Futuna-Aniwa

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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 descent line

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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 pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

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

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

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n insult

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Slender Emperor

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

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

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kind of beetle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fuŋa] n. Yellow-Banded Snapper, Hussar

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

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

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n river bed, swamp

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

n temporal bone

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

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ika maru] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish

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

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Aneityum Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta 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

n bush hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaurounu] n. Hound Needlefish, Crocodile Longtom

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n rat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5241)

Example: Planted as an ornamental, for shade (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Diospyros

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Thumbprint Emperor, Blackspot Emperor

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

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

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

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

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

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

Scientific name: Aglaomorpha rigidula, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blowhole in rock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Canna indica

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niɸo] fish part: tooth

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n hill, mountain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree fern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru kauroŋa] n. Comet Grouper

(Bislama) Banded Los

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

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

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

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n diaphragm

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 node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 2, two

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ta] Bailing can used to remove water from canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n waist, pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tariŋa] n ear

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. Tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5217)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for timber that is used for house posts. The stems can also be burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

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

[umwe umwe] n. Sleek Unicornfish

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

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

[warukaŋou marari] n. Bigeye Tuna

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

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