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n edible white fruit

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bora bora] n. Bignose Unicornfish

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

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

[raso] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5055)

Example: Fruits edible like berries. Stems used for firewood. The name refers to testicle.

Scientific name: Maesa, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

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

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cowlick, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[takuku moana] n. Black-and-White Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor niger via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapatu] n. Blackfin Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tapeja] n. Giant Moray

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax javanicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tapi toki] n. small, densely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4160)

Example: This plant is used for firewood, as when it is cut green, it will burn quite easily. The can be used to make rafters. It cannot be used as a housepost in the ground, as it will not last long at all.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata