Nafe (Kwamera)

v sneeze

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v kick, stub one’s foot

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. rotate, turn in circles, turn aside, turn (something) around; 2. turn around at (a place)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr laugh

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr slide (as land), cave in

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v succeed, win, better act or interact such that one comes out ahead (implying another loses), belittle another, be lucky

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v look off, look to the side

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. grate (tubers); 2. treat with traditional medicine (by spitting grated or masticated ingredients on the patient’s head)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

blue

Speaker: Martial Wahe

enough hurt or killed children

Speaker: Martial Wahe

white

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. house vertical support posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sandpiper

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganhɨk] my penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

maggot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with reddish fibre

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

absent minded

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Aneityumese

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

honored

Example: honored God

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut leaf basket

Speaker: Jean Eskar

digging stick, taro planting stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrubs with long erect stems. white flowers on long pendulous hairy inflorescences (10-15 cm), white flowers with yellowish calyx and long peduncle. Leaves with long petioles (about 5 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #328)

Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp1, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

kind of breadfruit, similar to karuarewa but the fruits are larger and with the same small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit

Example: This variety is not good for making a canoe as the wood is too soft

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Satin Flycatcher

Example: Photo by David Cook, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Myiagra cyanoleuca, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n gecko

Speaker: Martial Wahe

t.o. Sea Slug

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

Scientific name: Phyllidia madangensis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. pigsty

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5115)

Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).

Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brassy chub, lowfin drummer

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5135)

Example: When this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in budles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.

Scientific name: Urena lobata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n morning star (see kofetatea)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. twin apple (Ochrosia oppositifolia)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. inalienable root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan tree (var. of ruviru)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut husking stave set in ground

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern (var. of nƗnhupwi)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n waning gibbous (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n new moon (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[mataga] wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

minute

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5044)

Example: Collect the branches, scrape into a dish, and mix with water to make soap for washing clothes. One can also bathe with it. Also associated is the legend of a rat who, swimming in the sea, gets hungry and goes to this vine to eat. Preparing for a delicious meal, he defecates when he sees this vine. He climbs up to get the fruits on top of the vine, but has been tricked-- they are below! Once he realizes, the branch he is on breaks and he falls into his own feces. He feels bad, as he is both hungry and dirty.

Scientific name: Rhamnella vitiensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of tree (bark used as rope)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Longfin emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus erythropterus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nata he] n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4732)

Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree; false nutmeg

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, 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

n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)

Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. liana growing up a damaged macaranga dioica tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowering spadices green to tannish-yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3241)

Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

plant used to make grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

Scientific name: Leea indica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5029)

Example: Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of the Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018). The fern fibers are then rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. Then wrap the sap around the forked section of a Y-shaped stick (MB 5019, Tabernaemontana) followed by heating near a small fire (heat is blown from the fire to the part of the stick covered in sap). The sap then turns brown and gets stickier. Then the handle of the forked stick is put into a papaya that has alr

Scientific name: Cerbera floribunda, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kava, 2. driftwood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Example: Straight stem used for spear shaft

Scientific name: Tapeinosperma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. terrestrial tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white to yellow (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4214)

Example: 1. The bole of this tree is used to make end posts for cyclone houses (kuipé). It is considered a strong and special wood for this purpose. 2. Stems are used as a traditional digging stick (kaker) when planting taro or kava. A smaller stick is used for the latter. 3. The wood from this tree can be used to make long-lasting fence posts.

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. subshrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3161)

Example: The leaf of this plant is added to soup in which meat is being cooked, for example, turtle meat, which has a strong smell. If this leaf is placed in the pot, it will make the soup smell better

Scientific name: Ocimum sanctum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

earth oven

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree

(Bislama) navenu

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

cyclone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ashes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane (see -mƗmis)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern, used to make ropes to fasten house parts, or canoe parts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: west-northwest wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fruit stalk (as on a banana)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Great Eggfly

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

Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dark capped parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

South (cardinal direction)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Japanese large-eye bream

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

daughter

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n parrotfish (general)

(Bislama) napoleon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dung beetle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

quantity of five coconuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tang fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. part, piece (see ringinimwa)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5040)

Example: Fruits edible. People drinking kava eat a fruit after drinking. Say that it makes kava stronger. Boil leaves with Euodia (MJB 5031) when a person has a strong cough to cure it. Double handful of each plant in 1 liter water and boil for 20 minutes. Wash your with it and drink 1 cup in evening (cold) for 4 days.

Scientific name: Annona muricata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

coconut development stage 1

Example: Very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my ankle

Speaker: Wahe

boy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. cicatrix, mark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n month name (archaic, corresponding to November)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with small trunk and long roots, a special kava used in custom ceremony

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large herb, growing at edge of garden. bracts red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3071)

Example: People use this to cover or wrap banana and cassava prior to cooking in a boiling pot; when the food is cooked the leaf is discarded. Flowers used for decoration. This is an imported cultivated plant.

Scientific name: Heliconia indica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

foreskin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)

Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)

Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

bamboo pan flute

Example: Thomas Kahi and Sam Posen play the bamboo pan flute. see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

belt made of tapa, traditionally used to hold up men’s penis wrappers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of centipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of stingray

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longnose trevally (male) (deep sea)

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: Martial Wahe

v. to whisper

Speaker: David Harrison