Futuna-Aniwa

n a kind of tree, the root produces a spice

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village (lit. row of houses)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fa] n gale, hurricane winds, storm winds

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸe’ata] n. Peacock Hind, Peacock Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis argus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[feawa] The name of a harbor on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream

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

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

n eye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kind of beetle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n the brim edge of a vessel

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to appear (said only of the first tooth)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5227)

Example: The stems of this shrub are used as firewood, because they are easy to light when dry. These stems are used for cooking. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ŋata] snake

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ŋau pakora] n scar, mark, trail

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n village green

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʃiŋamotu] n. tree, 2.5 to 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4180)

Example: The below ground portion of the stem is used to bake in an earth oven and eat. It has a sugary taste.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[ʃinai] n belly

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n collar bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kamoni tai] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5058)

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ka:pe] n. Two-Spot Red Snapper, Twinspot Snapper, Red Bass

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

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

[kape kanu] n. Common Bluestripe Snapper

(Bislama) Sone

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

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

[kapekanu] n. Bigeye Snapper

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

[kapkapa] Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

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

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kasoki] A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n membrane, diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sakau, kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n rat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kou warukaŋou] n. Blue Marlin

(Bislama) Blue Marlin

Example: Photo by CAFS, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via FishBase

Scientific name: Makaira mazara via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n native cabbage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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))

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius

n firestick

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n garden

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kurapo] n. Tang’s Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Brim

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

Scientific name: Lipocheilus carnolabrum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mahmaʃi] n. Elongate Unicornfish, Slender Unicornfish

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

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

n hawk

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bark cloth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[nisouri] A traditional broom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n womb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n drinkable green coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shoulder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n first toe, pointer

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5250)

Example: This is an edible plant. Collect the young leaves, boil them in water, discard the water, and add salt and eat. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Solanum americanum

[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 #5255)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood or making houses and rafters for the roof. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala

[raso] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5055)

Example: Fruits edible like berries. Stems used for firewood. The name refers to testicle.

Scientific name: Maesa, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sekaʋesi] n. White-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n foreskin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[sija] n. Moontail Bullseye, Crescent-Tail Bigeye

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

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

[supwe] n mucus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[tamtautu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[tapatu ʋai] n. Yellowtail Barracuda

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

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

num 1, one

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

my bay is Severaro

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[woɸoru bo’] n. Whitesaddle Goatfish, Diamondscale Goatfish

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

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

n tooth decay

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wrist, fist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstripe Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru