Nafe (Kwamera)

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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

v taetem ol pos blo aos.

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v mi planem kava

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v mi baddle le kenou

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Eskar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[kwanrares] n.

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by olanuxer / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Accipiter hiogaster, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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[kwani̤ni̤] n.

Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

Scientific name: Sida, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.

Scientific name: Terminalia catappa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

lata

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Photo by questagame / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tapinoma melanocephalum via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Scientific name: Sargocentron spiniferum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

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Example: Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.

Scientific name: Argusia argentea, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Balistoides viridescens via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculata via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.

Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Planted for shade near a village or near houses. Shade tree.

Scientific name: Acacia simplex, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nam nak] n.

Scientific name: Crateva religiosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[naŋe] n.

Example: Fruits have edible seeds. To prepare, sun dry the fruits, break kernal and roast or boil the nut inside. Is a common food plant. The wood makes good timber. The latex can be collected, put in a tin and then heated over a fire. It turns black and can be used as black paint. It also smells nice when heated.

Scientific name: Canarium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Take bundle of stems, put under the sea, with a stone on top, after a week, put the remainder on top of the stone and it will calm the sea. Sore chest from carrying too much wight -- double hanful of leaves, mash into 1 liter water -- drink 1 liter/day for 9 days.

Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.

Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Poisonous plant. Planted near cultivated garden to kill virus in soil.

Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[næhɨr] n.

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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Scientific name: (moss), Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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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 dri

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[naka̤ri̤təŋ] n.

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

Scientific name: Ochrosia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[nakɨskɨs] n.

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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Example: Stem used to make canoe. Easy to cut.

Scientific name: Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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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: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Animal Feed: The whole plant is fed to pigs to keep them fat and healthy. It is referred to as “pig medecine” and is given once per week.

Scientific name: Cyrtandra obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nukune nai] n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: The stem of this tree makes good firewood, it is a light wood so easier to carry. People use it to start a fire, by using 2 sticks of this plant with chopped stem fragments, if there are no matches

Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Acanthurus auranticavus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Thyas coronata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina, Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Is a soft taro variety good for boiling or roasting. It grows very tall

Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by charlie20 / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chlorurus microrhinos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Goniobranchus kuniei via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: There is a story that an evil spirit stole this yam during the time of the ancestors, taking it from this area to the other side of the volcano. Because the spirit took the best part of the yam, leaving the worst part, this one became hard to grow

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

[tiki nau] n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Thomas Kahi and Sam Posen play the bamboo pan flute. see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[tɨpurpaɪ] n.

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Claoxylon fallax, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is also used to make dugout canoes. Tool: The wood of this plant is used to create the study part of a bow. It is noted, however, that there are better woods for this purpose.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso unicornis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Used for cooking (boiling)

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe