Futuna-Aniwa

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n mediator

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n immature coconut whose husk and meat are still soft

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[foŋa iɸi] n. Humphead Wrasse (Initial Phase)

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

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

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n pot, cauldron, utensil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Malabar Grouper

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

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

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v ripen

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 wrapper, cover, stopper; penis sheath

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃitou jala] n. Chocolate Surgeonfish, Mimic Surgeonfish

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

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

n root

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n leg, calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[konomata] n eyeball

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hawk

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

Scientific name: Wikstroemia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Coral Hind, Coral Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis miniata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n husk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu finei] n. Brassy Chub, Lowfin Drummer

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

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

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n fever, malaria

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n magic sign, lucky omen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

n comet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n pig

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yellowtail Blue Snapper, False Fusilier

(Bislama) Yello Tel Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio xanthura via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru popai] n. Oblique-Banded Jobfish, Oblique-Banded Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Stripe Poulet

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

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

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bora bora] n. Spotted Unicornfish

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5250)

Example: This is an edible plant. Collect the young leaves, boil them in water, discard the water, and add salt and eat. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Solanum americanum

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mouth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tongue

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ruru] Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toga rari] n. wind from the southeast near Atatoma

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knuckles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

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