Nafe (Kwamera)

v/a be daylight, dawning

Speaker: Martial wahe

v dir come from (especially by walking)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v pet, rub (as a dog), tickle

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. intransitive garden, work in a garden

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr heal (as a sore), feel better, calm, become quiet

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v hold it

Speaker: Martial wahe

v buy, pay a salary, pay someone for something

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr laugh

Speaker: Martial wahe

v/a close, shut, closed (as a door)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v/a be brave, have courage, not fear

Speaker: Wahe Martial

feast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v roll (as a cigarette), roll up (as a mat)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v fill, stuff (as tobacco into a pipe), insert (as food into a bamboo section to bake)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v help, assist

Speaker: Wahe Martial

angel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. yellow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kill dog

Speaker: Martial wahe

v cut tree stump

(Bislama) katem stampa blo hood.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

for the ( hern him...)

(Bislama) fakem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pull the plants

Speaker: Martial wahe

v go sleep

(Bislama) go silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I feel a pain in my body

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I planted taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

all right

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Port Resolution

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. old and shriveled as a tuber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num three

Speaker: Martial Wahe

buttocks

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dome Web Spider

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

Scientific name: Cyrtophora moluccensis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)

Example: Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.

Scientific name: Momordica charantia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

throwing stone (long, cylindrical)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fungus type

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of breadfruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Orange-spotted grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus coioides via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. inalienable small side tubers off a main root tuber; small yam tubers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, produces a tuber with reddish flesh. The tuber can be up to 2 meters long and very hard inside, taking a long time to boil. It is easy to grow

Example: During boiling, the water is said to turn red in color and then changes to whatever the color is of what it is being cooked with

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of vine, used as rope

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n house component (poles under thatching)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)

Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. garden clearing (marked by dead, leafless trees)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree, variety of niemƗs

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

plant name: kind of weed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5151)

Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.

Scientific name: Avicennia marina, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. dry coconut leaf wall

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n marketplace, market

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of breadfruit, produces a very round fruit, that is good for eating

Example: After roasting it on the fire, peel it and toss it into the sea for 2 minutes, then it can be eaten. If not tossed into the seawater, it does not taste very good. The stems are not useful to make canoes

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[menari] jungle

Speaker: 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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

peace

Example: peace between two peoples or two tribes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

goat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n weather forecast

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Midnight Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor macularis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with red shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam (high prestige)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n volcanic clay used for body painting/adornment

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3246)

Example: The young stems are used to make rafter of the house. A "calendar plant," when this plant flowers it is a good time to hunt flying fox because during that season they have a great deal of fat. Leaves used in the treatment of male children who have been circumsized. Wrap pieces of coconut with these leaves,heat in fire for 5-10 minutes, squeeze the hot leaf-infused oil all over the body. Children are taken to the sea to bathe and this will help heal the sore when it is put all over the body. It also gives the child a nice smell.

Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Emmanuel Maasi

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: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus scabra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dragon plum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. royal palm tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut shell for drinking

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

year

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree with fragrant bark (used as house posts)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukunene] n. tree stump

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sunbeam

Speaker: Martial wahe

coconut leaf sheath fibre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shelf, yam bed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. black kava (stems are black color)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. your hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. traditional ’leaf’ medicines (general term)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fern (used as chicken feed)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. ashes for cleaning, ashes after fire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf stalk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n boulder

Speaker: Martial wahe

Blue Wanderer

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tirumala hamata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

parrotfish (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

thumb

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰrakniaken] footpath

Speaker: Martial Wahe

awareness or preaching

Example: awareness of health or church gospel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. woman’s or men’s grass skirt (women’s are longer, men’s shorter)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

chicken

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Orbicular batfish

Example: Photo by Elias Levy / Flickr, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Platax orbicularis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

something not straight

(Bislama) kruket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n honeycomb

Speaker: Martial wahe

my bag

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. cicatrix, mark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my sole (of foot)

Speaker: Martial wahe

barracuda (general name)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Pickhandle barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena jello via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3227)

Example: Unspecified, secret medicinal use.

Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)

Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.

Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Bluespine Unicornfish, silver color with horn

Scientific name: Naso unicornis, Speaker: Martial Wahe