Nafe (Kwamera)

v. eat food after drinking kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. curve, twist, make crooked, stretch, fold (as banana leaves for a hat), fold back on; 2. divert, influence, cause someone or thing to act correctly or wrongly, discipline, drive or lead astray, drive before one (as a cow), chase

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. stick magically treated wild cane around garden plants

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v look off, look to the side

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v rely on, be sure of, expect that someone will do, depend on, believe in (as a supernatural being)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. old

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anywhere

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cut your penis

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v. go away! (imeprative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

younger brother

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go sit down

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kind of banana, a small banana; very sweet

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

sandpiper

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v I killed the pig

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Port Resolution

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n. traditional broom

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buttocks

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honored

Example: honored God

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellow-striped Flutterer

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

Scientific name: Rhyothemis phyllis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of sea shell; droga

(Bislama) Droka

Example: eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant; box bean or St. Thomas’ bean

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Martial Wahe

vine use to tie houseposts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. vine, to 4 m off forest floor (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3260)

Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.

Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[karwarwar] thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n house component (vertical poles supporting thatching)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pig pen

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n cicada

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Glossy Swiftlet

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, h = 8 m (collection: Laurence Ramon #320)

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Pacific Robin

Example: Photo by Paul Balfe / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Petroica multicolor septentrionalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sea anemone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant seed pods, produce a bright red substance the can be used to color hair red [plant to be identified]

Speaker: Martial wahe

[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. hawk

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. bird trap (pyramidal structure made of wild cane)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

woven coconut mat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dry coconut leaf wall

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of mango, the fruit of this variety has thin skin, sweet flesh; it comes from Fiji

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Brassy trevally (female) (reef fish)

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

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naŋema:fu] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3018)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.

Scientific name: Turrillia lutea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Titan triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

[nejɨk] n. herb, growing as weed in kava garden. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3148)

Example: If a tree is dying from fungal infection, this plant should be planted near one’s garden, near crops or that tree to help protect crops from that disease.

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5084)

Example: Planted for shade near a village or near houses. Shade tree.

Scientific name: Acacia simplex, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Spotcheek emperor

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[nami̤rew] n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3042)

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is strong and considered a choice wood for house construction. Fuel: The wood of this tree is used as an excellent firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. 1. tapa belt (used to hold up penis wrappers, exchanged during nakwiari dances)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

goat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. his or her coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, used in canoe construction

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. puffball

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam (high prestige)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5111)

Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5126)

Scientific name: Phymatosorus scolopendria, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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: Martial Wahe

big food festival

(Bislama) bigfala kakae

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5046)

Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

[nemra:pɨp] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. 1. palm (Metroxylon warburgii), 2. kind of spear

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kava, 2. driftwood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree used for house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant and can go anywh

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. vine climbing up ficus wasa tree to a height of 5 m above ground, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers purplish-blue with white throat. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3242)

Example: When women go to the garden and have a backpack or basket, they tie it up with this vine--the vine makes an excellent rope overall. When a person catches a bird, climb a tree and put sap from this vine in its eye to blind him so he does not fly away. Apply this to small chicks in their nest. Birds then will grow to eating size and not fly away. When children have an ear infection that yields pus, chew the young leaves of this plant and spit into their ear to stop the pus that is coming out. If a person wants to drink from a pool of dirty water, put the vine in it to help purify the water.

Scientific name: Ipomoea acuminata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my thumb

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exchange of birds

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my hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nurapap] n. very well branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3054)

Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts

Scientific name: Weinmannia denhami, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bark container used to wrap baked food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5046)

Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of fern, can be used to clean kava root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Small Giant Clam

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

Scientific name: Tridacna maxima via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

seawards

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus harak via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

cousin (younger mother’s sister’s child, younger father’s brother’s child)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus guttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of reef fish with green color with black stripes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5022)

Example: The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.

Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[suku] n. type of mushroom

Speaker: Jean Eskar

coconut development stage 1

Example: Very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a type of banana, often fermented to make banana beer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I fight you, you gonna pee

(Bislama) bae mi faetem you bae you pispis.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of snail

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mangrove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

culture figure name, an ogre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

your big belly

(Bislama) big bel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

whale species

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am fishing with a line

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue fly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Finstripe goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus taeniopterus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe