Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n first yam of the year to be eaten

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ancestors

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸariŋoi] Canoe marking which signifies tribe and ownership.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Yellowlip Emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n narrow crevice or hole in stone or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Orange-Spotted Grouper

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

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

n dry

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

sex

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n new form of Pau, a village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ika maru] n. Bridled Parrotfish

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

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

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiɾa] v to sail?

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a soft grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

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

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kaufaghawara tu kokau] A house component: long beams supporting upward side beams.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a feast

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 artery, vein

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kokau] A house component: diagonal upward beams forming the A-shape of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n whites of the eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kofafa] n jaw

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Longspine Emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[maɣalaːstik] slingshot

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n ashes

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 forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Bluefin Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5264)

Example: This herb is used for cooking, and is said to be used to add flavor to fish and chicken. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ocimum

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5267)

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

Scientific name: Nerium oleander

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[oneone] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

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

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

[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

n nostril

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[puku ɸakatu] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2521)

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pula’] n. Whitetip Soldierfish

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

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

[pure tani] n. generic name for shells ("boys shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[saveraro] The name of a harbor on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n placename, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n uvula

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toga] n. wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[touʃi] n. Spotted Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

Example: Photo by Patrick Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

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

n head, hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983