Nafe (Kwamera)

v 1. weigh, scale, measure, measure out; 2. hook down (as a coconut with a bamboo pole)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. drop, let go of, throw away, discard; 2. stop doing, leave, die, no longer exist; 3. dodge (as a thrown stone)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. singe, burn slightly; 2. have a fever

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr stop raining, clear

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. 1. dig (as with a spade), 2. sprout

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v 1. open (as a door), open up (as a trunk or other closed object); 2. clear or empty out (as dirt from a hole), reveal

Speaker: Martial wahe

v see, look, regard, understand, meet

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v cheer, jeer (as a football team)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v/a not fear, fearless

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. shoot, throw (a round object), connect, tie or join together; 2. comb, coif hair in traditional male fashion

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v shut the door

(Bislama) sarem door

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3091)

Example: The leaf can be used to wrap food for carrying, for example, wrapping up crabs.

Scientific name: Dillenia biflora, Speaker: Martial Wahe

1. light colored volcanic stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives, 2. big man, wise man

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am happy

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Iakunwis, home of Nipikinwan tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flood

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[iarumanu] chief

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[iarɨkwever] n. drum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ganari] vagina

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Dory snapper

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef life Survey, License: CC-BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)

Example: People use this plant for firewood

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. long basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

my brother in law, my brother-in-law

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a moiety

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ques how many

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)

Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.

Scientific name: Carica papaya, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

my elder sister

Speaker: Wahe Martial

Giant grouper (deep sea)

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

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

tribe name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lemon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, produces a long breadfruit that tastes very good

Example: The stem of the tree is good for making a canoe

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

cow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

after

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. swing, rope swing

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant, used to make ropes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of woven coconut frond mat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tanna fruit dove

Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptulinopus tannensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Giant trevally (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Caranx ignobilis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naŋema:fu] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3018)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.

Scientific name: Turrillia lutea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. noun

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5048)

Example: Use with Euodia (MJB 5031; Nisei) when a young girl gets her period to reduce the odor. Put this plant under the skirt. When planting yam, dig the hole, and burn the leaves of this with coconut. Put this flaming concoction into the hole and cover it with soil. Then place the yam in. This will help kill any pathogen, like a virus, that will harm the yam.

Scientific name: Pittosporum campbellii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

fog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5027)

Example: Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster. fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.

Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Whitesands language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

disturbance

(Bislama) disteb

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. breadfruit

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

eye

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam, edible, white color, used for frying, also in laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fruit of nikwa

Speaker: Martial Wahe

family

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fern used as chicken feed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nui jasori] river

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf sheath fibre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. black kava (stems are black color)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5077)

Example: Stem used to make canoe. Easy to cut.

Scientific name: Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of kava with crinkled leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

book

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. my hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moonbeam

Speaker: Martial wahe

n my eyelashes

Speaker: Martial wahe

wind direction: west-northwest wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

foam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moth

Speaker: Martial wahe

Dot-lined Angle

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

Scientific name: Psamatodes abydata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ember parrotfish, redlip parrotfish

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

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

Steephead parrotfish

Example: Photo by charlie20 / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chlorurus microrhinos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

seawards

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Lemonfish, gold-spotted sweetlips

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cone seashell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. black pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ficus sp. (kind of nukwesi)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Claret-breasted Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus viridis lewisii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bull

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. ?? s/he asks you

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lemon (Bislama?)

(Bislama) remƗn

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

father

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of seashell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Pogonatherum crinitum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

take a life or take care

Example: take a care of something life tdon’t make die for example baby dog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[turma:ta] 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: Jean Pascal Wahe

two days from now

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n womb

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

Ocellated eagle ray

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Aetobatus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

I sleep

(Bislama) mi silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am fishing with a net

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue fly

Speaker: Martial Wahe