konianaker
konkamun
kuanuares
kueria ia natom
kwaninihi
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[kwani̤ni̤]
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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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kwankwanei
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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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manari-ianupag
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[manariən nəʔpəŋ]
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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
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maramara apusan
marao
minin pitew
nafeiruan
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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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nahpao
nahpao phisir
nakamako
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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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namari
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Example: Planted for shade near a village or near houses. Shade tree.
Scientific name: Acacia simplex, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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namnuk
nangai
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[naŋe]
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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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nanmi nevau
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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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nanɨs
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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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nanɨs
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Example: Poisonous plant. Planted near cultivated garden to kill virus in soil.
Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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narrer
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[næhɨr]
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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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natgamera
naurie
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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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nawes
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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
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nekaritang
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[naka̤ri̤təŋ]
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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
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nekes kes
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[nakɨskɨs]
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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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nekoko
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Example: Stem used to make canoe. Easy to cut.
Scientific name: Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nevau
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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
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niknapus
nkafereng
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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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nkhaourakou
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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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nukwaskwas
numeiau
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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
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parangi
pawpawuk
pawpawuk pitew
pawpawuk pitew
Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina, Speaker: Martial wahe
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pendkos
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Example: Is a soft taro variety good for boiling or roasting. It grows very tall
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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penesu
penesu
Takiaew sei tasi
tesereng
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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
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tikinau ~ talenau
tipurpai
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[tɨpurpaɪ]
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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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tuvai
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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
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wipin sarapiran
yapha
ɨnteta