Nafe (Kwamera)

v. wear an ornament of leaves inserted into carved or woven armlets

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v intr look upwards, face upwards (as a playing card)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. lick, kiss; 2. bring together, close up

Speaker: Martial wahe

v tr warm, dry by fire

Speaker: Martial wahe

v remember, recall, think about, ponder

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

Speaker: Martial wahe

v turn aside, turn back (as a person), block

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v/a be brave, have courage, not fear

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v swing, oscillate

Speaker: Wahe Martial

ceremony

Speaker: Martial Wahe

enough hurt or killed children

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cut my penis( circumsision)

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. to strip off leaves, for example coconut leaves from a frond

Speaker: Martial Wahe

pilled yam (skin out)

Speaker: Martial wahe

[ganhɨk] my penis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v I don’t like rain

(Bislama) mi no likem rain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

crayfish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Aneityumese

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mat (woven of pandanus leaves)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)

Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.

Scientific name: Achyranthes aspera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

tribal group name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

power stone

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n crab (fresh water)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

footbridge made of wood and bamboo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5117)

Example: The flower stick is cut at both ends and used as a trumpet by the children. The root of this type is poisonous; other types are used as food.

Scientific name: Tacca leontopetaloides, Speaker: Johnson Noar

wooden spool for fishing line

Speaker: Martial Wahe

condom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of banana

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baby

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n vent in Yasur crater

Speaker: Martial Wahe

brain coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwanəraj] n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[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

club, with rounded head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable aerial root

Speaker: Martial Wahe

basket, flat with two handles

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Red parrotfish

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

Scientific name: Scarus xanthopleura via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Singapore parrotfish, greenthroat parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus prasiognathos via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of mango, regular mango for eating

Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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

type of woven pandanus mat with thick strands

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Shoulderbar soldierfish

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

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

Violet squirrelfish

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron violaceum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. mulberry

(Bislama) marmeri

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n month name (archaic, corresponding to January)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cloudy in the mountain

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[na̤məri] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3106)

Example: The wood of this tree is hard and people use it to make a bow. Cut the stem, heat it over a fire to make it stronger and then carve it to the size desired.

Scientific name: Acacia spirorbis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

fog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

garden

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nami̤rou] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3074)

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Yellow-striped sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

cumulus cloud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. palm, Veitchia sp.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n planet

Speaker: Martial wahe

evening

Speaker: Martial Wahe

tribe name

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5071)

Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

argument

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)

Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. medicinal leaves applied to circumcision wounds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakatirew] n. shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. small fern growing on decaying log in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)

Scientific name: Asplenium cf. caudatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

forgot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus scabra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. understory plant, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4209)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used to feed pigs. The food is considered to fatten the pigs and is fed to them accordingly.

Scientific name: Cyrtandra, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. dragon plum

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. orange tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. decayed stump

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. fern, used for tying bundles of wild cane in house construction

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fishing spear, three pronged

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. pandanus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of kava with many small branches

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. blue water tree (Pterocarpus indicus)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wind direction: west-northwest wind

Speaker: Martial Wahe

spider web

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n my body

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n. kind of tree (used for house posts)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n directional term indicating away from, sea, inland

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Common Grass Blue

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

Scientific name: Zizina labradus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

South (cardinal direction)

Speaker: Martial wahe

Ambon emperor

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus amboinensis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. house post outside (

(Bislama) pos

Speaker: Jean Eskar

caterpillar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of wild mandarin, orange color

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n parrotfish (general)

(Bislama) napoleon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

cat

(Bislama) pusi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

hole for house post

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Kawakawa

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

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5116)

Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth), and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

Scientific name: Excoecaria agallocha, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[te:raŋ] 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: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 30 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3238)

Example: This tree is a source of good, hard wood. It is used to make children’s bows as well as for house construction.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of yam, edible, yellow or white color, from New Caledonia

Speaker: Martial Wahe

I am fishing with a line

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)

Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.

Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi