Futuna-Aniwa

n the activity of spearing fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n heart

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[yasoa] n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a steep place

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fasua] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n meeting, council

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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))

Scientific name: Ficus

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to peel or skin something

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a mound between two rows of yams

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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

[fuʃi] n banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to sail, move by sail

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸuna moto] n. small tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4157)

Example: The stems are used for firewood, as it is hard and burns well, for example to roast taro, yams, and other foods.

Scientific name: Ilex vitiensis, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n turned words; idiomatic, symbolic speech

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Zosterops griseotinctus, 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

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Epaulette Surgeonfish, Blackstreak Surgeonfish, Eyeline Surgeonfish

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

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj white, bright, light

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[itatafu] The name for the top part of the island. It is flat and good for growing different kinds of taro.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[jiama] n outrigger float, pontoon

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃitou jala] n. Chocolate Surgeonfish, Mimic Surgeonfish

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

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

n fat

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kaufaghawara tu kokau] A house component: long beams supporting upward side beams.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n cricket, cicada

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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 spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n forearm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n wing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[maɸei] n. Longfin African Conger, Moustache Conger, Blacklip Conger

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

Scientific name: Conger cinereus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n scorpion

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stranger, foreigner

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marau ta] n. Violet Squirrelfish

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

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

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

chicken

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cloth, clothing

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[hmori] n prayer

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stomach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mutu tanei] n. Blue Sea Chub, Snubnose Chub, Topsail Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[namruke kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Namruke.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

grave, cemetary

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[no ami] fish part: gills

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n comet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n stone fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ba:wa] n. Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Peppered Spinefoot, Fine-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

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

shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[biliŋa] n. Sixfinger Threadfin, Pacific Threadfin

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

Scientific name: Polydactylus sexfilis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rai] n. Doublespotted Queenfish

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

Scientific name: Scomberoides lysan via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

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 inner corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rofatu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[rube] Pigeon

Example: Photo by Charles Davies, License: CC BY-NC 4.0 Accessible on Internet Bird Collection

Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

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

n stomach

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tʃipe] n navel, belly button

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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