Nafe (Kwamera)

v. husk, skin (as a coconut)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of coconut with reddish fibre

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. small coconut, coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

a stage of coconut development

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of sprouting coconut the sprout of which grows along the body of the nut

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. coconut development stage 3

Example: Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut, produces a medium-sized, round fruit

Example: When a person drinks the water from this fruit, it does not seem very sweet. The local name refers to “expired,” meaning that the fruit has expired and therefore the juice is not very sweet

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. basket made of a woven coconut frond

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. coconut leaf basket

Speaker: Jean Eskar

stage of coconut development

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. long basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

rectangular coconut basket

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

n. body oil, coconut oil used for adornment

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

shelled coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut which has been shelled leaving intact its meat

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. round basket made of coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut husking stave set in ground

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut stage, 6th (sixth); has a small sprout

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 6

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut leaf for brooms

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut, produces the smallest coconut, with an oblong shape

Example: It is said that when children play in the bush they like to find this coconut to eat. The local name refers to children—small in size, just like a child. It is not considered a good variety for an adult to eat

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

initial stage of coconut development

Example: Coconut fruit bud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. semi-inalienable strip of coconut frond used as a rope

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

a stage of coconut development

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf spine

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. central spine of a coconut frond

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. dry coconut leaf wall

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of woven coconut frond mat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut leaf roof thatching

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 2

Example: Drinking nut (with soft meat and effervescent water)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. stage 2 in the development of coconuts. Succeeds tafa precedes kahimaregi

Example: drinking coconut (with soft meat and effervescent water)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. inalienable fruit stalk and fruit (of coconut, Barringtonia edulis)

Scientific name: Barringtonia edulis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 4

Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut, characterized by a round fruit with a reddish color on the top of the fruit

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. coconut

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut stage, general name for coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. a kind of coconut with red husk and shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of coconut with red shell

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. stage 5 in the development of coconuts, a ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 5

Example: A ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dry coconut

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. species of coconut with reddish nuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. species of coconut with green nuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. my drinking coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. his or her coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. stage 1 in the development of coconuts, very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

Speaker: Martial Wahe

a “female” coconut that only has one fruit on the panicle of the inflorescence

Example: This variety is used for the kastom marriage ceremony, grated with Euodia hortensis and Alpinia purpurata and rubbed on the bride and groom. The significance of this kastom is to ensure that the two people will be truthful to their chief, their parents and their spouse

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. variety of coconut with short trunk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

type of coconut leaf sheath with thick fibres used to strain kava (see nenha)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf sheath

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut fibrous leaf sheath (used to strain kava)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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. copra bed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut spathe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. strongest type of traditional Nafe house, made of bamboo and coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. lower part of coconut leaf stem

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf sheath fibre

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. bed, copra bed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

coconut fruit stalk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. semi-inalienable 1. leaf stalk (of a coconut, banana, etc.), 2. leaf stalk scar (on coconut tree trunk)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut spathe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of laplap made from bananas and coconut

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf stalk

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpeiaka] n. dry coconut husk

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut fibre, outer husk, coir

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

house parts: woven coconut mat used in thatching

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut leaf rope

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut spathe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. stage 7 of coconut development, sprouting coconut.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

coconut stage, large sprout

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of reddish coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of green coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of green and reddish coconut

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of coconut which is long and narrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

small cube shaped toy ball of woven coconut leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

quantity of five coconuts

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut scoop

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut development stage 1

Example: Very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. coconut stages, one through seven

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut stages, one through eight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

coconut half shell for drinking kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

boiled coconut milk

Speaker: Martial Wahe