Nafe (Kwamera)

v rub one’s backside against, wipe one’s ass

Speaker: Martial wahe

v wash (clothing, dishes, etc.)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. come from, start at (as a place); 2. in interrogative constructions: which, where

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. make twine (by rolling on one’s leg or on one’s thigh)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v suck on, savor (as candy), keep in one’s mouth

Speaker: Martial wahe

v wring, wring out (as kava from a strainer), squeeze by hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

v fight with a club, wield a club

Speaker: Martial wahe

v use protective magic

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr heal (as a sore), feel better, calm, become quiet

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr rustle, swish, rasp, scrape

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. sprout (as kava, banana, sugarcane)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr stop raining, clear

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. to strip off leaves, for example coconut leaves from a frond

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sandpiper

Speaker: Martial Wahe

phrase I ask you

Speaker: Martial Wahe

man, husband

Speaker: Martial Wahe

stonefish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

old grandparents

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a small mushroom, grows only on trees, edible when fried, not pliable, difficult to break by hand

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass

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

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

Humpback red snapper, paddletail

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

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

Vella Lavella White-Eye

Scientific name: Zosterops vellalavella, Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n social moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree with a dense crown and edible fruit

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5036)

Example: Young plants for roof rafters, larger plants used for house posts. Women who get pregnant with someone else besides husband use this to abort. Boil a double handful of scraped stem in water and drink 1 cup four times daily to abort. Fruits are edible. Cut it open and eat what’s inside.

Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan tree bow string

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3031)

Example: Ceremonial: Following circumcision, boys will perform a ritual shower using a mixture of this plant and coconut. The leaves of this plant are mixed with the copra of the coconut and squeezed with water over the boys’ heads. Construction: The wood of this tree is used as rafters in house construction.

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. herb to 75 cm tall, flowers purple (collection: Michael J. Balick #4731)

Example: The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

backbone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of plant (ginger?)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

club, with rounded head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

roots of pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. leaf bundle

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n bend in the road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

damsel fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mythological pygmy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

squirrel fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakur] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2973)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that taro (Nerei) and Ipomoea (Kwarei) are ready to plant.

Scientific name: Boehmeria platyphylla, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

my eyes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bamboo wall of house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my tongue

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of fern

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. terrestrial herb, 0.8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3068)

Example: People use this to make a broom, by cutting the roots and tying a bundle of stems together. The leaves fall off naturally and this is used as a broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the east

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[natuwan] n. large tree, 10-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3124)

Example: The wood of this plant smells bad. It is locally called a type of "stink wood." When young children get circumsized in kastom ways, to change the leaves for their bandage, take off the bark of this stem, take the inside part and scrape it--mix a handful of the scrapings with grated coconut, put it together in a leaf, put it on the fire, heat it, when the coconut is browned, squeeze it together to get the "milk" that is yellow in color. When young children swim in saltwater to dry the cut from the circumcision, squeeze this on that area to help heal it.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum amooroides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. well branched tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3032)

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is used as timber wood. Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruits of this tree. If they are desired, hunters will gather near the tree when fruits are in season. Food: The ripe fruits (black) are consumed occassionally.

Scientific name: Syzygium kajewskii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5080)

Example: When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.

Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Johnson Noar

sky, heavens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)

Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakatirew] n. shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. heavy (big) rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut spathe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fern tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. traditional leaf medicine

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. shrub to 1.5 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4728)

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. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. 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 mak

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. canoe oar, paddle

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3132)

Example: Straight stem used for spear shaft

Scientific name: Tapeinosperma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nukunene] n. tree stump

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)

Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.

Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

reef passage, channel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shelf, yam bed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mistletoe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my eyelashes

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. coals

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf stalk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my neck

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. dry banane leaf (used to roll tobacco)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Humphead wrasse (male)

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, 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

Asian Magpie Moth

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

Scientific name: Nyctemera baulus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Caper Gull

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

Scientific name: Cepora perimale via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Filament-Finned Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus altipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus harak via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

my younger brother’s daughter (my niece)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tang fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. green onions (English shallot)

(Bislama) sarat

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

small shoot or sprout of a plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blackfin squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Neoniphon opercularis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Fiji taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. castor bean tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of woody, flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cordiline fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

cloth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluespine unicornfish

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

n volcano

Speaker: Martial wahe

my elder sisiter;s husband

Speaker: Wahe Martial

Yellowstriped goatfish

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

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