Nafe (Kwamera)

v intr strive, do with effort

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr have diarrhoea

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr 1. explore, go off into the unknown, search; 2. be confused, worried

Speaker: Martial wahe

v leap, jump up to, fly off (as a bird), take off (as a plane)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. stick magically treated wild cane around garden plants

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v help, assist

Speaker: Wahe Martial

look up and see a plan

(Bislama) tra look antap by you look wan plen.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Bislama

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I climb a tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I cut a sugar cane

(Bislama) mi katem sugar can.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I pick banana

(Bislama) mi karem banana.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I dig yam

(Bislama) dikim yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I pick the fruit tree of all the fruit

(Bislama) mi pikimap fuit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Iakunwis, home of Nipikinwan tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a stage of coconut development

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

n pollen (of flowers)

Speaker: Martial wahe

a kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a small mushroom, grows only on trees, edible when fried, not pliable, difficult to break by hand

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blackspot snapper

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

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

Spanish flag, stripey

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

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

Dory snapper

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

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

Humpback red snapper, paddletail

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus gibbus via FishBase, 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

kind of seashell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

stone wall

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial; uncommon. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2610)

Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. body oil, coconut oil used for adornment

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

traditional dance

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n gate (made of bamboo)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. pineapple

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Snubnose grouper (deep sea)

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

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

kind of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellow-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

condom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grating board for coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanokuma] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2976)

Example: No use disclosed.

Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of impromptu basket made of fern leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)

Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue.If she chews four branches of leaves per treeatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.

Scientific name: Sida cordifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal 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 bundles 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: Johnson Noar

n baking stones in earth oven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant, used to make ropes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Giant trevally (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Caranx ignobilis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Black Imperial Pigeon

Example: Illustration by Joseph Smit / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via es.wikipedia.org

Scientific name: Ducula melanochroa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Shadowfin soldierfish

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

adj ripe (for example, a pineapple or banana)

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

Pacific Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by mdekool / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Chalcophaps longirostris sandwichensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mulberry

(Bislama) marmeri

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[mataga] wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

blue fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Salacia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

gladness or hug

Example: hug your mother if longtime no see her

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakɨr] n. terrestrial fern, 1 to 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3027)

Example: Food: Young leaves are eaten cooked.

Scientific name: Ptisana smithii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of coconut, characterized by a round fruit with a reddish color on the top of the fruit

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[napwejsen] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3140)

Example: The wood from this tree makes strong house posts as well as timber for benches and can be used as firewood. If you don’t have soap, you can take the leaf, mash it up and wash with it--it produces a foam that cleans. Use for washing yourself, for example. If this tree has fruits, then people know that it is a good time to plant sweet potatoes and other crops.

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)

Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of grass

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my waist

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4250)

Example: 1. The fruits are considered a special delicacy for men of Tanna island. Further information withheld.

Scientific name: Pometia pinnata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

argument

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flowering tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[narwas] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3072)

Example: People use the fruits as medicine to treat diabetes, "cancer" and ulcers. Collect ripe fruits, put the juice in a bottle and drink. The bark can be boiled in water and consumed to treat diabetes, 1 handfull of bark to 1 liter of water. Drink 3x daily to treat diabetes. It was said that Sam’s wife’s HA1C score went from 14 down to 6 using this remedy.

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[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

[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

n. tree, bush, log, timber, wood

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. ladder

Speaker: Jean Eskar

leaf bundle of concoction used in sorcery, allows a person to become invisible, etc.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant used to make grass skirts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5092)

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5082)

Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.

Scientific name: Calophyllum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

spring of water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nurap] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)

Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.

Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of yam, produces a tuber with a white flesh and red skin. It is easy to grow

Example: Soft when cooked

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nɨfaŋa] bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. hibiscus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kava

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. white kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dragon plum (Dracontomela vitiense)

(Bislama) nakatambol

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cold, dry season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible seed in a hairy pod

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n swordfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue Wanderer

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tirumala hamata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing along stream in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers blue. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3254)

Example: Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.

Scientific name: Commelina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

cow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cat

(Bislama) pusi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my vocal chords

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. green onions (English shallot)

(Bislama) sarat

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sawtooth barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena putnamae via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kava type

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of seaweed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable skin, husk, covering, wrapping, shell, bark; empty shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Green jobfish

(Bislama) Salmon Fis

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

Scientific name: Aprion virescens via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

goatfish; this example is possibly a Cinnabar goatfish

Scientific name: Parupeneus heptacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitesaddle goatfish

Example: Photo by Patrick Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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