-atate
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1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk); see -ate
Speaker: Wahe Martial
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kaimeregy
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kind of coconut, produces a medium-sized, round fruit
Example: When a person drinks the water from this fruit, it does not seem very sweet. The local name refers to “expired,” meaning that the fruit has expired and therefore the juice is not very sweet
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kakwasia
kamiemie
kesy
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)
Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.
Scientific name: Carica papaya, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konsun awhi
konuwak pitew
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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krefi
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kind of breadfruit, produces a long breadfruit that tastes very good
Example: The stem of the tree is good for making a canoe
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kuankumah
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understory treelet, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4210)
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kwanasuprana
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parasitic epiphyte growing on roots of trees
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Balanophora fungosa, Speaker: Martial 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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kwareren-akwang
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[nokukəpran]
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herb growing on large rock in open area, in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3117)
Example: People use this plant to treat heartburn and when they get indigestion. Take the leaf and wrap it with Ficus leaves ("manasus" unclear what species), chew them together and swallow the juice until the pain goes away.
Scientific name: Emilia sonchifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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manari-ianupag
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[manariən nəʔpəŋ]
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shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2971)
Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.
Scientific name: Maoutia diversifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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mantopani charley
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kind of cassava. When the soil is good, this variety produces the largest root. A man named Charley got it from Port-Vila and brought it to Port Resolution and it is named for him
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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mariveia
nahpao
namnamug
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5155)
Example: Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.
Speaker: Johnson Noar
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napuei tafa
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stage 1 in the development of coconuts, very small, not ready to eat or for any other use
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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napuer
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3013)
Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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natehi
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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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nava
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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: Johnson Noar
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nawɨrak
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5080)
Example: When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.
Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nikiskes
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parasitic epiphyte growing on upper branches of fagraea berteroana, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3012)
Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.
Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nikuhma
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small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3240)
Example: People use the wood of this plant to make arrows. When hunting flying fox, people cut a 2’ pieces of the stem to throw at the animal and catch it.
Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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ninikiri
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kind of taro, has dark red flesh. It might be a different genus
Example: Used to make lap-lap
Scientific name: Xanthosoma sagittifolium or Alocacia macrorrhizos, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nipar
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5082)
Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.
Scientific name: Calophyllum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nuapupu
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5158)
Example: When a person is stung by a jellyfish, take 5-6 leaves and whip the sore for 5-10 minutes and this will reduce the soreness of the wound.
Scientific name: Ipomoea pes-caprae, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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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: Emmanuel Maasi
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nukwesy
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5033)
Example: Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.
Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nɨmramiri
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5096)
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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pirawa ~ firawa
Ramasikin
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hold or take something
Example: young people hold chew kava to drink. or old people walking with walking stick
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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suku
teprakaka
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branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4215)
Example: 1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.
Scientific name: Astronidium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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trimian
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liana growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3096)
Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.
Scientific name: Nothocnide repanda, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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tuprepai
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understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3143)
Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood
Scientific name: Claoxylon, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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wipin napiran
wipin napiran