Nafe (Kwamera)

v tr wear a shirt

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr be or sit in the sun

Speaker: Martial wahe

v lead (as an animal), tie a rope around to lead, drive, drive on

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. wring, squeeze through a strainer (as kava); 2. walk with a cane

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

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

look up and see a plan

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kill dog

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to stick with a knife or spear

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v go sleep

(Bislama) go silip

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. I see

(Bislama) mi look

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I run with speed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I shoot an arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. a kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[jarmaveis] big devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

ghost

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. distant, far

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a kind of shellfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut, produces a medium-sized, round fruit

Example: When a person drinks the water from this fruit, it does not seem very sweet. The local name refers to “expired,” meaning that the fruit has expired and therefore the juice is not very sweet

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

honored

Example: honored God

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Spanish flag, stripey

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

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

Bigeye snapper

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Johnson Noar

traditional road name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

stone seat or wooden bench, often used in the Nakamal, for repose after kava drinking

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Highfin grouper (deep sea)

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

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

[kwankamun] n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3002)

Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.

Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

One-spot snapper

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

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

Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus albovittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n my heel (of foot)

Speaker: 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

egg

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bead

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pumpkin

(Bislama) kƗmkƗn

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

plant to be identified used for basketry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of shellfish, mother-of-pearl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n moonrise

Speaker: Martial wahe

[manariən nəʔpəŋ] n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2971)

Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.

Scientific name: Maoutia diversifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. mandarin orange, tangerine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

soldier fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 2

Example: Drinking nut (with soft meat and effervescent water)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub or small tree; shield aralia, or plum aralia

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Polycias stecullaria, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n hilltop

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2611)

Example: 1. When making a ground oven (nimum), these leaves are heaped on the stones, before the oven is buried with dirt.

Scientific name: Pneumatopteris glandulifera (Brack.) Holtt., Speaker: Martial Wahe

cumulus cloud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Whitesands language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. hardwood and fruit tree; taun tree, island lychee

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pommetia pinnata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nau] machete, knife

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2985)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[maka:rwa] n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3004)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their red fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

Scientific name: Piper austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. coconut fibrous leaf sheath (used to strain kava)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers

Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Croton sp.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n bone

Speaker: Martial wahe

bamboo rear wall of traditional (cyclone) house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Evodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. large tree root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨhi yesur] riverbed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree, used in traditional medicine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with short branches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sugarcane, small with brown color, very sweet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

small fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banyan tree, bark used for tapa cloth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

White-freckled surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus maculiceps via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Palecheek parrotfish, Japanese parrotfish

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

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

alien (from another island, country)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ramasi] n. to smoke

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n weather magic (spells or rituals intended to influence the weather)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n voice

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

n. mother, mama

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of thorny beach vine with purple flowers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. green onions (English shallot)

(Bislama) sarat

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5075)

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n path joining village with nakamal

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

exchange relation, exchange road

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my ankle

Speaker: Wahe

n my palm (of hand)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Yellowtail barracuda

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

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

n. gecko

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n volcano cone

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

kava bowl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flower

Speaker: Martial Wahe

rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

I feel pain in my belly

(Bislama) bel blo mi so

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: south-east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam, edible, yellow or white color, from New Caledonia

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Green Sea Turtle

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

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Bluespot mullet

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Largescale mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza macrolepis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

v. to whisper

Speaker: David Harrison