Futuna-Aniwa

n fire

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

I have grandchildren

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n devil

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n short upright sticks which brace and plug interior canoe wall

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[au] n foam, steam

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n maggot, worm

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n engine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[erufie] phr. you’re welcome

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n spathe of coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakafura] n diaphragm

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n the plimsoll line on a canoe, that is the level at which the sea should hit the water when it is afloat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[fakukuŋa o pakau] n shoulder blade

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n kinsmen, relatives, family

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fare furufuru] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fare marari] A type of traditional housing.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸare otea] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n word

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n marble

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to poison, bewitch, curse

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n octopus

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n language, speech

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[fie] n firewood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wife, woman

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[ɸiroa] n. Blue-Spotted Large-Eye Bream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius microdon via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ɸiroa] n. Spangled Emperor

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

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

n band, group, troop

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n anus; syphilis

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n vocal cords

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ngai] n almond, almond tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[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. Giant Grouper

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

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

n bow

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n field

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma jala] n. Achille’s Tang

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

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

v to pray

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n yams cooked and eaten in planting ceremonies

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sound, voice, noise

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[iŋoa] name

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n aunt, father’s sister, father’s female parallel cousin, the mother of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[ʃitou] n. Orangespot Surgeonfish

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

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

[ʃitou] n. Yellowfin Surgeonfish, Yellowmask Surgeonfish

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

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

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[kamoni tai] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5058)

Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n shell axe fashioned from the conch shell

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kasi] n. Skipjack Tuna

(Bislama) Skipjack

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

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a coral; coral reef that shows at low tide

Speaker: Paul Navaika

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 spine

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n dry taro kept for planting

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

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

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n the world, planet earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kaipuri] n beche-de-mer, sea slug

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

v to husk coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kona] adj. sour

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

n neck, back of neck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n knot

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n car, truck

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sickness

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[masi] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5053)

Example: Strip bark 3 in. wide mash like tapa cloth, can join 2-3 pieces like tapa by beating it together, use as belt for men to hold penis--this was a practice of ancient peoples.

Scientific name: Wikstroemia, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n cluster of coconuts

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n back part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n stomach

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n hill

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nabau] n. Yellowmargin Triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nakarwai] The name of a dormant volcano on Futuna island.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5273)

Example: Stems of this species are used for house posts and for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n tree sp. with berry-like fruit from which glue is made

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[nau nau] n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5056)

Example: Termites like to live in this wood. Collect termites from this plant and give to young chickens as food.

Scientific name: Scaevola, Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj spoiled, rotten, overripe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wind from the west

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[baru kapau] n. Saddle-Back Snapper

(Bislama) Kusaka Brim

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

Scientific name: Paracaesio kusakarii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n village in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[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

[pebar] n. Hairy Hotlips, Blubberlip

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

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

[biliŋa] n. Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

Scientific name: Megalops cyprinoides via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n thumb

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n middle toe

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5255)

Example: The stem of this tree is used for firewood or making houses and rafters for the roof. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala

[sasua] n. Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips

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

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

[sasua] n. Painted Sweetlip, Dotted Sweetlip

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

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

[sasua] n. Two-Striped Sweetlips, Giant Sweetlips

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

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

[somfoyaga] a type of fish

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[tawai] The large, main section of the canoe from which people fish.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[topatu] A house component: type of horizontal beam at the apex of the house.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n gums

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sugar cane

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[tuta] An old form of canoe in which two tawai are joined together.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[vai] n leg, foot

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ʋetei] n. Cinnabar Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus heptacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋetei] n. Yellowstriped Goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru