Nafe (Kwamera)

v wash (clothing, dishes, etc.)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v mount, reach the summit of a hill, come out on top, be on top

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr dead

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr suckle, nurse

Speaker: Martial wahe

v remember, recall, think about, ponder

Speaker: Martial wahe

v bathe a child ritually for the first time

Speaker: Wahe Martial

feast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. woody, tough, fibrous (as a yam or taro)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. thirsty

Speaker: Martial Wahe

blue

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v cut tree stump

(Bislama) katem stampa blo hood.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

calendar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

turtle shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pull the plants

Speaker: Martial wahe

Common ponyfish

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

friend

Speaker: Martial Wahe

caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cup

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of tree mushroom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kawəwə] n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

cylindrical throwing club, throwing stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

shelled coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Glossy Swiftlet

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta, Speaker: Martial Wahe

command to dogs (sic)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blacksaddle grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus howlandi via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blubberlip snapper

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus rivulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5136)

Example: To tie the wall of a house, strip off leaves and tie fresh to house.

Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Sixblotch hind, saddle grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

tribe name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 6

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of breadfruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v vers

(Bislama) vesem

Example: joined something like robe or joined relationship between two people.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n vent in Yasur crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nokukəpran] n. herb growing on large rock in open area, in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3117)

Example: People use this plant to treat heartburn and when they get indigestion. Take the leaf and wrap it with Ficus leaves ("manasus" unclear what species), chew them together and swallow the juice until the pain goes away.

Scientific name: Emilia sonchifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. orange (fruit)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

upraised coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n slingshot (Bislama?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common dolphinfish, mahi mahi

(Bislama) Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

dove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus xanthopleura via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

damsel fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ghost Ant

Example: Photo by questagame / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tapinoma melanocephalum via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

spinefoot, rabbitfish (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Peregrine falcon

Scientific name: Falco peregrinus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. species of magnolia tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pittosporum campelli, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5150)

Example: Poisonous plant. Planted near cultivated garden to kill virus in soil.

Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. variety of coconut with short trunk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with small white flowers

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n planet

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. herb to 2-3 m tall in secondary forest clearing, flowers white with yellow-red corolla. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4724)

Example: this plant is used to make the head lei, Kuanari, to welcome visitors. It is also used as an ornamental around local houses.

Scientific name: Alpinia speciosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. taro (Colocasia)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. herbs, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3229)

Example: When performing the kastom ceremony "toka dance" the leaves are wrapped in a band and tied on the head of dancers.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. large tree, 10-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3124)

Example: The wood of this plant smells bad. It is locally called a type of "stink wood." When young children get circumsized in kastom ways, to change the leaves for their bandage, take off the bark of this stem, take the inside part and scrape it--mix a handful of hte scrapings with grated coconut, put it together in a leaf, put it on the fire, heat it, when the coconut is browned, squeeze it together to get the "milk" that is yellow in color. When young children swim in saltwater to dry the cut from the circumcision, squeeze this on that area to help heal it. Another use is to tr

Scientific name: Dysoxylum amooroides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n my nerves

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nijæpər] n. sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)

Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.

Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)

Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. treelet, 1.5 to 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4243)

Example: 1. Known as the spirit of kava, the inner stem of young leaves can be eaten as bush fodder.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n first quarter (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

[hipi:na] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3149)

Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.

Scientific name: Murraya, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nəkora:ku] n. shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)

Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. Malay apple, (Syzygium malaccensis)

(Bislama) nakafika

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of beach vine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukwuk] n. epiphyte growing on a main branch of a glochidion tree, 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3073)

Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.

Scientific name: Pyrrosia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3169)

Example: This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.

Scientific name: Eleusine indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Nuwekur village, near Iatukwei

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukwe:si] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)

Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, used in traditional medicine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moonlight

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree (used for house posts)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sweat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

barracuda

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spotted coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

t.o Gossamer-winged Butterfly

Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Luthrodes cleotas via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

my elder sisiter’s daughter

Speaker: Wahe Martial

good afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my left hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

n my canine tooth

Speaker: Martial wahe

[ʰrewi nɨmeri] n. thorn

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a type of banana, often fermented to make banana beer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

call someone; laughter

(Bislama) singaot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sea snake black and white

n. small shrub with red sap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tobacco

(Bislama) tapaka

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Fiji taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam, edible

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. house central post

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

coconut half shell for drinking kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange or lemon thorn

Speaker: Martial Wahe

unicornfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

African pompano (female)

Example: Photo by Bernie Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Alectis ciliaris via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

goatfish, small and red

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowfin goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe