Futuna-Aniwa

n strands, threads

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sea creature

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[yasoa] The name of a place on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mediator

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸatoto] Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n taboo stone

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n meeting, council

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

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sorcery, magic

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to copulate

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n circle of people

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj yellow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n story

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸiroa] n. Spotcheek Emperor

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

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

[ɸiroa] n. Yellowlip Emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

num 7, seven

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n adze

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

interjection a call to the clouds to rain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fruit (includes nuts and berries)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara] n. Brownspotted Grouper

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

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

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iriri] A traditional woven fan.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Foxface

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

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

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Fringelip Mullet, Wartylip Mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n shed

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

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[kawiameta kona] A person with both parents from the moiety Kawiameta.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kiriraŋutu] fish part: lip

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n leg, calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n earthquake

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forehead

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[manini] n. Convict Surgeonfish, Convict Tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n daybreak

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 village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[marinou] n. Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n coral reef

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n the sea (particularly the deep sea)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5224)

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

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

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))

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum

n grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[niseni maru] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 1.0 m. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2523)

Scientific name: Christella harveyi, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pakao ɸare] A house component: frame.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mastoid process

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dirt, residue, scab

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[baru maru] n. Golden Eye Jobfish, Goldeneye Snapper

(Bislama) Yellofin White Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides flavipinnis 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

flying fox

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5269)

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

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus

[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

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[retu matua] n. wind from the north towards Rofatu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n Futuna Village in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[takuku moana] n. Black-and-White Snapper

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

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

[takuku moana] n. Midnight Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n child of oneself, child of one’s siblings and parallel cousins of the same sex as oneself

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tariŋa] n ear

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lower sail

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tu] Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Jim Bendon, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper eyelid

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[warukaŋou kanu] n. Bonito

(Bislama) Ponite

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[uru ʋaka] The front of the canoe, designed to break through waves.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋetei] n. Sidespot Goatfish

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

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