Nafe (Kwamera)

v shake, blow about (as the wind)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. peel, cut skins off tubers

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v stand (implies more than one person)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v agree, concur, nod (once), raise one’s eyebrows

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr hop (on one foot)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. sit, sit down; 2. be at, exist at

Speaker: Martial wahe

v roll (as a cigarette), roll up (as a mat)

Speaker: Martial wahe

you listen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

toy ball made of coconut leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

v I killed the pig

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fly

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: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

stonefish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

collared kingfisher

Scientific name: Todirhamphus chloris, Speaker: Martial Wahe

t.o Golden Silk Orb-weaver

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

Scientific name: Nephila tetragnathoides via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scarlet Percher

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

Scientific name: Diplacodes haematodes via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Mangrove red snapper, mangrove jack

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

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

n. basket made of a woven coconut frond

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Common silver-biddy

Example: Photo by Andrey Ryanskiy / FishBase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gerres oyena via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

bamboo tongs to pick up hot rocks from earth oven

Speaker: 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. 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

initial stage of coconut development

Example: Coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of banana

Example: Eaten ripe; children love this cultivar as it is very sweet

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n trail

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine with edible fruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

basket, flat with two handles

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mango

(Bislama) magko

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. paper

Speaker: Jean Eskar

brown pigeon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n marketplace, market

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5125)

Example: Fishing poles. House walls. Fence for chickens.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nakoŋ har] n. tree to 4 m tall, 25 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #4734)

Example: For Kastom ceremony, chew the leaves with the white endosperm of coconut and then rub on body to enjoy the fragrant aroma. Sometimes when a person is working hard, and are tired, they take this leaf, mix it with ground coconut and wash in salt water. When planting yams, a bunch of leaves with this plant are mixed with wild cane and burned, and the ash put int he ground as one plants the yams.

Scientific name: Pittosporum campbellii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nakur] n. sparsely branched tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3088)

Example: This plant is used as a medicine for throat infections. Take 2, 2" pieces of the leaf, chew and swallow the juice, spit out the fibers, 3x daily, for as long as the throat hurts.

Scientific name: Polyscias scutellaria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. small plant with red flowers (var. of nanas), the sap is dangerous it can cause a rash

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bamboo wall of house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible inflorescence

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. palm, Veitchia sp.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2997)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Food: The green leaf of this plant is used as a wrap when cooking fish over a fire. Clothing: The peeled inner bark of this plant is dried and then used as fastener or strap for other clothing during kastom ceremonies.

Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

kind of plantain, a medium sized plantain, is ca. 6” long with green and yellow color on peel

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nawa:r] n. well branched tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3032)

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is used as timber wood. Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruits of this tree. If they are desired, hunters will gather near the tree when fruits are in season. Food: The ripe fruits (black) are consumed occassionally.

Scientific name: Syzygium kajewskii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree to 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Morinda citrifoli, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium aneityense, 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. canoe seat

Speaker: Jean Eskar

coconut leaf sheath

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pig killing stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe parts: bailer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of laplap (food)

Example: see more on Youtube

n. tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. blue water tree, used for timber and canoe building, artistic carving

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. part of the lemon tree or mandarin tree, a bean pod?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lower part of coconut leaf stem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my nose

Speaker: Martial wahe

blue coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5064)

Example: To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.

Scientific name: Pyrrosia lanceolata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. epiphyte on syzygium myriadenum, outside of transect. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2608)

Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.

Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. well branched tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3075)

Example: The stem of this tree makes good firewood, it is a light wood so easier to carry. People use it to start a fire, by using 2 sticks of this plant with chopped stem fragments, if there are no matches

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n my thigh

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)

Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.

Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Johnson Noar

heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. traditional medicine, cure for illness caused by Mwatiktiki (culture hero responsible for yam growth)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut parasite

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree used for making house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of red soil found in south Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

word, speech, talking

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my neck

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my blood

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree (Pometia pinnata)

(Bislama) nantao

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the north

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰrakniaken] footpath

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n high tide

Speaker: Martial wahe

[ʰreja] chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my dad

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

call someone; laughter

(Bislama) singaot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I fight you, you gonna pee

(Bislama) bae mi faetem you bae you pispis.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my liver

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. inalienable skin, husk, covering, wrapping, shell, bark; empty shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tuwai] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree used for making house posts, has white fruit that birds like to eat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cocoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n house component: side wall of house made of wild cane and bamboo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n tidal pool, salt evaporation pool

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Gray unicornfish (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Naso caesius via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sleek unicornfish (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Naso hexacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

window in traditional house (Bislama)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Striped ponyfish (female)

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

Scientific name: Leiognathus fasciatus, Aurigequula fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

I am plaiting coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I love my mum

(Bislama) mi likem mami blo mi

Speaker: Martial Wahe