Futuna-Aniwa

[ariri] A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the end

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 7, seven

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vocal cords

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n center strip for finishing and covering the peak of a roof

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n black banana

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eyelid

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wave, breaker

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Foursaddle Grouper

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5226)

Example: The stems of this grass are tied together and woven to make the wall of a traditional house. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ho] yes

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n fibrous husk of chestnut or coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the Milky Way galaxy

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

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

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

[kapekanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

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

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

[kapekanu] 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

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n common edible shellfish with a pyramid shaped shell

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

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

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

n skin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coral bits; gravel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kou warukaŋou] n. Black Marlin

(Bislama) Black Marlin

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

Scientific name: Istiompax indica via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whites of the eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dried coconut meat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n face

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cluster of coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis spiloparaea via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n frigate bird

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

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

Scientific name: Canna indica

[naruru] The name of a place on Futuna island which is good for planting banana and mango.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

grave, cemetary

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n a scar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niŋei] n white ant, termite

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sandalwood tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[niseni maru] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 1.0 m. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2523)

Scientific name: Christella harveyi, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[no ami] fish part: gills

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n day, season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[parapu uri] n. wind from the southwest towards Nakiroa/Sukeamu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n wind from the southeast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[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

[pula takai] n. Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldierfish

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

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

n pudding (laplap)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[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. 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

n sibling or parallel cousin of same sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n bailer (for a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n waist, pelvis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n father, father’s brothers, father’s male parallel cousins, mother’s husband

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tatoafa] The name for a desert-like area on Vanuatu with lots of rocks and wild canes. Is still used for cultivating some crops.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n suture on top of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[toro ɸaru] n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4155)

Example: Wood used to make bows. The wood can be used to make house posts, but do not last long, perhaps 1-2 years.

Scientific name: Micromelum minutum, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

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

[umwe] n. Bulbnose Unicornfish, Humpnose Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso tonganus 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

[ʋare ʋare] Water more than 100 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana