Nafe (Kwamera)

v soar, circle (as a bird)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v wash (clothing, dishes, etc.)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v var. of -arak(i)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v cough

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to ask

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v var. of -skɨrhi

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v whip, strike with a rope or stick

Speaker: Martial wahe

to weave (a basket)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to fight with

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to garden

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v 1. spill (as liquid); 2. capsize, overturn, dump out; 3. fall, drop

Speaker: Wahe Martial

Speaker: Martial wahe

chief

Speaker: Martial Wahe

day

Speaker: Martial wahe

[jare̤mə̤] n. herb, growing along open garden path. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3084)

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

you

(Bislama) yu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wheeled toy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blacktail snapper

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

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

n cricket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible leaves

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

general term for fungus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of sea shell; droga

(Bislama) Droka

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

traditional dance

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pustulose Wart Slug

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

Scientific name: Phyllidiella pustulosa via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Moorish idol fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Threepot squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum 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

Oriental sweetlips

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

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

copra

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has reddish-white flesh like a guava fruit, and has a reddish leaf petiole

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Brassy chub, lowfin drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

dog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

egg of chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable the remnant of the planted taro form which a new tuber has developed (at the base of the harvested root)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. species of orchid

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dendrobium mohlianum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. drinking straw (made from immature banana leaves)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

cyclone house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a fruit with yellow skin and red seeds, edible, grows on low vines

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh, that are soft and sweet

Example: Only used in soup. The origin of this variety is thought to be Fiji, and the local name means “From Fiji”

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

dove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cassava. The man who went to Port-Vila and brought this variety back to Port Resolution was Robert Rwae and it is named for him

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

garland of plant worn on the head for decoration

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj ripe (for example, a pineapple or banana)

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

worm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moon crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cycad (?)

Example: To make a tabu sign for your land, crops or to block access to the sea, meaning that this area is blocked from fishing and diving, cross two of the leaves in an “X” shape and stick in the soil or sand. People will know to stay away

Scientific name: Microcycas semannii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n my small intestine

Speaker: Martial wahe

n rain shadow

Speaker: Wahe

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3013)

Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

animal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

breast

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

n. large tree, 10-14 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dysoxylum mole, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)

Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.

Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[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. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5091)

Example: When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and dri

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3004)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their red fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

Scientific name: Piper austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. breadfruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of laplap (food)

Example: see more on Youtube

n. medicinal leaves, used to feed pigs to make them grow big, or for male erection

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree with small green fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

machete

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial; leaves 1.0-1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2626)

Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

earth oven

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of nut bearing tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. white kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

bridge

Speaker: Martial Wahe

book

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern (used as chicken feed)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan tree with large leaves and fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

eclipse (lunar?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

giant clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

barracuda

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cousin (younger mother’s sister’s child, younger father’s brother’s child)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ramasi] n. to smoke

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5026)

Example: Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plantain, a roasting plantain with a curved shape

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

dish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)

Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

ginger (Bislama, English)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

your big belly

(Bislama) big bel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

two days from now

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso annulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Bulbnose unicornfish, humpnose unicornfish (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso tonganus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sleek unicornfish (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Naso hexacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ribbontail stingray

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Taeniura lymma via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Longnose trevally (male)

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

Scientific name: Carangoides chrysophrys via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

I’m cold

(Bislama) mi kolkol

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I sleep

(Bislama) mi silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Flathead grey mullet, sea mullet, grey mullet

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to whisper

Speaker: David Harrison