Nafe (Kwamera)

v hold to, hang on, grasp, hook, put one’s arms around

Speaker: Martial wahe

v shake, blow about (as the wind)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. come from, start at (as a place); 2. in interrogative constructions: which, where

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v start, be surprised by something

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. ripe (as fruit), well cooked

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v 1. flatter, praise; 2. talk duplicitously, act hypocritically, change one’s side in a dispute

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr suckle, nurse

Speaker: Martial wahe

v drip, leak

Speaker: Martial wahe

v divide, separate, cut in half, come between (as two fighting men)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v buy, pay a salary, pay someone for something

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 1. call out, cry out, sound, bark, neigh, ring; 2. cry, weep

Speaker: Martial wahe

v drink, sip, seat (an orange)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v see erupwun

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ceremony

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Tahitian chestnut

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

vatu (currency unit)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

maggot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of language spoken in South-west Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Iakunwis, home of Nipikinwan tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a minor kava drinking place, see imwarɨm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj. old and shriveled as a tuber

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n flower stamen

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of shellfish

Scientific name: Littorinidae sp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

a kind of honeyeater, Wattled Honeyeater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant with sticky seed pods, seeds used medicinally for many ailments, including stomach ache

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flying fox

Speaker: Martial Wahe

command to dogs (sic)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. corn

(Bislama) kon

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Netfin grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Molly Varghese / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall; adlay millet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Areolate grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Whitespotted grouper

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. twin apple (Ochrosia oppositifolia)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanəraj] n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

egg

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. almond tree (Terminalia catappa)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. inalienable the remnant of the planted taro form which a new tuber has developed (at the base of the harvested root)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. nutmeg

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n house component (horizontal poles holding up roof frame)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n parrot finch

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a secondary sprout or shoot (of a plant)

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

Redbreasted wrasse

Example: Photo by BBM Explorer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Cheilinus fasciatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

culture hero name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Slender emperor

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

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

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Black-and-White Snapper

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

Scientific name: Macolor niger via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. species of coconut with reddish nuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

play, game

Speaker: Martial Wahe

people’s

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naturena] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)

Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.

Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Jean Pascal 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: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)

Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.

Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

kind of coconut, has the largest fruit of any coconut and the fruit is more oblong in shape

Example: The fiber from this variety (from the sheath base) is used for kastom ceremonies to cover kava when the young boys are coming out from their circumcision houses. This fiber is also wrapped around the middle of a bow to give it strength and help prevent it from cracking. The fiber can also be used to make a sleeping hammock as it is strong and clean

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus scabra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3240)

Example: People use the wood of this plant to make arrows. When hunting flying fox, people cut a 2’ pieces of the stem to throw at the animal and catch it.

Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. leaf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. medicinal leaves, used to feed pigs to make them grow big, or for male erection

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, has small fruits that are more oblong than round

Example: The stem of this variety is good for canoe-making as it will last for many years of use

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of vine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

mountain beetwen imaki and high hill

Speaker: Martial Wahe

your hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

clay

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨfaŋa] bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree

(Bislama) navenu

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. black kava (stems are black color)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)

Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. coals

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Kwamera language

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Scientific name: Whitesands language (not Nafe), Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. nutmeg tree, Myristica fatua

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Blue and gold fusilier, scissortail fusilier (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / Fishwise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caesio caerulaurea via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. herb growing along stream in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers blue. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3254)

Example: Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.

Scientific name: Commelina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. mother, mama

Speaker: Martial Wahe

eel, morray (general)

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

Speaker: Martial Wahe

yolk of egg

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red-rimmed Melania

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

Scientific name: Melanoides tuberculata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

bee

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[suku] n. type of mushroom

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Kuni’s Nudibranch

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

Scientific name: Goniobranchus kuniei via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Loch’s Chromodoris

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

Scientific name: Chromodoris lochi via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my ankle

Speaker: Wahe

n ceremonial circumcision exchange cycle

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

braided coconut husk rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 3-3.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3245)

Example: Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. once-branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3139)

Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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: Martial Wahe

n house component, eaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boiled coconut milk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Sleek unicornfish (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Naso hexacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

I love my mum

(Bislama) mi likem mami blo mi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowstriped goatfish

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

Scientific name: Upeneus vittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe