Nafe (Kwamera)

v hold to, hang on, grasp, hook, put one’s arms around

Speaker: Martial wahe

v forbid, put a stop to

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v. cut bush for a garden, scratch (one’s head)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v/a immobile, confined to a mat or bed

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. cry; 2. pity

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a 1. rest; 2. intoxicated, drunk

Speaker: Martial wahe

v reach out, reach in, extend an arm

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr flap (as a bird its wings)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. peel, cut skins off tubers

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v break wind, fart, squirt (as an octopus’ jet)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. wring, squeeze through a strainer (as kava); 2. walk with a cane

Speaker: Martial wahe

v see, look, regard, understand, meet

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. sew, weave, string beads, shuffle; 2. choke, strangle

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v see erupwun

Speaker: Wahe Martial

adj. slippery

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to clear away bush or brush, to scratch, claw, or carry away

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to braid rope or hair, or wrap with coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. bite out or scrape with teeth

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I planted taro

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v I paddle a canoe

(Bislama) mi badel lo kawenu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I pick the fruit tree of all the fruit

(Bislama) mi pikimap fuit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. sand fly, 2. sand crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Lenakel

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crayfish

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n my ass (buttocks)

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pond, small body of water

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cup

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cricket

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head

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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

Slender silver-biddy

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Scientific name: Gerres oblongus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blacktip grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Snubnose grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Squaretail coralgrouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lemon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan tree bow string

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

Scientific name: Micropsitta bruijnii rosea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my testicle

Speaker: Martial wahe

[kwenasənas] n. epiphyte growing on neonauclea forsteri trunk, about 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2977)

Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. angled roof support posts in traditional house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5149)

Example: Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.

Scientific name: Bixa orellana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[kwankuma] n. shrub to understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3144)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to feed to pigs.

Scientific name: Psychotria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree (bark used in the production of tapa cloth)

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. 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

n. sling made of pandanus, used to shoot rocks for killing birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n bend in the road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish

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

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

n waxing crescent (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

death

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Yellowlip emperor

Example: Photo by Anthony Pearson / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[nam nak] n. tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3152)

Scientific name: Crateva religiosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of yam, has tubers with two colors in the same root—both white and red and is sweet and soft

Example: Is a special yam for paying dowry

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nari fem] n. sparsely branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3005)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.

Scientific name: Melicope bonwickii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. poison tree, can be used as medicine, or to kill a person

Speaker: Martial Wahe

forgot

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n. coconut spathe

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n my beard

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)

Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

my hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Vila kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with short branches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Two day kava (one stays intoxicated for two days)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my heart

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n. mistletoe

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5077)

Example: Stem used to make canoe. Easy to cut.

Scientific name: Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

reef, growing coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moonlight

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wrasse (general name)

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a traditional road linking villages in South-East Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

beach, sand

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my neck

Speaker: Martial wahe

Highfin coralgrouper

Example: Photo by David R / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus oligacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

shark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Great Eggfly

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

Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[peha] axe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pacific slopehead parrotfish, tan-faced parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus frontalis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Yellowbanded sweetlips

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

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

good morning

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree growing in house area in village (collection: Michael J. Balick #4719)

Example: This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

salt

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n whirlwind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n star path

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African Giant Snail

Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Lissachatina fulica via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Thank you

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tobacco

(Bislama) tapaka

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. foreskin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small grass growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3113)

Scientific name: Pogonatherum crinitum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of tree used for making house posts, has white fruit that birds like to eat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Small toothed jobfish

Example: Photo by @perigor2000 / www.whatsthatfish.com/fish, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Aphareus furca via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

galoshes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wheelbarrow

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