Nafe (Kwamera)

v. eat food after drinking kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v wash (clothing, dishes, etc.)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v scrape out, spoon out

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. steal; 2. copy, take (a photograph), record (with a tape recorder)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v hang onto, perch (as a bat), hang up (as a kerosene lantern)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr 1. go, walk, be in motion; 2. be unmarried; 3. shine (as the sun)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v scrub, manipulate

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Wahe Martial

adj. good, beautiful, useful

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I killed the pig

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

make fire

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I dig taro’s bed for planting

(Bislama) mi tikim hol blo taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

squid

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

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

Scarlet Percher

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

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

n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[karwarwar] thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grater for taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3151)

Example: The bark of this tree has a strong smell, and people macerate it and use it to bath. It is said to perfume the body, particularly after hard work. People use it to cover all of their body. A piece of the bark can be put with a person’s clothing to add a nice smell.

Scientific name: Cryptocarya turbinata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

his sister, my sister

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Triton’s Trumpet

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

Scientific name: Charonia tritonis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red-tipped grouper (deep sea)

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

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

[kwənka:mun] n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3002)

Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.

Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Highfin coralgrouper

Example: Photo by David R / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus oligacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

num nine

Speaker: 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

n. twin apple (Ochrosia oppositifolia)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. rope, vine, genealogical line

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5070)

Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 l bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.

Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of sugarcane

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: Johnson Noar

n. parasitic epiphyte growing on roots of trees

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Balanophora fungosa, Speaker: Martial 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

grass skirt plant, sea soaked

Speaker: Martial Wahe

baby food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable fruit, offpsring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. seed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

club, with rounded head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hook

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. baked vegetable food eaten along with meat, food baked in an earth oven (other than tuber puddings)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5100)

Example: To treat Ringworm, grind leaves and squeeze juice on ringworm, once a day for 7 days. Sores sometimes take a while to heal.

Scientific name: Lantana camara, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of fern (var. of nƗnhupwi)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

garland of plant worn on the head for decoration

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Foxface

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

Scientific name: Siganus vulpinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

worm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5089)

Example: Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.

Scientific name: Argusia argentea, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. stage 2 in the development of coconuts. Succeeds tafa precedes kahimaregi

Example: drinking coconut (with soft meat and effervescent water)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n my rib

Speaker: Martial wahe

n my ear

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

(Bislama) nalalas

Speaker: Phillip Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Salacia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a kind of coconut with red husk and shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[naruwakiri] n. herb, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3082)

Example: To make a strap to hold the ornamental fiber "Nisei" (Plunkett et al #3077) on a person’s arm. Dry the stem, remove the fibers, and weakve into a strap. There is a legend that is told about this plant, concerning a rat and a fox. The rat and fox stole a banana from the Devil’s garden. The Devil caught the fox and told him not to come back. The rat said "lets go to the garden" and the fox said no. The rat said "go take these leaves, and tie the leaves with coconut fiber--and he told the fox to lie down and the rat sewed the leaves on the fox. ...

Scientific name: Donax canniformis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n milk

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)

Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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: Johnson Noar

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

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

n. poison tree, can be used as medicine, or to kill a person

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)

Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. fish poison tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, has small fruits that are more oblong than round

Example: The stem of this variety is good for canoe-making as it will last for many years of use

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. Malay apple, (Syzygium malaccensis)

(Bislama) nakafika

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam (’sugar yam’)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dance

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant, leaf used for penis wrapper

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. hibiscus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

meat

Speaker: Martial wahe

giant clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spotted coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tailed Rustic

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

Scientific name: Vagrans egista via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue-spotted large-eye bream

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

Scientific name: Gymnocranius microdon via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

cat

(Bislama) pusi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ramasi] n. to smoke

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n high tide

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. inalienable banana sprout, sucker

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has white flesh, considered the mother of all taro on Tanna

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

coconut scoop

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut stages, one through eight

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

African Giant Snail

Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Lissachatina fulica via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

kinds of yam. There are two types of this variety—with either red or white flesh

Example: When cooked, as with many yams, children love to eat this variety as it is soft and sweet

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. platform for sitting under

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grave

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of flowering shrub with prickly seed pods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tomorrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

culture figure name, an ogre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cloth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common ponyfish (female)

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Fringelip mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sidespot goatfish

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

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