Nafe (Kwamera)

v 1. point; 2. teach, instruct

Speaker: Martial wahe

v gust (as the wind)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr var. of akwɨpahar

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. peel, cut skins off tubers

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v dir sense (hear, fell, touch, taste)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v var. of -skwini

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v swing, oscillate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ice

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to clear away bush or brush, to scratch, claw, or carry away

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to wear a penis wrapper

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dig the soil

Speaker: Martial wahe

v I killed the pig

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cephalopods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut, produces a medium-sized, round fruit

Example: When a person drinks the water from this fruit, it does not seem very sweet. The local name refers to “expired,” meaning that the fruit has expired and therefore the juice is not very sweet

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n antenna of insect

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible leaves

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[karwasi] devil that has sex with pigs

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brown Fantail

Example: Photo by flyingkiwigirl / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Rhipidura drownei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut which has been shelled leaving intact its meat

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Pacific Imperial Pigeon

Example: Photo by Jake Osborne, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

t.o. Sea Slug

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

Scientific name: Phyllidia madangensis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. flying fox flying

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5153)

Example: To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.

Scientific name: Alchornea scandens, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Malabar grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Red-tipped grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

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

n. tree, h= 15 m. young brown elongate fruits with a greyish green fleshy calyx. Thick branchlets with the leaves at the top. White latex. For the locals it is the main kind of burckella obovata (round fruits). (collection: Laurence Ramon #332)

Scientific name: Burckella, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[kwanpir] n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees, at edge of disturbed agro-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3087)

Example: The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).

Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Areolate grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Splitlevel hogfish, blackbelt 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: Martial Wahe

n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4245)

Example: 1. The fruits are chewed for their juice and the remainder spit out. Locals refer to this as drinking the fruit. 2. The wood of the tree can be used as a post or rafter in either western-style or traditional style homes. 3. When in flower it is considered an appropriate time to clear a garden path for planting. When in fruit, it is time to plant yams in one’s garden.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. one

Speaker: Martial Wahe

club, used for dancing

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Humphead wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kind of mango, can be eaten when the skin is green

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

twins

Speaker: Martial Wahe

blue fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n star constellation

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spotcheek emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus rubrioperculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nanim] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2986)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Flying foxes and pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt these animals.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

names

(Bislama) nem blo hem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut stage, general name for coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, has tubers with two colors in the same root—both white and red and is sweet and soft

Example: Is a special yam for paying dowry

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n White Sands language, spoken in East Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. something to do

Speaker: Martial Wahe

during fight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (signals the taro harvest)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

knot made of vine and holding together posts of cyclone house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3168)

Example: This plant can be used to tell the sex of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the stem and tear it. If three threads from the corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if all 4 corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from both sides of the cut stem.

Scientific name: Cyperus sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naswajoʊ] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3108)

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of fern

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3125)

Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.

Scientific name: Ervatamia orientalis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n my nerves

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5038)

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. flowering tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has yellow flesh. It might be a different genus

Example: Good for boiling or making lap-lap

Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5046)

Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5018)

Example: For counting, for example tallying the number of people invited for kava or food, each person can be represented by a pinnae. When done marking each pinnae for a person, take off the rest. Then you’ll be able to return and see the number of pinnae remaining on the rachis if how many people will be coming. Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018) The fern fibers are rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Then remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. The

Scientific name: Pneumatopteris, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. heavy (big) rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Netwar language, spoken on Tanna Island

Speaker: Martial wahe

large grass skirt plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨkɨskɨs] n. parasitic epiphyte growing on upper branches of fagraea berteroana, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3012)

Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[niŋ] n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree with stinging leaves (Semecarpus vitiensis)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut shell for drinking

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nokwai] arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nəfua] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree with spiky red and yellow flowers, not used for anything

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5094)

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nukunene] n. tree stump

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my thumb

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. inalienable stems with leaves of plants such as cane or banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut fibre, outer husk, coir

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. soursop tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Annona muricata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n airplane

Speaker: Martial wahe

[ʰrawɨs] grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰrewi nɨmeri] n. thorn

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Orbicular batfish

Example: Photo by Elias Levy / Flickr, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax orbicularis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable banana sprout, sucker

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. father, dad

Speaker: Martial Wahe

afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

eel, morray (general)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

coconut lorikeet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ceremonial circumcision exchange cycle

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

[trajmijen] n. liana growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3096)

Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

earth, soil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater, a.k.a. mutton bird

Scientific name: Puffinus tenuirostris, Speaker: Martial Wahe

boiled coconut milk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spotted Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso brevirostris via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

month name (archaic, corresponding to February)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wheelbarrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowtail scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

baby

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, has white flesh, soft and sweet, with a very large tuber, and is easy to grow

Example: If it grows in good conditions, the tubers are so large that it takes two people to carry it on a pole

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n volcanic eruption

Speaker: Martial Wahe