Nafe (Kwamera)

v speak, talk, debate

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr have diarrhoea

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. singe, burn slightly; 2. have a fever

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr abut, join with, stand on

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr laugh

Speaker: Martial wahe

fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

snow

Speaker: Martial wahe

don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cut his penis

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. open

(Bislama) openem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

1. light colored volcanic stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives, 2. big man, wise man

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5079)

Example: Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.

Scientific name: Psidium guajava, Speaker: Johnson Noar

maggot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I eat manioc and taro fiji

(Bislama) mi kakae manioc mo taro fiji

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5141)

Scientific name: Geophila, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5159)

Example: To attract fish in the sea. Take the branches and mix with mashed coconut endosperm, put (throw) in sea and then use line and hook to catch reef fish there.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

star pattern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganari] vagina

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blacktail snapper

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Lutjanus fulvus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. basket made of a woven coconut frond

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of shellfish

Scientific name: Littorinidae sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n named rock formation on Yasur volcano

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)

Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

traditional woven fan

Speaker: Martial Wahe

her brother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of sea cucumber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n morning star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of wild yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bowstring made from slender banyan tree aerial root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num ten ("five five")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. understory treelet, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4210)

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3036)

Example: Tools: The roots of this plant are used as a rope to fasten pig’s feet during the kastom ceremony. Landscape: This tree is planted as a shelter tree. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruits of this tree. When hunters desire these birds, they will gather near to this tree. Fuel: The dried wood of this tree is used as a firewood.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii?, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

Speaker: Wahe

[kwankukepu] n. liana growing into canopy of Myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3092)

Example: The vine of this plant is used to tie an outrigger on to a canoe. Heat up the stem and peel off the outer bark; while it is still warm use it to tie an outrigger to the canoe. When the stem cools it becomes very hard. It is also used to tie sugar cane.

Scientific name: Smilax vitiensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n larva

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. fishing line

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. sling made of pandanus, used to shoot rocks for killing birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

green stone, magical stone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. paper

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Speaker: Martial wahe

n canoe-shaped kava bowl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. noun

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakwas naniki:ri] n. rope with round green fruits. (collection: Laurence Ramon #326)

Scientific name: Salacia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n cliff

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

cloudy in the mountain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Slender emperor

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

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

Trumpet emperor, red throat emperor

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

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

n. terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2611)

Example: 1. When making a ground oven (nimum), these leaves are heaped on the stones, before the oven is buried with dirt.

Scientific name: Pneumatopteris glandulifera (Brack.) Holtt., Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napɨk] kind of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb to 1.5 m tall, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4722)

Example: This plant is used to welcome people by weaving the leaves and flowers into a head lei, locally known as a Kuanari. If there are no flowers, people weave the leaves and use these to welcome visitors. This species is becoming an invasive in the area.

Scientific name: Hedychium coronarium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n sea current

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3168)

Example: This plant can be used to tell the sex of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the stem and tear it. If three threads from the corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if all 4 corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from both sides of the cut stem.

Scientific name: Cyperus sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5144)

Example: Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Yasur volcano black smoke and ash

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naka̤ri̤təŋ] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3107)

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

Scientific name: Ochrosia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. Croton sp.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. strongest type of traditional Nafe house, made of bamboo and coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nima purupuo] n. chief’s round house

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[hipi:na] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3149)

Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.

Scientific name: Murraya, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree with spiky red and yellow flowers, not used for anything

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2974)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Animal Food: Sometimes, green leaves of this plant are fed to goats.

Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5142)

Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.

Scientific name: Adiantum diaphanum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

flat coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)

Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

ashes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ashes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my neck

Speaker: Martial wahe

meat

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of watermelon, round, small, very sweet with small seeds (from E. Auckland)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. when something is given

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Reef needlefish

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

v. intransitive walk uphill

Speaker: Wahe

[ʰrawɨs] grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

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

died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of thorny beach vine with purple flowers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5093)

Example: For an earache, take a double handful of leaves, mash, and squeeze in your ear.

Scientific name: Calyptocarpus vialis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. pathway

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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

dish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. house central post

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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

n. kind of tree (best wood for making bows)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boiled coconut milk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pink whipray

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Himantura fai via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Green Sea Turtle

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

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5020)

Example: To treat flu take, a handful of leaves and squeeze them into a cup. Add water, and give to the sick person to drink. Takethis mixture once in the morning and once in the afternoon for two to three days to treat the flue. One can also take four pieces of the stem, about teo to 3 inches ling, chew, and spit juice onto the sick person’s whole body. 1 cup am/ 1 cup afternoon. 2-3 days to treat flu. Take 4 pieces of stem 2-3" long, chew and spit on stick on sick person, spit on whole body. 2x day, 2-3 days as for cup morn and afternoon. Spit helps to chase evil spirit out of body. Common

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plantain, a small plantain

Example: Used for cooking (boiling)

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

v. to bite off or pull off with the teeth, as sugarcane or coconut husks

Speaker: Martial Wahe