Nafe (Kwamera)

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Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial 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: Wahe Martial

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Droka

Example: eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp1, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Scientific name: Myzomela cardinalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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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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Example: To tie the wall of a house, strip off leaves and tie fresh to house.

Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus chlorostigma via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Plectropomus areolatus via FishBase, 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: Plectorhinchus albovittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Example: The rachis is used to fasten posts and rafters in traditional houses.

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[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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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Dendrobium mohlianum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Scientific name: Petroica multicolor, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Strombiadae sp.?, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Myripristis kuntee via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

[marəs marəs] n.

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

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus vermiculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Siganus lineatus via FishBase, 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: Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & 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

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster. fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.

Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: This variety is used for the kastom marriage ceremony, grated with Euodia hortensis and Alpinia purpurata and rubbed on the bride and groom. The significance of this kastom is to ensure that the two people will be truthful to their chief, their parents and their spouse

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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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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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruit of this tree. When the bats are desired, hunters will gather near this tree. Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. Many leaves are used for this purpose. Fuel: To make a fire, dried sticks are rubbed together on a plane of wood. The friction creates smoldering ash over time, useful for ingniting dried material.

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[makeihimap] n.

Example: Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. One of many leaves used for this purpose.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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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: Martial Wahe

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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.

Scientific name: Calophyllum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

Scientific name: Ficus glandifera, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Danaus plexippus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Scientific name: Nyctemera baulus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[pinerew]

Example: Sub-adult Red-bellied Fruit Dove. Photo by Papier K / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Ptilinopus greyii, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

[ʰrawɨs]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

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