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Nafe (Kwamera) talking dictionary

Nafe (Kwamera)

Talking Dictionary™

version 12.2016

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Nafe (Kwamera)

The Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary currently has 3233 entries, with 3212 audio files and 1236 images.
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-apwe [+]

v.    plant (certain plants such as taro, papaya, kava, sugarcane, manioc)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
ahavi [+]

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
arihii ringringi nima [+]

v    tie a house post

( Bislama ) taetem ol pos blo aos.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: see more on Youtube


Semantic domains:

  • house
  • botany
blacksan [+]

   kind of cassava. The skin of the root of this variety is red

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta

Speaker: Johnson Noar


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • cassava
duea [+]

n.    well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3091)

Scientific name: Dillenia biflora

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: The leaf can be used to wrap food for carrying, for example, wrapping up crabs.


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Dilleniaceae
fakók [+]

n.    Tahitian chestnut

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
figka [+]

   lady finger bananas

Scientific name: Bislama

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • banana
finger [+]

   kind of banana, a small banana; very sweet

Scientific name: Musa spp.

Speaker: Johnson Noar


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • banana
gɨwava [+]

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

Scientific name: Psidium guajava

Speaker: Johnson Noar

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


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Myrtaceae
hoia [+]

n.    marigold

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
iaiaia [+]

n.    lichen

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
iaku iaku [+]

n.    (collection: Michael J. Balick #5107)

Scientific name: Chamaesyce

Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: For Asthma, take one handful of shaved stem with 1/2 L water. Boil in a pot 5-10 minutes, a drink 1 warm cup two times a day for one week.


Semantic domains:

  • botany
iaku iaku [+]

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

Scientific name: Geophila

Speaker: Johnson Noar


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Rubiaceae
iaku iaku [+]

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

Scientific name: Phyllanthus

Speaker: Johnson Noar

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.


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Phyllanthaceae
iaku-iaku [+]

[ jaku jaku ]

n.    kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • herb
  • botany
  • family Portulacaceae
iaku-iaku (iaku-iaku) [+]

n.    herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Portulacaceae
iambus [+]

   kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and is easy to grow

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp.

Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Has a spreading habit in the garden. The tuber is soft and easy to boil


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • yam
iamha [+]

n.    kind of seaweed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
iamɨnier [+]

n.    kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • coconut
iamnameta [+]

n.    kind of coconut with reddish fibre

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • coconut
iapwás [+]

n.    small coconut, coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • coconut
iaremha [+]

[ jare̤mə̤ ]

n.    herb, growing along open garden path. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3084)

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Asteraceae
iaremha [+]

n.    herb, growing along open garden path. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3084)

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa

Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Asteraceae
iatir [+]

n.    kind of banana

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
iesukwrúr [+]

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • coconut
isouni [+]

n.    kind of sweet potato with dark flesh

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
jihi flower [+]

n    flower stamen

Speaker: Martial wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
jihin [+]

n    pollen (of flowers)

Speaker: Martial wahe


Semantic domains:

  • botany
ABOUT

All content copyright © Nafe (Kwamera) community. (2015)
Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary produced by Martial Wahe, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer (2015-2020).
Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Laurence Ramon, Tom A. Ranker, Sean Thackurdeen, and Calvin Heiman. Field data transcribed by Isabella Mandis.
Nafe language contributors include Martial Wahe, Jean Pascal Wahe, Chief Johnson Noar, Emmanuel Maasi, Marie Emmanuel Maasi and others as credited within the dictionary entries. Based in part on materials from Lindstrom, Lamont (1986) Kwamera Dictionary. Pacific Linguistics. Series C, No. 95. Canberra: Australian National University.
The Nafe-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: K. David Harrison and Martial Wahe. 2015-2020. Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary. Swarthmore College. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kwamera

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There are currently 3233 entries, 3212 audio files, and 1236 images.

All content copyright © Nafe (Kwamera) community. (2015)
Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary produced by Martial Wahe, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer (2015-2020).
Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Laurence Ramon, Tom A. Ranker, Sean Thackurdeen, and Calvin Heiman. Field data transcribed by Isabella Mandis.
Nafe language contributors include Martial Wahe, Jean Pascal Wahe, Chief Johnson Noar, Emmanuel Maasi, Marie Emmanuel Maasi and others as credited within the dictionary entries. Based in part on materials from Lindstrom, Lamont (1986) Kwamera Dictionary. Pacific Linguistics. Series C, No. 95. Canberra: Australian National University.
The Nafe-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: K. David Harrison and Martial Wahe. 2015-2020. Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary. Swarthmore College. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kwamera

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

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