Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bai] Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n trip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n liver (lit. house of blood)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n trip, voyage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n beard

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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. One-Blotch Grouper

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

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

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰao] n Saturday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃitou] n. Yellowfin Surgeonfish, Yellowmask Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n tabooed food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

[kanai] n. Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kanai] n. Squaretail Mullet

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

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

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower side of chest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kato ʋaka] Type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[kawiameta] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. The population of each village is divided between the two moieties.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[keam] n. Aneityum island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cheeks of buttocks

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

n artery, vein

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n leg, calf of leg

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

[kuku] Fruit Doves

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

Scientific name: Ptilinopus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n louse, flea

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maɸei] n. Yellow-Edged Moray

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n an itch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Bluespine Unicornfish

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

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

[manini] n. Convict Surgeonfish, Convict Tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bait for fishing

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stream, water channel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nufwe?] n caterpillar

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru ariki] n. Rainbow Runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kajau] n. Deep Water Long-Tail Red Snapper, Flame Snapper

(Bislama) Longtel Red Poulet

Example: Photo by MCZ / Harvard University, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Etelis coruscans via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ba:wa] n. Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus guttatus 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

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n baby toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis adusta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n neice, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law (referring to the relative of a man)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ruku] n. Tripletail Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[saveraro] The name of a harbor on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[saka] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5059)

Example: Fruit is edible when bract is dry. Boil the whole plant in a 1 liter of hot water, for 1 hour. Make certain juice comes out from plant. To treat dengue fever, drink hot 1-2 cups daily, for 2-3 days.

Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[sija] n. Humpback Red Snapper, Paddletail

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus gibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sumu] n. Rough Triggerfish, Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish, Oceanic Triggerfish

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

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

num 10, ten

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n back of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n uncle, mother’s brother, mother’s male parallel cousin, the father of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[toto] n. Splitlevel Hogfish, Blackbelt Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus mesothorax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[woɸoru bo’] n. Twosaddle Goatfish

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

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

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋou marari] n. Dogtooth Tuna

(Bislama) Dogtooth

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

Scientific name: Gymnosarda unicolor via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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