kapri iapri
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5109)
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: Johnson Noar
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karuapeï
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shrub. fruits and flowers directly on the stem or short inflorences. mature fruits white (about 1,5 cm l). Leaves with short petioles (about 1 to 3 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #331)
Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp2, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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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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konuwak
kuanmasekum
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4233)
Example: 1. The inner skin of the stem is used to weave grass skirts and nambas. 2. Pidgeons eat the fruits.
Scientific name: Wikstroemia indica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwanapa
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kind of yam, has a round root, with white, soft, sweet flesh
Example: Only used for making lap-lap
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwarisus
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)
Scientific name: Sterculia banksiana, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwenakwa
mak irenha
marao
marao
minim
mombru
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homemade alcohol from kahimaregi coconut water, plus yeast, water, optionally pineapple juice, drunk on special occasions like Christmas
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nafara
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kind of pandanus
Example: The green leaves are used to weave mats, baskets and hats. The stem is used for making houseposts and also burned as firewood. The ripe fruits are cut open and the seeds are removed and eaten—they taste like coconut and are eaten fresh
Scientific name: Pandanus tectorius, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nafweruk
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stage 2 in the development of coconuts. Succeeds tafa precedes kahimaregi
Example: drinking coconut (with soft meat and effervescent water)
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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namirau
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[nami̤rew]
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3042)
Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is strong and considered a choice wood for house construction. Fuel: The wood of this tree is used as an excellent firewood.
Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nasar
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5126)
Scientific name: Phymatosorus scolopendria, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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naskou
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[næskoʊ]
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tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)
Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.
Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekavai
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[nəfkafa:i]
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liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3009)
Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.
Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nepen
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5076)
Example: Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger, take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.
Scientific name: Ocimum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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ngata
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kind of cassava, produces small roots but the plant yields in 3 months after planting
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nifeag
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)
Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.
Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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niknapus
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)
Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nimapare
nkaferang
nukwetau
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arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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Nuwekur
nɨmarɨ
Pawpawuk
pirawa ~ firawa
punwar
rewheir
sinsop
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5040)
Example: Fruits edible. People drinking kava eat a fruit after drinking. Say that it makes kava stronger. Boil leaves with Euodia (MJB 5031) when a person has a strong cough to cure it. Double handful of each plant in 1 liter water and boil for 20 minutes. Wash your with it and drink 1 cup in evening (cold) for 4 days.
Scientific name: Annona muricata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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temɨn
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canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tukrawhus
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type of woody, flowering plant
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Cordiline fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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yaku