Nafe (Kwamera)

v. twine (by rolling on one’s leg), file, rub out, hone

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v suckle, nurse

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr have diarrhoea

Speaker: Martial wahe

v push aside, scoop out (as coconut meat), dig, bulldoze

Speaker: Martial wahe

v stand (implies more than one person)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v carry on one’s back, carry on a truck bed

Speaker: Wahe Martial

angel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

put in order

Speaker: Martial wahe

don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v go sleep

(Bislama) go silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of sea urchin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[hasi] n. they are smoking

Speaker: Jean Eskar

v I scratch taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

mullet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tabu place, taboo place

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

he, her, him have a headache

(Bislama) hed blo hem i so.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Plicate Nerite

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Nerita plicata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

rectangular coconut basket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grater for taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of basket (carried on woman’s back)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Cardinal Honeyeater

Scientific name: Myzomela cardinalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sixblotch hind, saddle grouper (deep sea)

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

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

kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanokuma] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2976)

Example: No use disclosed.

Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. understory treelet, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4210)

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

club, with serrated edges

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pandanus fruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n rock

Speaker: Martial wahe

Red-bellied Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus greyii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant, not edible, long strands that float in the sea, causes painful skin irritation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish, mother-of-pearl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. moon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of mango, can be eaten when the skin is green

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Whitetip soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis vittata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove

Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Macropygia mackinlayi, Speaker: Martial Wahe

worm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. almond, Canarium indicum

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of plantain from Fiji

Example: Used for cooking

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5133)

Example: Stem for house building. Young leaves are very strong and used as plates during large kastom ceremonies. Sap can be used to cover sores from flies in order to protect it. Stem good for firewood as does not give much smoke--does not bother eyes as much as other wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius, Speaker: Johnson Noar

dawn

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[na̤məri] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3106)

Example: The wood of this tree is hard and people use it to make a bow. Cut the stem, heat it over a fire to make it stronger and then carve it to the size desired.

Scientific name: Acacia spirorbis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Longfin emperor

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

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

my eyes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

spirit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5043)

Example: Branches used to make bow and arrow for hunting. Stem used for fence posts and houses. To treat a strong cough, take a branch of 20 leaves, toss in water, boil 10-20 minutes, drink warm liquid 2 cups a day for 1 week or until cough is gone.

Scientific name: Premna corymbosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3262)

Example: Feed pigs with the bark of this tree, and mix it with pig food as well. When eaten, this bark will help make the pig grow fat. When the fruits are ripe, they get sticky and this can be used to trap birds. Put these fruits around a cut up papaya, and put that in a clear place--when the birds come to eat the papaya they get stuck by the fruits and can be caught.

Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naturena] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)

Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.

Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

argument

Speaker: Martial Wahe

yesterday

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. heavy (big) rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. primary forest

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nikinapas] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree used for house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

truth

(Bislama) truth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with stinging leaves (Semecarpus vitiensis)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. canoe oar, paddle

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[nəkora:ku] n. shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)

Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

your hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan with small leaves, Ficus sp.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

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. Two day kava (one stays intoxicated for two days)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sandalwood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

reef, growing coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Scientific name: Whitesands language (not Nafe), Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible seed in a hairy pod

Speaker: Martial Wahe

axe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longspine emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus genivittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Ficus sp. (kind of nukwesi)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

following day

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5026)

Example: Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[rigai ~ ringgai] Great Frigatebird

Example: Photo by Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Fregata minor, Speaker: Martial Wahe

second (unit of time)

Speaker: Martial wahe

jaw harp made of coconut leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of large taro, from Aneityum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n month name (archaic, corresponding to November)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Banded Sea Krait

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Laticauda colubrina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. gecko

Speaker: Martial Wahe

lattice window in traditional house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of land crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

window in traditional house (Bislama)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Green Sea Turtle

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

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5159)

Example: To attract fish in the sea. Take the branches and mix with mashed coconut endosperm, put (throw) in sea and then use line and hook to catch reef fish there.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Flathead grey mullet, sea mullet, grey mullet

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

Scientific name: Mugil cephalus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Bluespine unicornfish

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Humpback unicornfish

Example: Photo by wahe Martial

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe