Futuna-Aniwa

n fin

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n ghost, spirit, demon, ancestor

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 4, four

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸaka masi] n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4151)

Example: Children like to eat the fruits when they ripen black. Stem for house posts, as the wood is very strong.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

n anger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸakau sore] Said to be the oldest tree on the island, the first tree. It grows slowly and grows nowhere else. Cutting this tree is not allowed.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n an early European name for Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n island, land, country, homeland

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n pandanus

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸau] Third verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n shell necklace

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bay, harbor, anchorage

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Orange-Striped Emperor

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

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

v to put up a sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n central stalk of a plant or fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n arm band, bracelet

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v. intransitive burn (intransitive)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cooking, preparation of food

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food prepared with coconut milk

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

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ika maru] n. Ember Parrotfish, Redlip Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[ika maru] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

greeting Goodbye

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sideboard of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] 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

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

small woven bag

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n forehead

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka ɸatoto] Y-shaped stick used to hold up the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kawiameta ] One of the two moieties on Futuna island. Half of the population of each village comes from this moiety.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n water bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudendeum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n chin

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n bug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

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

[likou] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

n harvest festival

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

n the wake of canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Bridled Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[mwejau] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

[moko bula] A type of orange and blue lizard.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[mu] n. Redfin Bream

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis heterodon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n backbone, spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tooth

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v roast manioc in leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[niwa] n. Aniwa island

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill near Pau and Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 6, six

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n trousers, pants

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[papakaiɸi] fish part: pectoral fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru ariki] n. Rainbow Runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru bare utu] n. Rusty Jobfish

(Bislama) Silva Poulet

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

Scientific name: Aphareus rutilans via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[baru kauroŋa] n. Comet Grouper

(Bislama) Banded Los

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus morrhua via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Goldspotted Spinefoot, Gold-Spotted Rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus punctatus 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

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n index finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n node

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[raŋo] n a fly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n cliff in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n arm, hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[rimrimu] inedible seaweed

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ruetu] n. wind from the north towards Napau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5274)

Example: This species is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bougainvillea spectabilis

[sukeamu] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tai sia] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n grandchild

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

n my bay

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[doʃi] n. Dusky Parrotfish, Swarthy Parrotfish

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

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

[toutou] Uniform Swiftlet and Mayr’s Swiftlet

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

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n pus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[uritoga fine] n. wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua