-akw(i)
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1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together
Speaker: Martial wahe
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-apena
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1. order, set in order; 2. clean up, police, collect leavings of food (for fear of sorcery)
Speaker: Martial wahe
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kamiemie
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a small mushroom, grows only on trees, edible when fried, not pliable, difficult to break by hand
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kamumu
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1. kind of tuber pudding baked with edible leaves (nuvas), 2. cup made from rolled young banana leaves, 3. respect, friendship, fellowship
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kapapu
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tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)
Example: People use this plant for firewood
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kapuapu
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sapling, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4235)
Example: 1. When in flower, it is s a good time to hunt swefa, a type of sea mollusc.
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kapuapu
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3226)
Example: This is a "calendar plant," tied to the sea. When it flowers, it is time to harvest sea urchins. The dry wood is used to mke a fire when a person has no matches.
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kasesir
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Brown Fantail
Example: Photo by flyingkiwigirl / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Rhipidura drownei, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kepia
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herb to subshrub growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. fruits orange to red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3244)
Example: This is an introduced species that is a weed in cultivated fields.
Scientific name: Solanum torvum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kesi
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)
Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.
Scientific name: Carica papaya, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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konkriakey
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tree. mature green fruit with an abundant white latex, edible (collection: Laurence Ramon #321)
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konsun awhi
konuwak sara phisir phisir
kuankuma
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2976)
Example: No use disclosed.
Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwanasanas
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epiphyte growing on neonauclea forsteri trunk, about 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2977)
Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.
Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwankasikap
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2988)
Example: Clothing: The bark of this plant is peeled and sundried (~2 days) to be woven into Nambas.
Scientific name: Wikstroemia indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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manhewao sarapiran
maris-maris
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understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3133)
Example: People toss sticks made from the stem of this plant at flying fox to tear their wing so they can’t fly and are caught.
Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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naprapames
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terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2611)
Example: 1. When making a ground oven (nimum), these leaves are heaped on the stones, before the oven is buried with dirt.
Scientific name: Pneumatopteris glandulifera (Brack.) Holtt., Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nare
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5037)
Example: Kastom medicine for male impotence (big bamboo = (Nare) penis). Take six 3 in. pieces of the young inflorescence before it opens, chop it and mix with a double handful of leaves from 5047 (Alternanthera brasiliana) add water (1 liter) and squeeze in cup. Patient drinks 2 bottles/day for 1 week, avoid alcohol--whisky, rum, no kava, no tobacco. Stay away from wife or partner. 1 week passes with this treatment, man is much more potent.
Scientific name: Etlingera elatior, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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naruakiri
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herb, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3082)
Example: To make a strap to hold the ornamental fiber "Nisei" (Plunkett et al #3077) on a person’s arm. Dry the stem, remove the fibers, and weakve into a strap. There is a legend that is told about this plant, concerning a rat and a fox. The rat and fox stole a banana from the Devil’s garden. The Devil caught the fox and told him not to come back. The rat said "lets go to the garden" and teh fox said no. The rat said "go take these leaves, and tie the leaves with coconut fiber--and he told the fox to lie down and the rat sewed the leaaves on the fox. So, the rat an
Scientific name: Donax canniformis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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natan
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5105)
Example: Stem used for sawn timber.
Scientific name: Virola surinamensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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natgamera
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petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)
Scientific name: (moss), Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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natuan
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[natuwan]
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large tree, 10-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3124)
Example: The wood of this plant smells bad. It is locally called a type of "stink wood." When young children get circumsized in kastom ways, to change the leaves for their bandage, take off the bark of this stem, take the inside part and scrape it--mix a handful of the scrapings with grated coconut, put it together in a leaf, put it on the fire, heat it, when the coconut is browned, squeeze it together to get the "milk" that is yellow in color. When young children swim in saltwater to dry the cut from the circumcision, squeeze this on that area to help heal it.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum amooroides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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neimeiraer
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)
Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nemrapep
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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: Martial Wahe
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nikathireu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5129)
Example: Ornamental plant.
Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nikinapus
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shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3258)
Example: A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.
Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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noukuanei
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tree with edible fruits
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukuk
nykwesi
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[nukwe:si]
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tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)
Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.
Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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parangi pshir
Pawpawuk
penesu
ros
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shrub to 1 m tall, flowers red. ornamental plant in homestead garden. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4735)
Example: Ornamental plant
Scientific name: Rosa chinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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sap sap
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5093)
Example: For an earache, take a double handful of leaves, mash, and squeeze in your ear.
Scientific name: Calyptocarpus vialis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tuwai
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[tuwai]
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tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)
Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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ume
ume tasiapen
yangawhir ~ yaniawir
yapha
yatir
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kind of plantain, a small plantain
Example: Used for cooking (boiling)
Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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yesu