Futuna-Aniwa

n row, line

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n present, gift

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n village of Futuna

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[fatoto] The fore and aft pegs holding up the outrigger boom.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[fatumanu] n flint

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

brittle stars, a kind of starfish

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n bay, harbor; passage through reef

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n language, speech

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n. Tree to 10 m, dbh 30 cm. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5213)

Example: The stems of this tree are good for firewood. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Ficus

[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. Yellowlip Emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n iris, pupil

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n small canoe

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

n vagina (profane)

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n hair

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n sternum

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n forest, bush

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[ŋasau] wild cane

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

[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. Malabar Grouper

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

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

n Tanna; land, shore

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

hello

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

v to fish using large nets

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n belt, strap, strip of cloth

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[hma] n. Ringtail Surgeonfish, Dark Surgeonfish

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

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

n death

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n morning

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[ivei] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

[ʃiama] Outrigger of canoe, long name.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃi] Section joining upper and lower section of main canoe. Traditonally made of pandanus root.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ʃiʃiɸi] n. Sailfin Tang, Sailfin Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n calf of leg

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n wild yam

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n ankle

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanai] n. Roundjaw Bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n body; soul

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kanoʋ ʋaka] Lower section of the outside of main canoe.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[kasifa] n reef, shoal, sandbar (especially deeper sections of reef)

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kasifa wiwi] n. blue coral

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

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

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[kato iotea] A type of traditional woven bag.

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n to swim

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n jaw, jawbone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n septum

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n bladder

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishing rod

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n adze

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

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

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

n a small bird sp.

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n spider sp.

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5231)

Example: The stem of this tree is good for making house posts as well as used for firewood. The leaves are also used as plates for holding food. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius

[koʋkaʋatua] n. treelet, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4184)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

n lime

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[kurapou] n. Thumbprint Emperor, Blackspot Emperor

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

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

n flea

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n penis

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n daybreak

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[marinou] n. Redbelly Yellow Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Caesio cuning via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

n upper section of frontal bone

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n fishhook

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n finger

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

[melomelo] n. Sixblotch Hind, Saddle Grouper

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

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

n hen

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n. type of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5247)

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

n plant sp. which can create antidote to poisonous fish spines

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n. Herb to 1 m, leaves reddish colored. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5212)

Example: When a person has a stomach ache, take 5-6 leaves, squeeze them in a cup of water and drink. Said to be good to drink this for general sickness. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides

n a traditional dance

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[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

[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 ancestors, family, kindred, descent line

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n fish scales

Speaker: Paul Navaika

n fishhook

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

[nikasof] n orphan

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

[no ami] fish part: gills

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

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[nokau] Handle of the canoe paddle.

Speaker: Anselon Seru

[o’a] banyan tree

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[baru popai] n. Oblique-Banded Jobfish, Oblique-Banded Snapper

(Bislama) Yello Stripe Poulet

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

Scientific name: Pristipomoides zonatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

[ba:wa] n. Barred Spinefoot, Barred Rabbitfish

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

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

[ba:wa] n. Vermiculated Spinefoot, Vermiculate Rabbitfish

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

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

forelegs

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

waste, rubbish, dust, dirt

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

notch

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

n diaphragm

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[poʃo rima] n fingers

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

n men’s grass skirt

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

cat

Speaker: Paul Navaika

[ramala] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n second finger

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

[tamtautu sisi] n. village of Futuna

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n female genitalia

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

A Futuna traditional game ("chief") played with shells arrayed in a circle. Helps to develop cognitive skills.

[toga] n. wind from the east towards Mari

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

n uncle, mother’s brother, mother’s male parallel cousin, the father of one’s spouse or potential spouse

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

n blood

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

v to cook

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

[woroŋou] n. Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish

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

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

[ʋitoka] A house component: the door.

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

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

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

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo