An example search has returned 100 entries

ajiga

n the activity of spearing fish

ama

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Atatoma

listenloadingplaying

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

ataua

listenloadingplaying

[doua] n arrowroot

atu

n row, line

atua

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

eisi ~ esi

n pawpaw, papaya

eivi o ta tai

n sea creature

entin

n engine

Esia

listenloadingplaying

[isia] The name of a place on Futuna island.

fakatapu

n sweetheart

fana

listenloadingplaying

A person with one parent from each moiety.

fapa

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

fara rafa

listenloadingplaying

v roast in leaves

fare

listenloadingplaying

General term for a house.

fare

listenloadingplaying

n house, dwelling

fatakina eisu

listenloadingplaying

n bridge of nose

fatoto

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
listenloadingplaying

[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

fau

listenloadingplaying

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

favaka

n wood planks, prepared lumber

firikinga fatu

listenloadingplaying

n hot cooking stones

firoa

Lethrinus variegatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-variegatus.html
listenloadingplaying

[ɸiroa] n. Slender Emperor

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

firoa

Lethrinus nebulosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-nebulosus.html
listenloadingplaying

[ɸiroa] n. Spangled Emperor

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

firoa

Lethrnius xanthochilus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrnius-xanthochilus.html
listenloadingplaying

[ɸiroa] n. Yellowlip Emperor

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

fitu

listenloadingplaying

num 7, seven

fofau

n adze

foforua

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

foi rei

n a killing stick

foivai

n calabash, bottle

fono

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

forau

listenloadingplaying

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

fuaga

n grindstone

furuseo

Zosterops griseotinctus
listenloadingplaying

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

ganea

n pot, cauldron, utensil

garo, hgaro

n jaw, tooth, molar

gata

listenloadingplaying

[ŋata] n land snake

hgaro, garo

n molars, bicuspids

hia

hello

Hteiu

listenloadingplaying

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

htua

v to pound, beat with sticks

jijifi

Siganus vulpinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-vulpinus.html
listenloadingplaying

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

jito

Acanthurus olivaceus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-olivaceus.html
listenloadingplaying

[ʃitou] n. Orangespot Surgeonfish

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

kaifara

n sideboard of canoe

kaifuji

listenloadingplaying

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

kapekanu

Lutjanus lutjanus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-lutjanus.html
listenloadingplaying

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

kaunea

n fishing rod

kaupega, koupega

n membrane, diaphragm

kauraku

The stems of this plant are used as firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

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

kiri

listenloadingplaying

n skin

kofe

n bean

kolomlome

n tidal wave

kovkavatua

Macropiper latifolium
listenloadingplaying

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

lama

n torch

liko

Scarus globiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-globiceps.html
listenloadingplaying

[likou] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Adult)

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

mahavai

n aunt

maisu vaka

n figurehead of a canoe

mamke

listenloadingplaying

n hawk

masaga

n twins, pair

matagi

n wind

metao

n fishhook

misa

listenloadingplaying

[misa] n low tide

moiau

Scarus ghobban http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-ghobban.html
listenloadingplaying

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

morua

n place where the sun sets

motu

n island, bit of land

muma ~ moma

listenloadingplaying

n mother, mother’s sister

nakunari

listenloadingplaying

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Namruke

listenloadingplaying

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

napasi

n a native cabbage

nasiki

n magic sign, lucky omen

ndara

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
listenloadingplaying

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

nifonea

listenloadingplaying

n fishhook

niseni

Sphaerostephanos invisus
listenloadingplaying

[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

nisouri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
listenloadingplaying

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

niu

listenloadingplaying

n coconut

ono

listenloadingplaying

num 6, six

otea

listenloadingplaying

[otea] n midday

pakeifa niu

n stem of coconut fruit

palo

adj long

parafara

n tree fern

paru fifiji

Pristipomoides multidens http://fishbase.org/summary/Pristipomoides-multidens.html
listenloadingplaying

[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

pau

listenloadingplaying

n edible white fruit

penpenu

listenloadingplaying

n section of umbolical cord on newborn which drops off

Pentoro

listenloadingplaying

n homesite in Futuna

pono

listenloadingplaying

n men’s grass skirt

popo

Mature stems are used to make a bow for hunting.
listenloadingplaying

[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.

porogeisu, purogeisu

n nostril

puli vae

n thigh

rimrimu

listenloadingplaying

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

ritarita

listenloadingplaying

n men’s arm band

ruku

Cheilinus undulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-undulatus.html
listenloadingplaying

[ruku] n. Humphead Wrasse

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

sumfo iaka

Aprion virescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Aprion-virescens.html
listenloadingplaying

[sumfo jaka] n. Green Jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

susuku mata

n outer corner of eye

tapi toki

Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.
listenloadingplaying

[tapi toki] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

taro

listenloadingplaying

n taro

tata

listenloadingplaying

n father, dad

toto

listenloadingplaying

n blood

uaimuri

n buttocks

ukau

n pus

umue umue

Naso annulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-annulatus.html
listenloadingplaying

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

vetei

Parupeneus pleurostigma http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-pleurostigma.html
listenloadingplaying

[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

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