Nafe (Kwamera)

v. hold (food) in a leaf (as do circumcised boys while in seclusion), shield so as not to pollute

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v forbid, put a stop to

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr suckle, nurse

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 1. singe, burn (as hair off a pig), warm, dry by a fire; 2. cook (on a fire)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v cheer, jeer (as a football team)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v whip, strike with a rope or stick

Speaker: Martial wahe

v swing, oscillate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. to stick with a knife or spear

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. open

(Bislama) openem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to make twine, by twirling between the fingers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. intransitive walk downhill

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Futuna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[hasi] n. they are smoking

Speaker: Jean Eskar

kind of turtle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Lenakel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mullet (fish)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grandparent

Speaker: Martial Wahe

American Cockroach

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

Scientific name: Periplaneta americana via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Giant Golden Orbweaver

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

Scientific name: Nephila pilipes via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fungus type

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pig pen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cicada

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5153)

Example: To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.

Scientific name: Alchornea scandens, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Camouflage grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Darkfin hind, flagtail grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cephalopholis urodeta via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

num eight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

baby food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has white flesh; this is the common taro

Example: Good for eating

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

chest

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)

Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Robin

Scientific name: Petroica multicolor, Speaker: Martial Wahe

box fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane, small, yellow in color

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Green winged ground pigeon

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Black jack (deep sea)

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

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

Bluelined squirrelfish, Tahitian squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)

Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.

Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n my ear

Speaker: Martial wahe

n lava flow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

kind of small, white spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (signals the taro harvest)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. Indian coral tree

Scientific name: Erythrina corallodendron, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[naswajoʊ] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3108)

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nata he] n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4732)

Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[natnə̤mi̤ra] n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

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

n. tree to 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Morinda citrifoli, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium aneityense, 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

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

n. coconut fibrous leaf sheath (used to strain kava)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

plant used to make grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam, edible, white color, used for frying, also in laplap

Speaker: Martial 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 volcanic ash plain

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial 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

home

Speaker: Martial Wahe

machete

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

sunlight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nurap] n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nɨfaŋa] bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable friut stem (as of an orange, mango, pumpkin, etc.)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of kava with smooth outer bark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. driftwood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n navel (belly button)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Ramie Moth

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

Scientific name: Arcte coerula via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Tailed Rustic

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

Scientific name: Vagrans egista via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dot-lined Angle

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

Scientific name: Psamatodes abydata via inaturalist.org, 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: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Red parrotfish

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

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

Dark-banded fusilier, bluestreak fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. when something is given

Speaker: Martial Wahe

throw the stone

(Bislama) sakem stone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grandparent

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitespotted surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus guttatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

something not straight

(Bislama) kruket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

evening star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

second (unit of time)

Speaker: Martial wahe

yam mound

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my liver

Speaker: Martial wahe

barracuda (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kind of crab that lives in the black rock or in the coastal area

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tuwai] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

basket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spotted Unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso brevirostris via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb, 40-60 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3252)

Example: Introduced species, no use known.

Scientific name: Commelina benghalensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

I sleep

(Bislama) mi silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue fly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluespine unicornfish

Scientific name: Naso unicornis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe