Nafe (Kwamera)

v shake, blow about (as the wind)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. rub, rub off, scrub, clean by scrubbing, wash; 2. rub against

Speaker: Martial wahe

v push down, poke down

Speaker: Martial wahe

v dir come from (especially by walking)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. make twine (by rolling on one’s leg or on one’s thigh)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr 1. go, walk, be in motion; 2. be unmarried; 3. shine (as the sun)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a level, flat (as ground)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr make war, fight (as local groups)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v carry by hanging on an elongated object, carry on a pole, carry on a finger

Speaker: Wahe Martial

feast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v root (as a pig)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v swing, oscillate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ice

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. bite out or scrape with teeth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. big, large

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

fan-tailed cuckoo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

string game (star pattern)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. wolf spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spanish flag, stripey

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

Scientific name: Lutjanus carponotatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Scientific name: Littorinidae sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. liana growing into canopy of myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3093)

Example: The stems of this plant are heated, the outer bark peeled off and the stems are used as a rope.

Scientific name: Stephania japonica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[karwarwar] thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

her brother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. round basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brownspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Surge grouper (deep sea)

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5099)

Example: Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.

Scientific name: Dracontomelon vitiense, Speaker: Johnson Noar

fence

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has reddish-white flesh like a guava fruit, and has a reddish leaf petiole

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

num eight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5166)

Example: For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n month name (archaic) corresponding to August

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Redfin bream

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Monotaxis heterodon via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Greasy grouper (reef fish)

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

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

n kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my elder sisiter’s son

Speaker: Wahe Martial

my younger brother’s son (my nephew)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

club, with serrated edges

Speaker: Martial Wahe

chest

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine, used as rope

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

spear becket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cyclone house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganhɨm] your penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[the spelling "mahk" was transcribed by Goerg Forster on Capitain Cook’s 1774 visit t] Tanna ground dove (extinct species)

n. local tea leaves

Speaker: Jean Eskar

kind of cassava. When the soil is good, this variety produces the largest root. A man named Charley got it from Port-Vila and brought it to Port Resolution and it is named for him

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Brick soldierfish

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

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

soldier fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

also

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Titan triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Yellowmargin triggerfish

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

Scientific name: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cliff

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. species of magnolia tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pittosporum campelli, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moon crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nami̤rou] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3074)

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n sea current

Speaker: Martial Wahe

landslide

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[natuwan] n. large tree, 10-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3124)

Example: The wood of this plant smells bad. It is locally called a type of "stink wood." When young children get circumsized in kastom ways, to change the leaves for their bandage, take off the bark of this stem, take the inside part and scrape it--mix a handful of the scrapings with grated coconut, put it together in a leaf, put it on the fire, heat it, when the coconut is browned, squeeze it together to get the "milk" that is yellow in color. When young children swim in saltwater to dry the cut from the circumcision, squeeze this on that area to help heal it.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum amooroides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

nail (Bislama?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[maka:rwa] n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3004)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their red fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

Scientific name: Piper austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)

Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

bamboo rear wall of traditional (cyclone) house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5083)

Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

year

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Scientific name: Davallia sessilifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukune nai] n. tree stump

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. fruit (general)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)

Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

ashes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable leaves (usually indicates plurality): plants, plantation, trees, etc.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Mimosa sp., Bislama: ’Christmas tree’

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fruit stalk (as on a banana)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n wind direction (NNW)

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

Highfin parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus longipinnis 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

Blue-lined large-eye bream

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gymnocranius grandoculis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. butterfly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mum, mother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mother (my)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

second (unit of time)

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5075)

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Johnson Noar

coconut lorikeet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of banana, a regular sized banana; very sweet

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. a type of banana, often fermented to make banana beer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my ankle

Speaker: Wahe

roots of pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

club, used for dancing

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n slingshot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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

Scientific name: Eretmochelys imbricata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitesaddle goatfish

Example: Photo by Patrick Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

v. transitive to strip like leaves, or pinch off

Speaker: Martial Wahe