Nafe (Kwamera)

v paint (especially one’s face during ceremonial events)

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. be spoiled, rotten, stink (as food)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v hang oneself or another

Speaker: Martial wahe

v var. of -arak(i)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. construct a yam trellis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n camp

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. bend down (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of language spoken in South-west Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longfin African conger, moustache conger

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

Scientific name: Conger cinereus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I paddle a canoe

(Bislama) mi badel lo kawenu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fan-tailed cuckoo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grandparent

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellow-striped Flutterer

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

Scientific name: Rhyothemis phyllis via inaturalist.org, 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 shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. vine, to 4 m off forest floor (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3260)

Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.

Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[kawəwə] n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n pebble

Speaker: Martial Wahe

throwing stone (long, cylindrical)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ranongga White Eye

Scientific name: Zosterops splendidus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Snubnose dart

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

Scientific name: Trachinotus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Moorish idol fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of basket woven with young coconut leaves.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. round basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grouper (deep sea)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitespotted grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus 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

n. sweet plantain

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

before

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

club, with serrated edges

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwani̤ni̤] n. herb to 1 m, flowers yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4730)

Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Sida, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5085)

Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.

Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. nutmeg

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n house component (horizontal poles holding up roof frame)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. drinking straw (made from immature banana leaves)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. penis

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: Martial Wahe

listening

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Violet squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron violaceum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

worm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)

Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.

Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nakanakan] n. terrestrial herb, 0.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3069)

Example: People use this to treat boils on the skin. Squeeze the "juice" of the leaf on the boil, and it will soften it so that the liquid inside the boil comes out. If you chew an amount of leaves first, then they will cover and stick to the boil so it will heal faster.

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

house fish or cave fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5133)

Example: Stem for house building. Young leaves are very strong and used as plates during large kastom ceremonies. Sap can be used to cover sores from flies in order to protect it. Stem good for firewood as does not give much smoke--does not bother eyes as much as other wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius, Speaker: Johnson Noar

my eyes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n lava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n weather forecast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

stratus cloud

Speaker: Martial 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: Johnson Noar

n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n volcanic clay used for body painting/adornment

Speaker: Martial Wahe

knot made of vine and holding together posts of cyclone house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

landslide

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Indian coral tree

Scientific name: Erythrina corallodendron, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)

Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.

Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, dbh about 30-40 cm (collection: Laurence Ramon #329)

Scientific name: Syzygium cf. aneityense, 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: Martial Wahe

rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5032)

Example: To treat anemia, known as low blood, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 cup water, and drink 1 cup daily 5 days. Leaves also fed to pigs to help them grow faster.

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[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

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. semi-inalienable 1. leaf stalk (of a coconut, banana, etc.), 2. leaf stalk scar (on coconut tree trunk)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with variegated leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. two day’ kava (i.e., one stays intoxicated for two days) (English "two days")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mistletoe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable planting tuber (as of a taro from which a new tuber has grown)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moonlight

Speaker: Martial wahe

Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

wind direction: west-northwest wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the north

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Asian Magpie Moth

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

Scientific name: Nyctemera baulus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Australian Lurcher

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

Scientific name: Yoma sabina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pacific longnose parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Hipposcarus longiceps via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus dimidiatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

n parrotfish (general)

(Bislama) napoleon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my left hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

n high tide

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. ?? s/he asks you

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable banana sprout, sucker

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. father, dad

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

exchange relation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 1

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ocean

Speaker: Martial wahe

Banded Sea Krait

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

Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

tabu, taboo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blackfin barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena qenie via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

Yellowtail barracuda

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

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

n. coconut shell (used as bailer or for other purposes)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Bulbnose unicornfish, humpnose unicornfish (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso tonganus via FishBase, 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

Orangespotted Trevally (female)

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

Scientific name: Carangoides bajad via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Doublebar goatfish

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

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

Black Soldier Fly

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

Scientific name: Hermetia illucens via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe