-akɨk
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1. slide on, slip, strip off (as leaves); clean (as kava with coconut fibre), clear away debris, clear one’s throat; 3. sober up (from alcohol or kava) by clearing one’s throat with food or water; 4. massage
Speaker: Martial wahe
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-arukwɨpin
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1. set a date, summon, send a message (about a debate, ceremony, etc.); 2. assemble, gather; 3. hurry, speed, go too fast
Speaker: Wahe Martial
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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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ia-kamregi namisaian ia nupurak
iaku-iaku
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[jaku jaku]
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kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)
Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kapa
kaperis apusan
karkarepa
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vine, to 4 m off forest floor (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3260)
Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.
Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konambre
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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
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konwarkar pitov
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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mahk ~ mak
[the spelling "mahk" was transcribed by Goerg Forster on Capitain Cook’s 1774 visit t]
Tanna ground dove (extinct species)
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manarum
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kind of breadfruit, produces a large fruit with a smooth skin and very sweet flesh
Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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marao
nashiapou
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5081)
Scientific name: Cyperus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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naskou
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5071)
Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. . Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood.
Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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naturena
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epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)
Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.
Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nekaferang
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[kəfe:rəŋ]
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epiphyte growing on cyathea trunk, growing along garden trail. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3066)
Example: This plant is used to reduce the pain of toothache. Take the stem and peel it, remove the bark and place the bark against a sore tooth. Keep it is place, until the person feels better. Can use this treatment 2-3 times. It is said to "take the pain away." The tooth may rot away naturally, but this is good for the pain that accompanies toothache. The dried fruits and seeds of the plant can be mixed with pig food, such as coconut, and when the female pigs eat it, they will not have piglets. This is said to be used when a person has too many pigs.
Scientific name: Cyrtandra cymosa, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekeskes-apran
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[nakəskəs apran]
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small fern growing on decaying log in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)
Scientific name: Asplenium cf. caudatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nekethirau
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5138)
Example: Remove base from flower and chew flower--tastes sweet. Long ago there were no pens, you could use this flower to write message on wood.
Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekira
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)
Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.
Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nemar
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5030)
Example: Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nikanyep
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treelet, 1.5 to 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4243)
Example: 1. Known as the spirit of kava, the inner stem of young leaves can be eaten as bush fodder.
Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nkhaourakou
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5083)
Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).
Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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noufoua
pangkor
prigsiwir ~ marasaw
tamakao
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Red Jungle Fowl (male)
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.
Scientific name: Gallus gallus, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tasi-nɨfara
terag
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shrub re-growing from fallen tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)
Example: Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.
Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tikinau ~ talenau
tui-tui
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shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.
Scientific name: Ricinus communis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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tuvai
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tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3006)
Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is also used to make dugout canoes. Tool: The wood of this plant is used to create the study part of a bow. It is noted, however, that there are better woods for this purpose.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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tuwai
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tree, 15 m tall
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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ume
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Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish
Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
Scientific name: Naso annulatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe
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yakuonapirawa
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)
Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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yapha