Nafe (Kwamera)

v. bite, chew

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v 1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together

Speaker: Martial wahe

v call, call out to, invite

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a immobile, confined to a mat or bed

Speaker: Martial wahe

v spread to dry (in the sun)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v/a be brave, have courage, not fear

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ice

Speaker: Martial wahe

v I don’t like rain

(Bislama) mi no likem rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

octopus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

all right

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caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grandparent

Speaker: Martial Wahe

buttocks

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganari] vagina

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of tree mushroom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, small

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebuca, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my eyelid

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of high prestige yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n gate (made of bamboo)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Common Myna

Example: Photos by Byron Chin / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

skull

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Trigger fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Areolate grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Brownspotted grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus chlorostigma via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

coconut stage, 6th (sixth); has a small sprout

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. This 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: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)

Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3036)

Example: Tools: The roots of this plant are used as a rope to fasten pig’s feet during the kastom ceremony. Landscape: This tree is planted as a shelter tree. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruits of this tree. When hunters desire these birds, they will gather near to this tree. Fuel: The dried wood of this tree is used as a firewood.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii?, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n my testicle

Speaker: Martial wahe

discourse particle hesitation discourse particle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pandanus fruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. plant with sticky leaves and seed pods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n lava bomb

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n house component (poles under thatching)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. red pepper, hot pepper

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n my wrist

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange (fruit)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n last quarter (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n waxing gibbous (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blotcheye soldierfish, bigscale soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis berndti via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

butterfly fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Marbled parrotfish, seagrass parrortfish

Example: Photo Philippe Bourjon / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leptoscarus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluelined surgeonfish (fresh water)

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus nigroris via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 2

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. noun

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has yellow flesh

Example: Good for roasting

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

gladness or hug

Example: hug your mother if longtime no see her

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakur] n. sparsely branched tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3088)

Example: This plant is used as a medicine for throat infections. Take 2, 2" pieces of the leaf, chew and swallow the juice, spit out the fibers, 3x daily, for as long as the throat hurts.

Scientific name: Polyscias scutellaria, Speaker: Jean Pascal 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. kind of yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

tattoo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ne̤wri] n. understory tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3134)

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. plant; giant fern

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Angiopteris evecta, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, bush, log, timber, wood

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. Coleus sp.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

when?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

life

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3149)

Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.

Scientific name: Murraya, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

machete

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nisi apram] 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 ...

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. 1. spear, 2. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nokwai nɨfaŋa] arrow and bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia), eaten or used for medicine to heal many ailments, and as a poison antidote, also gives energy and improved cognitive function, has a bad taste

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white to yellow (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4214)

Example: 1. The bole of this tree is used to make end posts for cyclone houses (kuipé). It is considered a strong and special wood for this purpose. 2. Stems are used as a traditional digging stick (kaker) when planting taro or kava. A smaller stick is used for the latter. 3. The wood from this tree can be used to make long-lasting fence posts.

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5168)

Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. leaf, foliage 2. sheet, leaf (of paper)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpeiaka] n. dry coconut husk

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut fibre, outer husk, coir

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. ginger, used in cooking and in tea, used medicinally in tea to clear lungs and throat phlegm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

Speaker: Martial Wahe

who? (singular)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

axe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

please, sorry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

parrotfish (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

home

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n honeycomb

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5047)

Example: To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.

Scientific name: Alternanthera brasiliana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of kava with small trunk and long roots, a special kava used in custom ceremony

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. gecko

Speaker: Martial Wahe

lattice window in traditional house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

foreskin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tomorrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tuwa:i] n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3006)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is also used to make dugout canoes. Tool: The wood of this plant is used to create the study part of a bow. It is noted, however, that there are better woods for this purpose.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree (best wood for making bows)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boiled coconut milk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n a type of sea worm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

louse

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I will sleep soon

(Bislama) mi stap silip nao.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dash-and-dot goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus barberinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe