Nafe (Kwamera)

v/a 1. glad, happy; 2. hug, hold (onto a person)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

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v/a be daylight, dawning

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v touch, nudge, rub, scratch, brush against

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beautiful, good

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v buy, pay a salary, pay someone for something

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

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v 1. trade, exchange (goods, blows); 2. fight with clubs)

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put in order

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don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

splet dry coconut intwo pieces

Speaker: Martial wahe

Port Vila

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n. marigold

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[jaku jaku] n. kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

mullet (fish)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

squid

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n. herb, growing along open garden path. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3084)

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

the northern islands

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today

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your headache (pain)

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n. kind of taro

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kind of laplap

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n. sapling, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4235)

Example: 1. When in flower, it is s a good time to hunt swefa, a type of sea mollusc.

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n testicle

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kind of seashell

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Slender silver-biddy

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

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

[karwapwe̤j] n. liana growing into canopy of myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3093)

Example: The stems of this plant are heated, the outer bark peeled off and the stems are used as a rope.

Scientific name: Stephania japonica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n my eyelid

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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

Painted Phyllidia

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

Scientific name: Phyllidia picta via inaturalist.org, 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

Coral grouper, coral rock grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus corallicola via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

tribe name

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num nine

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Greasy grouper (reef fish)

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

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

my elder sisiter’s son

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n. secondary forest growth (e.g., over a garden site)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n trail

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n. hawk

Speaker: Jean Eskar

coconut husking stave set in ground

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Scientific name: Strombiadae sp.?, Speaker: Martial Wahe

planet name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern (var. of nƗnhupwi)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Humphead wrasse

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus undulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

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

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

n moonset

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kind of cassava, produces a tall plant with small roots

Example: Small roots are roasted in the earth oven or over the fire

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Hibiscus Harlequin Bug

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

Scientific name: Tectocoris diophthalmus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of skink

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Black blotch emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

your eye

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spirit

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n shadow

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n. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of banana

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n planet

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kind of taro, has yellow flesh. It might be a different genus

Example: Good for boiling or making lap-lap

Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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: 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: Johnson Noar

plant used to make grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nijer] n. tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)

Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[njiemis] n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 30 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4726)

Example: Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to eat these fruits.

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus scabra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5092)

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. small tree, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)

Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

truth

(Bislama) truth

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n. vine with edible leaves

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n. large tree root

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[nuas] island cabbage

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sunlight

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n. well branched tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3075)

Example: The stem of this tree makes good firewood, it is a light wood so easier to carry. People use it to start a fire, by using 2 sticks of this plant with chopped stem fragments, if there are no matches

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

coconut leaf sheath fibre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cone shell

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n. hibiscus

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n. fish poison tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

branched coral

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his face

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Spotted coralgrouper

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

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

Yam Hawk Moth

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Theretra nessus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

traditional stone axe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Chameleon Parrotfish

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

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

Tricolour parrotfish

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

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

Grey large-eye bream

Example: Photo by BEDO (Thailand), License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Gymnocranius griseus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. lemon (Bislama?)

(Bislama) remƗn

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[riŋ] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2992)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal. Construction: The timber of the plant is used to make roof members of local houses.

Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of introduced legume with hairy beanpod

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut lorikeet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

exchange relation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Striped Phyllidopsis

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

Scientific name: Phyllidiopsis xishaensis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

boy

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n. gecko

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father

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Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

ginger (Bislama, English)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. once-branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3139)

Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

your big belly

(Bislama) big bel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

unicornfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe