Futuna-Aniwa

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

thank you

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n period of time, point in time

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. Tree to 10 m, dbh 30 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5213)

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

Scientific name: Ficus

[ɸiroa] n. Slender Emperor

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

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

n servant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ngai] n almond, almond tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fat, lard, grease

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n taro and banana garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋata] snake

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋatara] n. Brownspotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Greasy Grouper

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

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

[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

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[hŋoro saki] A song sung before coming ashore with fish. Includes fish shouts.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[hma jala] n. Achille’s Tang

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

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

n inland people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n appearance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiroŋ] A house component: a window.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaleleŋa] A hammock.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Largescale Mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza macrolepis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to laugh, smile

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n net

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n torch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[likou] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fig

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sickness

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

[marinou] n. Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

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

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n lizard

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[murivai] n heel

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

[namuji] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nawoʔ] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4187)

Example: This plant is used for firewood. It is hard and burns well.

Scientific name: Alyctron, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n puberty ceremony for girls

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

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

Scientific name: Jasminum

n sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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 point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru ʃiŋou] n. Crimson Jobfish, Rosy Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides filamentosus 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

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

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

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

[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

[ba:wa] n. Peppered Spinefoot, Fine-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

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

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[popo] n. scandent shrub, growing in canopy gap of dense forest. fruits green to pale red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4186)

Example: Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.

Scientific name: Premna?, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5275)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the thin leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

[raso] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5055)

Example: Fruits edible like berries. Stems used for firewood. The name refers to testicle.

Scientific name: Maesa, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus 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

[sino] The name of a beach on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n back of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tʃinea] A traditional necklace.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[toga] n. wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[topatu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 3, three

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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 grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

Scientific name: Caranx lugubris via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wibini] n. Giant Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx ignobilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga] n. wind from the southwest towards Ivei

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʋare ʋare] Water more than 100 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru