Nafe (Kwamera)

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together

Speaker: Martial wahe

v nod (as one’s head)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v tr warm, dry by fire

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v var. of -rukwuvsini

Speaker: Martial wahe

v go astray, lose one’s way, walk off a trail

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v intr drop, let drop (as leaves or fruit), fall

Speaker: Martial wahe

v agree, concur, nod (once), raise one’s eyebrows

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v swallow

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v root (as a pig)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v eat two things, like meat and taro together rather than only meat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. come here! (imperative)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Bislama

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common ponyfish

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I brushed the new garden

(Bislama) brasem new garen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. I see

(Bislama) mi look

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with reddish fibre

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Erromango

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num three

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Dome Web Spider

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

Scientific name: Cyrtophora moluccensis via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

my headache (pain)

(Bislama) hed blo mi so.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)

Example: Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.

Scientific name: Momordica charantia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. shrub. fruits and flowers directly on the stem or short inflorences. mature fruits white (about 1,5 cm l). Leaves with short petioles (about 1 to 3 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #331)

Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp2, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

kind of insect (large, sucks nectar)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n kind of shellfish, possibly abalone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

shelled coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

assistance, help

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Malabar grouper (deep sea)

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

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

[kwanjapɨp] n. weedy vine growing over boulders in dry streambed. Corolla pink turning bluish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2794)

Scientific name: Desmodium intortum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)

Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

my elder sisiter’s son

Speaker: Wahe Martial

initial stage of coconut development

Example: Coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sling made of pandanus, used to shoot rocks for killing birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cyclone house

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bird name: kind of warbler?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. paper

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n waxing crescent (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellow Crazy Ant

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

Scientific name: Anoplolepis gracilipes via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. almond, Canarium indicum

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nakur] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2973)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that taro (Nerei) and Ipomoea (Kwarei) are ready to plant.

Scientific name: Boehmeria platyphylla, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

creek

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree (bark used as rope)

Speaker: Jean Pascal 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: Martial Wahe

Yellowlip emperor

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

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

[nami̤rou] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3074)

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. flesh, internal parts, meat (as of a nut or fruit)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

my eyes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my small intestine

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tree, 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

play, game

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. flowering plant or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Elatostema, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5074)

Example: Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.

Scientific name: Microsorum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5111)

Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.

Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. Indian coral tree

Scientific name: Erythrina corallodendron, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

Scientific name: (moss), Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5069)

Example: To treat constipation, take 1 handful of leaf, squeeze in water (small beer bottle size) drink the bottle all at once to loosen stool. Ripe fruits are eaten--as they are very sweet.

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lightning in sky

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3107)

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

Scientific name: Ochrosia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5145)

Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out, and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.

Scientific name: Murraya paniculata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Hibiscus tiliaceus

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. yam, a kind of yam that is round, not long, with purple or yellow color. Purple ones can be eaten, yellow ones not eaten

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fork of a tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fern used as chicken feed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

creek

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n tremor

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5167)

Example: For toothaches, take inner bark, scrape it into water and use to rinse mouth--pain will go away. Stem for house posts. Birds like this flower.

Scientific name: Syzygium kajewskii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

clay

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[njuri ne nipuka] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3169)

Example: This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.

Scientific name: Eleusine indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of taro with yellow flesh

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bush

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. your hair

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of thick grass

Speaker: Martial Wahe

small fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunpun] n. spider web

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. kind of vine with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bent staff or stick used by toka dancers

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of taro, has white flesh

Example: Is a soft taro variety good for boiling or roasting. It grows very tall

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

directional term: when facing the sea, to one’s right

Speaker: Martial Wahe

beer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. vine growing up a ficus tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers yellow; fruits brown and fibrous. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3231)

Example: To chase away pigs that invade a person’s garden, wrap leaves of this species around a stick, hit the pig with it and the pig will not return to the garden to eat the crops.

Scientific name: Trichosanthes dieniensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. ?? s/he asks you

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my vocal chords

Speaker: Martial wahe

Mackerel scad

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

Scientific name: Decapterus macarellus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5093)

Example: For an earache, take a double handful of leaves, mash, and squeeze in your ear.

Scientific name: Calyptocarpus vialis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Willan’s Chromodoris

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

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

father

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n panpipes

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n. type of tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of traditional dance

Speaker: Martial Wahe

give birth to someone

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3143)

Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood

Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Martial Wahe

phrase the sea is calm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yellowtail scad

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

Scientific name: Atule mate via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

shellfish type

Speaker: Martial Wahe