Futuna-Aniwa

n tongs for fire

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chasm, open window or door

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fakar woro] n slope

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n type of sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n kidney

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n foam, boiling bubbles

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸoe] Paddle of canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n anus; syphilis

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v swallow, gulp down

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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. Greasy Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Honeycomb Grouper

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

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

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n temporal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃitou] n. Golden Trevally

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

Scientific name: Gnathanodon speciosus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spathe of coconut palm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a Christian (particularly European)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nape of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ka:pe] n. Mangrove Red Snapper, Mangrove Jack

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

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

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cheeks of buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ko kaʋa] n. liana, growing in well developed secondary forest. flowers pale pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4154)

Example: Used as a fish poison. Macerate stems and put into pool with water. Smash further until juice comes out. As a result, fish are stunned and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Derris indica, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n valley, dale

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

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

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

n eel

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n earthquake

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

n bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field, plain, pasture, meadow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[marau] n. Pink Squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiereoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[marinou] n. Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[mu] n. Humpnose Big-Eye Bream

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n stream, water channel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n dwarf

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n almond

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[no ami] fish part: gills

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wound, sore

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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 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

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Vermiculated Spinefoot, Vermiculate Rabbitfish

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

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

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n house fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5275)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the thin leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5230)

Example: Ancient people were said to use this as a fishing line. Strip off the skin (bark) of the stem and place it in the sun to dry. Remove the fiber by stripping it off and weave the fiber into a fishing line. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus

[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. Moontail Bullseye, Crescent-Tail Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus hamrur via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n women’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[suku] fish part: caudal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[takere] The floor of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n grandchild

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. Tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5217)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for timber that is used for house posts. The stems can also be burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

Scientific name: Caranx lugubris via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[wibini] n. Giant Trevally

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

Scientific name: Caranx ignobilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[warukaŋo] n. Kawakawa

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

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga tane] n. wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n new form of Eronan, a variant name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n another name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana