Nafe (Kwamera)

v spread, spread out

Speaker: Martial wahe

v bury, conceal, hide

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v explode (as a volcano), pound (as the surf), break

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr abut, join with, stand on

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr fall, drop (numerous objects)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. open (as a door), open up (as a trunk or other closed object); 2. clear or empty out (as dirt from a hole), reveal

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr drop, let drop (as leaves or fruit), fall

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to slap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

seawards

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n harbor, port

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for the ( hern him...)

(Bislama) fakem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of sea urchin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I feel a pain in my body

Speaker: Martial Wahe

me

(Bislama) mi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

baby

Speaker: Martial Wahe

caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, produces small round fruits with small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit. The tree is very tall

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. species of liana

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Piper austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Darkfin hind, flagtail grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. coconut leaf for brooms

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num seven

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n morning star (see kofetatea)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5149)

Example: Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.

Scientific name: Bixa orellana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. inalienable small side tubers off a main root tuber; small yam tubers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5085)

Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.

Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hook

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5151)

Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.

Scientific name: Avicennia marina, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. moon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

struggle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cassava, has yellow flesh—the name means “yellow curry”

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Bluelined squirrelfish, Tahitian squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

rabbit fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dream

(Bislama) dream

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Acasia spirorbis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

peace

Example: peace between two peoples or two tribes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. tapa belt (used to hold up penis wrappers, exchanged during nakwiari dances)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my small intestine

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n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sea current

Speaker: Martial 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

food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my tendon

Speaker: Wahe

n. flowering tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. ladder

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[naka̤ri̤təŋ] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3107)

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

Scientific name: Ochrosia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nəfkafa:i] n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3009)

Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. soursop

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

family

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n. fern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

home

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5095)

Example: In times of disaster, can roast root in fire like sweet potatoe 20 min--chew the root to get the sweet tasting food and spit out fiber.

Scientific name: Pueraria montana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. vine with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. aromatic shrub (Evodia?), the leaves of which men and women wear during ceremonial events

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

fishing spear, three pronged

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. canarium nut fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n vegetable

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n. epiphyte on trunk of ficus tree, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3128)

Example: Unspecified secret medicine

Scientific name: Belvisia revoluta, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

his hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, produces a tuber with a white flesh and red skin. It is easy to grow

Example: Soft when cooked

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. decorative plant (Crinum sp.), Bislama: white lily. A kind of wild taro, eaten.

(Bislama) nuviavia

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

happiness

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cone shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree

(Bislama) navenu

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for bows to hunt flying fox, and for traditional medicine), Goats like to eat the leaves.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of laplap made from bananas and coconut

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (wood used for small canoe outrigger or house posts)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Australian Lurcher

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

Scientific name: Yoma sabina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ember parrotfish, redlip parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus rubroviolaceus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Painted sweelip, dotted sweetlips (male)

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus picus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n airplane

Speaker: Martial wahe

grandparent

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus guttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of skink (green)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small house posts that support thatch

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pathway

Speaker: Jean Eskar

I fight you, you gonna pee

(Bislama) bae mi faetem you bae you pispis.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. platform for sitting under

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3250)

Example: Children shoot the small hard seeds through a bamboo tube at lizards and butterflies, as a sort of game.

Scientific name: Canna indica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

sea

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kava bowl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flower

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut half shell for drinking kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tɨpurpaɪ] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2980)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2980)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5090)

Example: Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles

Scientific name: Ricinus communis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n cocoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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

Scientific name: Eretmochelys imbricata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of crab that live only in the beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Twosaddle goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus insularis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe