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-akwɨpahar
-apatig
-arɨgi
duea
konapwit
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5045)
Example: If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted, it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.
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kuanuaras
kurapou arwerew
Redfin bream
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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[kwenasənas] n. epiphyte growing on neonauclea forsteri trunk, about 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2977)
Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.
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manhewao asori
Giant trevally (deep sea)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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napoti sarapiran
Harry hotlips (female)
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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natgamera
naties
nawa
nawes
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5091)
Example: When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and
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n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3004)
Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their red fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
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nipar
n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5082)
Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.
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nurap
nɨfeg
nɨmu mɨru
wrasse (general name)
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Spotted coralgrouper
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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Asian Magpie Moth
Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Ramie Moth
Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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Green humphead parrotfish, bumphead parrotfish
Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. 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.
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ros
tasiapen
Three-Stripe Fusilier
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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