Nafe (Kwamera)

v paint (especially one’s face during ceremonial events)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v light up

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v intr var. of akwɨpahar

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v use a pillow, sleep on a traditional wooden pillow

Speaker: Martial wahe

fruit

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sleep and look up

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. take! or hold! (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

for the ( hern him...)

(Bislama) fakem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

go fart

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morning star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5159)

Example: To attract fish in the sea. Take the branches and mix with mashed coconut endosperm, put (throw) in sea and then use line and hook to catch reef fish there.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. a kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

friend

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twenty

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adj. old and shriveled as a tuber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n antenna of insect

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kəkwapu] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

a type of brown fungus that grows on trees

Example: Young specimen of brown fungus. Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016

shelled coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. spider in photo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sclater’s Myzomela, Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela

Scientific name: Myzomela sclateri, 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: Emmanuel Maasi

[kwanjere] n. tree, 12-13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3089)

Example: The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.

Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. lemon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

traditional spoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell, with smooth black color

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num eight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree (bark used for rope), 2. cool season

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of yam, related to kawehae with a large mass of tubers that have red flesh and are sweet. It has the same type of flesh as that variety but the leaves differ in shape

Example: If a person loses some of his yams in the garden to various conditions, such as poor soil or disease, these two varieties will always continue to grow, being very hardy and resilient. This yam was originally from Iankahi but now the village is losing this variety. However, some people in Port Resolution still grow it

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5120)

Example: When parents go away to a feast or garden, children take a pile of soil 12 in. diameter, put this flower on top, surround wth some ashes and then hide in the house to wait to see if the dwarf spirit appears (Karwase Haruase). Sometimes the spirit will come and then scare the children. Ancestors used these spirits and games to teach children to stay together and not wander alone. As the dwarf spirit will take you.

Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

type of fish spearing arrow with two barbs

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish, mother-of-pearl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tanna fruit dove

Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptulinopus tannensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

bug

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brown surgeonfish

Example: Photo by David Burdick / via guamreefli License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

dorsal fin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 2

Example: Drinking nut (with soft meat and effervescent water)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ornate emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Pacific yellowtail emperor

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5150)

Example: Poisonous plant. Planted near cultivated garden to kill virus in soil.

Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of coconut with red shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. stage 5 in the development of coconuts, a ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. species of coconut with green nuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4248)

Example: 1. The stems can be used as posts or rafters in traditional houses. If used as a rafter, it is used as mid-roof brace placed longitudinally on the roof, going from one end of the house to the other. This part of the roof is known as kuar kuo. 2. When in flower, taro is considered soon to be ready. When the fruit is falling, it is considered time to harvest the taro.

Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the east

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5066)

Example: Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.

Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Johnson Noar

basalt

Speaker: Martial 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. heat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nokwai] arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nokwai nɨfaŋa] arrow and bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with fragrant bark (used as house posts)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. canarium nut fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n my pupil (of eye)

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nuːri] n. grass, small plants

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Nuwekur village, near Iatukwei

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)

Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.

Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Johnson Noar

canoe parts: outrigger spar, boom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for bows to hunt flying fox, and for traditional medicine), Goats like to eat the leaves.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut fibre, outer husk, coir

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boat

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

Dot-lined Angle

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

Scientific name: Psamatodes abydata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

wave, surf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue and gold fusilier, scissortail fusilier (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / Fishwise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caesio caerulaurea via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longfin emperor

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

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

kind of crab that lives in dirty water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

thumb

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good afternoon

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n. the first shoot of any young plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my baby teeth (deciduous teeth)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. father, dad

Speaker: Martial Wahe

died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of thorny beach vine with purple flowers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n honeycomb

Speaker: Martial wahe

jaw harp made of coconut leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of banana, largest kind, used to make laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5152)

Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover boil. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. house central post

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. coconut shell (used as bailer or for other purposes)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4208)

Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tʰãmijen] n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2984)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. cutting of leaves or top portion of taro or sugarcane stalk set aside for replanting

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n family, household

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

echo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

untight robe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Ocellated eagle ray

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Common ponyfish (female)

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Bluespot mullet

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

bed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe