Futuna-Aniwa

[ama] Outrigger of canoe, shorter name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

A Futuna traditional game played with shells, as a show of memory and mathematical ability. Name means "take away one", describing how shells are removed one by one, and the player must recite how many remain in each row.

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n foam, steam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[bo] A house component: central vertical beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mouth, mouthlike opening

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fafakaraua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n cross cousin of opposite sex

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n a kind of starchy pudding food made of bananas and coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n mixed descent group

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n beach in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n church (house of prayer)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n birth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n rock

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n coconut tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v beg from one who has nothing; teasing, joke-telling

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[foe] n paddle, rudder, oar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish from land or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n grindstone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaʃa ipu] n skull

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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. Highfin Grouper

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

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

n cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n intestines

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n food prepared with coconut milk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hnofoŋa] n dwelling

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

[kaleleŋa] A hammock.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[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

[kapekanu] n. Five-Lined Snapper

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

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

n necklace

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n poisonous vine, hemlock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n species of giant bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5271)

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

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia

n a feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n artery, vein

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n tree sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neck, back of neck

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 sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ma ture ture] Very shallow water.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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 appearance, likeness, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n figurehead of a canoe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n Pleiades constellation; diamond pattern

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n little toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knife

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mwejau] n. Globehead Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

[motu taɸanua] the harvest season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n ball

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[murukina] A house component: the coconut leaf and wild cane walls of the house. Can be plain or intricately woven. Occasionally made from bamboo, though this lets more rain in.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[namatagi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n mint plant

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n day

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5266)

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

Scientific name: Canna indica

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fig tree

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n skin of young banana fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fins (of fish)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n point of the nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[papakaiɸi] fish part: pectoral fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

v to give little in return, give a small return feast

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[parurai] n. Common Dolphinfish, Mahi Mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n toes

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n neice, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law (referring to the relative of a man)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n cliff in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ramarari] n. Yellowspotted Trevally, Turrum

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

Scientific name: Carangoides fulvoguttatus via FishBase, 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

n sweet yam

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[sasua] n. Yellowbanded Sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus lineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[tatoafa] The name for a desert-like area on Vanuatu with lots of rocks and wild canes. Is still used for cultivating some crops.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tekau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n spleen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n collarbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

num 8, eight

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana