-akeikei
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1. must, have to, be obligated to, ought; 2. ask, request; 3. insist on, continue (in doing), demand, do anyway, proceed against advice, strive, try hard
Speaker: Martial wahe
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kapriapri ~ kaprihapry
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Cassias, type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5110)
Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.
Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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karuapeï
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shrub. fruits and flowers directly on the stem or short inflorences. mature fruits white (about 1,5 cm l). Leaves with short petioles (about 1 to 3 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #331)
Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp2, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konemár
konuwak
kurgen
mantocary
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kind of cassava, has yellow flesh—the name means “yellow curry”
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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marpan
muapen
nakamako
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)
Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.
Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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namarban
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[name̤rbun]
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kind of tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3126)
Example: This tree is a good timber for rafters, the wood is soft. The English name is "Christmas Tree."
Scientific name: Serianthes ebudarum, 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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napuei tafa
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stage 1 in the development of coconuts, very small, not ready to eat or for any other use
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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natonga
naturena
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epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)
Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.
Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekatirou
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shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)
Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekira
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[nikere]
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tree to 3 m tall, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4739)
Example: Local medicine, secret use.
Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekira
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)
Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.
Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nepikesy
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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: Emmanuel Maasi
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newar
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5042)
Example: Leaf used to feed pigs--when looking for dried coconuts, gather this. The seeds are edible put them directly on fire and cook for 3-5 minutes.
Scientific name: Canavalia rosea, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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niar
niar
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[nijer]
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tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)
Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.
Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nisei
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)
Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menustration), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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noufoua
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)
Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.
Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nuah
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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
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nukwesy
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5033)
Example: Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.
Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨkapáu
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n. semi-inalienable
1. leaf stalk (of a coconut, banana, etc.), 2. leaf stalk scar (on coconut tree trunk)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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penesu
pirawa ~ firawa
Tamtam
tapatou
taupar taupar
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5132)
Example: Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu
Scientific name: Heliconia, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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terang
trimian
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liana growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3096)
Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.
Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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yaku yaku
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5159)
Example: To attract fish in the sea. Take the branches and mix with mashed coconut endosperm, put (throw) in sea and then use line and hook to catch reef fish there.
Scientific name: Phyllanthus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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