Futuna-Aniwa

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[eteŋa] seat in the canoe

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[eture] n. Chub Mackerel

(Bislama) Mangru

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

Scientific name: Scomber japonicus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n 1. possessions, supplies, 2. a child’s penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n child of mixed marriage who acts like k

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸeimama] n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4178)

Example: This is a source of house posts for temporary houses. The young stick split in half, and is used to grasp hot stones in earth oven.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n exchange of food between two or a few people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Longface Emperor

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

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

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus; syphilis

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the separation and confinement of young boys during circumcision rites

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arm band, bracelet

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Highfin Grouper

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

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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cuttlefish, squid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n roots

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Ember Parrotfish, Redlip Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[itatafu] The name for the top part of the island. It is flat and good for growing different kinds of taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kamoni tai] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5058)

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pool of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n inside of foot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

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

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

n water bird sp.

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

[kono mata] fish part: eye

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kuku] Fruit Doves

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

Scientific name: Ptilinopus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

[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

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n aunt, father’s sister, father’s female parallel cousin, the mother of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[marariseŋa] n. Orangespotted Trevally

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

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

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio cuning via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marinou] n. Yellow And Blueback Fusilier, Blue And Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n rock clinger, chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lizard

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[nisouri] A traditional broom

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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 onea] n. Speckled Grouper

(Bislama) Spot Los

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

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

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nostril

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Scarlet Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis pralinia via FishBase, 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

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5245)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sekaʋesi] n. Spotted Coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Cocoa Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Straep Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio stonei via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Moontail Bullseye, Crescent-Tail Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus hamrur via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n thunder

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tamtautu sore] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tarakisi] n. Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n suture on top of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n oven

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[wakaŋou] n. Wahoo

(Bislama) Wahoo

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

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋetei] n. Indian Goatfish

Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wakasore] The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[yagesi] The plateau above Tafatu. Kava and taro are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo