Nafe (Kwamera)

v crawl, walk carefully (as on a narrow path or cliff edge)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr hoot, screech, call (as a bat), creak

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. wear an ornament of leaves inserted into carved or woven armlets

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr dead

Speaker: Martial wahe

v gust (as the wind)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. plant (certain plants such as taro, papaya, kava, sugarcane, manioc)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v gargle, rinse one’s mouth

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. wrestle, struggle, throw a tantrum (as a child on the ground); 2. scratch (as a hen)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v leap, jump up to, fly off (as a bird), take off (as a plane)

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of cassava. The skin of the root of this variety is red

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

coconut crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I eat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Aneityum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Iatukwei village

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. distant, far

Speaker: Martial Wahe

old grandparents

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. hoe, adze

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a small mushroom, grows only on trees, edible when fried, not pliable, difficult to break by hand

Speaker: Martial Wahe

your headache (pain)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. basket made of a woven coconut frond

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

digging stick, taro planting stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of water plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. interior house cross post

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

brown

Speaker: Martial wahe

name of a moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)

Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. flying fox

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my anus

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5153)

Example: To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.

Scientific name: Alchornea scandens, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees, at edge of disturbed agro-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3087)

Example: The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).

Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[krawasi] n. we (two) are smoking

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. wild cane stalk used in the construction of trellises

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

leaf used to wrap kava roots for ceremonial purposes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dusky parrotfish, swarthy parrotfish

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

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

Sabre squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

minute

Speaker: Martial wahe

lizard

Speaker: Martial Wahe

also

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flesh, internal parts, meat (as of a nut or fruit)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

your eye

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dark clouds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, used in canoe construction

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nahrɨr] n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2993)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal.

Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n milk

Speaker: Martial wahe

[næskoʊ] 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: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4242)

Example: 1. A variety of local pidgeons, including nawimba, manuapen, and kieri, eat the ripe fruits. 2. The leaves are used to seal roof seams in traditional houses. At the apex of the roofline, first coconut husk is placed, then the leaves of this plant, then finally, coconut leaves. The practice is referred to as kaweri nimaira.

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. hardwood and fruit tree; taun tree, island lychee

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pommetia pinnata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial herb, 0.8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3068)

Example: People use this to make a broom, by cutting the roots and tying a bundle of stems together. The leaves fall off naturally and this is used as a broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

argument

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakəskəs apran] n. small fern growing on decaying log in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)

Scientific name: Asplenium cf. caudatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nikere] n. tree to 3 m tall, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4739)

Example: Local medicine, secret use.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. coconut fibrous leaf sheath (used to strain kava)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[narɨr] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2972)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.

Scientific name: Leucosyke australis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Evodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. canoe oar, paddle

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. casuarina

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. canarium nut fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5163)

Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

Scientific name: Davallia sessilifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. epiphyte on main trunks of canopy-sized trees, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3120)

Scientific name: Vittaria elongata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nukune nai] n. tree stump

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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. morning glory

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n earthquake

(Bislama) hedkwek

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5096)

Example: Fruits used to feed hens to increase fertility -- mix seed with dry coconut and give to hen to increase eggs.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fish net

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with white bark, used for bows

Speaker: Martial Wahe

giant clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus rivulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

my elder brother’s wife

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of wild mandarin, orange color

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish ~ marasaw (Port Resolution dialect)

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

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

awareness or preaching

Example: awareness of health or church gospel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

come down

Example: told to someone to come down

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the west

Speaker: Martial Wahe

arm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

braided coconut husk rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my lung

Speaker: Martial wahe

today pool of water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. semi-inalienable aerial root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 30 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3238)

Example: This tree is a source of good, hard wood. It is used to make children’s bows as well as for house construction.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, 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 island

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n womb

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

unicornfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Green jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

Scientific name: Aprion virescens via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longnose trevally (male) (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Carangoides chrysophrys via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

I sleep

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of crab that live only in the beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe