Nafe (Kwamera)

v touch, nudge, rub, scratch, brush against

Speaker: Martial wahe

v give birth to, bear (a child)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. wear an ornament of leaves inserted into carved or woven armlets

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v pet, rub (as a dog), tickle

Speaker: Martial wahe

v deflect an object (as a football), cast off, shake off one’s body, abandon one’s supporters (as a leader)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. wrestle, struggle, throw a tantrum (as a child on the ground); 2. scratch (as a hen)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v reach out, reach in, extend an arm

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. sprout (as kava, banana, sugarcane)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

black

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. poison (for example a fish)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sleep and look up

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3091)

Example: The leaf can be used to wrap food for carrying, for example, wrapping up crabs.

Scientific name: Dillenia biflora, Speaker: Martial Wahe

v go sleep

(Bislama) go silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. marigold

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v I brushed the new garden

(Bislama) brasem new garen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Aneityum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

phrase where are you from?

(Bislama) yu blo wea

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num three

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial fern growing in weedy patch with other herbs at edge of open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3253)

Example: Used as a medicine to treat children who cannot walk. Rub smashed leaves on the knee of a child, "he will walk." For a child about 1 year old, rub the leaves on the knee and underside of the foot. This will make the child walk "easily and quickly." and will make the leg "lighter."

Scientific name: Blechnum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kəkwapu] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n pebble

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mosquito larva

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of sea cucumber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, h = 8 m (collection: Laurence Ramon #320)

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

num eight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sweet plantain

Speaker: Jean Pascal 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 #5041)

Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. This is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).

Scientific name: Barringtonia racemosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. herb to 50 cm, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4721)

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea. A person takes 1 handful of leaves, washes the soil off, chews them and gets the juice out of the leaves, spits out the fibers and left over parts of the leaves. Chew this regularly until the diarrhea goes away if a person has a bad case; for a mild case, chew only once. It is said that a person has to "listen to the plant" until the diarrhea stops. It is said to be better for this condition than Psidium (guava).

Scientific name: Desmodium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5115)

Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).

Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n larva

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree (bark used in the production of tapa cloth)

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

dove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

[marəs marəs] n. understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3133)

Example: People toss sticks made from the stem of this plant at flying fox to tear their wing so they can’t fly and are caught.

Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal 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

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n urine

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nami̤rew] n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3042)

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is strong and considered a choice wood for house construction. Fuel: The wood of this tree is used as an excellent firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n shadow

Speaker: Martial wahe

coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam, edible, white or purple color

Speaker: Martial Wahe

knot made of vine and holding together posts of cyclone house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[narwas] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3072)

Example: People use the fruits as medicine to treat diabetes, "cancer" and ulcers. Collect ripe fruits, put the juice in a bottle and drink. The bark can be boiled in water and consumed to treat diabetes, 1 handfull of bark to 1 liter of water. Drink 3x daily to treat diabetes. It was said that Sam’s wife’s HA1C score went from 14 down to 6 using this remedy.

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

basalt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)

Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

n. royal palm tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. root fibre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

home

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tribe name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5083)

Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

blue coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree with spiky red and yellow flowers, not used for anything

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5168)

Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. charcoal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5033)

Example: Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, 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

earth oven

Example: see more on Youtube

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. hibiscus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, with edible green fruit with sweet milky white flesh, collected wild and eaten on Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. leaf, foliage 2. sheet, leaf (of paper)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n earthquake

(Bislama) hedkwek

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a type of sugarcane, with brown skin, very sweet, planted in gardens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

beach, sand

Speaker: Martial Wahe

word, speech, talking

Speaker: Martial Wahe

yam trellis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hot, rainy season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. ginger, used in cooking and in tea, used medicinally in tea to clear lungs and throat phlegm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan tree, bark used for tapa cloth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus harak 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

North (cardinal direction)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Tang fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sound

Speaker: Martial wahe

Orbicular batfish

Example: Photo by Elias Levy / Flickr, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax orbicularis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my glottis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. firefly, (according to Lindstrom 1986, 2. phosphorescent sea algae or fungus)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n honeycomb

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. pathway

Speaker: Jean Eskar

African Giant Snail

Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Lissachatina fulica via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. footprint

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n my palm (of hand)

Speaker: Martial wahe

dish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bamboo, smallest type used for weaving house walls

Speaker: Martial Wahe

belt made of tapa, traditionally used to hold up men’s penis wrappers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the northeast (note that Lindstrom 1986 lists this as "south wind")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowtail scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluespine Unicornfish, silver color with horn

Scientific name: Naso unicornis, Speaker: Martial Wahe