Futuna-Aniwa

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A Futuna traditional game played with shells, as a show of memory and mathematical ability. Name means "take away one", describing how shells are removed one by one, and the player must recite how many remain in each row.

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n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sacred row of plaiting in mats

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n an inlet of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Futuna language

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸiroa] n. Pink Ear Emperor

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

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

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of beetle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

a new, young

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Coral Grouper, Coral Rock Grouper

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

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

n flax

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋaʋaʋa] fish part: insides, intestines

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v. intransitive burn (intransitive)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belly

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tʰa] The can used to bail water out of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to count, read

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hteiu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n fruit

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

n freckle, discoloration

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Golden Spadefish

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

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

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃitou] n. Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a Christian (particularly European)

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

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kaufaghawara tu kokau] A house component: long beams supporting upward side beams.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

n yam sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n charcoal, coals of fire

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n blue heron

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n blowhole in rock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5267)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Nerium oleander

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[nasitau] n. well branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4181)

Example: This plant is a good source offirewood, as it burns a long time; a large log can burn for days.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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 stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n game or prey

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 kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili 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

[ba:wa] n. Dusky Rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[pebar] n. Hairy Hotlips, Blubberlip

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

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

n back

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

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

greeting Welcome!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ruru] Owl

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

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, 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

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

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

n. Herb to 50 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5216)

Example: Photo by raphaelsandro / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. The leaves of this plant are said to be a good local cabbage, cooked in soup and other foods. The fruits are used to spice food, giving it a hot taste. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Capsicum annuum

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n husband, man

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n navel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[doʃi] n. Dusky Parrotfish, Swarthy Parrotfish

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

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

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

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

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

n ankle

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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