-akoui
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1. curve, twist, make crooked, stretch, fold (as banana leaves for a hat), fold back on; 2. divert, influence, cause someone or thing to act correctly or wrongly, discipline, drive or lead astray, drive before one (as a cow), chase
Speaker: Martial wahe
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-akwrigi
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wring, wring out (as kava from a strainer), squeeze by hand
Speaker: Martial wahe
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gonggong
gongong
kahimaregi
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coconut development stage 3
Example: Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kasusu
kawasawas
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kind of breadfruit, similar to karuarewa but the fruits are larger and with the same small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit
Example: This variety is not good for making a canoe as the wood is too soft
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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konpir
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liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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konuwak arwerew
kuaniapit
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shrub (1 to 1,5 m) (collection: Laurence Ramon #322)
Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kuatiapas
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kind of coconut, produces the smallest coconut, with an oblong shape
Example: It is said that when children play in the bush they like to find this coconut to eat. The local name refers to children—small in size, just like a child. It is not considered a good variety for an adult to eat
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwanatis
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herb to 75 cm tall, flowers purple (collection: Michael J. Balick #4731)
Example: The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.
Scientific name: Stachytarpheta, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwanviru
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5137)
Example: Stem to build house posts. Can be used to make pipe. Ripe fruits, remove nut and eat food.
Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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makhum
makhum
maramara
mariveia
mark kwakwa
nahpao
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Rough triggerfish, spotted oceanic triggerfish, oceanic triggerfish
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: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe
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nakgar
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species of magnolia tree
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Pittosporum campelli, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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napuer
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3013)
Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nasar
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5074)
Example: Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.
Scientific name: Microsorum, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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natahi
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flowering shrub or tree
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nauropag
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well branched tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3037)
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 igniting dried material.
Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nawawa
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well branched tree, 10 m tall
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekafae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5046)
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
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nepeka
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kind of coconut, has the largest fruit of any coconut and the fruit is more oblong in shape
Example: The fiber from this variety (from the sheath base) is used for kastom ceremonies to cover kava when the young boys are coming out from their circumcision houses. This fiber is also wrapped around the middle of a bow to give it strength and help prevent it from cracking. The fiber can also be used to make a sleeping hammock as it is strong and clean
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nikinapus
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shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3258)
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
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nimewae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5061)
Example: Use stem to build roof rafters. Before people had matches, this plant was used to light fires by rubbing one stem of this against another piece of the same tree.
Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nipar
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5082)
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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nipirey
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5017)
Example: Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.
Scientific name: Polyscias cumingiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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noufoua
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)
Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.
Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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noukwetao
nukuk
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epiphyte growing on a main branch of a glochidion tree, 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3073)
Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.
Scientific name: Pyrrosia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nwera
nɨmarɨ
pawpawuk
penesu
pirawa ~ firawa
pranawhi sei kijirimak sa namritaik
pranawhi sei piak sarawihi
sap sap
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5093)
Example: For an earache, take a double handful of leaves, mash, and squeeze in your ear.
Scientific name: Calyptocarpus vialis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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taoura ia nipeka
tapatou
tarur
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terrestrial orchid, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3035)
Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
Scientific name: Calanthe chrysantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tikinau
tuwai
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tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)
Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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yerman sei kijirimak sa namritaik