Nafe (Kwamera)

v/a 1. equal, the same, similar; 2. enough, sufficient, acceptable, fitting; 3. desirous of, needful of

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a 1. rest; 2. intoxicated, drunk

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr 1. start, be suprised by; 2. transplant, dig up (as a plant), scrape out (as used tobacco from a pipe)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v wash one’s hands

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. stand, stand on; 2. remain, be like, be at, be in office (as an elected official); 3. stop at (as a bus, or truck)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v roll, roll about

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v use a pillow, sleep on a traditional wooden pillow

Speaker: Martial wahe

v see, look, regard, understand, meet

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v connect, bring together (as two fire logs), box (as two men)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

white

Speaker: Martial wahe

name of language spoken in South-west Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I climb a tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flood, standing water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

you cooked taro

(Bislama) yu kukum taro.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Erromango

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rough triggerfish, poisonous

Example: A poison fish which can sometimes be eaten. Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

boy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of three pronged fish spear-head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)

Example: People use this plant for firewood

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Martial Wahe

white meat of clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of insect (large, sucks nectar)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my spine

Speaker: Martial wahe

cylindrical throwing club, throwing stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, similar to karuarewa but the fruits are larger and with the same small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit

Example: This variety is not good for making a canoe as the wood is too soft

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

section of house thatching

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my elder sister

Speaker: Wahe Martial

Giant grouper (deep sea)

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

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

[kwənka:mun] n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3002)

Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.

Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Jean Pascal 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

bamboo tongs to pick up hot rocks from earth oven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanrares] n. liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

ankle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Greasy grouper (reef fish)

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

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

dog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flower lei

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. Garcinia pancheri, 2. kind of introduced fruit tree with elongated, green fruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n house component (ridge pole)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth, small silver scaled fish

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

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. ladder made from a tree branch

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n horsefly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue-barred parrotfish

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

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

Yellow Crazy Ant

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

Scientific name: Anoplolepis gracilipes via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bug

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of insect, wood boring

Speaker: Martial 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: Johnson Noar

n my small intestine

Speaker: Martial wahe

n weather forecast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. palm, Veitchia sp.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of grass

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flowering plant or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Elatostema, Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of coconut leaf sheath with thick fibres used to strain kava (see nenha)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, produces a very long stem, the highest of any breadfruit, and then forms fruits when it becomes a very tall tree

Example: The wood is no good for making canoes as it is too soft

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)

Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5106)

Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sparsely branched shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3081)

Example: The leaves of this plant are warmed over a fire and put warm on the legs of a person who is cold or has a headache, such as from a fever that comes with the flu. See 3076 for additional comments on this technique.

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

death

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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. parasitic epiphyte growing on upper branches of fagraea berteroana, in dense forest along ridge.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5087)

Example: Very poison sap and leaves. When in fruit the fruit bat eat this and can’t fly well so fall down and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Evodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5133)

Example: Stem for house building. Young leaves are very strong and used as plates during large kastom ceremonies. Sap can be used to cover sores from flies in order to protect it. Stem good for firewood as does not give much smoke--does not bother eyes as much as other wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. charcoal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

clay

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨfaŋa] bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of red soil found in south Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cliff, escarpment edge

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree (Pometia pinnata)

(Bislama) nantao

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of watermelon, round, small, very sweet with small seeds (from E. Auckland)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Humphead wrasse (male)

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: Martial Wahe

giant clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n directional term indicating away from, sea, inland

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Monarch

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

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Bleeker’s parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Pacific longnose parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Hipposcarus longiceps via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Green humphead parrotfish, bumphead parrotfish

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Bolbometopon muricatum via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowbanded sweetlips

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

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

n. house post outside (

(Bislama) pos

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3038)

Example: Hunting: The wood of the tree is used, as the body of a spear, to hunt fishes and turtles. To fashion the spear, an appropriate length of wood is cut, debarked, heated (to straighten) and then topped with an iron point. Note: Iaruman is the name of the male form of this plant. Prane is the female form of this plant. This plant is considered the same as Rapanea amischocarpa.

Scientific name: Tapeinosperma scrobiculatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

caterpillar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰrawɨs] grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lemon (Bislama?)

(Bislama) remƗn

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of skink (green)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

not long will be delight

(Bislama) stap broke delight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

evening star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

second (unit of time)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n whirlwind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

exchange relation, exchange road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Wahoo

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

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

small bat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of tick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluespine unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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