Nafe (Kwamera)

face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my eyelashes

Speaker: Martial wahe

n my eyebrows

Speaker: Martial wahe

fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

small fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

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

wrasse (general name)

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

big fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a traditional road linking villages in South-East Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree used for making house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

house traditional

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern, used to make ropes to fasten house parts, or canoe parts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

word, speech, talking

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf stalk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with small green fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: west-northwest wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n boulder

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

n. edible root plant type

Speaker: Martial Wahe

yam trellis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my neck

Speaker: Martial wahe

cliff, escarpment edge

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienebale leaf stalk (as of taro, banana, etc.)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpeiaka] n. dry coconut husk

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut fibre, outer husk, coir

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n half moon (first quarter or last quarter moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Scientific name: Whitesands language (not Nafe), Speaker: Martial Wahe

bait for fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Xanthosperma, Bislama: Fiji Taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

foreigners, Europeans

Speaker: Martial Wahe

darkness

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hole, burrow, cave

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan tree with large leaves and fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

1. night, 2. day (24 hour period)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. period of the year preceding the yam harvest (October through March)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. the time after harvest when yam gardens are gradually consumed and replanted

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cold, dry season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hot, rainy season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

season of the year when yams are growing, before yam harvest (Oct. through March)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my body

Speaker: Martial wahe

semen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Pisonia umbrellifera tree, very soft wood, big trunk and branches, has black stinging seed pods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

morning

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fruit stalk (as on a banana)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n navel (belly button)

Speaker: Martial wahe

fish net

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunpun] n. spider web

Speaker: Jean Eskar

spider web

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunɨpun] spider web

Speaker: Martial Wahe

chest

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with sticky fruit, fruit is not eaten by people, only by birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. ginger, used in cooking and in tea, used medicinally in tea to clear lungs and throat phlegm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dry banane leaf (used to roll tobacco)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for house posts)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with white bark, used for bows

Speaker: Martial Wahe

eclipse (lunar?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

foam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n saliva

Speaker: Martial wahe

meat

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (bark used for tapa cloth)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (wood used for small canoe outrigger or house posts)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sweat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird trap of woven vines; woven bird or fish trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird basket snare

Speaker: Martial Wahe

who? (singular)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

who? (plural)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

storm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bent staff or stick used by toka dancers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5145)

Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out,and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.

Scientific name: Murraya paniculata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

tuber pudding

Speaker: Martial Wahe

house parts: woven coconut mat used in thatching

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. nutmeg tree, Myristica fatua

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my blood

Speaker: Martial wahe

boat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with scented bark, can be used for timber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree (Pometia pinnata)

(Bislama) nantao

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree with stinging leaves, devil nettle, (Dendrocnide sp.)

(Bislama) nangalat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 2 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cyrtandra obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2975)

Example: Animal Feed: The whole plant is fed to pigs to keep them fat and healthy. It is referred to as “pig medecine” and is given once per week.

Scientific name: Cyrtandra obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3132)

Example: Straight stem used for spear shaft

Scientific name: Tapeinosperma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nəkora:ku] n. shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)

Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe