Futuna-Aniwa

n current, eddy, whirlpool

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[fai] n. Stingray

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n knot, knob, ring

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n stick for fixing fire into canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n woman, girl; female; wife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ɸiroa] n. Ornate Emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n to dig around and heap earth upon taro

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n food customarily eaten after drinking kava

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n holes though sinet in canoe making

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweet potato

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Blacksaddle Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Brown-Marbled Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Malabar Grouper

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

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

[ŋatara kosi] n. Whitespotted Grouper

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

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

[ŋauta] Water 10 to 20 meters deep.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a cough

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sling, speargun

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ikaramanga] The types of fish that fisherman are not permitted to eat.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[itamtautu] The name of a harbor with a point on Futuna island where there are coconuts. A good place to plant mango and banana.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃiʃiɸi bakasi] n. Longfin Batfish

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃito] n. Longnose Trevally

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

Scientific name: Carangoides chrysophrys via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n parrot species

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a fruit tree which bears a small fruit with a single seed

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n twirl stick or club as in some dances

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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: Ausdin Jackson

n side of ear lobe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n one of two major groups of patrilineal descent of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n small sea urchin sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dew, mist, fog

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish with a long line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n valley, dale

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n trochus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[kuriri] Curlews and Sandpipers

Example: Photo by Mdf, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Scolopacidae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n lungs

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5237)

Example: Name means "thick leaves." This is an ornamental plant introduced by the missionaries. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata

[mwejau] n. Blue-Barred Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[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 canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n generic term for bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yesterday

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kind of banana

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n vine used for making twine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[niɸou ura] n. liana climbing into canopy 5 m above the ground, growing in dense forest. fruits green to dark purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4188)

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

[niseni] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.0 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2520)

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hunger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hill, mountain

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pai] boundary stones

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n green coconut not ready to drink

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[paraŋi] n. Whitecheek Surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Gerard E. Allen / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[paramatua] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[paramisi] n. wind from the northwest towards Tamtautu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ba:wa] n. Dusky Rabbitfish

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

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

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n loins, thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[poki] Rainbow Lorikeet

Example: Photo by user Cacophony, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Trichoglossus moluccanus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[pure tani] n. generic name for shells ("boys shell")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5276)

Example: This type of Rapoji is the one with the wide leaf. It is grown as an ornamental around households. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum

[rueto] n. wind from the northwest towards Namuji

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ruku] n. Sling-Jaw Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

n cowlick, tuft of hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big rocks overlooking Mouga, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sumtukuŋa] n. Titan Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[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

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tokorau tu] n. wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n elbow

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[warukaŋou ɸuɸuru] n. Yellowfin Tuna

(Bislama) Yellofin Tuna

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

Scientific name: Thunnus albacares via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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