Nafe (Kwamera)

v. unwrap (as a tuber pudding), open (as an earth oven)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v deflect an object (as a football), cast off, shake off one’s body, abandon one’s supporters (as a leader)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v nod (as one’s head)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr have diarrhoea

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v kick, stub one’s foot

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v warm, light a fire to warm a sick person, newborn baby, or new house

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr clear (as the sky), break up (as clouds) dawn

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v cheer, jeer (as a football team)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. spear, stick, pierce, throw (an elongated object); 2. put down, insert, stick something into the ground, plant (as a tree), join; 3. clap, applaud, pat, ringbark (as to kill a tree); 4. be proud, sassy, disrespectful, preen (because of praise)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v swing, oscillate

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calendar

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younger brother

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buoy used to float fishing nets (Bislama?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I cut my hand

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v I pray at the church

(Bislama) mi pray lo churche aos

Speaker: Martial Wahe

today

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stonefish

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boy

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n. traditional broom

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n my ass (buttocks)

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t.o Golden Silk Orb-weaver

Example: Photo by saw_it / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Nephila tetragnathoides via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n testicle

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n. thunder

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Brown Fantail

Example: Photo by flyingkiwigirl / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Rhipidura drownei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sclater’s Myzomela, Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela

Scientific name: Myzomela sclateri, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cicada

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pawpaw, papaya

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

large, black supernatural fowl which crows at the end of the day

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. low-growing herb, growing in dense forest heavily impacted by cyclone. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3259)

Example: When a person has diarrhea with blood (dysentery) , this is the plant medicine used to treat it. Take leaves and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give this to the person who is ill. One teaspoon for young children and for an adult 1 full cup in the morning each day until fully cured.

Scientific name: Hemigraphis reptans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5070)

Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 L bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.

Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

type of laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan tree bow string

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cat’s cradle game

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Humpnose big-eye bream

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

Scientific name: Monotaxis grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

dog

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n. seed of nƗsuvás

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roots of pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5135)

Example: When this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in bundles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.

Scientific name: Urena lobata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. a type of sugarcane, very thin and long, yellow or light green color, very sweet, planted in gardens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mango

(Bislama) magko

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Hibiscus Harlequin Bug

Example: Photo by flecksy / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tectocoris diophthalmus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. almond, Canarium indicum

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nakwas naniki:ri] n. rope with round green fruits. (collection: Laurence Ramon #326)

Scientific name: Salacia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n moon crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

creek

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n. kind of yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. stage 1 in the development of coconuts, very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

breast

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n. kind of tree used for house posts

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. well branched tree, 10 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3009)

Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)

Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fruit, offspring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fern tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. royal palm tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. belt and penis wrapper

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2620)

Scientific name: Davallia sessilifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red Jungle Fowl (female)

Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Gallus gallus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n tremor

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of kava with many small branches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

heart

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane, small with brown color, very sweet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cold, dry season

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Orange-socket surgeonfish

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

Tailed Rustic

Example: Photo by obinfiji / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Vagrans egista via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dark capped parrotfish

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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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

car

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women’s bark skirt

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straight

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wind direction from the west

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n my ear canal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

duck

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hill

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Red Jungle Fowl (male)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.

Scientific name: Gallus gallus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bamboo slit gong used to signal approach by woman to nakamal

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sea snake black and white

barracuda (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Golden spadefish

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

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

father

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n. kind of taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[te:raŋ] n. shrub re-growing from fallen tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)

Example: Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n fish species: possibly a type of grouper

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n slug species, snail species

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wheelbarrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowtail scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of yam, has white flesh, soft and sweet, with a very large tuber, and is easy to grow

Example: If it grows in good conditions, the tubers are so large that it takes two people to carry it on a pole

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar