-asɨri
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succeed, win, better act or interact such that one comes out ahead (implying another loses), belittle another, be lucky
Speaker: Wahe Martial
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-atate
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1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk); see -ate
Speaker: Wahe Martial
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Iakunwis
kapajiko
karuapeï
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shrubs with long erect stems. white flowers on long pendulous hairy inflorescences (10-15 cm), white flowers with yellowish calyx and long peduncle. Leaves with long petioles (about 5 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #328)
Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp1, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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karwase
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5120)
Example: When parents go away to a feast or garden, children take a pile of soil 12 in. diameter, put this flower on top, surround wth some ashes and then hide in the house to wait to see if the dwarf spirit appears (Karwase Haruase). Sometimes the spirit will come and then scare the children. Ancestors used these spirits and games to teach children to stay together and not wander alone. As the dwarf spirit will take you.
Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kayap
konapit
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5070)
Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 L bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.
Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konquaequae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5036)
Example: Young plants for roof rafters, larger plants used for house posts. Women who get pregnant with someone else besides husband use this to abort. Boil a double handful of scraped stem in water and drink 1 cup four times daily to abort. Fruits are edible. Cut it open and eat what’s inside.
Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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konuwak pitew
krefi
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kind of breadfruit, produces a long breadfruit that tastes very good
Example: The stem of the tree is good for making a canoe
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kuanae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5115)
Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).
Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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kwekao
kɨrɨgrɨg
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1. kind of luminous lichen, fungus, mushroom, 2. sea sponge, 3. soft corals, 4. comb and wattle of a fowl
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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mak afuman
namnamug
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5155)
Example: Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.
Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napuei mia
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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
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nareng
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tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3235)
Example: The ripe fruits are the best food for the flying fox. Hunters know this. In older times, people ate the ripe fruit. The bark is used as a traditional "saucepan." Bark is rolled over food such as Island Cabbage or other edible leaves and put on top of the stone oven to cook.
Scientific name: Ficus granatum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nashiapou
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5081)
Scientific name: Cyperus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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natgamera
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petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)
Scientific name: (moss), Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nauaua
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large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4226)
Example: 1. Flying foxes are attracted to the flowers. 2. The bole is used to make end posts of western style houses known as nimah itoga. 3. Wood is used to make axe handles.
Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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naurapag
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well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4249)
Example: 1. The fruits are eaten by flying foxes. 2. Dried wood are used as torches, and are considered long-lasting.
Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nykwesi
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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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parou meta
penesu
pepheer
pepher pitew sarariman
rerenakuang
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herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)
Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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taoura ia nipeka
tasi-nɨfara
yakaryakar
yaku yaku
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5141)
Scientific name: Geophila, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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yerman sei kijirimak sa namritaik
yesu
yesu