Nafe (Kwamera)

v light up

Speaker: Martial wahe

v gossip, tell on, betray, tell tales behind one’s back, inform about

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. precede, go first, go before (particularly when walking); 2. do something first

Speaker: Martial wahe

v sit on, sit astride (as on a horse)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v gum (as one’s food)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr live, stay at, exist at

Speaker: Martial wahe

v mix together (foods), eat two foods at one

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v stare, glare at

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v rely on, be sure of, expect that someone will do, depend on, believe in (as a supernatural being)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v forget, leave behind, not take, not want

Speaker: Martial wahe

look up and see a plan

(Bislama) tra look antap by you look wan plen.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kill pig

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. look down! (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v cut fire wood in pieces

(Bislama) spletem fire hood.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

go sit down

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. intransitive to bud or come into leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hour

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v I scratch taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I don’t like rain

(Bislama) mi no likem rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I climb a tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

phrase I planted the island cabbage

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Milkfish

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

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. flood, standing water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num three

Speaker: Martial Wahe

star pattern

Speaker: Martial Wahe

t.o. Jumping Spider

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

Scientific name: Athamas whitmeei via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5109)

Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.

Scientific name: Mimosa pudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Trigger fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Threepot squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5036)

Example: Young plants for roof rafters, larger plants used for house posts. Women who get pregnant with someone else besides husband use this to abort. Boil a double handful of scraped stem in water and drink 1 cup four times daily to abort. Fruits are edible. Cut it open and eat what’s inside.

Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Oceanodroma matsudaira, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan tree bow string

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num seven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers bluish-purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3164)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.

Scientific name: Desmodium canum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

kind of taro, has white flesh; this is the common taro

Example: Good for eating

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. seed of nƗsuvás

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n house component (poles under thatching)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of edible legume

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish

Scientific name: Trochidae sp.?, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n horsefly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5100)

Example: To treat Ringworm, grind leaves and squeeze juice on ringworm, once a day for 7 days. Sores sometimes take a while to heal.

Scientific name: Lantana camara, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Dusky parrotfish, swarthy parrotfish

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

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

n waning gibbous (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n moonrise

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Bluelined squirrelfish, Tahitian squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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

Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus corallinus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Golden-lined spinefoot, lined rabbitfish

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

Scientific name: Siganus lineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

lizard

Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant material used to bind cyclone house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ghost

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[name̤rbun] n. kind of tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3126)

Example: This tree is a good timber for rafters, the wood is soft. The English name is "Christmas Tree."

Scientific name: Serianthes ebudarum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Black blotch emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Orange-striped emperor

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

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

n. tree with green sweet-smelling flowers

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pisonia grandis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with red shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. puffball

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5169)

Example: Used during shaving ceremonies leaves mixed with Euodia and mashed coconut and used to oil the body of young man being shaved and the person doing the ceremony. Stems when mashed are very fragrant and also tied around head. Ceremony for young lady who has first menstruation, she goes away with her family, when she comes back cover her with same mixture of plants to make her nice. During her first period she is separated from her family. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them alo

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Whitesands language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dendrocnide, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)

Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. damaged tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers pale-yellowish tan. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3234)

Example: The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

valley, ravine

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

I am angry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. understory plant, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4209)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used to feed pigs. The food is considered to fatten the pigs and is fed to them accordingly.

Scientific name: Cyrtandra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. high prestige yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5102)

Example: Cook young leaves in water for 5 min and then eat.

Scientific name: Polyscias fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

the power or the strongest

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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 week, 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 and bec

Scientific name: Vigna, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

exchange of birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with short branches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bush

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree used for house posts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

yam trellis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

house parts: woven coconut mat used in thatching

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Australian Lurcher

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

Scientific name: Yoma sabina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common Grass Blue

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

Scientific name: Zizina labradus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Globehead parrotfish

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

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

good afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5040)

Example: Fruits edible. People drinking kava eat a fruit after drinking. Say that it makes kava stronger. Boil leaves with Euodia (MJB 5031) when a person has a strong cough to cure it. Double handful of each plant in 1 liter water and boil for 20 minutes. Wash your with it and drink 1 cup in evening (cold) for 4 days.

Scientific name: Annona muricata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

my bag

Speaker: Martial Wahe

jaw harp made of coconut leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Coi’s Goniobranchus

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

Scientific name: Goniobranchus coi via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of taro

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

give birth to someone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[turawasi] n. you (two) are smoking

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5141)

Scientific name: Geophila, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

goatfish, small red or silver

Speaker: Martial Wahe

port resolution

Speaker: Martial wahe