Futuna-Aniwa

n tentacle

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[arigawagawa] A refreshment consumed after a fishing expedition or other hard labor.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n ashes, dust

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ekeŋa] Seats on a canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5228)

Example: Photo by raboul / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC. This plant can "call the snake." Hold the leaf between 2 fingers and pull down along the length of the leaf--it sounds like a snake so the snake comes. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia

n a fight

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a feast by two parties, a meeting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v roast in wrapped leaves

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n bridge of nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hot cooking stones

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[ɸiroa] n. Black Blotch Emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[ɸoe] Paddle of canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n wall or fence near yam mound

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to conceive

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n calabash, bottle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n narrow crevice or hole in stone or reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n your child’s spouse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[furuseo] Louisiade White-eye

Example: Photo by Remi Bigonneau, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Zosterops griseotinctus, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n shrubs and herbaceous plants; small plant life

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Coral Grouper, Coral Rock Grouper

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

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

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

woman

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a song, hymn

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n grater

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to plant, cover seeds with earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tʰa] The can used to bail water out of the canoe.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a native dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fresh water spring, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ʃi] adv. only a ___, just a ___

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[ʃiama] Outrigger of canoe, long name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bow string

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pudding with coconut stirred into it

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to laugh, smile

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n long club with roots at head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n groin

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n poisonous vine, hemlock

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauvmaka kiato] Y-shaped stick (peg) used to attach the outrigger beam.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n reed fence

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n lips

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to husk coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fence

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n dog

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[likou] n. Bleeker’s Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[likou] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Adult)

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

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

[makaka] n. terrestrial; leaves up to 0.75 m; common. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2525)

Scientific name: Selaginella rechingeri, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n chiton (marine mollusk)

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matua] the planting season

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[matua] n thumb

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[melomelo] n. Strawberry Hind, Strawberry Grouper

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis spiloparaea via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe paddle

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[murivai] n heel

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n lobster trap

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n big rock at Sinou, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

grave, cemetary

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n coconut

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[no naɸi] fish part: scales

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[oramea] n. Filament-Finned Parrotfish

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

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

n mushroom, fungus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n canoe with outrigger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[ba:wa] n. Little Spinefoot, Scribbled Rabbitfish

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

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

species of jellyfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hip

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks, anus

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[pula’] n. Brick Soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis amaena via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n thigh

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5245)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts as well as burned for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Burkella

n inner corner of eye

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

num 2, two

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlips

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sija] n. Glasseye

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

Scientific name: Heteropriacanthus cruentatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafatu] The name of the lowest plateau on Futuna island where crops are planted. Usually just bananas are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

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.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus, Speaker: Takaronga Kuautonga

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[to:nu] n. Squaretail Coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n buttocks

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson