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

v to cause to dream

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ɸare ku] A type of traditional house.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n stranger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n outrigger pins

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

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

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to bind, to tie by wrapping rope around

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n hair of the head

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋaŋaika] n shell fish, reef life

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ngai] n almond, almond tree

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n jaw, tooth, molar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n arrow, spear

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋatara kosi] n. Foursaddle Grouper

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

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

n green coconut for drinking

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a song, hymn

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Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hkano] n muscle, flesh

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj exceedingly small

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n high tide

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n homesite in Esoa

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n fruit

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n nose

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[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 crab sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a soft grass

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n pool of water

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n a sea bird resembling a swift

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n sea snail, conch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n forward portion of canoe hull

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sweat

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kauroukau] n. Chameleon Parrotfish

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

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

[kauroukau] n. Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

n sibling or parallel cousin of opposite sex (of woman)

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[kiato] The beams connecting the main canoe to the outrigger.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n large crowbar

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Longfin Emperor

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

[likou] n. Yellowbarred Parrotfish (Adult)

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

n crater, large deep depression in earth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village common

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n a small feast

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n eyes, face

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n girdle, men’s

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n wrist

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n swarm or school of fish

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n sail made of coconut leaf matting

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n birds (edible)

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[mwejau] n. Highfin Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n gift

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n place where the sun sets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[matariki] n tribe

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[muri ʋaka] The back of the canoe. The shape of the knob resembles the prominent rock outcropping (of the same name) from whichever bay the vessel embarks.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[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

[mutu] n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n sprouted coconut

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5260)

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

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides

[nakunari] n traditional cure, medicine

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fiber, coconut fiber

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[napau] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

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

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ndara] fish part: dorsal fin

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nieli] n friend

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n request

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n thorn

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ora mea] n. Red Parrotfish (Juvenile)

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

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

n homesite in Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[papa] A house component: twisted cane.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

shallows

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[phane] Coconut grating bench.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[puku ɸakatu] n. terrestrial; leaves ca. 1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2521)

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[pulaŋoŋo] n. Shadowfin Soldierfish

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

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

[pusiki tai] n. Manybar Goatfish

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

num 5, five

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[retu matoga] n. wind from the east towards Tekau

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n palm of hand

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ruru] Owl

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

Scientific name: Tyto javanica, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[sasua] n. Cocoa Snapper

(Bislama) Braon Straep Brim

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

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

[sasua] n. Oriental Sweetlips

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

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

n Herald Bay, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[sija] n. Paeony Bullseye, Bloch’s Bigeye

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

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[tafasua] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[tafetiata] n daybreak

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

adj cooked

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n stone which causes people to forget, Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[tapatu ʋai] n. Pickhandle Barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena jello via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n father, dad

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n inside of eyes beside nose

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tokorau] n. wind from the southwest towards Oneone

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[toto] n. Blackfin Hogfish

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

Scientific name: Bodianus loxozonus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n arrowroot

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n front part of the canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n head, hair

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[faka manu] n. fishing float ("canoe bird")

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʋaroki] A house component: bindings.

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[yagesi] The plateau above Tafatu. Kava and taro are planted here.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo