Nafe (Kwamera)

v 1. steal; 2. copy, take (a photograph), record (with a tape recorder)

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. ripe (as fruit), well cooked

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v. intransitive garden, work in a garden

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr smack lips (as to call a dog)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr stop raining, clear

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v tickle

Speaker: Martial wahe

v var. of -rukwokwe

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. sit, sit down; 2. be at, exist at

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

adv., adj. wild, in the bush

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to make twine, by twirling between the fingers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tribe name, lives at Iatukwei

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Aneityum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

man, husband

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

a small mushroom, grows only on trees, edible when fried, not pliable, difficult to break by hand

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. wolf spider

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n cricket

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n testicle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[karat] carrot

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

vine use to tie houseposts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[karwarwar] thunder

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of spider

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Speaker: 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

egg

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. angled roof support posts in traditional house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwankuma] n. shrub to understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3144)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to feed to pigs.

Scientific name: Psychotria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n volcano bomb

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n door, doorway

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of edible legume

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boy (uncircumsized)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine with edible fruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. laplap leaf

Example: see more on Youtube

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

Quoy’s parrotfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

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

n waxing gibbous (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of mango, regular mango for eating

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of cassava, produces a tall plant with small roots

Example: Small roots are roasted in the earth oven or over the fire

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

butterfly fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of insect, wood boring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n month name (archaic, corresponding to January)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Longface emperor

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

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

Spotcheek emperor

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

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

kind of cycad (?)

Example: To make a tabu sign for your land, crops or to block access to the sea, meaning that this area is blocked from fishing and diving, cross two of the leaves in an “X” shape and stick in the soil or sand. People will know to stay away

Scientific name: Microcycas semannii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5154)

Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.

Scientific name: Malaxis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. coral wall

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[napɨk] kind of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herbs, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3229)

Example: When performing the kastom ceremony "toka dance" the leaves are wrapped in a band and tied on the head of dancers.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4250)

Example: 1. The fruits are considered a special delicacy for men of Tanna island. Further information withheld.

Scientific name: Pometia pinnata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5144)

Example: Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)

Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

forgot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5092)

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. traditional leaf medicine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nima purupuo] n. chief’s round house

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5168)

Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukuk arman] n. epiphyte on trunk of ficus tree, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3128)

Example: Unspecified secret medicine

Scientific name: Belvisia revoluta, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n my thumb

Speaker: Martial wahe

beard

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2974)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Animal Food: Sometimes, green leaves of this plant are fed to goats.

Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Nuwekur village, near Iatukwei

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨkafereŋ] n. kind of shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2975)

Example: Animal Feed: The whole plant is fed to pigs to keep them fat and healthy. It is referred to as “pig medecine” and is given once per week.

Scientific name: Cyrtandra obovata, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kava

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my heart

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. inalienable small offshoot tubers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

air

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange (tree)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

semen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my blood

Speaker: Martial wahe

n directional term indicating away from, sea, inland

Speaker: Martial Wahe

shark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Monarch

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

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Marbled parrotfish, seagrass parrortfish

Example: Photo Philippe Bourjon / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leptoscarus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Grey large-eye bream

Example: Photo by BEDO (Thailand), License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Gymnocranius griseus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

grass hopper

n high tide

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of mollusk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. footprint

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n month name (archaic, corresponding to November)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

braided coconut husk rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my lung

Speaker: Martial wahe

[topasiwɨr] n. large herb, growing at edge of garden. Bracts red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3071)

Example: People use this to cover or wrap banana and cassava prior to cooking in a boiling pot; when the food is cooked the leaf is discarded. Flowers used for decoration. This is an imported cultivated plant.

Scientific name: Heliconia indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[tikinaʊ] n. small grass growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3113)

Scientific name: Pogonatherum crinitum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. mangrove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[twitwi] n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

Scientific name: Ricinus communis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. vine in hibiscus tiliaceus tree, growing on rocky roadside cut along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3163)

Example: The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.

Scientific name: Cayratia trifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n house component, eaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n cocoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: south-east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

untight robe

Speaker: Martial wahe

shellfish type

Speaker: Martial Wahe