-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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-atate
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1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk); see -ate
Speaker: Wahe Martial
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iaku-iaku
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[jaku jaku]
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kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)
Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kakeakei
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terrestrial fern growing in weedy patch with other herbs at edge of open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3253)
Example: Used as a medicine to treat children who cannot walk. Rub smashed leaves on the knee of a child, "he will walk." For a child about 1 year old, rub the leaves on the knee and underside of the foot. This will make the child walk "easily and quickly." and will make the leg "lighter."
Scientific name: Blechnum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kamumu
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1. kind of tuber pudding baked with edible leaves (nuvas), 2. cup made from rolled young banana leaves, 3. respect, friendship, fellowship
Speaker: Jean Pascal 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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kareng reng
karkarepa
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vine, to 4 m off forest floor (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3260)
Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.
Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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karuarua
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sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)
Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kawakawa
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species of liana
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Piper austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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keipeipwi yasuk
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)
Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kenasenas
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epiphytic orchid on tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4219)
Example: The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.
Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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khaw khawisel
kitkit
konuwak sara phisir phisir
konuwak sarariman
konwarkar pitov
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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kwankwanei
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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: Johnson Noar
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kɨtkɨt
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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mai mai
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Common dolphinfish, mahi mahi
(Bislama) Mahi Mahi
Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe
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maramara
marimari
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5078)
Example: To treat indigestion, take 5 roots from 5 different plants, clean, grate into 600mL bottle of water. Drink one bottle twice daily. In Tanna, people use this plant to make rain, thunder, or to stop the rain. To make rain, take a big pile of this plant’s leaves, tie them in a bundle with a rope, and put into the sea. When the leaves start rotting, usually after one week, the rain will come.
Scientific name: Zingiber zerumbet, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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maris-maris
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[marəs marəs]
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understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3133)
Example: People toss sticks made from the stem of this plant at flying fox to tear their wing so they can’t fly and are caught.
Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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mimi sei nikajirew
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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nakous sei karkarepa
nalalas
namatamai
namatamai
namnamug
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5155)
Example: Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.
Speaker: Johnson Noar
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namramiri
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[namrami:ri]
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tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3001)
Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create any part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Hunting: Pidgeons are attracted to this plant for their fruit. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the pidgeon.
Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nanemenmeta
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kind of coconut, characterized by a round fruit with a reddish color on the top of the fruit
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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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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nasasa
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[nasasa]
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banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)
Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.
Scientific name: Ficus cf. tinctoria, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nasasa
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banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)
Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.
Scientific name: Ficus cf. tinctoria, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nauri nauri
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tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3246)
Example: The young stems are used to make rafter of the house. A "calendar plant," when this plant flowers it is a good time to hunt flying fox because during that season they have a great deal of fat. Leaves used in the treatment of male children who have been circumsized. Wrap pieces of coconut with these leaves,heat in fire for 5-10 minutes, squeeze the hot leaf-infused oil all over the body. Children are taken to the sea to bathe and this will help heal the sore when it is put all over the body. It also gives the child a nice smell.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekava kava
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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.
Scientific name: Piper austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekes kes
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[nakɨskɨs]
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parasite on fallen ficus branch, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3136)
Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.
Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekes kes
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parasite on fallen ficus branch, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3136)
Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.
Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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ninikiri
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kind of taro, has dark red flesh. It might be a different genus
Example: Used to make lap-lap
Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, 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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nuckuck
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5064)
Example: To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.
Scientific name: Pyrrosia lanceolata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukuk
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epiphyte growing on a main branch of a glochidion tree, 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3073)
Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.
Scientific name: Pyrrosia, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukuk
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5064)
Example: To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.
Scientific name: Pyrrosia lanceolata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nuviavia
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decorative plant (Crinum sp.), Bislama: white lily. A kind of wild taro, eaten.
(Bislama) nuviavia
Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨpkɨpki
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Pisonia umbrellifera tree, very soft wood, big trunk and branches, has black stinging seed pods
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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pagaivii amramera sarapiran
pawpawuk
Pawpawuk
pawpawuk
rerenakuang
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herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)
Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
Scientific name: Sonchus oleraceus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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susu
teperpei
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tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3227)
Example: Unspecified, secret medicinal use.
Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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vir-viry
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herb, 40-60 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3252)
Example: Introduced species, no use known.
Scientific name: Commelina benghalensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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