Futuna-Aniwa

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a plant, root is used to make yellow dye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chest, front side

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n kidney

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Trumpet Emperor, Red Throat Emperor

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

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

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fashion one’s hair in the traditional manner for men involving braiding and ties

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[futuna] n. Futuna island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋata] snake

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n flax

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anchor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection shut up

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pray

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[hpunaŋa] n hole, cavern, cave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ika maru] n. Bridled Parrotfish

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

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

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʃinai] n belly

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kanai] n. Bluespot Mullet

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

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n the Milky Way galaxy

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kisaria] Willie Wagtail

Example: Photo by James Niland, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Rhipidura leucophrys, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

(Bislama) Swordfish

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Heritage Library, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n dew, mist, fog

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kuru kuru] n. sparsely branched tree, growing in well developed secondary forest. young fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4149)

Example: Cover top layer of earth oven.

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[likou] n. Pacific Slopehead Parrotfish, Tan-Faced Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus frontalis 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

[mahmaʃi] n. Elongate Unicornfish, Slender Unicornfish

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

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

n fontanelle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n truth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree sp. with inedible spherical fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

n boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stream, water channel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5273)

Example: Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n manioc, cassava

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n green coconut not ready to drink

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 popai] n. Oblique-Banded Jobfish, Oblique-Banded Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Stripe Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides zonatus 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

[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

n mouth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruetu] n. wind from the north towards Napau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n ribs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sija] n. Glasseye

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[somfoyaga] a type of fish

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafasua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu] n. Great Barracuda

(Bislama) Barracuda

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

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

[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

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n knuckles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n collarbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

Scientific name: Thunnus albacares via FishBase, 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

[ʋetei] n. Yellowfin Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5244)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this vine to decorate their heads during the Kastom dance. If people decorate their heads with this vine today, they say that the vine is from the God of Matchichiki, Futina and if one wears it, people will know that the person is from Futuna--a form of identity. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata