Nafe (Kwamera)

adj. prickly (as sugarcane or fig leaves)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v gust (as the wind)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v grasp, keep, retain, hold onto (as property), be faithful to (as a person)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v knead, mx by hand, grope

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. wrestle, struggle, throw a tantrum (as a child on the ground); 2. scratch (as a hen)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v turn aside, turn back (as a person), block

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr move, act, stand or leave simultaneously

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. plant modifier word used with yam ("nuk")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

catch the hen

Speaker: Martial wahe

n camp

Speaker: Martial Wahe

scrape the coconut

(Bislama) sikrasem coconat

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

v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cephalopods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spotted Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso brevirostris via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[jerema se menari] jungle devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

for your dog

(Bislama) fakem dog blo yu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rough triggerfish, poisonous

Example: A poison fish which can sometimes be eaten. Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

tribal group name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Jean Pascal 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

[kəkwapu] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

white meat of clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brown Fantail

Example: Photo by flyingkiwigirl / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Rhipidura drownei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

middle vent in Iasur crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. spider in photo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a kind of honeyeater, Wattled Honeyeater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ques how many

Speaker: Martial Wahe

footbridge made of wood and bamboo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

how many? how much?

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: Johnson Noar

Threepot squirrelfish

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

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

Foursaddle grouper (deep sea)

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

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

One-spot snapper

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

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

Whitespotted grouper

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

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

n. banyan tree bow string

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num ten ("five five")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n snapper fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n vent in Yasur crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

backbone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Barringtonia edulis (Cut Nut Tree)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

wasp

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Robin

Scientific name: Petroica multicolor, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird name: kind of warbler?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut leaf roof thatching

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. noun

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my rib

Speaker: Martial wahe

n my ear

Speaker: Martial wahe

ghost

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kinds of yam. There are sub-varieties of this that produce tubers with either red or white flesh

Example: Only used for making lap-lap for kastom ceremonies

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[napɨk] kind of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of small, white spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5024)

Example: To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta cayennensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

sky, heavens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)

Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3248)

Example: When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. sparsely branched shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3081)

Example: The leaves of this plant are warmed over a fire and put warm on the legs of a person who is cold or has a headache, such as from a fever that comes with the flu. See 3076 for additional comments on this technique.

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Martial 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: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3067)

Example: Young boys make bows from the stems of this plant, and use them for hunting as the wood is hard and strong. If a boy needs a bow urgently, to hunt, he can use this.

Scientific name: Acalypha cf. repanda, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨkərə] n. small tree, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)

Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fern, used for tying bundles of wild cane in house construction

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. spear, 2. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5083)

Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

blue coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, has small fruits that are more oblong than round

Example: The stem of this variety is good for canoe-making as it will last for many years of use

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

noun Buffalo grass (eaten by cows, and also used to make a whistling sound that imitates a bird call)

Example: see more on Youtube

[nukwe:si] 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: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of cone shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small plant with variegated leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable fruit, offspring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. traditional ’leaf’ medicines (general term)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree used for making house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5095)

Example: In times of disaster, can roast root in fire like sweet potatoe 20 min--chew the root to get the sweet tasting food and spit out fiber.

Scientific name: Pueraria montana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Redbreasted wrasse

Example: Photo by BBM Explorer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Orange-socket surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus auranticavus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Fluted Giant Clam

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

Scientific name: Tridacna squamosa via inaturalist.org, 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

Quoy’s parrotfish

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

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

Green humphead parrotfish, bumphead parrotfish

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Bolbometopon muricatum via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n rudder (of boat)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Grass emperor

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

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of skink (green)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. father, dad

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable kava sprout, transplanted from one garden to another

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n honeycomb

Speaker: Martial wahe

exchange relation, exchange road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pathway

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. wall

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dolphin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

unicornfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of tick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Geophila, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Fringelip mullet

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

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis 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

canoe

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe