Nafe (Kwamera)

v err, fail, to make a mistake, do incorrectly

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. lean against; 2. believe in, depend on

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. precede, go first, go before (particularly when walking); 2. do something first

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v intr splatter, scatter, spread, disperse

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v intr var. of akwɨpahar

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v compress, tighten, close up, weave tightly

Speaker: Martial wahe

v carry on one’s back, carry on a truck bed

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v drink, sip, seat (an orange)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v drink water

(Bislama) tra drink wata

Speaker: Martial Wahe

white

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to strip off leaves, for example coconut leaves from a frond

Speaker: Martial Wahe

go fart

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v. intransitive to bud or come into leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v go away

(Bislama) go lo we

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Port Vila

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mullet (fish)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. old and shriveled as a tuber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganari] vagina

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Humpback red snapper, paddletail

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

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

digging stick, taro planting stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fungus, small white

Speaker: Martial Wahe

thunder

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a type of brown fungus that grows on trees

Example: Young specimen of brown fungus. Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016

[kasusu] n. type of mushroom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n named rock formation on Yasur volcano

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of basket (carried on woman’s back)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

stick wall around garden

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, medium-sized

Example: Cooked on a low fire as it has very soft flesh. Good tasting variety

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

bat (flying fox)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brownspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Honeycomb grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Blacksaddled coralgrouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus laevis via FishBase, Speaker: 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

n. pigsty

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)

Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.

Scientific name: Sida cordifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. herb to 1 m, flowers yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4730)

Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Sida, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. inalienable small side tubers off a main root tuber; small yam tubers

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. see more on Youtube

Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. species of orchid

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dendrobium mohlianum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n baking stones in earth oven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hermit crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant, used to make ropes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mantis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

brown pigeon

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

Dusky parrotfish, swarthy parrotfish

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

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

kind of mango, regular mango for eating

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of mango, can be eaten when the skin is green

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of mango, the fruit of this variety is round and has a very nice smell

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. manioc (var. of manto)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

type of woven pandanus mat with thick strands

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n canoe-shaped kava bowl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has yellow flesh

Example: Good for roasting

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Grass emperor

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

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

n. kind of fern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4248)

Example: 1. The stems can be used as posts or rafters in traditional houses. If used as a rafter, it is used as mid-roof brace placed longitudinally on the roof, going from one end of the house to the other. This part of the roof is known as kuar kuo. 2. When in flower, taro is considered soon to be ready. When the fruit is falling, it is considered time to harvest the taro.

Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree, small; Vanuatu Wild Fig

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[næskoʊ] n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)

Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

wind direction: east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, bush, log, timber, wood

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. canoe seat

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[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. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5018)

Example: For counting, for example tallying the number of people invited for kava or food, each person can be represented by a pinnae. When done marking each pinnae for a person, take off the rest. Then you’ll be able to return and see the number of pinnae remaining on the rachis if how many people will be coming. Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018) The fern fibers are rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Then remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. The

Scientific name: Pneumatopteris, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

goat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Speaker: Jean Pascal 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

n. flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

earthquake

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Mountain beetwen yatukwei and High hill

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nokwai nɨfaŋa] arrow and bow

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

[nuːri] n. grass, small plants

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

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. hibiscus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut spathe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fruit of nukwesi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

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

Yellow and blueback fusilier, blue and yellow fusilier (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Caesio teres via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

my young brother

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Claret-breasted Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus viridis lewisii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

always

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candy

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n my vocal chords

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kind of plantain, a roasting plantain with a curved shape

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Kuni’s Nudibranch

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

Scientific name: Goniobranchus kuniei via inaturalist.org, 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. small shrub with red sap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sawfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5152)

Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover bol. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Johnson Noar

small bat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

(Bislama) tƗmpúa

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

ray (general)

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

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

goatfish, small and red

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Indian goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus indicus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe