Nafe (Kwamera)

v wash (clothing, dishes, etc.)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v sneeze

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a 1. equal, the same, similar; 2. enough, sufficient, acceptable, fitting; 3. desirous of, needful of

Speaker: Martial wahe

v fish (in a group with nets)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr see -aragaha

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. stir (as with a spoon), crank; 2. swing one’s arms (as in a nupu dance)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v roll, roll about

Speaker: Wahe Martial

cut his penis

Speaker: Martial wahe

v shut the door

(Bislama) sarem door

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. take! or hold! (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grave

Speaker: Martial Wahe

axe (of stone, for traditional canoe carving)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. sand fly, 2. sand crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ianarɨm] Aneityum Island

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mullet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small coconut, coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. ancestor

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: 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. kind of banana

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5109)

Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.

Scientific name: Mimosa pudica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

white meat of clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

brown

Speaker: Martial wahe

a children’s game

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Moorish idol

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

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial wahe

Moorish idol fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flying fox flying

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kisɨp] n. conch shell; type of seashell (triton shell) can be sounded to summon people for a meeting

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5099)

Example: Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.

Scientific name: Dracontomelon vitiense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Brown-marbled grouper (deep sea)

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

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

n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

type of laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

copra

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num seven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num nine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num six

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5166)

Example: For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, 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. terrestrial, climbing vine-like. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2618)

Example: The rachis is used to fasten posts and rafters in traditional houses.

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Blue sea chub, snubnose chub, topsail drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwenasənas] n. epiphyte growing on neonauclea forsteri trunk, about 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2977)

Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, 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 lava bomb

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. red pepper, hot pepper

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

part of sea shell, (snail operculum), Pacific cat’s eye

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganhɨn] penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tricolour parrotfish

Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Tripletail wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Shadowfin soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis adusta via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

surgeonfish, small with curly pattern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

also

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rough triggerfish, spotted oceanic triggerfish, oceanic triggerfish

Example: 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

[nakɨr] n. terrestrial fern, 1 to 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3027)

Example: Food: Young leaves are eaten cooked.

Scientific name: Ptisana smithii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v tr hate

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5113)

Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.

Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. epiphyte; prominent ridge on abaxial surface of costa. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2614)

Example: 1. Fowl sometimes lay their eggs in the center of these ferns.

Scientific name: Asplenium australasicum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

Scientific name: (moss), Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial 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

n. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

advice

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nəfwe:ŋ] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2985)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nɨkərə] n. small tree, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)

Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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: Emmanuel Maasi

n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3240)

Example: People use the wood of this plant to make arrows. When hunting flying fox, people cut a 2’ pieces of the stem to throw at the animal and catch it.

Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. part of the lemon tree or mandarin tree, a bean pod?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[niŋ] n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of yam, edible, white color

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with fragrant bark (used as house posts)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large tree root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. epiphyte on main trunks of canopy-sized trees, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3120)

Scientific name: Vittaria elongata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of fig tree with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my neck

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. dry banane leaf (used to roll tobacco)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

foam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[peha] axe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n rudder (of boat)

Speaker: Martial wahe

beer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish ~ marasaw (Port Resolution dialect)

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

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

n. the first shoot of any young plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰrawɨs] grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3146)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.

Scientific name: (comp), Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. pathway

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n month name (archaic, corresponding to November)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n cocoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Gray unicornfish (deep sea)

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

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

wind direction: south-east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of crab that live only in the beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowfin goatfish

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

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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