Nafe (Kwamera)

v/a be daylight, dawning

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr dead

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. intransitive garden, work in a garden

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v tr eat, consume

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a 1. rest; 2. intoxicated, drunk

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. refuse, not want, choose not to, leave, stop (doing), not care, give up; 2. with ra, denotes state of sufficiency: plenty, enough

Speaker: Martial wahe

v spread, spread out

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a level, flat (as ground)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v close (as a door)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v err, make a mistake

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr stop raining, clear

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v wash one’s hands

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr var. of akwɨpahar

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v var. of -skɨrhi

Speaker: Wahe Martial

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

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. to stick with a knife or spear

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Tahitian chestnut

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

I build a house

(Bislama) mi stap workem aos.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. sand fly, 2. sand crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

day

Speaker: Martial wahe

man, husband

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n buttocks

Speaker: Martial wahe

n kind of locust

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my headache (pain)

(Bislama) hed blo mi so.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant; box bean or St. Thomas’ bean

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, 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: Emmanuel Maasi

[karwarwar] thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his sister, my sister

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n social moiety

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

Whitespotted grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

n. kind of breadfruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n small stones, pebbles

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a type of banana, often roasted on fires at the beach

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant seed pods, produce a bright red substance the can be used to color hair red [plant to be identified]

Speaker: Martial wahe

n story, tale, legend

Speaker: Martial Wahe

egg of chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bead

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. seed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. a fruit with yellow skin and red seeds, edible, grows on low vines

Speaker: Martial Wahe

anyone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n last quarter (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue-barred parrotfish

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

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

Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

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

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

listening

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cassava, from Port-Vila

Example: The root of this variety is made into lap-lap used in certain ceremonies

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Hibiscus Harlequin Bug

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

Scientific name: Tectocoris diophthalmus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. book

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Slender emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus variegatus 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: Martial Wahe

n. small plant with red flowers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my large intestine

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5080)

Example: When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.

Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

people, men

Speaker: Martial Wahe

algae

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. hibiscus tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5123)

Example: Young leaves are edible fresh or can be boiled for 5 min in pot. Can roll young leaves around coconut pieces and eat it with salt. Green fruits edible. Red fruits boiled, salted and eaten.

Scientific name: Ficus scabra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of thick grass

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2-2.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2616)

Scientific name: Calochlaena straminea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[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

kind of breadfruit, has small fruits that are more oblong than round

Example: The stem of this variety is good for canoe-making as it will last for many years of use

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

fat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, might be another genus of “taro”. It has a special stone that is specific to this variety

Example: Roasted or boiled for eating

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

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bark container used to wrap baked food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. decorative plant (Crinum sp.), Bislama: white lily. A kind of wild taro, eaten.

(Bislama) nuviavia

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable stems with leaves of plants such as cane or banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Hibiscus, species with edible leaves, ’island cabbage’

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kava shoot with a double sprout

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a type of sugarcane, with brown skin, very sweet, planted in gardens

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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (used for house posts)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bent staff or stick used by toka dancers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of liana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish with black color

Scientific name: clown unicorn fish, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Great Eggfly

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

Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

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

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

his brother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Pacific yellowtail emperor

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

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

n my right hand

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tobacco

(Bislama) tapaka

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Eskar

kind of shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of seashell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut half shell for drinking kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bamboo, smallest type used for weaving house walls

Speaker: 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: Emmanuel Maasi

n. liana growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3096)

Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. castor bean tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Mountain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3006)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is also used to make dugout canoes. Tool: The wood of this plant is used to create the study part of a bow. It is noted, however, that there are better woods for this purpose.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Pink whipray

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Himantura fai via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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