Futuna-Aniwa

[ bai ]

   Pile of stones used to mark boundaries.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• cultural objects or concepts

[ mwejau ]

n.    Yellowfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

Scientific name: Scarus flavipectoralis via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ rai ]

n.    Doublespotted Queenfish

Scientific name: Scomberoides lysan via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ melomelo ]

n.    Darkfin Hind, Flagtail Grouper

Scientific name: Cephalopholis urodeta via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ eture ]

n.    Yellowtail Scad

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ba:wa ]

n.    Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

Scientific name: Siganus doliatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ɸe’ai ]

   A type of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• shells

[ ba:wa ]

n.    Blue-Spotted Spinefoot, Coral Rabbitfish

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Semantic domains:

• fish

n.    Tree to 5 m. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5215)

Scientific name: Melochia odorata

Example: The stems of this plant are good for firewood and house posts (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Malvaceae

[ kape kanu ]

n.    Common Bluestripe Snapper

( Bislama ) Sone

Scientific name: Lutjanus kasmira via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ŋatara kosi ]

n.    Foursaddle Grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus spilotoceps via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ kono mata ]

   fish part: eye

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ɸau ]

n.    type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5054)

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Example: Mature stems used for house posts. Take young shoots, strip bark, ret in sea for 1-2 weeks. Take out, separate and clean fiber, dry in sun for 3-4 days. Then weave grass skirt, for women and used ceremonially. In older times, this skirt was used in gardening. Can also use this fiber as handle for Pandanus baskets.

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Malvaceae

n.    type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5243)

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

Example: The wood is collected for firewood. It is good for cooking lap lap in the earth oven. When cooking in the earth oven, the leaves are used to cover the stones on the fire, and then when the oven is covered with stones, put these leaves on top of the oven. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Myodocarpaceae

[ biliŋa ]

n.    Indo-Pacific Tarpon

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ hma ]

n.    Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

Scientific name: Acanthurus auranticavus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ romaʃi ]

n.    tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4182)

Scientific name: Ficus wassa

Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

Example: The young leaves are edible. Boil them for 30 minutes, and eat. The fruits are also edible and are eaten. Boil fruits 1 hour and eat with coconut. Also, you can wrap the leaves of this plant with Cordyline fruitcosa (MJB 4180) leaves and bake in fire, adding meat as well.

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Moraceae

[ phane ]

   Coconut grating bench.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• cultural objects or concepts
• crafted items

[ baru semta furuseo ]

n.    Mozambique Large-Eye Bream, Mozambique Seabream

( Bislama ) Bigeye Brim

Scientific name: Wattsia mossambia via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ wauwau ]

n.    scandent shrub, growing in open scrub. latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4159)

Scientific name: Alyxia

Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

Example: This plant is traded with people from Tanna and Aniwa, as it is sweet smelling, and is put around the head and neck for dancing.

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Apocynaceae

[ poki ]

   Rainbow Lorikeet

Scientific name: Trichoglossus moluccanus

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

[ takere ]

   The floor of the canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• canoe parts

[ ʃiama ]

   Outrigger of canoe, long name.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• canoe parts

[ kurapou ]

n.    Longfin Emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus erythropterus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ marinou ]

n.    Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ tapatu ]

n.    Blackfin Barracuda

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ baru popai ]

n.    Oblique-Banded Jobfish, Oblique-Banded Snapper

( Bislama ) Yello Stripe Poulet

Scientific name: Pristipomoides zonatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ sekaʋesi ]

n.    Spotted Coralgrouper

Scientific name: Plectropomus maculatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ tapatu ʋai ]

n.    Bigeye Barracuda

Scientific name: Sphyraena forsteri via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ tʰa ]

   The can used to bail water out of the canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• canoe parts

[ niŋniŋifatu ]

   Brahminy Kite

Scientific name: Haliastur indus

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Example: Photo by Challiyil Eswaramangalath Vipin, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

• birds

[ ʋitoka ]

   A house component: the door.

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

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

Semantic domains:

• material culture

n    back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

Semantic domains:

• cultural objects or concepts

[ pula takai ]

n.    Blotcheye Soldierfish, Bigscale Soldierfish

Scientific name: Myripristis berndti via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ wakasore ]

   The name of the traditional canoe with outrigger.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• canoe parts

[ uritoga ]

n.    wind from the southwest towards Ivei

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Semantic domains:

• wind
• natural phenomena

[ no naɸi ]

   fish part: scales

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ melomelo ]

n.    Blacktip Grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus fasciatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ɸiroa ]

n.    Slender Emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus variegatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ likou ]

n.    Bridled Parrotfish (Adult)

Scientific name: Scarus frenatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ faka manu ]

n.    fishing float ("canoe bird")

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

[ baru kapau ]

n.    Saddle-Back Snapper

( Bislama ) Kusaka Brim

Scientific name: Paracaesio kusakarii via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ kurapou ]

n.    Orange-Spotted Emperor, Yellowfin Emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus erythracanthus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ baru kauroŋa ]

n.    Comet Grouper

( Bislama ) Banded Los

Scientific name: Epinephelus morrhua via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

n.    type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5225)

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia

Example: The fruits are used as a medicine. For any generalized sickness in the body, collect a handful or two of ripe fruits, put them in a bottle with water, allow this to ferment for 5 days, and drink liquid 3x day before meals. For swellings on the body, heat the leaves over a fire and rub on the affected area 1x daily for as long as needed, when the swelling goes away. The stems of this tree are good for house posts as they last a long time. The leaves can be used to cover lap=lap when cooking. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Rubiaceae

[ tapi toki ]

n.    small, densely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4160)

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus

Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

Example: This plant is used for firewood, as when it is cut green, it will burn quite easily. The can be used to make rafters. It cannot be used as a housepost in the ground, as it will not last long at all.

