Nafe (Kwamera)

v touch, nudge, rub, scratch, brush against

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 intr have diarrhoea

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. plant (certain plants such as taro, papaya, kava, sugarcane, manioc)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v duck, dodge, evade

Speaker: Martial wahe

v overtake, bypass

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 see -ata apɨg

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. grate (tubers); 2. treat with traditional medicine (by spitting grated or masticated ingredients on the patient’s head)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. tie up, attach, bind, wrap in leaves (as food to bake), wear (something tied on); 2. carry on a pole with a man taking each end, carry on one’s back

Speaker: Martial wahe

fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. plant modifier word used with yam ("nuk")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

to weave (a basket)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

get out or keep away, I cut the road

(Bislama) kamaot mi katem road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I dig yam

(Bislama) dikim yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

absent minded

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. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)

Example: Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.

Scientific name: Meryta neoebudica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

a kind of honeyeater, Wattled Honeyeater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant with sticky seed pods, seeds used medicinally for many ailments, including stomach ache

Speaker: Martial Wahe

traditional woven fan

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mirror

Speaker: Martial wahe

White-Edged Lyretail

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

Scientific name: Variola albimarginata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips (male)

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus albovittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

type of laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Variable Goshawk

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

Scientific name: Accipiter hiogaster, Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n star

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n green snail

Speaker: Martial Wahe

last born child

Speaker: Martial Wahe

egg of chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bead

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwarenem akwaŋ] n. herb growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3114)

Example: The stem of this plant is a hollow tube, its local name means "inside out." When a person sings a kaostum song, they chew the stem and it is said to give the person a "big" voice. It also helps a person shout and sing loud as it helps to clear the throat.

Scientific name: Youngia japonica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

green stone, magical stone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hook

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird name: kind of warbler?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

anyone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Quoy’s parrotfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

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

Rainbow runner

(Bislama) Rainbow Runner

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

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulata via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Threepot squirrelfish

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

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

Sabre squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron spiniferum via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[mataga] wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Elongate surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus mata via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

house fish or cave fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nameramir] n. liana, growing on myristica fatua in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3041)

Example: Construction: The vine of this tree is used as rope to fasten members of a house or bundles of sugar cane. It is not considered a strong rope.

Scientific name: Hoya australis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. fruit (in general)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herbs, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3229)

Example: When performing the kastom ceremony "toka dance" the leaves are wrapped in a band and tied on the head of dancers.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[næhɨr] n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3111)

Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.

Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5144)

Example: Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nafare rota] n. tree, 5 m tall with 3 branches (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3097)

Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.

Scientific name: Pandanus macrocarpus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)

Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Johnson Noar

nail (Bislama?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. breadfruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

when?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. hibiscus tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[ne̤wo] n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3079)

Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree to 30 m

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Casuarina eqisetifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible leaves and fruit (species of fig)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. strongest type of traditional Nafe house, made of bamboo and coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree used for house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my nose

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. shrub to 1.5 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4728)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can mak

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nukune nai] n. tree stump

Speaker: Jean Eskar

breast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant (to be identified, grown in gardens, said to originate from New Caledonia)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Paama kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of small kava with variegated leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunpun] n. spider web

Speaker: Jean Eskar

foam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (wood used for small canoe outrigger or house posts)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. axe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Forsten’s Parrotfish, Bluepatch Parrotfish

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

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

Painted sweelip, dotted sweetlips (male)

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus picus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: 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

culture hero name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. the first shoot of any young plant

Speaker: Martial Wahe

always

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Giant Moray

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

Scientific name: Gymnothorax javanicus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

kind of plantain from Tonga

Example: Used for cooking

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

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. kind of kava with small trunk and long roots, a special kava used in custom ceremony

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of seaweed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bamboo, smallest type used for weaving house walls

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tʰãmijen] n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2984)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

two days from now

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

Striped ponyfish (female)

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

Scientific name: Leiognathus fasciatus, Aurigequula fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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: Martial Wahe

Gold-saddle goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus cyclostomus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe