Nafe (Kwamera)

v light, illuminate, shine (as the sun), glitter

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. ripe (as fruit), well cooked

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v gargle, rinse one’s mouth

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. give, give out, distribute; 2. purchase, buy something with money

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. sprout (as kava, banana, sugarcane)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v 1. tie up, attach, bind, wrap in leaves (as food to bake), wear (something tied on); 2. carry on a pole with a man taking each end, carry on one’s back

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. shoot, throw (a round object), connect, tie or join together; 2. comb, coif hair in traditional male fashion

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v swing, oscillate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

cut my penis( circumsision)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. stand (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Port Vila

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I paddle a canoe

(Bislama) mi badel lo kawenu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I pray at the church

(Bislama) mi pray lo churche aos

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[jerema se menari] jungle devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sea devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. English

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible leaves

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5073)

Example: To treat scabies, collect 5 whole plants, remove the soil, then boil in a bucket of water for 10-20 min and wash the scabies 2x daily for 2 weeks or until the scabies is dry.

Scientific name: Adiantum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

name of a moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n crab (fresh water)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n morning star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red-tipped grouper (deep sea)

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

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

[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

Blubberlip snapper

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus rivulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

tribe name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. red pepper, chili pepper

(Bislama) pima

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bamboo tongs to pick up hot rocks from earth oven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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 star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

discourse particle hesitation discourse particle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

initial stage of coconut development

Example: Coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grass skirt fibres

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of bird trape ( triangle shape)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. wild cane stalk used in the construction of trellises

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5135)

Example: When this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in bundles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.

Scientific name: Urena lobata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. leaf bundle

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Mountain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mandarin orange, tangerine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluelined squirrelfish, Tahitian squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Elongate surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5112)

Example: To make rain, take four branches, mixed with Zingiber zerumbet (5078). Leave for one week until it rots and smells bad. Move it to the land and it will rain. Leaf is used to stop lightning and thunder. Take four leaves mash, cut a forked stick of Natchy (5019) take outer bark off, put in fire to warm it, wrap with leaf, put in ffront of you in ground and when lightning is coming break off the fork and the thunder will stop. Children eat the fruits.

Scientific name: Maesa ambrymensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of coconut, characterized by a round fruit with a reddish color on the top of the fruit

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

cousin (mother’s brother’s child)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

brain coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5105)

Example: Stem used for sawn timber.

Scientific name: Virola surinamensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. bow and bowstring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 12-15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3098)

Example: When this plant flowers, along with an unspecified white flower, people know that a certain shellfish, locally known as Bari, is ready to harvest and eat.

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Hibiscus dilicieus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant used to make grass skirt

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. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4220)

Example: 1. Flying foxes, pidgeons and rats consume the fruits. 2. The wood is used as a commercial timber.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n armpit

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree used for house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n first quarter (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. Malay apple, (Syzygium malaccensis)

(Bislama) nakafika

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large tree root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, wood used for pierced ear and septum ornaments

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my heart

Speaker: Martial wahe

coconut parasite

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wrasse (general name)

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

big fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cliff, escarpment edge

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bait for fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. the time after harvest when yam gardens are gradually consumed and replanted

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible seed in a hairy pod

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ringtail surgeonfish

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

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

t.o Gossamer-winged Butterfly

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

Scientific name: Luthrodes cleotas via inaturalist.org, 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: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

my elder brother’s wife

Speaker: Martial wahe

culture hero name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my left hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

my bad luck (1st person poss.)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

evening star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my ear canal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

strong

Example: something strong like rock; hood or something had to break it.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut stages, one through seven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red Jungle Fowl (male)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.

Scientific name: Gallus gallus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pickhandle barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena jello via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

roots of pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Emperor Nautilus

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Nautilus pompilius via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n my skin

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4215)

Example: 1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.

Scientific name: Astronidium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cricket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3143)

Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood

Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of centipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flying fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am fishing with a net

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Doublebar goatfish

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

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