Nafe (Kwamera)

v pray, communicate with the supernatural

Speaker: Martial wahe

v push down, poke down

Speaker: Martial wahe

v curse

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. peel, cut skins off tubers

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v lead (as an animal), tie a rope around to lead, drive, drive on

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. wring, squeeze through a strainer (as kava); 2. walk with a cane

Speaker: Martial wahe

v forget, leave behind, not take, not want

Speaker: Martial wahe

v swing, oscillate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

to weave (a basket)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

phrase I planted the island cabbage

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. I see

(Bislama) mi look

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am sad

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mullet (fish)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[iarumanu] chief

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. love

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scarlet Percher

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

Scientific name: Diplacodes haematodes via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Slender silver-biddy

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

Scientific name: Gerres oblongus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n gecko

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

how many? how much?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blacksaddle grouper (deep sea)

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

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

[konparɨm] arrow

Speaker: Martial 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

Leopard hind, leopard grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis leopardus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

dog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my heel (of foot)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. secondary forest growth (e.g., over a garden site)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. fruit of the niemis tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nokukəpran] n. herb growing on large rock in open area, in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3117)

Example: People use this plant to treat heartburn and when they get indigestion. Take the leaf and wrap it with Ficus leaves ("manasus" unclear what species), chew them together and swallow the juice until the pain goes away.

Scientific name: Emilia sonchifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n my wrist

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Purple-winged Mantis

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

Scientific name: Tenodera australasiae via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Purple-winged Mantis

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

Scientific name: Tenodera australasiae via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. ladder made from a tree branch

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

woven coconut mat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[manariən nəʔpəŋ] n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2971)

Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.

Scientific name: Maoutia diversifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Pink squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiereoides via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[marəs marəs] n. understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3133)

Example: People toss sticks made from the stem of this plant at flying fox to tear their wing so they can’t fly and are caught.

Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. mulberry

(Bislama) marmeri

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Hibiscus Harlequin Bug

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

Scientific name: Tectocoris diophthalmus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

rainbow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my rib

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree, leaf used as a penis wrapper, also warmed on fire and rubbed on stomach to facilitate kava intoxication

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of large fern

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5126)

Scientific name: Phymatosorus scolopendria, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n adopted child

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3108)

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, dbh about 30-40 cm (collection: Laurence Ramon #329)

Scientific name: Syzygium cf. aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

daylight, sunshine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5049)

Example: Used for house posts, rafters, and other construction-- very good for building in Tanna. Scrape the stem and put the pieces into a cup. Squeeze these pieces through with water, pour into a glass, and give to someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem used to fill a cup, and drink one liter a day forone week. It is thought that shark meat causes bleeding. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bow and bowstring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3248)

Example: When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

plant used to make grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree to 30 m

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Casuarina eqisetifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sea hearse tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨkriakei] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. fern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

menstruation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nukuk arman] n. epiphyte on trunk of ficus tree, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3128)

Example: Unspecified secret medicine

Scientific name: Belvisia revoluta, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nukune nai] n. tree stump

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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

coconut leaf sheath fibre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant, leaf used for penis wrapper

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

bone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kava

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with smooth outer bark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange (tree)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunpun] n. spider web

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n directional term indicating away from, sea, inland

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n swordfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yam Hawk Moth

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Theretra nessus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

coast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n whirlwind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Coconut Lorikeet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Trichoglossus haematodus massena, Speaker: Martial Wahe

jaw harp made of coconut leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plantain from Tonga

Example: Used for cooking

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. a type of banana, often fermented to make banana beer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Asian Tramp Snail

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

Scientific name: Bradybaena similaris via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. Tanna island

Speaker: Martial Wahe

faucet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tobacco

(Bislama) tapaka

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Eskar

n my palm (of hand)

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of seashell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ginger (Bislama, English)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5121)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Nothocnide repanda (MB 5122), 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: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

dolphin

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

wind direction: south-east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Green Sea Turtle

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

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Whitesaddle goatfish

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

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

v. to whisper

Speaker: David Harrison