Fekɨr
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Tanna placename: a waterfall and pool near Mt. Merin and Tukusmera, said to be the origin of Tanna greenstone pendants
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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gɨwava
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5079)
Example: Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.
Scientific name: Psidium guajava, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kakros
kamsiwi
konkamun
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large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall; adlay millet
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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kwaji yerman sei piak sarawhi
kwanam poro
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5131)
Example: Fruits edible when ripe. For dengue fever, take 1 bundle of leaves and stems, mash and place in pot with 2 L water, boil 30 minutes, drink warm. Drink 1 liter 1x day for 4-6 days depends on strength of dengue. "Sends" dengue out from your body.
Scientific name: Physalis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanapa
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kind of yam, has a round root, with white, soft, sweet flesh
Example: Only used for making lap-lap
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanei
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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: Johnson Noar
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kwareren akuang
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[kwarenem akwaŋ]
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herb growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3114)
Example: The stem of this plant is a hollow tube, its local name means "inside out." When a person sings a kaostum song, they chew the stem and it is said to give the person a "big" voice. It also helps a person shout and sing loud as it helps to clear the throat.
Scientific name: Youngia japonica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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lili
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a type of sugarcane, very thin and long, yellow or light green color, very sweet, planted in gardens
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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magru
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5151)
Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.
Scientific name: Avicennia marina, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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mak irenha
makhum
mombru
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homemade alcohol from kahimaregi coconut water, plus yeast, water, optionally pineapple juice, drunk on special occasions like Christmas
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nahpao akwes
nameyo
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kinds of yam. There are sub-varieties of this that produce tubers with either red or white flesh
Example: Only used for making lap-lap for kastom ceremonies
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napuer
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3013)
Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nasar
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5074)
Example: Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.
Scientific name: Microsorum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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natehi
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well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3125)
Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.
Scientific name: Ervatamia orientalis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nathan
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sparsely branched tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3232)
Example: Timber. Birds are known to eat this fruit so people can hunt near the tree. Unspecified medicine.
Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekeimap
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small, sparsely branched shrub (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3033)
Example: Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. One of many leaves used for this purpose.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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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: Johnson Noar
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nikrah
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[nɨkərə]
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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: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nisu manug
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5142)
Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.
Scientific name: Adiantum diaphanum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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noueis
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Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia), eaten or used for medicine to heal many ailments, and as a poison antidote, also gives energy and improved cognitive function, has a bad taste
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukuk-apran
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epiphyte on main trunks of canopy-sized trees, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3120)
Scientific name: Vittaria elongata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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numben
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subshrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3161)
Example: The leaf of this plant is added to soup in which meat is being cooked, for example, turtle meat, which has a strong smell. If this leaf is placed in the pot, it will make the soup smell better
Scientific name: Ocimum sanctum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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numeiau
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well branched tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3075)
Example: The stem of this tree makes good firewood, it is a light wood so easier to carry. People use it to start a fire, by using 2 sticks of this plant with chopped stem fragments, if there are no matches
Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nɨfeg
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)
Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.
Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nɨkɨrhanekin
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traditional medicine, cure for illness caused by Mwatiktiki (culture hero responsible for yam growth)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨmu mɨru
pasuwa
pawpawuk pusan
penesu
ring
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tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3239)
Example: This is a toxic plant for cows. When they eat it, they die. But the bark can be used to cover food for cooking--cover taro, cassava and other tubers with the leaves when they are being cooked on the fire. The leaves are not toxic to people--only cows.
Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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tapatou
tasiapen