Nafe (Kwamera)

v carry piggyback

Speaker: Martial wahe

v curse

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v intr yawn

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v sneeze

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v/a level, flat (as ground)

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v shadow, shade, eclipse, block light

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. flow (as water), blow, push before (as the wind); 2. feel the need to urinate or defecate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. wring, squeeze through a strainer (as kava); 2. walk with a cane

Speaker: Martial wahe

v agree, concur, nod (once), raise one’s eyebrows

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v rely on, be sure of, expect that someone will do, depend on, believe in (as a supernatural being)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v swing, oscillate

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get out or keep away, I cut the road

(Bislama) kamaot mi katem road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to braid rope or hair, or wrap with coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

peeled taro (skin out)

(Bislama) skinimtaro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cassava. The skin of the root of this variety is red

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

for the ( hern him...)

(Bislama) fakem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I rake (brush) or weed the herb

(Bislama) go weed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I cut the tree

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child orphans

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the northern islands

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n. Port Resolution

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caterpillar, millipede

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boy

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her sister

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Sclater’s Myzomela, Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela

Scientific name: Myzomela sclateri, Speaker: Martial Wahe

pig pen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

how many? how much?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Painted Phyllidia

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

Scientific name: Phyllidia picta via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Glossy Swiftlet

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of basket woven with young coconut leaves.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coffee beans (Bislama)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5045)

Example: If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted, it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.

Scientific name: Desmodium incanum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Red-tipped grouper (deep sea)

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

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

n cat’s cradle game

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, has a round root, with white, soft, sweet flesh

Example: Only used for making lap-lap

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[kwani̤ni̤] 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: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. almond tree (Terminalia catappa)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

chest

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ladder (Bislama)

(Bislama) lata

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Giant trevally (deep sea)

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5125)

Example: Fishing poles. House walls. Fence for chickens.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant (to be identified)

(Bislama) nalalas

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

cloudy in the mountain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[name̤rbun] n. kind of tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3126)

Example: This tree is a good timber for rafters, the wood is soft. The English name is "Christmas Tree."

Scientific name: Serianthes ebudarum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 3-4 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n plateau

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stratus cloud

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5039)

Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

people’s

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3028)

Example: Ecological: This plant, which grows near streams, is known to hold water during the dry season. If the plant is harvested, then it is known that the stream will not continue to run. Thus, precaution is taken to keep this plant in good health.

Scientific name: Elatostema macrophyllum, 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

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: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, dbh about 30-40 cm (collection: Laurence Ramon #329)

Scientific name: Syzygium cf. aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of wild yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5038)

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

lightning

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. washing board

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5106)

Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5035)

Example: Root is sold to earn money, as perfume and oil is from this. Grandparents used to dry the wood over a cooking fire in a kitchen when a person would get the flu. To help, they’d take dried and heated wood, scrape one cup’s worth into hot water, and then breathe over the steam bath. Drink water afterwards. Do thhis once a day for three days.

Scientific name: Santalum austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

black newou plant

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n. yam, a kind of yam that is round, not long, with purple or yellow color. Purple ones can be eaten, yellow ones not eaten

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Emmanuel Maasi

n. mimosa (locally also called Christmas Tree)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. handle of axe

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n. tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)

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. 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. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant and can go anywh

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n the white of my eye

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. vine on pipturus tree, growing at edge between forest and garden of sweet potato and taro. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3147)

Example: This is used as a medicine to treat babies and children with fever. Take 1 handful of leaves and squeeze the "juice" from them into a cup, add a small amount of water, just enough to dilute the strong taste of the leaf liquid. Drink 3 or 4 times a day until fever is reduced. This liquid is also good for people who have done heavy work or who are old, as it is said to strengthen the veins. So, if a person is feeling week, they can drink a few cups of this preparation. The name "Nuamera" refers to "live veins," meaning that it will make your veins come alive and bec

Scientific name: Vigna, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of fig tree with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

beard

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breast

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n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2974)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Animal Food: Sometimes, green leaves of this plant are fed to goats.

Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe

heart

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his face

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n. An orange tree (wood used for bows) See kwanɨmɨri

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bent staff or stick used by toka dancers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree with stinging leaves, devil nettle, (Dendrocnide sp.)

(Bislama) nangalat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tripletail wrasse (female)

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Highfin coralgrouper

Example: Photo by David R / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus oligacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Australian Lurcher

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

Scientific name: Yoma sabina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Filament-Finned Parrotfish

Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. vine growing up a ficus tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers yellow; fruits brown and fibrous. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3231)

Example: To chase away pigs that invade a person’s garden, wrap leaves of this species around a stick, hit the pig with it and the pig will not return to the garden to eat the crops.

Scientific name: Trichosanthes dieniensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n high tide

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his/her mum, his/her mother

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[sap sap] n. herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3146)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.

Scientific name: (comp), Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Wahoo

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

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana, large green plantain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable flower

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small bat

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Mountain

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n tidal pool, salt evaporation pool

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

Gold-saddle goatfish

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

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