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Elaeocarpaceae

[ kapkapa ]

   Glossy Swiftlet and White-rumped Swiftlet

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta and Collocalia spodiopygius

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Example: Photo by T R Shankar Raman, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

• birds

n    grave

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Semantic domains:

• cultural objects or concepts

n.    type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5234)

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense

Example: (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74), Samuel Seru (male, 31))

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Pittosporaceae

[ sekaʋesi ]

n.    White-Edged Lyretail

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ rawai ]

   Middle, upper section of canoe which joins the front and back sections.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• canoe parts

[ kisaria ]

   Willie Wagtail

Scientific name: Rhipidura leucophrys

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Example: Photo by James Niland, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

• birds

[ ŋatara kosi ]

n.    Netfin Grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus miliaris via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ matuku ]

   White-faced Heron

Scientific name: Egretta novaehollandiae

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

[ ruɸau ]

n.    Barcheek Trevally

Scientific name: Carangoides plagiotaenia via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ baru bare utu ]

n.    Rusty Jobfish

( Bislama ) Silva Poulet

Scientific name: Aphareus rutilans via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ nasijau ]

n.    small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4150)

Scientific name: Croton insularis

Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

Example: Houseposts, strong wood lasts 7-8 years in the ground. Use the small wood to make a bow and arrow as well as when it is young and straight to make a spear handle. The young wood is flexible and is used to make the circular part of a flying fish net.

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Euphorbiaceae

[ ʃiʃiɸi bakasi ]

n.    Longfin Batfish

Scientific name: Platax teira via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ kurapou ]

n.    Pacific Yellowtail Emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus atkinsoni via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ʋa:ʋe ]

n.    Russell’s Snapper, Moses Perch

Scientific name: Lutjanus russellii via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ariri ]

   A type of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• shells

[ ŋatara kosi ]

n.    Coral Grouper, Coral Rock Grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus corallicola via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ tapatu ]

n.    Great Barracuda

( Bislama ) Barracuda

Scientific name: Sphyraena barracuda via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ruru ]

   Owl

Scientific name: Tyto javanica

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

[ kasoki ]

   A house component: the lattice of small sticks onto which the leaf walls are fastened.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Semantic domains:

• material culture

[ tarakisi ]

n.    Threespot Squirrelfish, Horned Squirrelfish

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ kurapou ]

n.    Longspine Emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus genivittatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ sasua ]

n.    Oriental Sweetlips

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus vittatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ʃito ]

n.    Longnose Trevally

Scientific name: Carangoides chrysophrys via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ kuru kuru ]

n.    sparsely branched tree, growing in well developed secondary forest. young fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4149)

Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa

Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

Example: Cover top layer of earth oven.

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Araliaceae

[ marariseŋa ]

n.    Brassy Trevally

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ woɸoru bo’ ]

n.    Twosaddle Goatfish

Scientific name: Parupeneus insularis via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ɸiroa ]

n.    Spangled Emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus nebulosus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ bora bora ]

n.    Spotted Unicornfish

Scientific name: Naso brevirostris via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ mata poto ]

   A type of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• shells

[ parapu uri ]

n.    wind from the southwest towards Nakiroa/Sukeamu

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Semantic domains:

• wind
• natural phenomena

[ uritoga fine ]

n.    wind from the south towards Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Semantic domains:

• wind
• natural phenomena

[ ŋatara ]

n.    Areolate Grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus areolatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ba:wa ]

n.    Goldlined Spinefoot, Golden Rabbitfish

Scientific name: Siganus guttatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ kanai ]

n.    Roundjaw Bonefish

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ takuku moana ]

n.    Midnight Snapper

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ iriri ]

   A traditional woven fan.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• cultural objects or concepts
• crafted items

[ ba:wa ]

n.    Little Spinefoot, Scribbled Rabbitfish

Scientific name: Siganus spinus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ruku ]

n.    Sling-Jaw Wrasse

Scientific name: Epibulus insidiator via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ tokorau tu ]

n.    wind from the west towards Saferaro

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Semantic domains:

• wind
• natural phenomena

[ pararaŋi toŋa ]

n.    Black-Spot Surgeonfish, Eyespot Surgeonfish

Scientific name: Acanthurus bariene via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ tarakisi ʃinou ]

n.    Blackfin Squirrelfish

Scientific name: Neoniphon opercularis via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ tapi toki ]

n.    type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5052)

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus floridanus

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Example: Firewood--green wood will light, good for earth oven area. Stems used to make house posts.

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants
• family Elaeocarpaceae

[ ɸatoto ]

   Wooden pegs around outrigger beam keeping it in place.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• canoe parts

[ ʋetei ]

n.    Yellowstripe Goatfish

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ʋetei ]

n.    Sidespot Goatfish

Scientific name: Parupeneus pleurostigma via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ natehmu ]

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

Scientific name: dicot tree

Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

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

Semantic domains:

• botany
• plants

[ ba:wa ]

n.    Golden-Lined Spinefoot, Lined Rabbitfish

Scientific name: Siganus lineatus via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ʃiʃiɸi ]

n.    Golden Spadefish

Scientific name: Platax boersii via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ ɸiroa ]

n.    Ambon Emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus amboinensis via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ pai ]

   boundary stones

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Semantic domains:

• cultural objects or concepts

[ toga ]

n.    wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Semantic domains:

• wind
• natural phenomena

[ no ami ]

   fish part: gills

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish

[ uritoga tane ]

n.    wind from the south near Ivei/Nukubi

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

Semantic domains:

• wind
• natural phenomena

[ marau uroa ]

n.    Bluelined Squirrelfish, Tahitian Squirrelfish

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Semantic domains:

• fish