Nafe (Kwamera)

v intr

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

v

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a

Speaker: Martial wahe

v

Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

Speaker: Martial wahe

v.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. intransitive

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

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

Scientific name: Psidium guajava, Speaker: Johnson Noar

mi katem sugar can.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

[iarumanu]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Droka

Example: eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Scientific name: Myzomela sclateri, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: This is an introduced species that is a weed in cultivated fields.

Scientific name: Solanum torvum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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

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Scientific name: Desmodium intortum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

Scientific name: Variola louti via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Micropsitta bruijnii rosea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[kwenasənas] n.

Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus oviceps via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: peace between two peoples or two tribes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: The ripe fruits are the best food for the flying fox. Hunters know this. In older times, people ate the ripe fruit. The bark is used as a traditional "saucepan." Bark is rolled over food such as Island Cabbage or other edible leaves and put on top of the stone oven to cook.

Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nate̤hi̤j] n.

Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.

Scientific name: Ervatamia orientalis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: People use this to make a broom, by cutting the roots and tying a bundle of stems together. The leaves fall off naturally and this is used as a broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dysoxylum mole, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is used as timber wood. Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruits of this tree. If they are desired, hunters will gather near the tree when fruits are in season. Food: The ripe fruits (black) are consumed occassionally.

Scientific name: Syzygium kajewskii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nima purupuo] n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n.

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: 1. Goats and cattle eat the leaves. 2. Wood is used to carve blunt-end arrow heads to hunt pidgeons.

Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus maculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Chlorurus frontalis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.

Scientific name: (comp), Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Naso unicornis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe