Nafe (Kwamera)

v hold to, hang on, grasp, hook, put one’s arms around

Speaker: Martial wahe

v rub one’s backside against, wipe one’s ass

Speaker: Martial wahe

v start, be surprised by something

Speaker: Martial wahe

v var. of -arak(i)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr var. of akwɨpahar

Speaker: Wahe Martial

cut my penis( circumsision)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v go sleep

(Bislama) go silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Futuna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flood, standing water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[jerema se menari] jungle devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

American Cockroach

Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Periplaneta americana via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Moluccan snapper

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus boutton via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bigeye snapper

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus lutjanus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. coconut which has been shelled leaving intact its meat

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

name of a moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bat (flying fox)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. round basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Highfin grouper (deep sea)

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

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

dog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n small stones, pebbles

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a type of banana, often roasted on fires at the beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanapwɨt] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers bluish-purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3164)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.

Scientific name: Desmodium canum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. seed of nƗsuvás

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut husking stave set in ground

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5151)

Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.

Scientific name: Avicennia marina, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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: Martial Wahe

Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[manariən nəʔpəŋ] n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2971)

Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.

Scientific name: Maoutia diversifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Pinecone soldierfish, small-eyed squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis murdjan via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Sabre squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron spiniferum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Shadowfin soldierfish

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Myripristis adusta via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Golden-lined spinefoot, lined rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus lineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dawn

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant material used to bind cyclone house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pacific yellowtail emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus atkinsoni via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

gathering

(Bislama) meeting

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5154)

Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.

Scientific name: Malaxis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5113)

Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.

Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of banana

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5027)

Example: Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster. fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.

Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. taro (Colocasia)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3235)

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

breast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial herb, 0.8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3068)

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

advice

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)

Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakatirew] n. shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. primary forest

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. fern used as chicken feed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n my nose

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nisi erman] n. shrub to 1.5 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4728)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. ...

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nisej] n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3077)

Example: This plant is used as a fiber; dry the leaves in the sun, and use them to make a grass skirt or other type of dress. Person in photo with this fiber on his arm is Narau Nasiv.

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut shell for drinking

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cyathea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5168)

Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3142)

Example: The wood from this tree makes a very good timber. Hunters know that the flying fox and pigeons like to eat the ripe fruits from this tree, so hunt near them when it is ripe.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Speaker: Martial Wahe

dance

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. very well branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3054)

Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts

Scientific name: Weinmannia denhami, Speaker: Martial Wahe

noun Buffalo grass (eaten by cows, and also used to make a whistling sound that imitates a bird call)

Example: see more on Youtube

plant (to be identified, grown in gardens, said to originate from New Caledonia)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Paama kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mistletoe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut spathe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wrasse (general name)

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fish net

Speaker: Martial Wahe

giant clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pacific bullethead parrotfish

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

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

Orange-spotted emperor, yellowtail emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus erythracanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kind of crab that lives in dirty water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

edible grub, locust larvae

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dad

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Coconut Lorikeet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Trichoglossus haematodus massena, Speaker: Martial Wahe

solar panel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a type of white fungus that grows on trees

Speaker: Martial Wahe

string game (bed shape)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kinds of yam. There are two types of this variety—with either red or white flesh

Example: When cooked, as with many yams, children love to eat this variety as it is soft and sweet

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. tobacco

(Bislama) tapaka

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my right foot

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

small shoot or sprout of a plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grave

Speaker: Martial Wahe

father

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n fish species: jackfish, wahoo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flower

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant with white trumpet-shaped flowers, nightshade?

(Bislama) tƗmpúa

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n slingshot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

garden bed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of stingray

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common ponyfish (female)

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

v I love my wife

(Bislama) mi laekem woman blo mi.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

village between itapua and kwaraka

Speaker: Martial wahe