Nafe (Kwamera)

v carry piggyback

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v curse

Speaker: Martial wahe

v shoot (a gun) together; throw (rock or stick) simultaneously

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

v fish (in a group with nets)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr leave, exit, escape, run away

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v kick, stub one’s foot

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. stir (as with a spoon), crank; 2. swing one’s arms (as in a nupu dance)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. flow (as water), blow, push before (as the wind); 2. feel the need to urinate or defecate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. plant modifier word used with yam ("nuk")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kill dog

Speaker: Martial wahe

v cut tree stump

(Bislama) katem stampa blo hood.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

take out the skin of the something like hood stemp with a knife

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

answer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I feel a pain in my body

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and is easy to grow

Example: Has a spreading habit in the garden. The tuber is soft and easy to boil

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

a stage of coconut development

Speaker: Martial Wahe

water devil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

for your dog

(Bislama) fakem dog blo yu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a minor kava drinking place, see imwarɨm

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of three pronged fish spear-head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pond, small body of water

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Giant Golden Orbweaver

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

Scientific name: Nephila pilipes via inaturalist.org, 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

adj. stupid

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut, has a medium-sized fruit

Example: Eaten when a bit young and still has the water inside. The flesh and water are eaten together. The water is said to be the sweetest of any coconut

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

his sister, my sister

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5045)

Example: If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted, it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.

Scientific name: Desmodium incanum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

Five-lined snapper

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

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

type of laplap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sweet plantain

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5166)

Example: For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n snapper fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n morning star (see kofetatea)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. epiphyte growing on neonauclea forsteri trunk, about 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2977)

Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5137)

Example: Stem to build house posts. Can be used to make pipe. Ripe fruits, remove nut and eat food.

Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. sweet potato that is planted close to yams

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange (fruit)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of fern (var. of nƗnhupwi)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n last quarter (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, produces a large fruit with a smooth skin and very sweet flesh

Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

garland of plant worn on the head for decoration

Speaker: Martial Wahe

squirrel fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Brown surgeonfish

Example: Photo by David Burdick / via guamreefli License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of insect, wood boring

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[mɨriaki] small lizard or salamander

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakur] n. sparsely branched tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3088)

Example: This plant is used as a medicine for throat infections. Take 2, 2" pieces of the leaf, chew and swallow the juice, spit out the fibers, 3x daily, for as long as the throat hurts.

Scientific name: Polyscias scutellaria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n hail

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Orange-spotted emperor, yellowtail emperor

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

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

Trumpet emperor, red throat emperor

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5154)

Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.

Scientific name: Malaxis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[na:pa] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2998)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Agricultural: A mushroom (“Karareg”) grows on the deadwood of this plant and is consumed.

Scientific name: Neonauclea forsteri, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5043)

Example: Branches used to make bow and arrow for hunting. Stem used for fence posts and houses. To treat a strong cough, take a branch of 20 leaves, toss in water, boil 10-20 minutes, drink warm liquid 2 cups a day for 1 week or until cough is gone.

Scientific name: Premna corymbosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. dry coconut

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)

Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. herb to 1.5 m tall, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4722)

Example: This plant is used to welcome people by weaving the leaves and flowers into a head lei, locally known as a Kuanari. If there are no flowers, people weave the leaves and use these to welcome visitors. This species is becoming an invasive in the area.

Scientific name: Hedychium coronarium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nahrɨr] n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2993)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal.

Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. flowering plant or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Elatostema, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

[nijæpər] n. sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

fight, dispute, argument

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. handle of axe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nima purupuo] n. chief’s round house

Speaker: Jean Eskar

the power or the strongest

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large tree root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. liana growing into the canopy of dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3046)

Example: Agricultural: When it is time to harvest the first crop of yam (~ April 1st), the 1st yam (’Nuk’) is put inside the hole from where it was harvested with one or two green leaves of this plant.

Scientific name: Oxera lehuntei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5094)

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

mountain beetwen imaki and high hill

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of fig tree with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of pandanus

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of kava with smooth outer bark

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of small kava with variegated leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. traditional ’leaf’ medicines (general term)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his face

Speaker: Martial Wahe

semen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

soursop fruit

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue Wanderer

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tirumala hamata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. butterfly

Speaker: Martial Wahe

always

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5026)

Example: Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

frigate bird?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n whirlpool

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plantain from Tonga

Example: Used for cooking

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Tryon’s Hypselodoris

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

Scientific name: Hypselodoris tryoni via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

roots of pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

take a life or take care

Example: take a care of something life tdon’t make die for example baby dog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction from the northeast (note that Lindstrom 1986 lists this as "south wind")

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flying fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Roundjaw bonefish

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Scientific name: Albula glossodanta via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe