Futuna-Aniwa

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n heart

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

thank you

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arrow (for a bird)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n insult

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Pink Ear Emperor

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

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

v to twist together two or more pieces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit (includes nuts and berries)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing lure

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ŋatara kosi] n. Netfin Grouper

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

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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sleeping mat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Bluespot Mullet

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

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli 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 hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick (peg) used to attach the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sibling or parallel cousin of opposite sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

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

Scientific name: Makaira mazara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n dew, mist, fog

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n leg, calf of leg

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 yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n loop knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Elongate Unicornfish, Slender Unicornfish

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

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

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

n mother, mom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n pipe, flute; musical instrument

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rope

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nokau] Handle of the canoe paddle.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husband, old man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ba:wa] n. Dusky 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

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5269)

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

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus

[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

[pula’] n. Shoulderbar Soldierfish

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

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

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[pusi] n. small tree, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4179)

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[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

n tongue

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[romaʃi] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4182)

Example: The young leaves are edible. Boil them for 30 minutes, and eat. The fruits are also edible and are eaten. Boil fruits 1 hour and eat with coconut. Also, you can wrap the leaves of this plant with Cordyline fruitcosa (MJB 4180) leaves and bake in fire, adding meat as well.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[sasua] n. Oriental Sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Moontail Bullseye, Crescent-Tail Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus hamrur via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cowlick, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takuku moana] n. Black-and-White Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor niger via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

A Futuna traditional game ("chief") played with shells arrayed in a circle. Helps to develop cognitive skills.

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 8, eight

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[wajiri] n. lightning and thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata