Futuna-Aniwa

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a spider which causes dreams

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n feast for paying those who have cut or dug a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n betrothal, marriage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n immature coconut whose husk and meat are still soft

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ɸiroa] n. Spangled Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

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

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

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foʃinai] n womb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ŋata] n land snake

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flax

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Tanna Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock look out point near Moriga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃiŋamotu] n. tree, 2.5 to 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4180)

Example: The below ground portion of the stem is used to bake in an earth oven and eat. It has a sugary taste.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[kapekanu] n. Five-Lined Snapper

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

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

[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n basket with two cornered base

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger rods

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5231)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for making house posts as well as used for firewood. The leaves are also used as plates for holding food. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

Scientific name: Scarus globiceps 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 sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n scorpion

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

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

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

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

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

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[no ami] fish part: gills

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n game or prey

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper tusks of pig

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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. Needlescaled Queenfish

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

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

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruku] n. Sling-Jaw Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sija] n. Moontail Bullseye, Crescent-Tail Bigeye

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

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

[sumu] n. Rough Triggerfish, Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish, Oceanic Triggerfish

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

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

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tafasua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

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

n stomach

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tarakisi] n. Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[taufufu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[toga] n. wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus areolatus via FishBase, 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

[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