Futuna-Aniwa

n daylight

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n chief, ruler, God, spirits

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[atatoma] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[eteŋa] seat in the canoe

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fafa awaka] The inside walls of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

discourse Thank you!

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n pan pipes made of bamboo

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back of knee

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n shelter

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 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

[fejava] n bay, inlet

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n conshell used in making necklaces

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[feituna] n buttocks, bottom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj knotted or snarled (of fishing line)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a spring at sea, sweet water for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n turtle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus; syphilis

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n narrow crevice or hole in stone or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n whale

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v travel (by sea), go on a trip, go abroad

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n sweet potato

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n mustache

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n niece, nephew, son-in-law, daughter-in-law

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ɸutu] First verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

cliff

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n molars, bicuspids

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v ripen

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to thatch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to pound, beat with sticks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to roast

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ika maru] n. Yellowfin Parrotfish

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 maggots

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[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

n backbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Golden Spadefish

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

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

[ʃinai] n belly

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kaifuʃi] n marine centipede

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a soft grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sky

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kapekanu] n. One-Spot Snapper

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

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

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dragonfly

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. Tree to 20 m, dbh 4 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5218)

Example: The thin stems of this plant are used to make a fishing rod. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris

n adze

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

[likou] n. Pacific Slopehead Parrotfish, Tan-Faced Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus frontalis 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 killing stick shaped like the stalk of a banana plant

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a cluster of bananas

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fermented banana or breadfruit pudding

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 peace

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n death, unconsciousness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matuku] White-faced Heron

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

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n urine (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n husk

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n boy, youth, young man

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[mu] n. Humpnose Big-Eye Bream

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

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

n mother, mother’s sister

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5235)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Scientific name: Myrsine

[namuji] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[natehmu] n. well branched tree, growing in dense forest. fruits white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4185)

Example: This tree is used for house posts, as it produces a hardwood.

Scientific name: dicot tree, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n orphan

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n broom

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spirit

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n day, season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baika] n. type of shell

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pakasi] pig

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

adj long

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marriage agreement ceremony

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wind from the northwest

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kasi] n. Amberjack, Greater Amberjack

(Bislama) Amba Jack

Example: Photo by Mark Fletcher / Fisheries Australia, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Seriola dumerili via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

menstruation

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n top of hand

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n great grandparent

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n testicles

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sideboard (of a canoe)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n inner corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ruku] n. Redbreasted Wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n brother-in-law, male cross cousin

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sinu] Fourth verse of Popokiga, a fishing song

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n feasting area

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[umwe umwe] n. Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

num 8, eight

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana