Nafe (Kwamera)

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v suck on, savor (as candy), keep in one’s mouth

Speaker: Martial wahe

v hold on to, grasp, keep, retain, hoard (guests, goods, an idea)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v work, produce, enlarge or improve (as one’s resources)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. cry; 2. pity

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v 1. drop, let go of, throw away, discard; 2. stop doing, leave, die, no longer exist; 3. dodge (as a thrown stone)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr make war, fight (as local groups)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v/a close, shut, closed (as a door)

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I rake (brush) or weed the herb

(Bislama) go weed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am happy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5107)

Example: For Asthma, take one handful of shaved stem with 1/2 L water. Boil in a pot 5-10 minutes, a drink 1 warm cup two times a day for one week.

Scientific name: Chamaesyce, Speaker: Johnson Noar

flood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

friend

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

duck (native)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganari] vagina

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brown Fantail

Example: Photo by flyingkiwigirl / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Rhipidura drownei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. early

Speaker: Martial wahe

Moorish idol

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

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial wahe

Brownspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus chlorostigma via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Starspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus hexagonatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Harlequin sweetlips, many-spotted sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Leopard hind, leopard grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis leopardus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. banyan tree bow string

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5131)

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. For dengue fever, take 1 bundle of leaves and stems, mash and place in pot with 2 L water, boil 30 minutes, drink warm. Drink 1 liter 1x day for 4-6 days depends on strength of dengue. "Sends" dengue out from your body.

Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. God

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n month name (archaic) corresponding to August

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Greasy grouper (reef fish)

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus tauvina via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. one

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

[konapwit] n. herb to 50 cm, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4721)

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea. A person takes 1 handful of leaves, washes the soil off, chews them and gets the juice out of the leaves, spits out the fibers and left over parts of the leaves. Chew this regularly until the diarrhea goes away if a person has a bad case; for a mild case, chew only once. It is said that a person has to "listen to the plant" until the diarrhea stops. It is said to be better for this condition than Psidium (guava).

Scientific name: Desmodium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. inalienable 1. a type of taro, yellow, 2. a type of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5041)

Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).

Scientific name: Barringtonia racemosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n house component (ridge pole)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganhɨm] your penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird name: kind of warbler?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

upraised coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

noun a dried leaf used to ceremonially wrap kava root

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kind of mango, the fruit of this variety is round and has a very nice smell

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Baker’s imperial pigeon

Scientific name: Ducula bakeri, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n canoe-shaped kava bowl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ghost

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakwanumɨn] rock earth oven

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n star constellation

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nameramir] n. liana, growing on myristica fatua in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3041)

Example: Construction: The vine of this tree is used as rope to fasten members of a house or bundles of sugar cane. It is not considered a strong rope.

Scientific name: Hoya australis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5027)

Example: Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster. fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.

Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

stratus cloud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5169)

Example: Used during shaving ceremonies leaves mixed with Euodia and mashed coconut and used to oil the body of young man being shaved and the person doing the ceremony. Stems when mashed are very fragrant and also tied around head. Ceremony for young lady who has first menstruation, she goes away with her family, when she comes back cover her with same mixture of plants to make her nice. During her first period she is separated from her family. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them alo

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n White Sands language, spoken in East Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, small; Vanuatu Wild Fig

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cadaver

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n volcanic clay used for body painting/adornment

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5071)

Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[natnə̤mi̤ra] n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

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

[naropaŋ] n. well branched tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3037)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruit of this tree. When the bats are desired, hunters will gather near this tree. Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. Many leaves are used for this purpose. Fuel: To make a fire, dried sticks are rubbed together on a plane of wood. The friction creates smoldering ash over time, useful for igniting dried material.

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. flowering tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. medicinal leaves applied to circumcision wounds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5138)

Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. liana growing up a damaged macaranga dioica tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowering spadices green to tannish-yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3241)

Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

forgot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napurnapur] n. small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

blood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)

Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. dragon plum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5082)

Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.

Scientific name: Calophyllum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. shrub, 2 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cyrtandra obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nokwai nɨfaŋa] arrow and bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nuk] wild yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my left foot

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree, Bislama: ’milk tree’

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. orange (tree)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut fibre, outer husk, coir

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n navel (belly button)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing along stream in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers blue. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3254)

Example: Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.

Scientific name: Commelina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

alien (from another island, country)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

how are you?

(Bislama) osem wanem yufala oraet ?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

culture hero name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3239)

Example: This is a toxic plant for cows. When they eat it, they die. But the bark can be used to cover food for cooking--cover taro, cassava and other tubers with the leaves when they are being cooked on the fire. The leaves are not toxic to people--only cows.

Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

daylight

(Bislama) delaet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Willan’s Chromodoris

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

Scientific name: Chromodoris willani via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kinds of yam. There are two types of this variety—with either red or white flesh

Example: When cooked, as with many yams, children love to eat this variety as it is soft and sweet

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

sea

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4236)

Example: 1. Pidgeons ear the fruits. 2. The wood, being pliable, is used to fashion the limbs of hunting bows. 3. The bole is used as posts in western style houses.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n womb

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

echo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ray (general)

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

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

I’m cold

(Bislama) mi kolkol

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to bite off or pull off with the teeth, as sugarcane or coconut husks

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe