Nafe (Kwamera)

v rub one’s backside against, wipe one’s ass

Speaker: Martial wahe

v scrape out, spoon out

Speaker: Martial wahe

v give birth to, bear (a child)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v hang onto, perch (as a bat), hang up (as a kerosene lantern)

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj. be spoiled, rotten, stink (as food)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v life up, stand up (from a prone position), arise, life something which is on the ground

Speaker: Martial wahe

v hang oneself or another

Speaker: Martial wahe

v var. of -arak(i)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v mispronounce, misspeak, speak differently

Speaker: Martial wahe

v var. of -rukwuvsini

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. singe, burn (as hair off a pig), warm, dry by a fire; 2. cook (on a fire)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. sew, weave, string beads, shuffle; 2. choke, strangle

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ice

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. construct a yam trellis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

white

Speaker: Martial wahe

n airport

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tanna placename: a waterfall and pool near Mt. Merin and Tukusmera, said to be the origin of Tanna greenstone pendants

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut crab

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of language spoken in South-west Tanna

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I rake (brush) or weed the herb

(Bislama) go weed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I sleep

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Lenakel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj late

Speaker: Martial wahe

you

(Bislama) yu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sleeping mat made of pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

longtail silver-biddy

Example: Photo by Rainer Kretzberg, License: CC BY 3.0

Scientific name: Gerres longirostris via FishBase, 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

num two

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. body oil, coconut oil used for adornment

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. coconut which has been shelled leaving intact its meat

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of plantain

Example: Used for cooking and lap-lap

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Martial Wahe

n crab (fresh water)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

White-streaked grouper (deep sea)

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

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

[konparɨm] arrow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanpir] 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: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of shell, with smooth black color

Example: edible shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanwi:ru] n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3036)

Example: Tools: The roots of this plant are used as a rope to fasten pig’s feet during the kastom ceremony. Landscape: This tree is planted as a shelter tree. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruits of this tree. When hunters desire these birds, they will gather near to this tree. Fuel: The dried wood of this tree is used as a firewood.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii?, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Blue sea chub, snubnose chub, topsail drummer

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

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. 1. seedpod of niapwit, 2. glue, tree sap, sticky substances, 3. tag (children’s game)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. inalienable root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sweet potato that is planted close to yams

Speaker: Martial Wahe

spear becket

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of plant, used to make ropes

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n barn owl (Tyto alba)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5151)

Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.

Scientific name: Avicennia marina, Speaker: Johnson Noar

kind of shellfish, mother-of-pearl

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. moon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n waning crescent (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of cassava, produces a tall plant with small roots

Example: Small roots are roasted in the earth oven or over the fire

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp

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

Scientific name: Polistes olivaceus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Blotcheye soldierfish, bigscale soldierfish

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

Scientific name: Myripristis berndti via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Spotted parrotfish (deep sea)

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

Scientific name: Cetoscarus ocellatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n sunrise

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

ghost

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v tr hate

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sparsely branched tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3232)

Example: Timber. Birds are known to eat this fruit so people can hunt near the tree. Unspecified medicine.

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. ladder

Speaker: Jean Eskar

large grass skirt plant

Speaker: Martial 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. kind of thick grass

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5142)

Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.

Scientific name: Adiantum diaphanum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5168)

Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4213)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used by children in a game to imitate the devil. 2. It is considered tapu to make firewood from this tree. It tis thought the yam stems will dry and the fruits will be sub-par as a result.

Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my fist

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4231)

Example: 1. Goats and cattle eat the leaves. 2. Wood is used to carve blunt-end arrow heads to hunt pidgeons.

Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable stems with leaves of plants such as cane or banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Barringtonia edulis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨfaŋa] bow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

spiny sea urchin

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shelf, yam bed

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

his heart

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. kind of vine with edible leaves

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of sweet potato

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree with sticky fruit, fruit is not eaten by people, only by birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

who? (singular)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

please, sorry

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ramie Moth

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

Scientific name: Arcte coerula via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

not long will be delight

(Bislama) stap broke delight

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5022)

Example: The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.

Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

mum, mother

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree growing in house area in village (collection: Michael J. Balick #4719)

Example: This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding

Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

frigate bird?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

car

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n whirlpool

Speaker: Martial Wahe

solar panel

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. shrub re-growing from fallen tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)

Example: Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5152)

Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover boil. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

your belly pain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

window in traditional house (Bislama)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe