Futuna-Aniwa

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[doua] n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5228)

Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A person with one parent from each moiety.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

communal kitchen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hma] n. Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

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

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

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[kapekanu] n. One-Spot Snapper

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

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

[kapkapa] Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kaufaghawara] A house component: series of long, horizontal beams.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kaipuri] n beche-de-mer, sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

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

n loop knot

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

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Blue And Gold Fusilier, Scissortail Fusilier, Goldband Fusilier

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

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

n spring of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to lie, recline; to sleep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[napuk] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5050)

Example: Used to build fences or pens around houses.

Scientific name: Jatropha curcas, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. Vine to 3 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5211)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Jasminum

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oramea] n. Filament-Finned Parrotfish

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

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

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[baru ʃiŋou] n. Crimson Jobfish, Rosy Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides filamentosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yellowtail Blue Snapper, False Fusilier

(Bislama) Yello Tel Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio xanthura via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru maru] n. Golden Eye Jobfish, Goldeneye Snapper

(Bislama) Yellofin White Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides flavipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Vermiculated Spinefoot, Vermiculate Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus vermiculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n top of hand

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

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

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

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

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[rimu] Edible seaweed gathered around the reef during low tide. Used in salads and is particularly good with breadfruit because of its saltiness.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rokinea] Traditional earth oven.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Tripletail Wrasse

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

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

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toga tea] n. wind from the southeast towards Hteiu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n knuckles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo