Futuna-Aniwa

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n beach, north side of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n elder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to dream continuously of one thing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n insult

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5227)

Example: The stems of this shrub are used as firewood, because they are easy to light when dry. These stems are used for cooking. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuru ɸare] A house component: the thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n river bed, swamp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋoʃia] The technique of fastening the leaves used for a house’s thatching.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj naked

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to count, read

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiroŋ] A house component: a window.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kapekanu] n. Malabar Blood Snapper, Saddletail Snapper, Large-Mouthed Nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

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

n bush hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kasi] n. Skipjack Tuna

(Bislama) Skipjack

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

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sakau, kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tidal wave

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kona] adj. sour

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuriri] Curlews and Sandpipers

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

Scientific name: Scolopacidae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus spilurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[marinou] n. Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

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

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mataŋi] n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2526)

Scientific name: Aglaomorpha rigidula, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n spring of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n urine (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stem of coconut fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[parapu uri] n. wind from the southwest towards Nakiroa/Sukeamu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru fifiʃi] n. Goldbanded Jobfish, Goldband Snapper

(Bislama) Big Scale Poulet

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

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

[baru semta furuseo] n. Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

(Bislama) Bigeye Brim

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

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru taplenake] n. Eightbar Grouper

(Bislama) Eit Ban Los

Example: Photo by Fish Database of Taiwan, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Hyporthodus octofasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

whitecaps, ocean swell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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 great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n men’s arm band

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

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

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tafagai futuna] n Futuna person

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n uncle, mother’s brother, mother’s male parallel cousin, the father of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋetei] n. Gold-Saddle Goatfish

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

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