Nafe (Kwamera)

v. sweep, clear away garden debris

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v forbid, put a stop to

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr yawn

Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v 1. slide on, slip, strip off (as leaves); clean (as kava with coconut fibre), clear away debris, clear one’s throat; 3. sober up (from alcohol or kava) by clearing one’s throat with food or water; 4. massage

Speaker: Martial wahe

v fight with a club, wield a club

Speaker: Martial wahe

v reach out, reach in, extend an arm

Speaker: Martial wahe

v. sprout (as kava, banana, sugarcane)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

v var. of -rukwuvsini

Speaker: Martial wahe

v 1. prepare, make ready (implies secrecy?); 2. act alone or anti-socially, avoid agreement

Speaker: Wahe Martial

v look down or shut our eyes we pray

Speaker: Martial Wahe

take out the skin of the something like hood stemp with a knife

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n airport

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of banana, a small banana; very sweet

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. French

Speaker: Martial Wahe

1. light colored volcanic stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives, 2. big man, wise man

Speaker: Martial Wahe

fan-tailed cuckoo

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. ancestor

Speaker: Martial Wahe

adj late

Speaker: Martial wahe

kind of stick bug

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. mushroom

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. basket made of a woven coconut frond

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

general term for fungus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[karwasi] devil that has sex with pigs

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of basket (carried on woman’s back)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Satin Flycatcher

Example: Photo by David Cook, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Myiagra cyanoleuca, Speaker: Martial Wahe

ques how many

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my elder sister

Speaker: Wahe Martial

One-blotch grouper (deep sea)

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

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

Surge grouper (deep sea)

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

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

n. kind of tree used for fence posts

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[kostron] lemon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4245)

Example: 1. The fruits are chewed for their juice and the remainder spit out. Locals refer to this as drinking the fruit. 2. The wood of the tree can be used as a post or rafter in either western-style or traditional style homes. 3. When in flower it is considered an appropriate time to clear a garden path for planting. When in fruit, it is time to plant yams in one’s garden.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

name of a star constellation

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of banana

Example: Eaten ripe; children love this cultivar as it is very sweet

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. garden clearing (marked by dead, leafless trees)

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

part of sea shell, (snail operculum), Pacific cat’s eye

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut husking stave set in ground

Speaker: Martial Wahe

upraised coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Ember parrotfish, redlip parrotfish

Example: Photo by Derek Keats, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

n waxing crescent (moon phase)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

struggle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Black jack (deep sea)

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

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

kind of cassava. When the soil is good, this variety produces the largest root. A man named Charley got it from Port-Vila and brought it to Port Resolution and it is named for him

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

butterfly fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nakua tanna] riverbed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n my large intestine

Speaker: Martial wahe

protective magic

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napwejsen] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3140)

Example: The wood from this tree makes strong house posts as well as timber for benches and can be used as firewood. If you don’t have soap, you can take the leaf, mash it up and wash with it--it produces a foam that cleans. Use for washing yourself, for example. If this tree has fruits, then people know that it is a good time to plant sweet potatoes and other crops.

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. kind of tree with edible inflorescence

Speaker: Martial Wahe

stratus cloud

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n lava flow

Speaker: Martial Wahe

leaf worn on head

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of large fern

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. to laugh

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

landslide

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5081)

Scientific name: Cyperus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)

Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4242)

Example: 1. A variety of local pidgeons, including nawimba, manuapen, and kieri, eat the ripe fruits. 2. The leaves are used to seal roof seams in traditional houses. At the apex of the roofline, first coconut husk is placed, then the leaves of this plant, then finally, coconut leaves. The practice is referred to as kaweri nimaira.

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

Example: Stem used for sawn timber.

Scientific name: Virola surinamensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. well branched tree, 10 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2985)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

nail (Bislama?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[neke hmup] n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)

Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist.

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5035)

Example: Root is sold to earn money, as perfume and oil is from this. Grandparents used to dry the wood over a cooking fire in a kitchen when a person would get the flu. To help, they’d take dried and heated wood, scrape one cup’s worth into hot water, and then breathe over the steam bath. Drink water afterwards. Do thhis once a day for three days.

Scientific name: Santalum austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n. kind of tree with stinging leaves

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers

Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

termite

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. small tree, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)

Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of thick grass

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5102)

Example: Cook young leaves in water for 5 min and then eat.

Scientific name: Polyscias fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. epiphyte growing on a main branch of a glochidion tree, 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3073)

Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.

Scientific name: Pyrrosia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukunene] n. tree stump

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banana leaf, frond

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. kind of banana

Speaker: Martial Wahe

digging stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

branched coral

Speaker: Martial Wahe

wrasse (general name)

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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of fish trap

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. banyan tree

Speaker: Martial Wahe

my elder brother

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. when something is given

Speaker: Martial Wahe

good afternoon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

kind of orchid

Speaker: Martial Wahe

coconut scoop

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Tryon’s Hypselodoris

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

Scientific name: Hypselodoris tryoni via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Asian Tramp Snail

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

Scientific name: Bradybaena similaris via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

sawfish

Speaker: Martial 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. cutting of leaves or top portion of taro or sugarcane stalk set aside for replanting

Speaker: Martial Wahe

flying fish

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Blue trevally (male)

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

Scientific name: Carangoides ferdau via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Humpback unicornfish

Example: Photo by wahe Martial

Scientific name: Naso brachycentron via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Orangespine unicornfish

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

Scientific name: Naso lituratus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Doublebar goatfish

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

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