Futuna-Aniwa

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

discourse Thank you!

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

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n morning star

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[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 a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fashion one’s hair in the traditional manner for men involving braiding and ties

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit (includes nuts and berries)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fuŋa] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

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

[fuʃi] n banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋatara kosi] n. Snubnose Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus macrospilos 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

[ŋau pakora] n scar, mark, trail

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n excrement

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

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

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n water bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kisaria] Willie Wagtail

Example: Photo by James Niland, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Rhipidura leucophrys, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks, backside

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5231)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for making house posts as well as used for firewood. The leaves are also used as plates for holding food. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius

n whites of the eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

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

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

n breadfruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[likou] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[marinou] n. Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

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

[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

Scientific name: Wikstroemia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[niwa] n. Aniwa island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pusiki tai] n. Doublebar Goatfish

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

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

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[rokinea] Traditional earth oven.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 2, two

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapatu] n. Blackfin Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[uritoga tane] n. wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n ankle

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru