Futuna-Aniwa

n octopus tentacles

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[bukusi] a type of fish

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸaka taŋi ŋata] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4169)

Example: Peel off the outer portion of the stem, clean it, remove the fibers and dry them in the sun, and then weave into rope for fishing and also to make the net for catching flying fish. Weave into rope for fishing, and also weave this fiber to attach to the frame, used to catch flying fish.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n feast for paying those who have cut or dug a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n knowledge

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hibiscus tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant using the sau

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a to be engaged to be married

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ɸue] Second verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fuŋa] 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 kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n eyelid

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n forest, bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hgaone] n sand, beach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ivi kaunalesi] n collarbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spine, backbone

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sleeping mat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n guts, intestines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n water bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long pole, club, bar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mangrove crab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Humpback Unicornfish

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

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

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cheek

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n orange tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

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

n a dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mu] n. Humpnose Big-Eye Bream

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

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

[mutu tanei] 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 frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5223)

Example: This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum

n. Vine to 3 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5211)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Jasminum

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

A marriage ceremony during which the parents of the bride and groom meet and give approval for the marriage.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n upper tusks of pig

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

place with little earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pwandabura] n. Blue Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides ferdau via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sukale] Kingfisher

Example: Photo by Bryan Harry / National Park Service; License: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[sumfo jaka] n. Green Jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

Scientific name: Aprion virescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafagai futuna] n Futuna person

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takaɸa] A song sung while waiting for the food in the earth oven to cook, using sticks for rhythm.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tapatu] n. Sawtooth Barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[toto] n. Splitlevel Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus mesothorax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knee, including lower part of leg

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

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

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n head, hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋaʋa ɸoɸare] n. liana climbing in syzygium namoa tree c. 5 m above ground, growing in well developed secondary forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4152)

Example: The vine is used as a rope to ties thing, as it is flexible and strong. Hold the vine over a hot fire then tie it on something while it is still warm. When this vine cools, it is very strong.

Scientific name: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga