Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n maker of rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ŋata] snake

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋatara kosi] n. Foursaddle Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Surge Grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus socialis 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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n piece of wood, plank, flooring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Tanna Island

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ipau] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ika maru] n. Ember Parrotfish, Redlip Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n maggots

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine, backbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n square woven mat for sitting on

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small sea urchin 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

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus, buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

Scientific name: Scarus longipinnis 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

n aunt

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sore, ulcer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5247)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[muri ʋaka] The back of the canoe. The shape of the knob resembles the prominent rock outcropping (of the same name) from whichever bay the vessel embarks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5261)

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

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides

[nau nau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5056)

Example: Termites like to live in this wood. Collect termites from this plant and give to young chickens as food.

Scientific name: Scaevola, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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 request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru ariki] n. Rainbow Runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n nail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n middle finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[retu matoga] n. wind from the east towards Tekau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamori] general term for swear words, informal

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

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

[doʃi] n. Dusky Parrotfish, Swarthy Parrotfish

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

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

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[warukaŋou marari] n. Bigeye Tuna

Example: Photo by Fishpix / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Thunnus obesus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[wauwau] n. scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga