Nafe (Kwamera)

v var. of -agihi

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. precede, go first, go before (particularly when walking); 2. do something first

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. ripe (as fruit), well cooked

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v wring, wring out (as kava from a strainer), squeeze by hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. twine (by rolling on one’s leg), file, rub out, hone

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v 1. slide on, slip, strip off (as leaves); clean (as kava with coconut fibre), clear away debris, clear one’s throat; 3. sober up (from alcohol or kava) by clearing one’s throat with food or water; 4. massage

Speaker: Martial wahe

v drip, leak

Speaker: Martial wahe

v suckle, nurse

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. strive, work at and succeed, go where there is no road, beat through the bush or heavy seas; 2. persevere, go ahead with anyway, pester

Speaker: Martial wahe

v duck, dodge, evade

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr make war, fight (as local groups)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v stare, glare at

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v forget, leave behind, not take, not want

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. carry (as a baby), nurse; 2. bear, provide a descendent

Speaker: Martial wahe

fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. look up! (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

seawards

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. open

(Bislama) openem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

take out the skin of the something like hood stemp with a knife

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pull the plants

Speaker: Martial wahe

v I don’t like rain

(Bislama) mi no likem rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj late

Speaker: Martial wahe

the day before yesterday

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n pollen (of flowers)

Speaker: Martial wahe

[ganari] vagina

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spanish flag, stripey

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

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

wooden spool for fishing line

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Orange-spotted grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Highfin coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus oligacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Oceanodroma matsudaira, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brassy chub, lowfin drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

beginning

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

last born child

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pearl shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5104)

Example: Break endocarp with knife and eat it. Children eat young green seeds. Mature endocarp cleaned and used to play marbles. Split stem and use for floor of house. Leaf used to wrap cassava for roasting in ground oven or dried on fire. Young seedlings pulled up and meritsem eaten as food (Nanimen) palm heart of young tree.

Scientific name: Veitchia spiralis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. woman’s breast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwani̤ni̤] n. herb to 1 m, flowers yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4730)

Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Sida, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

club, with rounded head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganhɨm] your penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of mango, the fruit of this variety is round and has a very nice smell

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

mythological pygmy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp

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

Scientific name: Polistes olivaceus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Brick soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis amaena via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Shoulderbar soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis kuntee via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

adj ripe (for example, a pineapple or banana)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dorsal fin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

blue fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

house fish or cave fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

(Bislama) nalalas

Speaker: Phillip Wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5128)

Example: Medicine for gonnorhea. Collect two plants and clean their roots, boil whole in 2 liters water, boil 20-40 minutes, drink the mixture hot, 2 cups a day, 3 weeks. This condition presents as a burning in the penis, along with other issues. For heavy cough, take double handful leaf, boil 10-15 minutes in 1 liter water, 2 cups day warm, for 5 days. Pods used to calm children by shaking as rattle, when they are crying.

Scientific name: Cassia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. taro (Colocasia)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5039)

Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naturena] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)

Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.

Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)

Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. Coleus sp.

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

kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers

Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

termite

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of laplap (food)

Example: see more on Youtube

n. understory plant, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4209)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used to feed pigs. The food is considered to fatten the pigs and is fed to them accordingly.

Scientific name: Cyrtandra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5032)

Example: To treat anemia, known as low blood, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 cup water, and drink 1 cup daily 5 days. Leaves also fed to pigs to help them grow faster.

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nɨkriakei] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. fish poison tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nme̤hu] n. tree growing along ridge track in disturbed forest, next to garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2979)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

year

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nui jasori] river

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my elbow

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5139)

Example: Ornamental plant. Known to be poisonous.

Scientific name: Cascabela thevetia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. morning glory

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kava

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

hurricane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ashes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

big fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Pisonia umbrellifera tree, very soft wood, big trunk and branches, has black stinging seed pods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

season of the year when yams are growing, before yam harvest (Oct. through March)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird basket snare

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Fuscous Swallowtail

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

Scientific name: Papilio fuscus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Tricolour parrotfish

Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

my elder brother

Speaker: Martial wahe

grass hopper

n airplane

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree that has seed pods (to be identified)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ramasi] n. to smoke

Speaker: Jean Eskar

kind of skink (green)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his/her mum, his/her mother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

daylight

(Bislama) delaet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. gecko

Speaker: Martial Wahe

skin

(Bislama) skin

Example: skin of something like banana, taro...

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub re-growing from fallen tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)

Example: Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

your big belly

(Bislama) big bel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n womb

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986