Nafe (Kwamera)

v wash (clothing, dishes, etc.)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a immobile, confined to a mat or bed

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. uncooked, raw, fertile (as land)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr dead

Speaker: Martial wahe

v warm oneself, sit near a fire

Speaker: Martial wahe

v shadow, shade, eclipse, block light

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v lead (as an animal), tie a rope around to lead, drive, drive on

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v whip, strike with a rope or stick

Speaker: Martial wahe

vatu (currency unit)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

lady finger bananas

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I killed the pig

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I paddle a canoe

(Bislama) mi baddle le kenou

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I dig yam

(Bislama) dikim yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small tubercles which grow on kava root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of sprouting coconut the sprout of which grows along the body of the nut

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

octopus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Erromango

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mat (woven of pandanus leaves)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of sea snail

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. liana growing into canopy of myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3093)

Example: The stems of this plant are heated, the outer bark peeled off and the stems are used as a rope.

Scientific name: Stephania japonica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of high prestige yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

adj. early

Speaker: Martial wahe

Satin Flycatcher

Example: Photo by David Cook, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Myiagra cyanoleuca, Speaker: Martial Wahe

num four

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. round basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red-tipped grouper (deep sea)

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

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

n. tree. mature green fruit with an abundant white latex, edible (collection: Laurence Ramon #321)

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

baby

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sea anemone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

last born child

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree (bark used for rope), 2. cool season

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. rope, vine, genealogical line

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

egg of chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. interior house radial long post

Speaker: Jean Eskar

boy (uncircumsized)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of ground dove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n bend in the road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus xanthopleura via FishBase, 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: Martial Wahe

bird

Speaker: Martial Wahe

rabbit fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

spinefoot, rabbitfish (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Vermiculated spinefoot, vermiculate rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus vermiculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fruit (in general)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n White Sands language, spoken in East Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of small, white spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cadaver

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)

Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.

Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

yesterday

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakatirew] n. shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nikere] n. tree to 3 m tall, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4739)

Example: Local medicine, secret use.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Jean Pascal 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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5030)

Example: Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[narɨr] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2972)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.

Scientific name: Leucosyke australis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

blood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. forest with big trees, growing closely together

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)

Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. parasitic epiphyte growing on upper branches of fagraea berteroana, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3012)

Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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: Martial Wahe

n. leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fern used as chicken feed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

life

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n armpit

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. lower part of coconut leaf stem

Speaker: Martial 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

[nuas] island cabbage

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3169)

Example: This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.

Scientific name: Eleusine indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of tree

(Bislama) navenu

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree fork

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, with edible green fruit with sweet milky white flesh, collected wild and eaten on Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bait for fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunpun] n. spider web

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. kind of banyan tree, bark used for tapa cloth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of reddish coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longfin emperor

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

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

Orange-spotted emperor, yellowtail emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Lined Surgeonfish; small, blue and yellow striped

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus lineatus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

v cut

(Bislama) katem

Example: cut hood, or something

Speaker: Martial Wahe

come down

Example: told to someone to come down

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n whirlpool

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I fight you, you gonna pee

(Bislama) bae mi faetem you bae you pispis.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

string game (bed shape)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ocean

Speaker: Martial wahe

Thank you

Speaker: Martial Wahe

snail shell pointed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tukrawus] n. unbranched tree, growing next to Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3153)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.

Scientific name: Dracaena sp., Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ocellated eagle ray

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

Scientific name: Aetobatus ocellatus 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

v I planted yam (only yam we can use this word ’yakawi’ that mean planted)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Humpback unicornfish

Example: Photo by wahe Martial

Scientific name: Naso brachycentron via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n volcanic eruption

Speaker: Martial Wahe