Nafe (Kwamera)

v touch, nudge, rub, scratch, brush against

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 go astray, lose one’s way, walk off a trail

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr drop, let drop (as leaves or fruit), fall

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr hop (on one foot)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. construct a yam trellis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sleep and look up

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kill dog

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to slap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

seawards

Speaker: Martial Wahe

calendar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to make twine, by twirling between the fingers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of sea urchin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I killed the pig

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

you cooked taro

(Bislama) yu kukum taro.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

where is your village?

(Bislama) ples blo yu wea.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dome Web Spider

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

Scientific name: Cyrtophora moluccensis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Giant Golden Orbweaver

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

Scientific name: Nephila pilipes via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

brother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

rectangular coconut basket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5073)

Example: To treat scabies, collect 5 whole plants, remove the soil, then boil in a bucket of water for 10-20 min and wash the scabies 2x daily for 2 weeks or until the scabies is dry.

Scientific name: Adiantum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. shrub. fruits and flowers directly on the stem or short inflorences. mature fruits white (about 1,5 cm l). Leaves with short petioles (about 1 to 3 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #331)

Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp2, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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 cicada

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bat (flying fox)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5153)

Example: To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.

Scientific name: Alchornea scandens, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

wooden spool for fishing line

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Orange-spotted grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus coioides via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Tomato hind, tomato grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. tree, up to 15 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Barringtonia edulis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh. It is fast-growing and produces a large bunch of tubers

Example: Very sweet and sticks to the teeth when eaten

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

type of laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Oceanodroma matsudaira, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)

Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut, produces the smallest coconut, with an oblong shape

Example: It is said that when children play in the bush they like to find this coconut to eat. The local name refers to children—small in size, just like a child. It is not considered a good variety for an adult to eat

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. fruit of the niemis tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

spear becket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf spine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hook

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n waning gibbous (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of cassava, a very productive variety

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Blotcheye soldierfish, bigscale soldierfish

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

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

Violet squirrelfish

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

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

triggerfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has yellow flesh

Example: Good for roasting

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[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

n. kind of tree with small white flowers

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tattoo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nari fem] n. sparsely branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3005)

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. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.

Scientific name: Melicope bonwickii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n my tendon

Speaker: Wahe

n my vein

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

[nijer] n. tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)

Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. dragon plum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a kind of sugarcane, small

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tribe name

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 my knee

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. fruit (general)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fur of mouse or rat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of taro with yellow flesh

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a traditional road linking villages in South-East Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

semen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my body

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sweat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moth

Speaker: Martial wahe

Pacific longnose parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Hipposcarus longiceps via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Yellowfin Parrotfish

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

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

brother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. the first shoot of any young plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n fork in the road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

string game (bed shape)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. footprint

Speaker: Jean Eskar

rope made of braided coconut husks

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my liver

Speaker: Martial wahe

n my lung

Speaker: Martial wahe

father

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 worth), and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

Scientific name: Excoecaria agallocha, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n nautilus shell. Possibly family Nautilidae

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable flower

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3143)

Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood

Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

plant with large banana-like leaves used to wrap for baking laplap, taro, fish (Heliconia sp.)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wheelbarrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longnose trevally (male)

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

Scientific name: Carangoides chrysophrys via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Roundjaw bonefish

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

Scientific name: Albula glossodanta via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue fly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluespine Unicornfish, silver color with horn

Scientific name: Naso unicornis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

goatfish, small and red

Speaker: 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