Nafe (Kwamera)

v. sweep, clear away garden debris

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

crow (as a rooster), cluck (as a hen)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v push down, poke down

Speaker: Martial wahe

v life up, stand up (from a prone position), arise, life something which is on the ground

Speaker: Martial wahe

v hang oneself or another

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr have diarrhoea

Speaker: Martial wahe

v err, make a mistake

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

Speaker: Martial wahe

v see -rupwegi

Speaker: Martial wahe

v see -ata apɨg

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

cut my penis( circumsision)

Speaker: Martial wahe

cut his penis

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to wear a penis wrapper

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v eat two things, like meat and taro together rather than only meat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. look down! (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Port Vila

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I drink water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am fishing with a canoe or boat...

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I dig taro’s bed for planting

(Bislama) mi tikim hol blo taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I shoot an arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I pick a coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am sad

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Rough triggerfish, poisonous

Example: A poison fish which can sometimes be eaten. Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. rake

Speaker: Martial Wahe

t.o. Jumping Spider

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

Scientific name: Athamas whitmeei via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dory snapper

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef life Survey, License: CC-BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

wooden spool for fishing line

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Humpback grouper

Example: Photo by Richard Zerpe, License: CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Cromileptes altivelis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Variable Goshawk

Example: Photo by olanuxer / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Accipiter hiogaster, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my testicle

Speaker: Martial wahe

pearl shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my younger brother’s son (my nephew)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

n. 1. Garcinia pancheri, 2. kind of introduced fruit tree with elongated, green fruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. central spine of a coconut frond

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Pacific Dtella

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Gehyra oceanica via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

[ganhɨn] penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

woven coconut mat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern (var. of nƗnhupwi)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Highfin parrotfish

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

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

n waning gibbous (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of mango, the fruit of this variety has thin skin, sweet flesh; it comes from Fiji

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. manioc (var. of manto)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Golden-lined spinefoot, lined rabbitfish

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

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

fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n star constellation

Speaker: Martial wahe

goat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5154)

Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.

Scientific name: Malaxis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. tree, 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. species of coconut with green nuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a “female” coconut that only has one fruit on the panicle of the inflorescence

Example: This variety is used for the kastom marriage ceremony, grated with Euodia hortensis and Alpinia purpurata and rubbed on the bride and groom. The significance of this kastom is to ensure that the two people will be truthful to their chief, their parents and their spouse

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. variety of coconut with short trunk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb to 2-3 m tall in secondary forest clearing, flowers white with yellow-red corolla. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4724)

Example: this plant is used to make the head lei, Kuanari, to welcome visitors. It is also used as an ornamental around local houses.

Scientific name: Alpinia speciosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Example: Stem used for sawn timber.

Scientific name: Virola surinamensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[newri] n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2989)

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.

Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3026)

Example: Hunting: The wood of the tree is used, as the body of a spear, to hunt fishes and turtles. To fashion the spear, an appropriate length of wood is cut, debarked, heated (to straighten) and then topped with an iron point. Note: Iaruman is the name of the male form of this plant. Prane is the female form of this plant.

Scientific name: Rapanea amischocarpa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[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

rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. yam, a kind of yam that is round, not long, with purple or yellow color. Purple ones can be eaten, yellow ones not eaten

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n volcanic ash plain

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small offshoot tuber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

earthquake

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. vine with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. canarium nut fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, might be another genus of “taro”. It has a special stone that is specific to this variety

Example: Roasted or boiled for eating

Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n nipple

Speaker: Martial wahe

n tremor

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nurap] n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of parasitic vine (philodendron?)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of kava with short branches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with smooth outer bark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. your hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. An orange tree (wood used for bows) See kwanɨmɨri

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpeiaka] n. dry coconut husk

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Pisonia umbrellifera tree, very soft wood, big trunk and branches, has black stinging seed pods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cold, dry season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Orange-socket surgeonfish

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

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

Monarch

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

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Pea Blue

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

Scientific name: Lampides boeticus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

good afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sound

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5022)

Example: The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.

Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

wind direction from the west

Speaker: Martial Wahe

solar panel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut stages, one through seven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Banded Sea Krait

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of banana, large green plantain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3227)

Example: Unspecified, secret medicinal use.

Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5116)

Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

Scientific name: Excoecaria agallocha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

place name: the highest mountain on Tanna Island

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable 1. classifier word for supporting aerial roots (as of a banyan, pandanus), 2. thorn

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)

Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.

Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Bluespine unicornfish

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

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