-akei
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1. play with, make faces at, coo at (a child); 2. welcome, greet; 3. ask something of, beg something from
Speaker: Martial wahe
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-amtér
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life up, stand up (from a prone position), arise, life something which is on the ground
Speaker: Martial wahe
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-árupwi
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1. spear, stick, pierce, throw (an elongated object); 2. put down, insert, stick something into the ground, plant (as a tree), join; 3. clap, applaud, pat, ringbark (as to kill a tree); 4. be proud, sassy, disrespectful, preen (because of praise)
Speaker: Wahe Martial
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iambus
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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and is easy to grow
Example: Has a spreading habit in the garden. The tuber is soft and easy to boil
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kaepaepae kequahu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)
Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
Scientific name: Achyranthes aspera, Speaker: Martial 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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kesiesi
kieri
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Pacific Imperial Pigeon
Example: Photo by Jake Osborne, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kon kory
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5099)
Example: Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.
Scientific name: Dracontomelon vitiense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konianaker
konpir
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liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees, at edge of disturbed agro-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3087)
Example: The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).
Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kuankuanae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5085)
Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.
Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kwanviru
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5137)
Example: Stem to build house posts. Can be used to make pipe. Ripe fruits, remove nut and eat food.
Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanwekɨr
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5041)
Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
Scientific name: Barringtonia racemosa, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwonhi taik
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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minin tonga
namatamai
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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napa
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kind of tree, Alphitonia zizyphoides, bark used as medicine to encourage the growth of pigs
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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napuepran
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a “female” coconut that only has one fruit on the panicle of the inflorescence
Example: This variety is used for the kastom marriage ceremony, grated with Euodia hortensis and Alpinia purpurata and rubbed on the bride and groom. The significance of this kastom is to ensure that the two people will be truthful to their chief, their parents and their spouse
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napɨk
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)
Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.
Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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narrer
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well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3111)
Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.
Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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narrer
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well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3111)
Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.
Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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narukwás
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fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nasar
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5111)
Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.
Scientific name: Microsorum grossum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nauan
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well branched tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3032)
Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is used as timber wood. Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruits of this tree. If they are desired, hunters will gather near the tree when fruits are in season. Food: The ripe fruits (black) are consumed occassionally.
Scientific name: Syzygium kajewskii, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nauri
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understory tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3134)
Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nefeng
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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: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekeinap
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3248)
Example: When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nepar nepar
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small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)
Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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newahu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)
Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.
Scientific name: Hibiscus tilliaceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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newou
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3079)
Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.
Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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niknapus
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)
Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nisai-arman
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shrub to 1.5 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4728)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can mak
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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noukwerang
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tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area.
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukwaskwas
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terrestrial; leaves 1.0-1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2626)
Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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parapu
pasuwa
tasiapen
teprakaka
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branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4215)
Example: 1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.
Scientific name: Astronidium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tikirkak
tukraus
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unbranched tree, growing next to Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3153)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.
Scientific name: Dracaena sp., Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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yangawhir ~ yaniawir
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