Nafe (Kwamera)

v buy, pay a salary, pay someone for something

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ice

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ceremony

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scrape the coconut

(Bislama) sikrasem coconat

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pull the plants

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5079)

Example: Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.

Scientific name: Psidium guajava, Speaker: Johnson Noar

sea devil

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ghost

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phrase where are you from?

(Bislama) yu blo wea

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devil

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Teal Emo Skink

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

Scientific name: Emoia cyanogaster via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

belt, lavalava, traditional tapa belt which holds up penis wrappers

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n my cheek

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Elegant Phyllidia

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

Scientific name: Phyllidia elegans via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. flying fox flying

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tribe name, lives at Nuwekur

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n. bowstring made from slender banyan tree aerial root

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kind of banana

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

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n sea anemone

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dog

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discourse particle hesitation discourse particle

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my younger brother’s son (my nephew)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

n. one

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grass skirt fibres

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n. fruit of the niemis tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

chest

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[kwanuwares] n. vine growing on macaranga and ficus trees, at edge of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3116)

Example: The stem of this plant is used for rope. Heat the stem over a fire, hang it outside to dry, this is said to last longer than metal wire. It is also used to tie sugar cane.

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nokukəpran] n. herb growing on large rock in open area, in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3117)

Example: People use this plant to treat heartburn and when they get indigestion. Take the leaf and wrap it with Ficus leaves ("manasus" unclear what species), chew them together and swallow the juice until the pain goes away.

Scientific name: Emilia sonchifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. red pepper, hot pepper

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n. swing, rope swing

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

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beetle

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kind of shellfish, mother-of-pearl

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n marketplace, market

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n waning gibbous (moon phase)

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kind of mango, the fruit of this variety is round and has a very nice smell

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[menari] jungle

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adj unripe (for example, a banana or pineapple)

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n sunrise

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Spangled emperor

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

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

[nam nak] n. tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3152)

Scientific name: Crateva religiosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

spirit

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n. kind of tree, Alphitonia zizyphoides, bark used as medicine to encourage the growth of pigs

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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

coconut stage, general name for coconut

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n. puffball

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5039)

Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5169)

Example: Used during shaving ceremonies leaves mixed with Euodia and mashed coconut and used to oil the body of young man being shaved and the person doing the ceremony. Stems when mashed are very fragrant and also tied around head. Ceremony for young lady who has first menstruation, she goes away with her family, when she comes back cover her with same mixture of plants to make her nice. During her first period she is separated from her family. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them alo

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nate̤hi̤j] n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3125)

Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.

Scientific name: Ervatamia orientalis, Speaker: Jean Pascal 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. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3246)

Example: The young stems are used to make rafter of the house. A "calendar plant," when this plant flowers it is a good time to hunt flying fox because during that season they have a great deal of fat. Leaves used in the treatment of male children who have been circumsized. Wrap pieces of coconut with these leaves,heat in fire for 5-10 minutes, squeeze the hot leaf-infused oil all over the body. Children are taken to the sea to bathe and this will help heal the sore when it is put all over the body. It also gives the child a nice smell.

Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my vein

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[narwaperien] lightning

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[nawes] n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)

Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[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

n. bow and bowstring

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eye

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n. shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

Scientific name: Leea indica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5092)

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with fragrant bark (used as house posts)

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n swamp

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n. charcoal

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n my elbow

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dance

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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: Emmanuel Maasi

n. driftwood

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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)

Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of fern (used as chicken feed)

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ashes

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season of the year when yams are growing, before yam harvest (Oct. through March)

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coconut leaf rope

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Ringtail surgeonfish

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Blue-barred parrotfish

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

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

wave, surf

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beer

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Grass emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus laticaudis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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 airplane

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small cube shaped toy ball of woven coconut leaves

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good afternoon

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hold or take something

Example: young people hold chew kava to drink. or old people walking with walking stick

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my mum, my mother

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n. 1. firefly, (according to Lindstrom 1986, 2. phosphorescent sea algae or fungus)

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a type of white fungus that grows on trees

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n. coconut stages, one through seven

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Coi’s Goniobranchus

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

Scientific name: Goniobranchus coi via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n ceremonial circumcision exchange cycle

Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

bamboo slit gong used to signal approach by woman to nakamal

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kava type

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n. coconut shell (used as bailer or for other purposes)

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

[turma:ta] n. vine in hibiscus tiliaceus tree, growing on rocky roadside cut along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3163)

Example: The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.

Scientific name: Cayratia trifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n a type of sea worm

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echo

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kind of tick

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kind of stingray

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