-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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-asevur
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1. open (as a door), open up (as a trunk or other closed object); 2. clear or empty out (as dirt from a hole), reveal
Speaker: Martial wahe
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botoboto
kaprihapry
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5109)
Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.
Scientific name: Mimosa pudica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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karwase
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5120)
Example: When parents go away to a feast or garden, children take a pile of soil 12 in. diameter, put this flower on top, surround wth some ashes and then hide in the house to wait to see if the dwarf spirit appears (Karwase Haruase). Sometimes the spirit will come and then scare the children. Ancestors used these spirits and games to teach children to stay together and not wander alone. As the dwarf spirit will take you.
Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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katata ~ katate
kauyei
kawir
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Common Myna
Example: Photos by Byron Chin / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kawitnawit
konianaker
konuwak
konuwak arwerew
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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kuanuares
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liana growing into canopy of dysoxylum, in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3034)
Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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kwaji yerman sei piak sarawhi
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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kwenakwa
Kɨnɨwi
marao
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Blotcheye soldierfish, bigscale soldierfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
Scientific name: Myripristis berndti via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe
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naik
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herb, growing as weed in kava garden. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3148)
Example: If a tree is dying from fungal infection, this plant should be planted near one’s garden, near crops or that tree to help protect crops from that disease.
Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nakgar
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species of magnolia tree
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Pittosporum campelli, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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napoti sarapiran
napuei mia
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coconut development stage 5
Example: A ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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natonga
neper
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type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)
Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.
Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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ngata
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kind of cassava, produces small roots but the plant yields in 3 months after planting
Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nipirey
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5017)
Example: Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.
Scientific name: Polyscias cumingiana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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niras
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5087)
Example: Very poison sap and leaves. When in fruit the fruit bat eat this and can’t fly well so fall down and can be harvested.
Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nkaferang
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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pasuwa
pawpawuk
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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rango
reiai
sap sap
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herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3146)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.
Scientific name: (comp), Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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suka
takiew
tangarua
tannapen
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5047)
Example: To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.
Scientific name: Alternanthera brasiliana, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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taoura ia nipeka
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 (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)
Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.
Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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utu apusan
yakakusarɨp
yaku yaku
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5141)
Scientific name: Geophila, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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yanar