-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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-asevur
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1. open (as a door), open up (as a trunk or other closed object); 2. clear or empty out (as dirt from a hole), reveal
Speaker: Martial wahe
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iaku-iaku (iaku-iaku)
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herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)
Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kapuapu
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[kəkwapu]
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tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)
Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kareng reng
koniere
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tree, h= 15 m. young brown elongate fruits with a greyish green fleshy calyx. Thick branchlets with the leaves at the top. White latex. For the locals it is the main kind of burckella obovata (round fruits). (collection: Laurence Ramon #332)
Scientific name: Burckella, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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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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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
konuwak arwerew
kuanarae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)
Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.
Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kwankumah
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shrub, 1-1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3130)
Example: A person would never use a food knife when cutting this tree as it will make that person hungry, which is also the name of the tree. So people do not like to cut this tree.
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwaruisiur
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epiphyte growing in dense forest. Flowers yellow-orange to bright orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3047)
Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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mantopani robert
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kind of cassava. The man who went to Port-Vila and brought this variety back to Port Resolution was Robert Rwae and it is named for him
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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marao
minin tonga
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Bluelined surgeonfish
Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0
Scientific name: Acanthurus nigroris via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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namatamai
namitɨg
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coconut development stage 4
Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens
Speaker: Martial 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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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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naties
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5024)
Example: To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.
Scientific name: Stachytarpheta cayennensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nauan/ nawan
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tree, dbh about 30-40 cm (collection: Laurence Ramon #329)
Scientific name: Syzygium cf. aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nawawa
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well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2983)
Example: Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.
Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nawha
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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nekeskes-apran
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small fern growing on decaying log in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)
Scientific name: Asplenium cf. caudatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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niar
niephirr
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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nikriakei
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tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)
Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nisai-apran
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tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)
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. 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 make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant and can go anywh
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nkawahai-rea
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small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3132)
Example: Straight stem used for spear shaft
Scientific name: Tapeinosperma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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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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nukwetau
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arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨkwesi
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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: Emmanuel Maasi
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nɨsori
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5145)
Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out,and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.
Scientific name: Murraya paniculata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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pirawa ~ firawa
tasiapen
temɨn
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canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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trimian
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[trajmijen]
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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: Jean Pascal Wahe
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táhapwar
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plant with large banana-like leaves used to wrap for baking laplap, taro, fish (Heliconia sp.)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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ume
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Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish
Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
Scientific name: Naso annulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe
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