Futuna-Aniwa

n flounder

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n house, dwelling

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸariŋoi] Canoe marking which signifies tribe and ownership.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n charm worn for the dead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸe’ai] A type of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n immature coconut whose husk and meat are still soft

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Tree to 5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5215)

Example: The stems of this plant are good for firewood and house posts (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Melochia odorata

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

[ŋou] n dew, mist, light rain, snow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋau pakora] n scar, mark, trail

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hŋu] n cuttlefish; squid

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pole used for carrying things on shoulders

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to count, read

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to roast

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n tongs

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n period of day before sunrise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʃiroŋ] A house component: a window.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kanai] n. Bluespot Mullet

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

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. Five-Lined Snapper

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

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

v hiccough, burp

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n reef, rocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n outrigger rods

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kou] n. Sailfish

(Bislama) Sailfish

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

Scientific name: Istiophorus platyperus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kou warukaŋou] n. Striped Marlin

(Bislama) Striped Marlin

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

Scientific name: Kajikia audax via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kuli] dog

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

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

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

n sister-in-law, female cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n an itch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maʃi ra hŋu] n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4153)

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

n legendary hero

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marariseŋa] n. Brassy Trevally

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

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

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stranger, guest

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n evening star

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n entrails, tendons, sinew, blood vessels

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ndara ja papakaiɸi] fish part: pelvic fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[pai] n penis (profane); pipe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stalk of the coconut frond

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yellowtail Blue Snapper, False Fusilier

(Bislama) Yello Tel Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio xanthura via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru pula] n. Deep Water Red Snapper, Ruby Snapper

(Bislama) Sottell Red Poulet

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

Scientific name: Etelis carbunculus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

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

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

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

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Streamlined Spinefoot, Forktail Rabbitfish

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

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

n liver

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[popokiŋa] Song sung before coming ashore with fish and continued, with dance, after bringing the fish onto the beach.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[bora bora] n. Bignose Unicornfish

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

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

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

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

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

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

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

n foreskin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n sacred stone in Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamdaʋai] a spring of water

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n boulders near Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n instep

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tapatu ʋai] n. Bigeye Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena forsteri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n lower sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[urifafa] n. wind from the southwest near Sukeamu/Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

num 8, eight

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[wauwau] n. scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

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