Nafe (Kwamera)

what

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how are you?

(Bislama) osem wanem yufala oraet ?

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n. when something is given

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[ʰrakniaken] footpath

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[ʰrakniaken] footpath

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following day

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n low tide

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good afternoon

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good morning

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[ramasi] n. to smoke

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hold or take something

Example: young people hold chew kava to drink. or old people walking with walking stick

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awareness or preaching

Example: awareness of health or church gospel

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throw the stone

(Bislama) sakem stone

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culture hero name

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green

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n my right hand

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Hound needlefish, crocodile long-tom

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n my left hand

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Reef needlefish

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

Scientific name: Strongylura incisa via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

grandparent

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salt sea water

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v cut

(Bislama) katem

Example: cut hood, or something

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n high tide

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v. ?? s/he asks you

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my bad luck (1st person poss.)

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n weather magic (spells or rituals intended to influence the weather)

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n. the first shoot of any young plant

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n. woman’s or men’s grass skirt (women’s are longer, men’s shorter)

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[ʰrawɨs] grass skirt

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I climb a mountain

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v. intransitive walk uphill

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Whitespotted surgeonfish

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

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

Convict surgeonfish, convict tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

chicken

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[ʰreja] chicken

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Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus guttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tang fish

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come down

Example: told to someone to come down

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n. lemon (Bislama?)

(Bislama) remƗn

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[rerenakwaŋ] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

always

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5026)

Example: Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.

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n voice

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n sound

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kind of mollusk

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kind of reef fish with green color with black stripes

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n my baby teeth (deciduous teeth)

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n my tooth

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n my incisor (tooth)

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n my molar (tooth)

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n my canine tooth

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[ʰrewi nɨmeri] n. thorn

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n my bicuspid (tooth)

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Orbicular batfish

Example: Photo by Elias Levy / Flickr, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax orbicularis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of skink (green)

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n. part, piece (see ringinimwa)

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n. small house posts that support thatch

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[rɨŋkew] n. understory tree growing in area of Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3154)

Example: This tree is poisonous to goats, cattle-if they eat it they will die. The wood is used to make rafters for houses as well as burned as firewood.

Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

something not straight

(Bislama) kruket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable banana sprout, sucker

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dad

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my dad

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his/her dad

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n. father, dad

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n. father (my)

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my mum, my mother

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my mother died

(Bislama) mami blo mi det

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not long will be delight

(Bislama) stap broke delight

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[riŋ] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2992)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal. Construction: The timber of the plant is used to make roof members of local houses.

Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2992)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal. Construction: The timber of the plant is used to make roof members of local houses.

Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3239)

Example: This is a toxic plant for cows. When they eat it, they die. But the bark can be used to cover food for cooking--cover taro, cassava and other tubers with the leaves when they are being cooked on the fire. The leaves are not toxic to people--only cows.

Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5022)

Example: The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.

Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[rigai ~ ringgai] Great Frigatebird

Example: Photo by Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Fregata minor, Speaker: Martial Wahe

his/her mum, his/her mother

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n. mother, mama

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mum, mother

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n. mother (my)

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n. tree growing in house area in village (collection: Michael J. Balick #4719)

Example: This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

arm

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frigate bird?

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n. kind of thorny beach vine with purple flowers

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

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strong

Example: something strong like rock; hood or something had to break it.

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frigate bird?

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candy

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[tras] n. shrub to 1 m tall, flowers red. Ornamental plant in homestead garden. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4735)

Example: Ornamental plant

Scientific name: Rosa chinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. shrub to 1 m tall, flowers red. ornamental plant in homestead garden. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4735)

Example: Ornamental plant

Scientific name: Rosa chinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

car

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hole for house post

Example: see more on Youtube

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women’s bark skirt

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daylight

(Bislama) delaet

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n. shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3155)

Example: To treat constipation, squeeze a handful of leaves into a half cup of room temperature water, and 10 minutes later the bowel will move. It is said to taste nasty.

Scientific name: Clerodendrum inerme, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bag

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n. terrestrial orchid growing in open field next to disturbed forest along ridge track. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2987)

Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used as a decoration. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

Scientific name: Spathoglottis petri, Speaker: Martial Wahe

straight

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home

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afternoon

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evening star

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n my vocal chords

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