-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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-atigite
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rely on, be sure of, expect that someone will do, depend on, believe in (as a supernatural being)
Speaker: Wahe Martial
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gonggong
kapapu
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tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)
Example: People use this plant for firewood
Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kapri iapri
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5110)
Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.
Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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karuarua
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)
Example: Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.
Scientific name: Meryta neoebudica, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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konawa
korkwao tanna
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Tristram’s Storm Petrel
Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Oceanodroma tristrami, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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kuanuares
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liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)
Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kusan
kwanapɨt
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5070)
Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 l bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.
Scientific name: Hanslia ormocarpoides, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwatavirua
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5135)
Example: When this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in bundles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.
Scientific name: Urena lobata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kɨmisak
mai-nɨfara
maramara
nahpao
namari
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5084)
Example: Planted for shade near a village or near houses. Shade tree.
Scientific name: Acacia simplex, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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namatamai
nanghervk
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[nakne̤ruk]
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tree, 12-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3131)
Example: When this plant flowers, people hunt flying fox as they like to chew on this flower. When you see it in flower, people know that taro is ready to be harvested.
Scientific name: Geissois denhamii, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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naskou
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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: Emmanuel Maasi
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nauiri fum
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sparsely branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3005)
Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.
Scientific name: Melicope bonwickii, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nawes
nekamako
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)
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: Martial Wahe
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neparum
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[ne̤pa̤rɨm]
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vine, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3103)
Example: Before there were many root crops such as taro and cassava, people would use the roots of this plant as a food, after roasting it in the fire. The roots are said to be very large and edible.
Scientific name: Pueraria lobata, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nimaue
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well branched understory tree, growing in dense cloud forest. fruits yellow-green to red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4228)
Example: 1. Ripe fruits are edible. 2. Young leaves are eaten raw.
Scientific name: Ficus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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nurabup
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very well branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3054)
Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts
Scientific name: Weinmannia denhami, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nuri-nanipuka
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[njuri ne nipuka]
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herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3169)
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: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nurpiteu
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small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4231)
Example: 1. Goats and cattle eat the leaves. 2. Wood is used to carve blunt-end arrow heads to hunt pidgeons.
Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨkapáu
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n. semi-inalienable
1. leaf stalk (of a coconut, banana, etc.), 2. leaf stalk scar (on coconut tree trunk)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨkawahai-rea
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[nəkwa̤j reje]
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small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3132), used to make fishing spears, and used to make small house posts that support thatch roof
Example: Straight stem used for spear shaft
Scientific name: Tapeinosperma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe, Martial Wahe
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nɨpkɨpki
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Pisonia umbrellifera tree, very soft wood, big trunk and branches, has black stinging seed pods
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨsori
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5145)
Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out,and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.
Scientific name: Murraya paniculata, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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pawpawuk pitew
penesu
rangho
ring
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2992)
Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal. Construction: The timber of the plant is used to make roof members of local houses.
Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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ros
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shrub to 1 m tall, flowers red. ornamental plant in homestead garden. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4735)
Example: Ornamental plant
Scientific name: Rosa chinensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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ruareng
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shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3155)
Example: To treat constipation, squeeze a handful of leaves into a half cup of room temperature water, and 10 minutes later the bowel will move. It is said to taste nasty.
Scientific name: Clerodendrum inerme, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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sekermandou
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kind of taro, has white flesh, considered the mother of all taro on Tanna
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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tapatou
tapatou
tuai
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tree, 30 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3238)
Example: This tree is a source of good, hard wood. It is used to make children’s bows as well as for house construction.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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wipin akwes
yapha iwis