Nafe (Kwamera)

v wear a hat, cover (something)

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. prickly (as sugarcane or fig leaves)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr 1. run, proceed, go off, fly (as a flag), swim, flow (as water); 2. have diarrhoea

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. weigh, scale, measure, measure out; 2. hook down (as a coconut with a bamboo pole)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. follow, come behind; 2. do something afterwards

Speaker: Martial wahe

v hang onto, perch (as a bat), hang up (as a kerosene lantern)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v snack on, eat (coconut wrapped in fig leaves, for example)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr smack lips (as to call a dog)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr heal (as a sore), feel better, calm, become quiet

Speaker: Martial wahe

v tr wear a shirt

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v mispronounce, misspeak, speak differently

Speaker: Martial wahe

v overtake, bypass

Speaker: Martial wahe

v swing, oscillate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ceremony

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cut my penis( circumsision)

Speaker: Martial wahe

cut your penis

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to strip off leaves, for example coconut leaves from a frond

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. marigold

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v. I see

(Bislama) mi look

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of turtle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

child orphans

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

num three

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n buttocks

Speaker: Martial wahe

n kind of locust

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of stick bug

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of crabe

Speaker: Martial wahe

n name of a local spirit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

middle vent in Iasur crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common Myna

Example: Photos by Byron Chin / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

his sister, my sister

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pineapple

Speaker: 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

bamboo tongs to pick up hot rocks from earth oven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[krawasi] n. we (two) are smoking

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Blue sea chub, snubnose chub, topsail drummer

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

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

n morning star (see kofetatea)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanapwɨt] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers bluish-purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3164)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.

Scientific name: Desmodium canum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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: Emmanuel Maasi

[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. sweet potato that is planted close to yams

Speaker: Martial Wahe

club, with rounded head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red-bellied Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus greyii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a fruit with yellow skin and red seeds, edible, grows on low vines

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Pink squirrelfish

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

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

Violet squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron violaceum via FishBase, Speaker: 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. noun

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rough triggerfish, spotted oceanic triggerfish, oceanic triggerfish

Example: 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: Martial Wahe

Orange-spotted emperor, yellowtail emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

fog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cadaver

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. Indian coral tree

Scientific name: Erythrina corallodendron, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)

Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.

Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nəwowa] n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2983)

Example: Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.

Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. flowering tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Johnson Noar

vomit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. hibiscus tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nikinapas] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. traditional leaf medicine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lower part of coconut leaf stem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n first quarter (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nokwai] arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n swamp

Speaker: Martial wahe

n vegetable

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2620)

Scientific name: Davallia sessilifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fig tree with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

their heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable fruit, offspring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern, used to make ropes to fasten house parts, or canoe parts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

yam trellis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree (Pometia pinnata)

(Bislama) nantao

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

n moth

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: Martial Wahe

my elder sisiter’s daughter

Speaker: Wahe Martial

North (cardinal direction)

Speaker: Martial wahe

good afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my left hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

salt sea water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

come down

Example: told to someone to come down

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my incisor (tooth)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. mother, mama

Speaker: Martial Wahe

straight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the west

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut stages, one through eight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tamekɨn] notches cut into tree trunk, either as marking or foothold

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bamboo (native species)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cricket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mangrove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

snapper fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: south-east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Giant mottled eel

Scientific name: Anguilla marmorata via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plantain, a small plantain

Example: Used for cooking (boiling)

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar