Futuna-Aniwa

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bed, platform, shelf

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n that part of canoe covered by pandanus root in joining the upper section to the main hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

v roast in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius microdon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n deck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a killing stick (black)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a rich man, who has many plants and much food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n reed, wild cane

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara] n. Areolate Grouper

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

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

[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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a game of peek-a-boo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v ripen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n husk (of grain in particular)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Malay Apple tree, Rose apple tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kapekanu] n. One-Spot Snapper

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

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

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kouhmara] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5057)

Example: Unspecified medicinal use.

Scientific name: Abutilon, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[koupa] A fence made of small sticks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n bay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n eel

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n mangrove crab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maŋo] n. Shark

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[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

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5237)

Example: Name means "thick leaves." This is an ornamental plant introduced by the missionaries. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata

[matuku] White-faced Heron

Example: Photo by Martin Pot, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[misa] n low tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut and banana pudding

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

n mosquito

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a reddish coral

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coconut spathe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru bare utu] n. Rusty Jobfish

(Bislama) Silva Poulet

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

Scientific name: Aphareus rutilans 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

whitecaps, ocean swell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

flying fox

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n occiput, depression at base of skull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[retu arari] n. wind form the northeast towards Tafasua

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruɸau] n. Barcheek Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides plagiotaenia via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Lesson’s Thicklip, Striped Sweetlips

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

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

[sasua] n. Two-Striped Sweetlips, Giant Sweetlips

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

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

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n lower eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5262)

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Euphorbia hirta

n grandchild

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n Sunday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wart

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus laevis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n collarbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[umwe umwe] n. Gray Unicornfish, Silverblotched Unicornfish

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

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

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo