ia-kamani manioto mene nipikao
konambre
listenloadingplaying
n.
type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5153)
Example: To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.
Scientific name: Alchornea scandens, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
konuwak
kowava
listenloadingplaying
kind of taro, has reddish-white flesh like a guava fruit, and has a reddish leaf petiole
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
kuayei apusan
kuayei pitew
makhum
mantopani mariyango
listenloadingplaying
kind of cassava, from Port-Vila
Example: The root of this variety is made into lap-lap used in certain ceremonies
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
minin pitew
nahnen
listenloadingplaying
[na̤:nɨn]
n.
well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3086)
Example: The stems of this plant are one of the best firewoods; use the embers to light a person’s tobacco pipe. People know that when this plant has ripe fruit, it is time to hunt the flying fox near this tree.
Scientific name: Ficus cf. adenosperma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
bookmark
naiwan
listenloadingplaying
kind of taro, has yellow flesh
Example: Good for roasting
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
nakogar
listenloadingplaying
n.
type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5048)
Example: Use with Euodia (MJB 5031; Nisei) when a young girl gets her period to reduce the odor. Put this plant under the skirt. When planting yam, dig the hole, and burn the leaves of this with coconut. Put this flaming concoction into the hole and cover it with soil. Then place the yam in. This will help kill any pathogen, like a virus, that will harm the yam.
Scientific name: Pittosporum campbellii, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
namirau
listenloadingplaying
[nami̤rew]
n.
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
bookmark
napɨr
listenloadingplaying
n.
type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)
Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.
Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
nare
natan
listenloadingplaying
n.
type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5105)
Example: Stem used for sawn timber.
Scientific name: Virola surinamensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
natehi
listenloadingplaying
[nata he]
n.
tree to 4 m tall, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4732)
Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
bookmark
natɨmi
listenloadingplaying
n.
type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5066)
Example: Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.
Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Johnson Noar
bookmark
nekatirou
listenloadingplaying
n.
shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)
Scientific name: Hibiscus rosasinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
bookmark
nifeag
listenloadingplaying
n.
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
bookmark
Nihi yasur
nikuhma
listenloadingplaying
n.
small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3240)
Example: People use the wood of this plant to make arrows. When hunting flying fox, people cut a 2’ pieces of the stem to throw at the animal and catch it.
Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
bookmark
nipiry
listenloadingplaying
n.
type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5102)
Example: Cook young leaves in water for 5 min and then eat.
Scientific name: Polyscias fruticosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
bookmark
nkaferang
nkhaourakou
listenloadingplaying
n.
shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)
Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.
Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe
bookmark
nykwesi
listenloadingplaying
[nukwe:si]
n.
tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)
Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.
Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
bookmark
nɨmarɨ
nɨmu mɨru
pawpawuk pitew
pinerau
listenloadingplaying
[pinerew]
Red-Bellied Fruit Dove
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
bookmark
pirawa ~ firawa
rerinitakuang
listenloadingplaying
n.
type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5026)
Example: Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.
Speaker: Martial Wahe
bookmark
tasiapen
tuburbeï
listenloadingplaying
n.
tree, pale bark with vertical lines of lenticels. (collection: Laurence Ramon #330)
Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Martial Wahe
bookmark
turlmata
listenloadingplaying
n.
vine in hibiscus tiliaceus tree, growing on rocky roadside cut along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3163)
Example: The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.
Scientific name: Cayratia trifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe
bookmark