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afagai futuna

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n Futuna people

ataua

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[doua] n arrowroot

eisi ~ esi

n pawpaw, papaya

eture

Scomber japonicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scomber-japonicus.html
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[eture] n. Chub Mackerel

(Bislama) Mangru

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

faafetai

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thank you

fakamarumaru

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n shelter

fakao magaro

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n cross cousin of opposite sex

fakoko

n a fight

fakukuga o pakau

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[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

faremori

n church (house of prayer)

fatakanu

n charm worn for the dead

fatoto

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

fatukuru

n kidney

fatumanu

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[fatumanu] n flint

fie

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[fie] n firewood

firikiga fatu

n ore, stones

firoa

Lethrinus ornatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-ornatus.html
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[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

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

fofau

n adze

foforua

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

foi rakau

n a killing stick (black)

forauga

n trip, voyage

foruku

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n small canoe

ganea

n pot, cauldron, utensil

gatara kosi

Epinephelus spilotoceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-spilotoceps.html
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[ŋatara kosi] n. Foursaddle Grouper

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

gatara kosi

Epinephelus coioides http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-coioides.html
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[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

hfine

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n woman

hfine

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woman

hkapa

n a game of peek-a-boo

hlaga aika

v to fish using large nets

hta

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[tʰa] The can used to bail water out of the canoe.

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

htunu

v to cook, roast on embers

ika maru

Scarus dimidiatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-dimidiatus.html
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[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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inai

n womb

kaifara

n sideboard of canoe

kairavaru

n long club with one root at head

kanawaka

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[kanawaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

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

karea

n sea snail, conch

karea

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

kasifa

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n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

kauroukau

Scarus forsteni http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-forsteni.html
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[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

keka

n bush

kiato

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[kiato] The beams connecting the main canoe to the outrigger.

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

kipori

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[kaipuri] n beche-de-mer, sea slug

ko

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n marlin or sailfish

ko uorukago

Makaira mazara http://fishbase.org/summary/Makaira-mazara.html
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[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

Example: Photo by CAFS, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

koganea

n long pole, club, bar

kona

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[kona] adj. sour

koro

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n fence

manu

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n bird

marari sega

Caranx papuensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-papuensis.html
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[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

Mari

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n village in Futuna

mata

n eyes, face

matua

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[matua] n thumb

moko hliki

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[moko hliki] A type of small, brown and black skink.

morua

n place where the sun sets

mpuku

n ball

namkaka

n fiber, coconut fiber

namo

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n mosquito

Namuji

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[namuji] n. village of Futuna

namuri

n fever, malaria

napa

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n dwarf

napuk

Used to build fences or pens around houses.
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[napuk] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5050)

Example: Used to build fences or pens around houses.

naruru

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[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

nasivari

nasivari
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n grave

niseni

Sphaerostephanos invisus
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[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

nisori

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n broom

nouka

n spider web

nta

n cluster of bananas

nuane

n husband, old man

pakaunea

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n trousers, pants

pakeisu

n point of the nose

parapu

n wind from the west

Parapu Uri

Parapu Uri
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[parapu uri] n. wind from the southwest towards Nakiroa/Sukeamu

paru fifiji

Pristipomoides multidens http://fishbase.org/summary/Pristipomoides-multidens.html
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[baru fifiʃi] n. Goldbanded Jobfish, Goldband Snapper

(Bislama) Big Scale Poulet

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

peipai taro

a small taro, just above the ground

pelu

notch

pogo mata

n face

poki

Trichoglossus moluccanus
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[poki] Rainbow Lorikeet

Example: Photo by user Cacophony, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

poruku

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[porugu] General name for any canoe.

pos

n node

rago

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[raŋo] n a fly

rai

Scomberoides lysan http://fishbase.org/summary/Scomberoides-lysan.html
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[rai] n. Doublespotted Queenfish

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

Ramala

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[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Rofatu

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[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

sakavesi

Variola albimarginata http://fishbase.org/summary/Variola-albimarginata.html
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[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

somfoyaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[somfoyaga] a type of fish

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ta

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[ta] Bailing can used to remove water from canoe.

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Tafonu

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n sacred stone near Mouga, Futuna

tamori

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[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Tamtautu Sore

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[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Tamurivaka

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n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

tarakisi jino

Neoniphon sammara http://fishbase.org/summary/Neoniphon-sammara.html
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[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Samarra Squirrelfish, Spotfin Squirrelfish

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

tau

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v thatch

taufufu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[taufufu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

toi

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))

tona fatu

n wart

tonu

Plectropomus laevis http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-laevis.html
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[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

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ulu vaka

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n front part of the canoe

uoroga

Acanthurus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-lineatus.html
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[woroŋou] n. Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

vare vare

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[ʋare ʋare] Water more than 100 meters deep.