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kaepaepae kequahu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)
Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
Scientific name: Achyranthes aspera, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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kaperis apusan
karorat
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)
Example: Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.
Scientific name: Momordica charantia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konapungam
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5104)
Example: Break endocarp with knife and eat it. Children eat young green seeds. mature endocarp cleaned and used to play marbles. Split stem and use for floor of house. Leaf used to wrap cassava for roasting in ground oven or dried on fire. Young seedlings pulled up and meritsem eaten as food (Nanimen) palm heart of young tree.
Scientific name: Veitchia spiralis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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konuwak arwerew
kouwehew
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kind of shell, with smooth black color
Example: edible shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwanasitov
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magically treated stalk of wild cane used in kava fertility spells or to tabu a garden, road, etc.
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwani kumɨn
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5149)
Example: Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.
Scientific name: Bixa orellana, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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minin
namiraou
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[nami̤rou]
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tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3074)
Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.
Scientific name: Glochidion, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nanghervk
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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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nasasa
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banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)
Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.
Scientific name: Ficus cf. tinctoria, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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natahi
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flowering shrub or tree
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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natehi
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[nata he]
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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
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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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nauri
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[ne̤wri]
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understory tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3134)
Scientific name: Melicope, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nawa
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5038)
Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.
Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nawes
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tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)
Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.
Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nek-ke-hmap
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[neke hmup]
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herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)
Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist.
Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nepar nepar
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[napurnapur]
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small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)
Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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niknapus
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)
Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nikriakei
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tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)
Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nisai-arman
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[nisi erman]
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shrub to 1.5 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4728)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. ...
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nukuk-arman
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epiphyte on trunk of ficus tree, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3128)
Example: Unspecified secret medicine
Scientific name: Belvisia revoluta, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nukwaskwas
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terrestrial; leaves 1.0-1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2626)
Scientific name: Hypolepis elegans, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nukweri ierman
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epiphyte on syzygium myriadenum, outside of transect. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2608)
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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nukweri pran
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terrestrial; leaves dimorphic, ca. 0.6-0.7 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2615)
Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.
Scientific name: Austroblechnum melanoaulon, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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numeiau
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well branched tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3075)
Example: The stem of this tree makes good firewood, it is a light wood so easier to carry. People use it to start a fire, by using 2 sticks of this plant with chopped stem fragments, if there are no matches
Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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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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nɨmarɨ
pagaivii amramera sarariman
pawpawuk pitew
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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tapatou
tapatou
tarakisi
tikinau hasori
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)
Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.
Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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truvehimiru
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take a life or take care
Example: take a care of something life tdon’t make die for example baby dog
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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tukros ~ tukraus
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once-branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3139)
Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.
Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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turaimien
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)
Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.
Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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utu apusan
yesu