Futuna-Aniwa

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

A Futuna traditional game played with shells, as a show of memory and mathematical ability. Name means "take away one", describing how shells are removed one by one, and the player must recite how many remain in each row.

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[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[eture] n. Yellowtail Scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v beg from one who has nothing; teasing, joke-telling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of beetle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Zosterops griseotinctus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Coral Grouper, Coral Rock Grouper

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

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

[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

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj naked

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to weave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to roast

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ika maru] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish

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

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

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[ʃitou] n. Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Squaretail Mullet

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

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

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaufaghawara tu kokau] A house component: long beams supporting upward side beams.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n a feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long pole, club, bar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n louse, flea

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spring of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bait

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cluster of coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[retu arari] n. wind form the northeast towards Tafasua

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

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

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

[sapratou] A song sung while waiting for food in earth oven to cook, using rocks as rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tafatu] The name of the lowest plateau on Futuna island where crops are planted. Usually just bananas are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapi toki] n. small, densely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4160)

Example: This plant is used for firewood, as when it is cut green, it will burn quite easily. The can be used to make rafters. It cannot be used as a housepost in the ground, as it will not last long at all.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

v thatch

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n inside of eyes beside nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus laevis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

[wibini] n. Giant Trevally

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

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

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋetei] n. Cinnabar Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus heptacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru