-arér
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1. stand, stand on; 2. remain, be like, be at, be in office (as an elected official); 3. stop at (as a bus, or truck)
Speaker: Martial wahe
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ia-kamani manioto mene nipikao
iaku-iaku
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[jaku jaku]
n.
kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)
Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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karsapag
kwanarai
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)
Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.
Scientific name: Cordia dichotoma, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kwaniapwít
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1. seedpod of niapwit, 2. glue, tree sap, sticky substances, 3. tag (children’s game)
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwankumah
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[kwan kuman]
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shrub, 1-1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3130)
Example: A person would never use a food knife when cutting this tree as it will make that person hungry, which is also the name of the tree. So people do not like to cut this tree.
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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Makwa wi
namitɨg
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coconut development stage 4
Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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naurapag
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well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4249)
Example: 1. The fruits are eaten by flying foxes. 2. Dried wood are used as torches, and are considered long-lasting.
Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nauri
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[ne̤wri]
n.
understory tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3134)
Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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navan
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5144)
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: Johnson Noar
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neimeiraer
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)
Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nesiapuasiapu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5081)
Scientific name: Cyperus, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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newou pɨsir
nikariteng
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5029)
Example: Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of the Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018). The fern fibers are then rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. Then wrap the sap around the forked section of a Y-shaped stick (MB 5019, Tabernaemontana) followed by heating near a small fire (heat is blown from the fire to the part of the stick covered in sap). The sap then turns brown and gets stickier. Then the handle of the forked stick is put into a papaya that has alr
Scientific name: Cerbera floribunda, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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niknapus
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shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3067)
Example: Young boys make bows from the stems of this plant, and use them for hunting as the wood is hard and strong. If a boy needs a bow urgently, to hunt, he can use this.
Scientific name: Acalypha cf. repanda, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukuk
numben
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subshrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3161)
Example: The leaf of this plant is added to soup in which meat is being cooked, for example, turtle meat, which has a strong smell. If this leaf is placed in the pot, it will make the soup smell better
Scientific name: Ocimum sanctum, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nurap
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[nurap]
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)
Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.
Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nɨkatireu
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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: Johnson Noar
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pawpawuk
pawpawuk
pirawa ~ firawa
pirawa ~ firawa
pirawa ~ firawa
ros
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[tras]
n.
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: Jean Pascal Wahe
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semanu
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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh. It is somewhat smaller in size than most yams, and easy to grow
Example: Is used only for making lap-lap
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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Takiaew sei tasi
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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temɨn
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canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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tɨpatɨpa
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a type of lobster: Caledonian mitten lobster, a.k.a. slipper lobster (Parribacus caledonicus)
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tɨsi-
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n. inalienable
1. classifier word for supporting aerial roots (as of a banyan, pandanus), 2. thorn
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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