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ariki ~ teriki

ariki ~ teriki
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n chief, ruler, God, spirits

ariri

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[ariri] A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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

ata

n soul, spirit, ghosts of the dead

bukusi

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[bukusi] a type of fish

ekega

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Esia

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n village of Futuna

fagarupe

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

fagokoumajira

n pan pipes made of bamboo

fajiavagavae

n back of knee

fakafotu

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n hole, depression, crater

fakamijimiji

v to dream continuously of one thing

Fanau Fatu

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n an early European name for Futuna

fara

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n pandanus

farere

n birth

fesao

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n language, speech

fiji

n servant

fioata

n. Tree to 10 m, dbh 30 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5213)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

fiso

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n foam, boiling bubbles

foi’ata

The fiber of this plant is used as a rope. Collect the young shoots, strip off bark and use fresh as a rope, especially to tie and carry baskets or firewood. The birds eat fruits; hunters know this and they hunt there.
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[ɸoi’ata] n. banyan-forming fig tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4183)

Example: The fiber of this plant is used as a rope. Collect the young shoots, strip off bark and use fresh as a rope, especially to tie and carry baskets or firewood. The birds eat fruits; hunters know this and they hunt there.

fonu

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n sacred sea turtle that is not eaten or killed

foromia

v swallow, gulp down

fuhi

v to set sail

Futuna

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n Futuna

garo, hgaro

n jaw, tooth, molar

gasau

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[ŋasau] wild cane

gutu

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n cliff

hgu

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[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

hma

Acanthurus auranticavus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-auranticavus.html
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[hma] n. Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

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

htunu

v to cook, roast on embers

ikofi

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n tongs

iro

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n maggots

kaikarapusi, karapusi

n collar bone

kairavaru

n long club with one root at head

kamkogoji

n crab sp.

kapekanu

Lutjanus monostigma http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-monostigma.html
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[kapekanu] n. One-Spot Snapper

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

kapkapa

Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius
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[kapkapa] Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

karukaru

n salt, sea salt

kasi

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n cockle shell fish

katiepia

n long club with roots at head

kauliginea, kouliginea

n guts, intestines

kaupega, koupega

n membrane, diaphragm

kaura

n flame

kete

n square woven mat for sitting on

kirikiri

n coral bits; gravel

kisaria

Rhipidura leucophrys
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[kisaria] Willie Wagtail

Example: Photo by James Niland, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

koka

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5231)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for making house posts as well as used for firewood. The leaves are also used as plates for holding food. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

koumotua

n garden

kuru kuru

Cover top layer of earth oven.
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[kuru kuru] n. sparsely branched tree, growing in well developed secondary forest. young fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4149)

Example: Cover top layer of earth oven.

liko

Chlorurus frontalis http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-frontalis.html
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[likou] n. Pacific Slopehead Parrotfish, Tan-Faced Parrotfish

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

manava

n belly

manuava

n penis

marari sega

Caranx papuensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-papuensis.html
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[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

marau ta

Sargocentron violaceum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-violaceum.html
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[marau ta] n. Violet Squirrelfish

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

Mari

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n village in Futuna

masaga

n twins, pair

matarua

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n girdle, men’s

melomelo

Cephalopholis urodeta http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-urodeta.html
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[melomelo] n. Darkfin Hind, Flagtail Grouper

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

moiau

Scarus dimidiatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-dimidiatus.html
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[mwejau] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

mota

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5247)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

mtagi

n wind

muma

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n mother, mom

naleva

n a traditional dance

napa

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n dwarf

nareci

This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5223)

Example: This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

naulesi

n backbone, spine

nimoro

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n sea slug

nogia

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n request

nonai

n womb

paea

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n stone fence

paua

Siganus fuscescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-fuscescens.html
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[ba:wa] n. Dusky Rabbitfish

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

paua

Siganus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-lineatus.html
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[ba:wa] n. Golden-Lined Spinefoot, Lined Rabbitfish

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

piliga

Megalops cyprinoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Megalops-cyprinoides.html
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[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

poja vae takemariri

n big toe

poja vae tama

n baby toe

rago

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[raŋo] n a fly

rai

Scomberoides lysan http://fishbase.org/summary/Scomberoides-lysan.html
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[rai] n. Doublespotted Queenfish

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

ruku

Cheilinus trilobatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-trilobatus.html
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[ruku] n. Tripletail Wrasse

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

saka

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.
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[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.

sakavesi

Plectropomus leopardus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-leopardus.html
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[sekaʋesi] n. Leopard Coralgrouper

Example: Photo by John Sear / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

sakavesi

Variola albimarginata http://fishbase.org/summary/Variola-albimarginata.html
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[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

sasua

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-chaetodonoides.html
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[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

sasua

Diagramma pictum http://fishbase.org/summary/Diagramma-pictum.html
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[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

sukale moana

Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae and Pseudobulweria becki
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[sukale moana] Silver Gull and Beck’s Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Hisgett, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

tafatu

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[tafatu] The name of the lowest plateau on Futuna island where crops are planted. Usually just bananas are planted here.

tai

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[tai] n sea, seaward

tapaka

n female genitalia

tapeia

Gymnothorax javanicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnothorax-javanicus.html
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[tapeja] n. Giant Moray

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

tasi

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num 1, one

tatoafa

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

Toga Tea

Toga Tea
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[toga tea] n. wind from the southeast towards Hteiu

toi

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))

tojinana

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

tonu

Plectropomus laevis http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-laevis.html
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[to:nu] n. Blacksaddled Coralgrouper

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

toutou

Aerodramus vanikorensis
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[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

uipini

Caranx lugubris http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-lugubris.html
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[wibini] n. Black Jack

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

umue umue

Naso hexacanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-hexacanthus.html
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[umwe umwe] n. Sleek Unicornfish

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

uorukago fufuru

Thunnus albacares http://fishbase.org/summary/Thunnus-albacares.html
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[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

vaka

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n canoe

vetei

Parupeneus cyclostomus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-cyclostomus.html
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[ʋetei] n. Gold-Saddle Goatfish

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

Yanarua

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n new form of Anarua, a beach on the north side of Futuna