Futuna-Aniwa

[ariri] A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweetheart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a the flowers of reeds, breadfruit, and chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 7, seven

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5259)

Example: Photo by jcorrie / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macroptilium lathyroides

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v fishing just beyond the reef for the fish melomelo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flax

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma jala] n. Achille’s Tang

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus achilles via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ika maru] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish

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

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

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiama] Outrigger of canoe, long name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n mother, mother’s sister and her female parallel cousins

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ka:pe] n. Two-Spot Red Snapper, Twinspot Snapper, Red Bass

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

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

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaurounu] n. Hound Needlefish, Crocodile Longtom

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of clay or mud that produces suds when mixed with water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anus, buttocks

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. Herb to 0.5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5209)

Example: This plant is used as a styptic, to stop wounds from bleeding. Mash as much leaf as needed to cover the wound and place it directly on the wound. Also, for treating sores to help them heal, take the tops of 4 stems and squeeze the juice directly on the sore. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n brow, forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marau uroa] n. Bluelined Squirrelfish, Tahitian Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mata poto] A type of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rainbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 1 m, leaves reddish colored. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5212)

Example: When a person has a stomach ache, take 5-6 leaves, squeeze them in a cup of water and drink. Said to be good to drink this for general sickness. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides

[nakiroa] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[niŋei] n white ant, termite

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n youth, child

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pakau marau] 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

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

flying fox

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n neice, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law (referring to the relative of a man)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n stone in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sekaʋesi] n. Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti 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

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

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

[ta] Bailing can used to remove water from canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n taro

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n blood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eyebrows

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tukuŋa] Water 50 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

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

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