Nafe (Kwamera)

v var. of -fwini

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. steal; 2. copy, take (a photograph), record (with a tape recorder)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v start, be surprised by something

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. cut bush for a garden, scratch (one’s head)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v intr boil, toss (as the sea), fizz (as soda), bubble

Speaker: Martial wahe

v remember, recall, think about, ponder

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. transitive eat sugarcane

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kill pig

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type of sea urchin

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morning star

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I catch a fish

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boy children

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n. herb, growing along open garden path. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3084)

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea in a baby 1-6 months old. The mother takes 4, 1" pieces and chews them, spitting it into the baby’s mouth 2x daily, once in the morning and once in the afternoon until the diarrhea stops. Sometimes if the baby is sick from a spirit such as a yam, taro or sea spirit, the mother takes 2, 1" pieces of stem and 2, 1" pieces of Acalypha wilkesiana petiole (Plunkett et.al. #3081) and chews the two species together and spits on the affected baby, telling the spirit to "go away and leave the baby alone.

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial wahe

n month name (archaic, corresponding to October)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Mangrove red snapper, mangrove jack

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

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

Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass

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

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

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5109)

Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.

Scientific name: Mimosa pudica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of mushroom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of breadfruit, produces small round fruits with small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit. The tree is very tall

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

cylindrical throwing club, throwing stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my brother in law, my brother-in-law

Speaker: Martial Wahe

shelled coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

num four

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traditional woven fan

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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

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

n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees, at edge of disturbed agro-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3087)

Example: The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).

Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

string game (cat’s cradle)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n green snail

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwana:tɨs] n. herb to 75 cm tall, flowers purple (collection: Michael J. Balick #4731)

Example: The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5115)

Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).

Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees

Example: Useful rope for Tanna’s peoples, for tightening a traditional house, canoe and other uses. Photo taken at Mount Simian, south Tanna, Vanuatu, by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Smilax Vitiensis, 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

Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth

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

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n slingshot (Bislama?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

listening

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[mataga] wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[menari] jungle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Elongate surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n. homemade alcohol from kahimaregi coconut water, plus yeast, water, optionally pineapple juice, drunk on special occasions like Christmas

Speaker: Martial Wahe

rainbow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my eyes

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n. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n drought, lack of rain

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3013)

Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5097)

Example: This tree is planted to mark the area of a Nakamal. Young roots used as bowstring..

Scientific name: Ficus prolixa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. epiphyte; prominent ridge on abaxial surface of costa. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2614)

Example: 1. Fowl sometimes lay their eggs in the center of these ferns.

Scientific name: Asplenium australasicum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

landslide

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Indian coral tree

Scientific name: Erythrina corallodendron, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5105)

Example: Stem used for sawn timber.

Scientific name: Virola surinamensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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 #5066)

Example: Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.

Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Johnson Noar

argument

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. poinsetta

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nemra:pɨp] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

pig killing stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

canoe parts: bailer

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)

Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. parasitic epiphyte growing on upper branches of fagraea berteroana, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3012)

Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nɨkriakei] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. part of the lemon tree or mandarin tree, a bean pod?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my pupil (of eye)

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5139)

Example: Ornamental plant. Known to be poisonous.

Scientific name: Cascabela thevetia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

plant (to be identified, grown in gardens, said to originate from New Caledonia)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf sheath fibre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. 1. leaf, foliage 2. sheet, leaf (of paper)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange (tree)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

spider web

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cold, dry season

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tripletail wrasse (female)

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

Scientific name: Cheilinus trilobatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Highfin coralgrouper

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus oligacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tailed Rustic

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

Scientific name: Vagrans egista via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tricolour parrotfish

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

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

his brother

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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

v cut

(Bislama) katem

Example: cut hood, or something

Speaker: Martial Wahe

always

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candy

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honey

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of plantain from Tonga

Example: Used for cooking

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Anna’s Chromodoris

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

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

n month name (archaic, corresponding to November)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Thank you

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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5047)

Example: To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.

Scientific name: Alternanthera brasiliana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Pickhandle barracuda

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena jello via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Fiji taro

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. liana growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3096)

Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.

Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

day after tomorrow

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. 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: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 15 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of stingray

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Squaretail mullet

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

Scientific name: Liza vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Whitesaddle goatfish

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus ciliatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe