Futuna-Aniwa

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village near Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cross cousin of opposite sex

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5228)

Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[ɸe’ata] n. White-Streaked Grouper

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

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

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v to plant using the sau

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸiroa] n. Spangled Emperor

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

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

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to set sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat, lard, grease

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n piece of wood, plank, flooring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n flesh, body; essence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

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

n a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flesh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. One-Spot Snapper

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

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

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n dew, mist, fog

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sweet potato

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[maɸei] n. Longfin African Conger, Moustache Conger, Blacklip Conger

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

Scientific name: Conger cinereus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n mangrove crab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n husk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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. 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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5224)

Example: The stems of this tree are used to make firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n southeast wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloud

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n game or prey

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ba:wa] n. Goldspotted Spinefoot, Gold-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

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

n nail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

num 2, two

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

[ruku] n. Tripletail Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus 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

[sasua] n. Two-Striped Sweetlips, Giant Sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus albovittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Humpback Red Snapper, Paddletail

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

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

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[takere] The floor of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tapatu] n. Great Barracuda

(Bislama) Barracuda

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

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

n Futuna man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n suture on top of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A Futuna traditional game ("chief") played with shells arrayed in a circle. Helps to develop cognitive skills.

n east wind

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tu] Emerald Dove

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

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[umwe umwe] n. Sleek Unicornfish

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

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

[uritoga tane] n. wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 8, eight

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʋetei] n. Cinnabar Goatfish

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

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