Nafe (Kwamera)

adj. cooked, done, ready to be eaten, ripe (can be used in the imperative, for example speaking to food, "be ready!"

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v 1. play with, make faces at, coo at (a child); 2. welcome, greet; 3. ask something of, beg something from

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v hang oneself or another

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v fish (in a group with nets)

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v spread to dry (in the sun)

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v tr warm, dry by fire

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v. husk, skin (as a coconut)

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v var. of -rukwahagɨn

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v var. of -rukwokwe

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v cut, slice

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v reach out, grab, punch at, swim the crawl, shadow box

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v 1. singe, burn (as hair off a pig), warm, dry by a fire; 2. cook (on a fire)

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

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shine flying fox

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feed pig

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v. look up! (imperative)

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adj. yellow

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don’t climb

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can you squeeze me or massage me

(Bislama) tra skwisim mi.

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pull the plants

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Tanna placename: a waterfall and pool near Mt. Merin and Tukusmera, said to be the origin of Tanna greenstone pendants

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phrase I planted the island cabbage

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v I watch the cows

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n. ancestor

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cousin (mother’s brother’s child)

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chief

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kind of stick bug

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[kawəwə] n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, 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

Whitespotted grouper

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

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

n. bowstring made from slender banyan tree aerial root

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num seven

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n. God

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n snapper fish

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n. pandanus fruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, produces a tuber with reddish flesh. The tuber can be up to 2 meters long and very hard inside, taking a long time to boil. It is easy to grow

Example: During boiling, the water is said to turn red in color and then changes to whatever the color is of what it is being cooked with

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[kwanuwares] n. vine growing on macaranga and ficus trees, at edge of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3116)

Example: The stem of this plant is used for rope. Heat the stem over a fire, hang it outside to dry, this is said to last longer than metal wire. It is also used to tie sugar cane.

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n house component (poles under thatching)

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n trail

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n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. banana flower (lit. banana cock)

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[ganhɨm] your penis

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type of fish spearing arrow with two barbs

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

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, 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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Spotted parrotfish (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. almond, Canarium indicum

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Salacia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Slender emperor

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

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

n drought, lack of rain

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stratus cloud

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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)

Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5049)

Example: Used for house posts, rafters, and other construction-- very good for building in Tanna. Scrape the stem and put the pieces into a cup. Squeeze these pieces through with water, pour into a glass, and give to someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem used to fill a cup, and drink one liter a day for one week. It is thought that shark meat causes bleeding. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[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. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3026)

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.

Scientific name: Rapanea amischocarpa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4240)

Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes it’s nest with the leaves.

Scientific name: Weinmannia denhamii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

pig killing stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)

Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. taro

(Bislama) taro

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Netwar language, spoken on Tanna Island

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

black newou plant

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n volcanic ash plain

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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. terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2-2.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2616)

Scientific name: Calochlaena straminea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, leaves used for penis wrapper (Related to nepek tree)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Nuwekur village, near Iatukwei

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n. kind of tree, Bislama: ’milk tree’

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kind of fish hook

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

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n. bush

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n. inalienable leaves (usually indicates plurality): plants, plantation, trees, etc.

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n. kind of banyan tree

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n. kind of tree with scented bark, can be used for timber

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axe

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barracuda

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kind of fish with black color

Scientific name: clown unicorn fish, Speaker: Martial Wahe

West (cardinal direction)

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butterfly

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Grey large-eye bream

Example: Photo by BEDO (Thailand), License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Gymnocranius griseus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Ficus sp. (kind of nukwesi)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[sap sap] n. herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3146)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.

Scientific name: (comp), Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of introduced legume with hairy beanpod

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egg white

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Giant Moray

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax javanicus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n my stomach

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Blackfin barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

father

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kind of seaweed

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n. kind of taro

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[tiki nau] n. bamboo bench

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n. bamboo (native species)

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

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Largescale mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza macrolepis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n dwarf, midget

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Humpback unicornfish

Example: Photo by wahe Martial

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