Nafe (Kwamera)

adj. cooked, done, ready to be eaten, ripe (can be used in the imperative, for example speaking to food, "be ready!"

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v avoid, draw back, shrink from

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v roll, roll about

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v var. of -skwini

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v connect, bring together (as two fire logs), box (as two men)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v 1. grate (tubers); 2. treat with traditional medicine (by spitting grated or masticated ingredients on the patient’s head)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

adj. thirsty

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. to slap

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v. 1. to grate tubers, 2. treat with traditional medicine by spitting grated or masticated ingredients on the patient’s head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

turtle shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Vanuatu

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I cut a sugar cane

(Bislama) mi katem sugar can.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I cut my hand

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v I read a book

(Bislama) mi ridim book

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I pick the fruit tree of all the fruit

(Bislama) mi pikimap fuit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

child orphans

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a stage of coconut development

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small coconut, coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

pond, small body of water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

honored

Example: honored God

Speaker: Martial Wahe

horns

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Plicate Nerite

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Nerita plicata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of crabe

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. terrestrial; uncommon. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2610)

Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of spider

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a moiety

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ques how many

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whirlpool, whirlwind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n grasshopper

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

Painted sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Diagramma pictum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

copra

Speaker: Martial Wahe

baby

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3036)

Example: Tools: The roots of this plant are used as a rope to fasten pig’s feet during the kastom ceremony. Landscape: This tree is planted as a shelter tree. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruits of this tree. When hunters desire these birds, they will gather near to this tree. Fuel: The dried wood of this tree is used as a firewood.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii?, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n eyeball

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Greasy grouper (reef fish)

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

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

n purple swamp hen (Porphyrio porphyrio)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

last born child

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. see more on Youtube

Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n house component (poles under thatching)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwarwisiwir] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. Flowers yellow-orange to bright orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3047)

Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

club, used for dancing

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n trail

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part of sea shell, (snail operculum), Pacific cat’s eye

Speaker: Martial Wahe

lung fish

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n my brain

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n my wrist

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n. kind of tree, variety of niemƗs

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Purple-winged Mantis

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

Scientific name: Tenodera australasiae via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

soldier fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

rainbow

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n. species of magnolia tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pittosporum campelli, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kinds of yam. There are sub-varieties of this that produce tubers with either red or white flesh

Example: Only used for making lap-lap for kastom ceremonies

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

coconut development stage 4

Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5113)

Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.

Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar

brain coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sea current

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)

Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.

Scientific name: Ficus cf. tinctoria, Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: east wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

food

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. palm (Metroxylon warburgii), 2. kind of spear

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. royal palm tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

steps cut into earth

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. terrestrial tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white to yellow (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4214)

Example: 1. The bole of this tree is used to make end posts for cyclone houses (kuipé). It is considered a strong and special wood for this purpose. 2. Stems are used as a traditional digging stick (kaker) when planting taro or kava. A smaller stick is used for the latter. 3. The wood from this tree can be used to make long-lasting fence posts.

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nukwe:raŋ] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3109)

Example: People use the seeds and stem of this tree for fish poison. Pound the seed and wood and put it in a pool in the ocean at low tide. Fish are stunned and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

fat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5133)

Example: Stem for house building. Young leaves are very strong and used as plates during large kastom ceremonies. Sap can be used to cover sores from flies in order to protect it. Stem good for firewood as does not give much smoke--does not bother eyes as much as other wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius, Speaker: Martial Wahe

your hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

earth oven

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. very well branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3054)

Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts

Scientific name: Weinmannia denhami, Speaker: Martial Wahe

bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of parasitic vine (philodendron?)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kava shoot with a double sprout

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with variegated leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Paama kava

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n moonlight

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wrasse (general name)

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunɨpun] spider web

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Floral wrasse

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus chlorourus via FishBase, 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

Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

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: Martial Wahe

[pukar] n. pig

Speaker: Martial Wahe

milk fish

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how are you?

(Bislama) osem wanem yufala oraet ?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

grandparent

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evening star

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

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n sea urchin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my palm (of hand)

Speaker: Martial wahe

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: Martial Wahe

n. plant with white trumpet-shaped flowers, nightshade?

(Bislama) tƗmpúa

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n house component: side wall of house made of wild cane and bamboo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

untight robe

Speaker: Martial wahe