Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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ariki ~ teriki

ariki ~ teriki

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

aru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fakamarumaru

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fakaog

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fakatjikina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fakau sore

[ɸakau sore]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fana

[ɸana]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

fara

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fatakanu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fatakina eisu

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

feniepuku

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fie

[fie] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

firikinga fatu

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

firoa

Lethrinus miniatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-miniatus.html

[ɸiroa] n.

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

firoa

Lethrnius xanthochilus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrnius-xanthochilus.html

[ɸiroa] n.

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

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

foga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foimata

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fonufonu

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

fousia

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

fuepuga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fufuru ragutu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fufururu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gagaika

[ŋaŋaika] n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

gahgaji

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gamotu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gaone ~ hgaone

[hgaone] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gasau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hlaga

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hma

Acanthurus nigricauda http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-nigricauda.html

[hma] n.

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

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

hmafa

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ikofi

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ikoɸi]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

isu

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Ivei

[ivei] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

ji

[ʃi] adv.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

kaifuji

[kaifuʃi] n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kaji puri vae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kalelega

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[kaleleŋa]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kamkogoji

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kapekanu

Lutjanus lutjanus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-lutjanus.html

[kapekanu] n.

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

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

karea

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

karoa

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kauaga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kauaga, kouaga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kava

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kiki

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ko uorukago

Xiphias gladius http://fishbase.org/summary/Xiphias-gladius.html

[kou warukaŋou] n. Swordfish

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

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

koga ika

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

koro

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

kuganai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

liko

Chlorurus spilurus http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-spilurus.html

[likou] n.

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus spilurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

liko

Scarus flavipectoralis http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-flavipectoralis.html

[likou] n.

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

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

maji ra hgu

A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

[maʃi ra hŋu] n.

Example: A Y-branch (forked wood) to make a slingshot, and also to make an arrowhead for an arrow to shoot bird.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

makara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mamauru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

marau

Sargocentron caudimaculatum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-caudimaculatum.html

[marau] n.

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

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

mari

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

marino

Caesio teres http://fishbase.org/summary/Caesio-teres.html

[marinou] n.

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

melomelo

Cephalopholis spiloparaea http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-spiloparaea.html

[melomelo] n.

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

moiau

Scarus ghobban http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-ghobban.html

[mwejau] n.

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

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

ndara ja papakaifi

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ndara ja papakaiɸi]

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

nisouri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[nisouri]

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

no ~ noa

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pakafeina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

panpaniga

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Paramatua

[paramatua] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

paramisi ~ parahmisi, paramatua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

pebar

Plectorhinchus gibbosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-gibbosus.html

[pebar] n.

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

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

poja rima

[poʃo rima] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

poja vae tama

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

poruku

[porugu]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

rakauriki

n.

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

Rueto

Rueto

[rueto] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

ruku

Cheilinus fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-fasciatus.html

[ruku] n.

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

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

Saferaro

[saveraro]

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Severaro

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Sinao

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

soa

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

Tafasua

[tafasua] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Tagutu

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

takuku moana

Macolor macularis http://fishbase.org/summary/Macolor-macularis.html

[takuku moana] n.

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

Tamurivaka

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tangata

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tapa rima

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

tona

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tonu

Plectropomus areolatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-areolatus.html

[to:nu] n.

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

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

toto

Bodianus loxozonus http://fishbase.org/summary/Bodianus-loxozonus.html

[toto] n.

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

tutuke mata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

uaimuri

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ulu vaka

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

uorukago marari

Thunnus obesus http://fishbase.org/summary/Thunnus-obesus.html

[warukaŋou marari] n.

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

uru vae

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

varo

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

varoki

[ʋaroki]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

varoki

[ʋaroki]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

vasau

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

vave

Lutjanus russellii http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-russellii.html

[ʋa:ʋe] n.

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

vetei

Parupeneus heptacanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-heptacanthus.html

[ʋetei] n.

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

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

vetei

Parupeneus indicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-indicus.html

[ʋetei] n.

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

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

wauwau

This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

[wauwau] n.

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Scientific name: Alyxia, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

About the Dictionary

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All content copyright © Futuna Aniwa community (2016).
Talking Dictionary produced by K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Tom A. Ranker and Sean Thackurdeen. (2016-2018)
Futuna Aniwa language contributors include Ausdin Jackson, Takaronga Kuautonga, Nigasau Misikofo, Paul Navaika, Nigel Nesua, Iarawoi Rezel Samana, Anselon Seru, Donald Tamalua Wotu, Yaugani Zeiake and others as credited within the dictionary entries.
The Futuna Aniwa-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu." This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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