Nafe (Kwamera)

v intr

Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v pusum trak

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.

Scientific name: Mimosa pudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Meryta neo-ebuca, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Zosterops splendidus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by John Turnbull / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus cyanopodus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: For the kastom ceremonies, this can provide the face paint color yellow. Cut open the ripe fruit and paint directly with this. Prior to artificial colors, people used this for yellow and Bixa orellana for red to paint faces and skin.

Scientific name: Dendrobium, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwana:tɨs] n.

Example: The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Stachytarpheta, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.

Scientific name: Desmodium canum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n. inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus psittacus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[manariən nəʔpəŋ] n.

Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.

Scientific name: Maoutia diversifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky

Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by David Burdick / via guamreefli License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus nigrofuscus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Scientific name: Acanthurus nigroris via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[naŋema:fu] n.

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.

Scientific name: Turrillia lutea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nam nak] n.

Scientific name: Crateva religiosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Feed pigs with the bark of this tree, and mix it with pig food as well. When eaten, this bark will help make the pig grow fat. When the fruits are ripe, they get sticky and this can be used to trap birds. Put these fruits around a cut up papaya, and put that in a clear place--when the birds come to eat the papaya they get stuck by the fruits and can be caught.

Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pisonia grandis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Elatostema, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: 1. During good weather it is considered taputo cut this plant. If one does do so, bad weather is expected to happen.

Scientific name: Collospermum montanum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nijæpər] n.

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

Scientific name: Codiaeum variegatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nɨŋgare̤me] n.

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

Scientific name: Leea indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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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

Example: Used to make lap-lap

Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Very poison sap and leaves. When in fruit the fruit bat eat this and can’t fly well so fall down and can be harvested.

Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nuas]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: In ancient times during cyclone season when no food could be harvested, collect the stem and take the white flesh out of center, and bake in the ground oven. Young leaves cooked like island cabbage and eaten. 2 petiole put together and used to grate banana and fresh taro for cooking. Can split the trunk in pieces to make flooring for house. Nailed to joists/supports.

Scientific name: Sphaeropteris lunulata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. navenu

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nɨhi yesur]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.

Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: clown unicorn fish, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Theretra nessus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Derek Keats, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus rubroviolaceus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus atkinsoni via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus erythropterus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. sarat

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by eschlogl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Goniobranchus coi via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

n. tapaka

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Jean Eskar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Cordiline fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Nothocnide repanda (MB 5122), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v mi laekem woman blo mi.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Geophila, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe