Nafe (Kwamera)

v wear a hat, cover (something)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. flatter, praise; 2. talk duplicitously, act hypocritically, change one’s side in a dispute

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr leave, exit, escape, run away

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v gargle, rinse one’s mouth

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr intersect, cross, lie across

Speaker: Martial wahe

feast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v forget, leave behind, not take, not want

Speaker: Martial wahe

shine flying fox

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. slippery

Speaker: Martial Wahe

blue

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kill dog

Speaker: Martial wahe

white

Speaker: Martial wahe

cut your penis

Speaker: Martial wahe

peeled taro (skin out)

(Bislama) skinimtaro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I rake (brush) or weed the herb

(Bislama) go weed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I cut a sugar cane

(Bislama) mi katem sugar can.

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: Martial Wahe

today

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sleeping mat made of pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. traditional broom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Collared Kingfisher

Example: Photo by JJ Harrison, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris, Speaker: Martial Wahe

collared kingfisher

Scientific name: Todirhamphus chloris, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kapuapu] n. green salamander

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

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

cylindrical throwing club, throwing stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Cardinal Honeyeater

Scientific name: Myzomela cardinalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Glossy Swiftlet

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Areolate grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Honeycomb grouper (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus merra 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

One-spot snapper

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

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

Humpback grouper

Example: Photo by Richard Zerpe, License: CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Cromileptes altivelis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. canarium nut fruit (variant 2)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n morning star (see kofetatea)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fungus, brown color when old or white color when young, can be fried and eaten

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of bird trape ( triangle shape)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. semi-inalienable strip of coconut frond used as a rope

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n comet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

unicorn fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bladder

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: Martial Wahe

n waxing gibbous (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scarlet soldierfish

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

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

ghost

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ambon emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

coconut development stage 4

Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napwejsen] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3140)

Example: The wood from this tree makes strong house posts as well as timber for benches and can be used as firewood. If you don’t have soap, you can take the leaf, mash it up and wash with it--it produces a foam that cleans. Use for washing yourself, for example. If this tree has fruits, then people know that it is a good time to plant sweet potatoes and other crops.

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible inflorescence

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. species of coconut with reddish nuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coral

Speaker: Martial 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

kind of breadfruit, produces a very long stem, the highest of any breadfruit, and then forms fruits when it becomes a very tall tree

Example: The wood is no good for making canoes as it is too soft

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5024)

Example: To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta cayennensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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 hte 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. Another use is to tr

Scientific name: Dysoxylum amooroides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n my tendon

Speaker: Wahe

kind of taro, has yellow flesh. It might be a different genus

Example: Good for boiling or making lap-lap

Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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. vine, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3103)

Example: Before there were many root crops such as taro and cassava, people would use the roots of this plant as a food, after roasting it in the fire. The roots are said to be very large and edible.

Scientific name: Pueraria lobata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

vomit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. forest with big trees, growing closely together

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nisej] n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3077)

Example: This plant is used as a fiber; dry the leaves in the sun, and use them to make a grass skirt or other type of dress. Person in photo with this fiber on his arm is Narau Nasiv.

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[numire] n. vine on pipturus tree, growing at edge between forest and garden of sweet potato and taro. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3147)

Example: This is used as a medicine to treat babies and children with fever. Take 1 handful of leaves and squeeze the "juice" from them into a cup, add a small amount of water, just enough to dilute the strong taste of the leaf liquid. Drink 3 or 4 times a day until fever is reduced. This liquid is also good for people who have done heavy work or who are old, as it is said to strengthen the veins. So, if a person is feeling weak, they can drink a few cups of this preparation. The name "Nuamera" refers to "live veins," meaning that it will make your veins come alive ...

Scientific name: Vigna, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. terrestrial; leaves 1.0-1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2626)

Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial; leaves dimorphic, ca. 0.6-0.7 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2615)

Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.

Scientific name: Austroblechnum melanoaulon, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nuːri] n. grass, small plants

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable fruit stalk and fruit (of coconut, Barringtonia edulis)

Scientific name: Barringtonia edulis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of parasitic vine (philodendron?)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5129)

Example: Ornamental plant.

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5138)

Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of kava with short branches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. black kava (stems are black color)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. fern tree (black palm), 2. barbed arrow (made of nɨkweto wood)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. An orange tree (wood used for bows) See kwanɨmɨri

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n navel (belly button)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yam Hawk Moth

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Theretra nessus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

dung beetle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

following day

Speaker: Martial Wahe

throw the stone

(Bislama) sakem stone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my right hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

salt sea water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n whirlpool

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut stages, one through seven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ceremonial circumcision exchange cycle

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

hors fly

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. small flying fox

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5090)

Example: Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles

Scientific name: Ricinus communis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

plant with large banana-like leaves used to wrap for baking laplap, taro, fish (Heliconia sp.)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n a type of lobster: Caledonian mitten lobster, a.k.a. slipper lobster (Parribacus caledonicus)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

river lobster, kind of prawn

Speaker: Martial Wahe