Futuna-Aniwa

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n insult

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 10 m, dbh 30 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5213)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ficus

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[hgakere] n land

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara] n. Brownspotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. One-Blotch Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

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

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n maggots

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n backbone

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

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n salt, sea salt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tenticle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n leg, calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long pole, club, bar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Pacific Slopehead Parrotfish, Tan-Faced Parrotfish

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

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

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n aunt, father’s sister, father’s female parallel cousin, the mother of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n island, bit of land

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mutu tanei] n. Blue Sea Chub, Snubnose Chub, Topsail Drummer

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

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

n old woman

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5224)

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

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[nahsara] n day before yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. Vine to 3 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5211)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Jasminum

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru maru] n. Golden Eye Jobfish, Goldeneye Snapper

(Bislama) Yellofin White Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides flavipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru pula] n. Deep Water Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

(Bislama) Sottell Red Poulet

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

Scientific name: Etelis carbunculus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru taplenake] n. Eightbar Grouper

(Bislama) Eit Ban Los

Example: Photo by Fish Database of Taiwan, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Hyporthodus octofasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Little Spinefoot, Scribbled Rabbitfish

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

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

[pula takai] n. Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldierfish

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

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

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

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

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stone in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[rokinea] Traditional earth oven.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sakiri] general term for swear words, formal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides via FishBase, 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

[sukale] Kingfisher

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

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n outer corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tapatu] n. Great Barracuda

(Bislama) Barracuda

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

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

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n suture on top of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n uncle, mother’s brother, mother’s male parallel cousin, the father of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu