Nafe (Kwamera)

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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: 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: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Lutjanus fulvus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: To treat scabies, collect 5 whole plants, remove the soil, then boil in a bucket of water for 10-20 min and wash the scabies 2x daily for 2 weeks or until the scabies is dry.

Scientific name: Adiantum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Scientific name: Rhipidura fulginosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Myiagra caledonica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Phyllidia elegans via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

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

Scientific name: Epinephelus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by Richard Zerpe, License: CC BY 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Cromileptes altivelis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Cephalopholis leopardus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Oceanodroma tristrami, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

[kwani̤ni̤] n.

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

Example: If a person loses some of his yams in the garden to various conditions, such as poor soil or disease, these two varieties will always continue to grow, being very hardy and resilient. This yam was originally from Iankahi but now the village is losing this variety. However, some people in Port Resolution still grow it

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Eskar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Scarus quoyi via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n coucher de la lune

Speaker: Martial wahe

adj

Speaker: Martial Wahe

lezard

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakwanumɨn]

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: To make a tabu sign for your land, crops or to block access to the sea, meaning that this area is blocked from fishing and diving, cross two of the leaves in an “X” shape and stick in the soil or sand. People will know to stay away

Scientific name: Microcycas semannii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.

Scientific name: Malaxis, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Used to prepare all types of food

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Hibiscus dilicieus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.

Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: see more on Youtube

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Example: This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.

Scientific name: Eleusine indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mes gencives

Speaker: Martial wahe

n ma clavicule

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Fruits used to feed hens to increase fertility -- mix seed with dry coconut and give to hen to increase eggs.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: In times of disaster, can roast root in fire like sweet potatoe 20 min--chew the root to get the sweet tasting food and spit out fiber.

Scientific name: Pueraria montana, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Theretra nessus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Lethrinus erythropterus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Example: Hunting: The wood of the tree is used, as the body of a spear, to hunt fishes and turtles. To fashion the spear, an appropriate length of wood is cut, debarked, heated (to straighten) and then topped with an iron point. Note: Iaruman is the name of the male form of this plant. Prane is the female form of this plant. This plant is considered the same as Rapanea amischocarpa.

Scientific name: Tapeinosperma scrobiculatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mes dents de lait

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Sphyraena forsteri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover boil. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. semi-inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Used to make lap-lap to guests and family to welcome them

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by Bernie Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Alectis ciliaris via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

mouche bleu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Scientific name: Parupeneus heptacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe