Nafe (Kwamera)

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v gossip, tell on, betray, tell tales behind one’s back, inform about

Speaker: Martial wahe

v curse

Speaker: Martial wahe

v sit on, sit astride (as on a horse)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr smack lips (as to call a dog)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. open (as a door, trunk); 2. begin, ceremonially open (as a new road)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v tr wear a shirt

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v leap, jump up to, fly off (as a bird), take off (as a plane)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr var. of akwɨpahar

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v turn aside, turn back (as a person), block

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v compress, tighten, close up, weave tightly

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v drink, sip, seat (an orange)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v help, assist

Speaker: Wahe Martial

snow

Speaker: Martial wahe

alone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. bend down (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. French

Speaker: Martial Wahe

child orphans

Speaker: Martial Wahe

old grandparents

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. wolf spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n antenna of insect

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5110)

Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Johnson Noar

white meat of clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whipfin silver-biddy

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

Scientific name: Gerres filamentosus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n pebble

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wooden bench

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of high prestige yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n my anus

Speaker: Martial wahe

wooden spool for fishing line

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Harlequin sweetlips, many-spotted sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Harlequin Sweetlips, Many-Spotted Sweetlips, Spotted Sweetlips (female)

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Painted sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh. It is fast-growing and produces a large bunch of tubers

Example: Very sweet and sticks to the teeth when eaten

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n beef

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of sea snail, edible

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of plant (ginger?)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

club, used for dancing

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganhɨn] penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

area

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of fish spearing arrow with two barbs

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue-barred parrotfish

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

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

Black jack (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Caranx lugubris via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Lattice soldierfish, violet soldierfish

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

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

Foxface

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus vulpinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

[mataga] wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

[nakur] n. sparsely branched tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3088)

Example: This plant is used as a medicine for throat infections. Take 2, 2" pieces of the leaf, chew and swallow the juice, spit out the fibers, 3x daily, for as long as the throat hurts.

Scientific name: Polyscias scutellaria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Ornate emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Harry hotlips (female)

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus gibbosus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. his or her coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n White Sands language, spoken in East Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (signals the taro harvest)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4242)

Example: 1. A variety of local pidgeons, including nawimba, manuapen, and kieri, eat the ripe fruits. 2. The leaves are used to seal roof seams in traditional houses. At the apex of the roofline, first coconut husk is placed, then the leaves of this plant, then finally, coconut leaves. The practice is referred to as kaweri nimaira.

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2624)

Example: 1. The plant is used entirely to produce grass skirts, known as raus. First the plant is retted in hot water and left to sun dry. Then portions of the plant are sewn together or draped over a waist band to form an ankle-length skirt.

Scientific name: Phlegmariurus oceanianus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naropaŋ] n. well branched tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3037)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruit of this tree. When the bats are desired, hunters will gather near this tree. Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. Many leaves are used for this purpose. Fuel: To make a fire, dried sticks are rubbed together on a plane of wood. The friction creates smoldering ash over time, useful for igniting dried material.

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree; coleus

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Martial Wahe

leaf bundle of concoction used in sorcery, allows a person to become invisible, etc.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. washing board

Speaker: Martial Wahe

dry season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. low-branching tree; Alexandrian laurel, balltree, beach calophyllum

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Calophyllum inophyllum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dragon plum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. traditional leaf medicine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[hipi:na] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3149)

Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.

Scientific name: Murraya, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of vine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5163)

Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5163)

Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

digging stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (Cerbera odollam) (with poisonous fruit with white sap inside tree and fruit)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5138)

Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Two day kava (one stays intoxicated for two days)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. two day’ kava (i.e., one stays intoxicated for two days) (English "two days")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable leaves (usually indicates plurality): plants, plantation, trees, etc.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: west-northwest wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Painted sweelip, dotted sweetlips (male)

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus picus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ficus sp. (kind of nukwesi)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n parrotfish (general)

(Bislama) napoleon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰrakniaken] footpath

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. part, piece (see ringinimwa)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

yolk of egg

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my lips

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

devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

bat, flying mammal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

snapper fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tukrawus] n. unbranched tree, growing next to Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3153)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.

Scientific name: Dracaena sp., Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. inalienable sprout, shoot (of a plant which sends up multiple sprouts such as kava, banana, bamboo, etc.)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant with large banana-like leaves used to wrap for baking laplap, taro, fish (Heliconia sp.)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

two days from now

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

v. transitive to strip like leaves, or pinch off

Speaker: Martial Wahe