Nafe (Kwamera)

v 1. curve, twist, make crooked, stretch, fold (as banana leaves for a hat), fold back on; 2. divert, influence, cause someone or thing to act correctly or wrongly, discipline, drive or lead astray, drive before one (as a cow), chase

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. intransitive garden, work in a garden

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v/a 1. equal, the same, similar; 2. enough, sufficient, acceptable, fitting; 3. desirous of, needful of

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr see -aragaha

Speaker: Martial wahe

v warm oneself, sit near a fire

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. husk, skin (as a coconut)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v support, hold up (as a crossbar by two supporting posts)

Speaker: Martial wahe

drown

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v intr move, act, stand or leave simultaneously

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. 1. dig (as with a spade), 2. sprout

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v intr drop, let drop (as leaves or fruit), fall

Speaker: Martial wahe

v see, look, regard, understand, meet

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. prepare, make ready (implies secrecy?); 2. act alone or anti-socially, avoid agreement

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. to sprout or send up shoots

Speaker: Martial Wahe

younger brother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Martial Wahe

for the ( hern him...)

(Bislama) fakem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

go sit down

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5079)

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

Scientific name: Psidium guajava, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. marigold

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v. I see

(Bislama) mi look

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I read a book

(Bislama) mi ridim book

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

child

Speaker: Martial Wahe

chief

Speaker: Martial Wahe

you cooked taro

(Bislama) yu kukum taro.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wheeled toy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mat (woven of pandanus leaves)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n kind of locust

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spanish flag, stripey

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

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

stage of coconut development

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Scientific name: Littorinidae sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

earth oven stones

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 #5036)

Example: Young plants for roof rafters, larger plants used for house posts. Women who get pregnant with someone else besides husband use this to abort. Boil a double handful of scraped stem in water and drink 1 cup four times daily to abort. Fruits are edible. Cut it open and eat what’s inside.

Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[krawasi] n. we (two) are smoking

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. inalienable fruit, offpsring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwarwisiwir] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. Flowers yellow-orange to bright orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3047)

Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n house component (horizontal poles holding up roof frame)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n barnacle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red-bellied Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus greyii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a fruit with yellow skin and red seeds, edible, grows on low vines

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern (var. of nƗnhupwi)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

struggle

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

kind of mango, the fruit of this variety has thin skin, sweet flesh; it comes from Fiji

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. manioc (var. of manto)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. shrub or small tree; shield aralia, or plum aralia

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Polycias stecullaria, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. book

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakwanumɨn] rock earth oven

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cloudy in the mountain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nanim] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2986)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Flying foxes and pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt these animals.

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n shadow

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. coral wall

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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

kind of yam, has tubers with two colors in the same root—both white and red and is sweet and soft

Example: Is a special yam for paying dowry

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n my vertebrae

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5111)

Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

daylight, sunshine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nəwowa] n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2983)

Example: Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.

Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nijæpər] n. sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nafare] n. tree growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3095)

Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.

Scientific name: Pandanus tectorius, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nakɨskɨs] n. parasite on fallen ficus branch, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3136)

Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.

Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. liana growing up a damaged macaranga dioica tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowering spadices green to tannish-yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3241)

Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

when?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

small grass skirt plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fork of a tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kava, 2. driftwood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨkriakei] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

machete

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. canoe oar, paddle

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. kind of vine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia), eaten or used for medicine to heal many ailments, and as a poison antidote, also gives energy and improved cognitive function, has a bad taste

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cyathea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nui jasori] river

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my left foot

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. shelf, yam bed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. white kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fish poison tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my eyebrows

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree used for making house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Caper Gull

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

Scientific name: Cepora perimale via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Highfin parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus longipinnis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. butterfly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

come down

Example: told to someone to come down

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mother (my)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5040)

Example: Fruits edible. People drinking kava eat a fruit after drinking. Say that it makes kava stronger. Boil leaves with Euodia (MJB 5031) when a person has a strong cough to cure it. Double handful of each plant in 1 liter water and boil for 20 minutes. Wash your with it and drink 1 cup in evening (cold) for 4 days.

Scientific name: Annona muricata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n star path

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

foreskin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Martial Wahe

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

your big belly

(Bislama) big bel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of land crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of stingray

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe