Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forest, bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋou] n dew, mist, light rain, snow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to roast

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n chestnut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n maggots

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

n common herbaceous flowering plant, Strachytarpheta urticaefolia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bean

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n species of giant bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

Example: The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kokau] A house component: diagonal upward beams forming the A-shape of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kofafa] n jaw

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[likou] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twins, pair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Sixblotch Hind, Saddle Grouper

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

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

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[porugu] General name for any canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pwandabura] n. Blue Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides ferdau via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruɸau] n. Island Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides orthogrammus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruku] n. Blackeye Thicklip, Thicklip Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Hemigymnus melapterus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Humpback Red Snapper, Paddletail

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

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

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[takaɸa] A song sung while waiting for the food in the earth oven to cook, using sticks for rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n throat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Finstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus taeniopterus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru