Nafe (Kwamera)

v paint (especially one’s face during ceremonial events)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. feed (as a child or animal); fill (as a hole)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a 1. drown, sink; 2. deep, under water

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr have diarrhoea

Speaker: Martial wahe

v lure (as fish with magical leaves floated on the sea)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. refuse, not want, choose not to, leave, stop (doing), not care, give up; 2. with ra, denotes state of sufficiency: plenty, enough

Speaker: Martial wahe

v reflect, mirror, look in a mirror

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v overtake, bypass

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. 1. dig (as with a spade), 2. sprout

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. woody, tough, fibrous (as a yam or taro)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v fill, stuff (as tobacco into a pipe), insert (as food into a bamboo section to bake)

Speaker: Martial wahe

ice

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. poison (for example a fish)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to clear away bush or brush, to scratch, claw, or carry away

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. bend down (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I rake (brush) or weed the herb

(Bislama) go weed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I catch a fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I pray at the church

(Bislama) mi pray lo churche aos

Speaker: Martial Wahe

me

(Bislama) mi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

squid

Speaker: Martial Wahe

caterpillar, millipede

Speaker: Martial Wahe

brother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

rectangular coconut basket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n clear sky

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general term for fungus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num two

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my eyelid

Speaker: Martial wahe

Eastern Barn Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica delicatula, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kasusu] n. type of mushroom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my cheek

Speaker: Martial wahe

n cicada

Speaker: Martial Wahe

large, black supernatural fowl which crows at the end of the day

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of wild yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub (1 to 1,5 m) (collection: Laurence Ramon #322)

Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Variable Goshawk

Example: Photo by olanuxer / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Accipiter hiogaster, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n eyeball

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my heel (of foot)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of vine, used as rope

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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. Thios 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: Johnson Noar

spear becket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, variety of niemƗs

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

noun a dried leaf used to ceremonially wrap kava root

Example: see more on Youtube

n. moon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cassava, a very productive variety

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of insect, wood boring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my ear

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Yellowlip emperor

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5113)

Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.

Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar

leaves used to lure fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3032)

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is used as timber wood. Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruits of this tree. If they are desired, hunters will gather near the tree when fruits are in season. Food: The ripe fruits (black) are consumed occassionally.

Scientific name: Syzygium kajewskii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3037)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruit of this tree. When the bats are desired, hunters will gather near this tree. Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. Many leaves are used for this purpose. Fuel: To make a fire, dried sticks are rubbed together on a plane of wood. The friction creates smoldering ash over time, useful for ingniting dried material.

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of wild yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my nerves

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nəwowa] n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2983)

Example: Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.

Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5063)

Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3107)

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

Scientific name: Ochrosia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3009)

Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3248)

Example: When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

plant used to make grass skirts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind

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: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5029)

Example: Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of the Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018). The fern fibers are then rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. Then wrap the sap around the forked section of a Y-shaped stick (MB 5019, Tabernaemontana) followed by heating near a small fire (heat is blown from the fire to the part of the stick covered in sap). The sap then turns brown and gets stickier. Then the handle of the forked stick is put into a papaya that has alr

Scientific name: Cerbera floribunda, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. high prestige yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n first quarter (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. large tree root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5158)

Example: When a person is stung by a jellyfish, take 5-6 leaves and whip the sore for 5-10 minutes and this will reduce the soreness of the wound.

Scientific name: Ipomoea pes-caprae, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2620)

Scientific name: Davallia sessilifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5064)

Example: To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.

Scientific name: Pyrrosia lanceolata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. trunk of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my big toe

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3142)

Example: The wood from this tree makes a very good timber. Hunters know that the flying fox and pigeons like to eat the ripe fruits from this tree, so hunt near them when it is ripe.

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Speaker: Martial Wahe

dance

Speaker: Martial Wahe

noun Buffalo grass (eaten by cows, and also used to make a whistling sound that imitates a bird call)

Example: see more on Youtube

n. stage 7 of coconut development, sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

small fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with small green fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Pisonia umbrellifera tree, very soft wood, big trunk and branches, has black stinging seed pods

Speaker: Martial Wahe

1. night, 2. day (24 hour period)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

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

Ramie Moth

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

Scientific name: Arcte coerula 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

culture hero name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

always

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Mackerel scad

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

Scientific name: Decapterus macarellus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n fork in the road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sea snake black and white

Sawtooth barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena putnamae via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

small shoot or sprout of a plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bamboo (native species)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[twitwi] n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

Scientific name: Ricinus communis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[tuprapwej] n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3143)

Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood

Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n cocoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flying fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue trevally (male)

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

Scientific name: Carangoides ferdau via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kind of crab that live only in the beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n volcano

Speaker: Martial wahe