Nafe (Kwamera)

v 1. walk, move, be in motion, go, come; 2. combined with the interrogative prefix -ɨf-, implies how, in what manner; 3. with interrogatie prefix and transitive postclitic, implies where

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr strive, do with effort

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. cry; 2. pity

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

ice

Speaker: Martial wahe

cut my penis( circumsision)

Speaker: Martial wahe

maggot

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: Johnson Noar

absent minded

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

foreign, imported, from the east

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n month name (archaic, corresponding to October)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5110)

Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. hot rocks

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n name of a culture hero

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n crab (fresh water)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

footbridge made of wood and bamboo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pustulose Wart Slug

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

Scientific name: Phyllidiella pustulosa via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

coffee beans (Bislama)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n social moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree with a dense crown and edible fruit

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree used for fence posts

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Tristram’s Storm Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Oceanodroma tristrami, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwan kuman] n. shrub, 1-1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3130)

Example: A person would never use a food knife when cutting this tree as it will make that person hungry, which is also the name of the tree. So people do not like to cut this tree.

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

baby food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwarwisiwir] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. Flowers yellow-orange to bright orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3047)

Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut leaf spine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. baked vegetable food eaten along with meat, food baked in an earth oven (other than tuber puddings)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Purple-winged Mantis

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

Scientific name: Tenodera australasiae via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dry coconut leaf wall

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. leaf bundle

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Tanna fruit dove

Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptulinopus tannensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n marketplace, market

Speaker: Martial wahe

Ember parrotfish, redlip parrotfish

Example: Photo by Derek Keats, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. coconut leaf roof thatching

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

kind of mango, the fruit of this variety has thin skin, sweet flesh; it comes from Fiji

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

Spotted parrotfish (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

White-spotted spinefoot, white-spotted rabbitfish (salt water)

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus canaliculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Bluelined surgeonfish (fresh water)

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

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

Bluelined surgeonfish

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

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

kind of fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible inflorescence

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellow-striped sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

leaves used to lure fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sleep, sleepiness

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dry coconut

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

play, game

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napɨk] kind of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitesands language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. something to do

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. to laugh

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam (high prestige)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[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

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3168)

Example: This plant can be used to tell the sex of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the stem and tear it. If three threads from the corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if all 4 corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from both sides of the cut stem.

Scientific name: Cyperus sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

[næskoʊ] n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)

Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nafare] n. tree growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3095)

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 tectorius, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2985)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nakəskəs apran] n. small fern growing on decaying log in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)

Scientific name: Asplenium cf. caudatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

people, men

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. heat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant used to make grass skirt

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am angry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fruit of nikwa

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[hipi:na] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3149)

Example: When young boys are circumcized, the leaf is mashed and rubbed on the skin of the boys who are sleeping in the nakamal--and mix with coconut oil to help hold it on the body. Said to help the person have better, smoother skin.

Scientific name: Murraya, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n the white of my eye

Speaker: Martial wahe

[nokwai nɨfaŋa] arrow and bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white to yellow (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4214)

Example: 1. The bole of this tree is used to make end posts for cyclone houses (kuipé). It is considered a strong and special wood for this purpose. 2. Stems are used as a traditional digging stick (kaker) when planting taro or kava. A smaller stick is used for the latter. 3. The wood from this tree can be used to make long-lasting fence posts.

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of taro with yellow flesh

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)

Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.

Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. dragon plum (Dracontomela vitiense)

(Bislama) nakatambol

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. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)

Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

coconut leaf stalk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

sweat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Redbreasted wrasse

Example: Photo by BBM Explorer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Meadow Argus

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

Scientific name: Junonia villida via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dark capped parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

beer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

thumb

Speaker: Martial Wahe

good afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

second (unit of time)

Speaker: Martial wahe

yolk of egg

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Kawakawa

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

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)

Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Johnson Noar

snapper fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable sprout, shoot (of a plant which sends up multiple sprouts such as kava, banana, bamboo, etc.)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Bluespot mullet

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Humpback unicornfish

Example: Photo by wahe Martial

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

n volcano

Speaker: Martial wahe

Doublebar goatfish

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

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

Indian goatfish

Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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