Futuna-Aniwa

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a claw

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n name

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wood planks, prepared lumber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

Example: Photo by Mattia Menchetti, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n insult

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n strait, passage between islands

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ŋatara kosi] n. Snubnose Grouper

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

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

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ika maru] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish

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

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

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃitou] n. Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

n Malay Apple tree, Rose apple tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kanai] n. Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaipuri] n beche-de-mer, sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

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

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

n any of a wide variety of starchy puddings

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[mahmaʃi] n. Bluespine Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[maire] n. terrestrial. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2524)

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hawk

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Leopard Hind, Leopard Grouper

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

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

n penis

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

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5233)

Example: Birds eat this fruit. Hunters know this and hunt near this tree when the fruits are ripe. Second use contributed by Samuel Seru. To treat gonorrhea. Scrape inner bark of the stem to fill 1/3 of a cup. Then fill with cool water and drink 1 x daily for 5 days in the morning. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Ficus

n a traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[namanu] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4156)

Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut palm, coconut fruit

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n old woman, wife

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n day, season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[oramea] n. Filament-Finned Parrotfish

Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rai] n. Needlescaled Queenfish

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

Scientific name: Scomberoides tol via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ramaŋa] a season

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rube] Pigeon

Example: Photo by Charles Davies, License: CC BY-NC 4.0 Accessible on Internet Bird Collection

Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n women’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tarakisi ʃinou] n. Blackfin Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Neoniphon opercularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Futuna man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[toto’ama] n. Reef Needlefish, Reef Longtom

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru