Futuna-Aniwa

n substitute, duplicate (examples include a person killed in retaliation for another’s death, one of two persons chewing kava, or one who chews kava for others to drink).

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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 meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a the flowers of reeds, breadfruit, and chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius microdon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cooking, preparation of food

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

[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 turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to cook, roast on embers

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

for, because

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chestnut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʃito] n. Longnose Trevally

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

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

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cheeks of buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n type of necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n flea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marariseŋa] n. Bluefin Trevally

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

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

[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

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[melomelo] n. Tomato Hind, Tomato Grouper

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[mwejau] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n island, bit of land

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu finei] n. Brassy Chub, Lowfin Drummer

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Kyphosus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5273)

Example: Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sandalwood tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n spider web

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru ariki] n. Rainbow Runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Masked Spinefoot, Masked Rabbitfish

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

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

[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 toes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Whitetip Soldierfish

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

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

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[roi] n. Bluelined Hind, Bluelined Grouper

Example: Photo by Amada44 / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cephalopholis formosa 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

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

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

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

[saka] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5059)

Example: Fruit is edible when bract is dry. Boil the whole plant in a 1 liter of hot water, for 1 hour. Make certain juice comes out from plant. To treat dengue fever, drink hot 1-2 cups daily, for 2-3 days.

Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n inside of eyes beside nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 1.0 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5210)

Example: Name means "strong." This is a plant used to make the children strong, as implied by the local name. For children who are 1-3 years old, take a small branch of Tuhmakei, heat over a fire, and rub on the child’s knees, elbows, and ankles 1x daily for 5 days. Each day use another branch and hang it in a tree such as a coconut where the wind can go through it. this will make the child very strong and be able to walk well. Also used by older men, go give them virility. Take 6 leaves and boil in water 1x daily, drink the liquid and toss the leaves away. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Sida rhombifolia

[tukuŋa] Water 50 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n collarbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru