Nafe (Kwamera)

v var. of -agihi

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. crumble, break into pieces; divide, rip in half (as bread, biscuit)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr live, stay at, exist at

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. drop, let go of, throw away, discard; 2. stop doing, leave, die, no longer exist; 3. dodge (as a thrown stone)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v reflect, mirror, look in a mirror

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v/a greasy, oily, shiny and sleek with hair pomade, grease, oil

Speaker: Martial wahe

v mispronounce, misspeak, speak differently

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr var. of akwɨpahar

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. trade, exchange (goods, blows); 2. fight with clubs)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v fill, stuff (as tobacco into a pipe), insert (as food into a bamboo section to bake)

Speaker: Martial wahe

cut my penis( circumsision)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v look down or shut our eyes we pray

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a minor kava drinking place, see imwarɨm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. English

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of stick bug

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5110)

Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. coconut leaf basket

Speaker: Jean Eskar

earth oven stones

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n pebble

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a type of brown fungus that grows on trees

Example: Young specimen of brown fungus. Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016

n kind of bird (collared fantail)

Scientific name: Rhipidura fulginosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

skull

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, h= 15 m. young brown elongate fruits with a greyish green fleshy calyx. Thick branchlets with the leaves at the top. White latex. For the locals it is the main kind of burckella obovata (round fruits). (collection: Laurence Ramon #332)

Scientific name: Burckella, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

n. bowstring made from slender banyan tree aerial root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grating board for coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

traditional spoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

after

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my heel (of foot)

Speaker: Martial wahe

grass skirt plant, sea soaked

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. my kidney

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. sweet potato

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. inalienable sprout, shoot, small branch

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Pacific Dtella

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Gehyra oceanica via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of edible legume

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pumpkin

(Bislama) kƗmkƗn

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

ladder (Bislama)

(Bislama) lata

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. paper

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Globehead parrotfish

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

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

kind of breadfruit, produces a large fruit with a smooth skin and very sweet flesh

Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

ghost

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dream

(Bislama) dream

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Black blotch emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Longface emperor

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

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

[nami̤rou] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3074)

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)

Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n fire

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n thing, object, being

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sea current

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)

Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.

Scientific name: Ficus cf. tinctoria, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

[nijæpər] n. sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. soursop

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5018)

Example: For counting, for example tallying the number of people invited for kava or food, each person can be represented by a pinnae. When done marking each pinnae for a person, take off the rest. Then you’ll be able to return and see the number of pinnae remaining on the rachis if how many people will be coming. Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018) The fern fibers are rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Then remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. The

Scientific name: Pneumatopteris, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, 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. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5102)

Example: Cook young leaves in water for 5 min and then eat.

Scientific name: Polyscias fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)

Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menstruation), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

steps cut into earth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. vine on pipturus tree, growing at edge between forest and garden of sweet potato and taro. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3147)

Example: This is used as a medicine to treat babies and children with fever. Take 1 handful of leaves and squeeze the "juice" from them into a cup, add a small amount of water, just enough to dilute the strong taste of the leaf liquid. Drink 3 or 4 times a day until fever is reduced. This liquid is also good for people who have done heavy work or who are old, as it is said to strengthen the veins. So, if a person is feeling week, they can drink a few cups of this preparation. The name "Nuamera" refers to "live veins," meaning that it will make your veins come alive and bec

Scientific name: Vigna, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. 1. yam, 2. year, annual cycle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4213)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used by children in a game to imitate the devil. 2. It is considered tapu to make firewood from this tree. It tis thought the yam stems will dry and the fruits will be sub-par as a result.

Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. charcoal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

spiny sea urchin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. wild kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dragon plum (Dracontomela vitiense)

(Bislama) nakatambol

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut parasite

Speaker: Martial Wahe

semen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunɨpun] spider web

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n wind direction (NNW)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pacific Reef Heron (dark)

Example: Photo by Arthur Chapman, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Egretta sacra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut which is long and narrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus harak via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

alien (from another island, country)

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 my right hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

n high tide

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

eel, morray (general)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hill

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n youth, circumcised boy up to the age of marriage (i.e., approx. 5 to 18 years of age)

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

n. Tanna island

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

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 island

Speaker: Martial Wahe

club, used for dancing

Speaker: Martial Wahe

galoshes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluefin trevally (male); powerful fish, with the power of a young cow

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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: Emmanuel Maasi

Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, has white flesh, soft and sweet, with a very large tuber, and is easy to grow

Example: If it grows in good conditions, the tubers are so large that it takes two people to carry it on a pole

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar