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

beautiful, good

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v intr urinate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v use a pillow, sleep on a traditional wooden pillow

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. sit, sit down; 2. be at, exist at

Speaker: Martial wahe

fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

anywhere

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cut your penis

Speaker: Martial wahe

v shut the door

(Bislama) sarem door

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. bite out or scrape with teeth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. big, large

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. marigold

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

I cut a sugar cane

(Bislama) mi katem sugar can.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I pray at the church

(Bislama) mi pray lo churche aos

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boy children

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Iakunwis, home of Nipikinwan tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

holy place

Speaker: Martial Wahe

where is your village?

(Bislama) ples blo yu wea.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pond, small body of water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my headache (pain)

(Bislama) hed blo mi so.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

white meat of clam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n kind of bird (collared fantail)

Scientific name: Rhipidura fulginosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of high prestige yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

name of a moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. epiphytic orchid on tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4219)

Example: The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb to subshrub growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. fruits orange to red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3244)

Example: This is an introduced species that is a weed in cultivated fields.

Scientific name: Solanum torvum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bat (flying fox)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Foursaddle grouper (deep sea)

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

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

n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall; adlay millet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut leaf for brooms

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, produces a long breadfruit that tastes very good

Example: The stem of the tree is good for making a canoe

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Wahe

egg of chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanuwares] n. vine growing on macaranga and ficus trees, at edge of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3116)

Example: The stem of this plant is used for rope. Heat the stem over a fire, hang it outside to dry, this is said to last longer than metal wire. It is also used to tie sugar cane.

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

part of sea shell, (snail operculum), Pacific cat’s eye

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bladder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hermit crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane, small, yellow in color

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n bend in the road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Greensnout parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus spinus via FishBase, 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

fruit fly, gnat

Speaker: 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: Martial Wahe

Baker’s imperial pigeon

Scientific name: Ducula bakeri, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Black-and-White Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor niger via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

play, game

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wild animal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nasasa] n. banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)

Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.

Scientific name: Ficus cf. tinctoria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5071)

Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nari fem] n. sparsely branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3005)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.

Scientific name: Melicope bonwickii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. sparsely branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3005)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.

Scientific name: Melicope bonwickii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[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

Mountain beetwen yatukwei and High hill

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree growing along ridge track in disturbed forest, next to garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2979)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Malay apple, (Syzygium malaccensis)

(Bislama) nakafika

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial; leaves 1.0-1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2626)

Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. subshrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3161)

Example: The leaf of this plant is added to soup in which meat is being cooked, for example, turtle meat, which has a strong smell. If this leaf is placed in the pot, it will make the soup smell better

Scientific name: Ocimum sanctum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

beard

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of pandanus

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. semi-inalienable 1. leaf stalk (of a coconut, banana, etc.), 2. leaf stalk scar (on coconut tree trunk)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5077)

Example: Stem used to make canoe. Easy to cut.

Scientific name: Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. small plant with variegated leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dragon plum (Dracontomela vitiense)

(Bislama) nakatambol

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree used for making house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

house traditional

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange (tree)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cold, dry season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n wind direction (NNW)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ringtail surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

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

parrotfish (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Singapore parrotfish, greenthroat parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus prasiognathos 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

salt sea water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

salt

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plantain, a roasting plantain with a curved shape

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n my sole (of foot)

Speaker: Martial wahe

kava type

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut shell (used as bailer or for other purposes)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. kind of flowering shrub with prickly seed pods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

give birth to someone

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

garden bed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of crab that live only in the beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. transitive to strip like leaves, or pinch off

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to whisper

Speaker: David Harrison