-amhua
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deflect an object (as a football), cast off, shake off one’s body, abandon one’s supporters (as a leader)
Speaker: Martial wahe
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-amtér
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life up, stand up (from a prone position), arise, life something which is on the ground
Speaker: Martial wahe
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Kamkari
kaperis apusan
keipeipwi yasuk
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)
Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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kieri
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Pacific Imperial Pigeon
Example: Photo by Jake Osborne, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Ducula pacifica, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kirepine
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5161)
Example: Leaf mixed with Malaxis sp. (MJB 5154) to treat broken bone. Conjunctivitis (pink eye) drip juice from the stem into the eye 2x day 3 days. Fertility: To cleanse womb squeeze on stem into bottle with water and drink 1L a day for four days to get pregnant.
Scientific name: Canavalia, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kitkit
koniere
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tree, 12-13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3089)
Example: The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.
Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konkriakey
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tree. mature green fruit with an abundant white latex, edible (collection: Laurence Ramon #321)
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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konphar
konpir
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liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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konquaequae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5036)
Example: Young plants for roof rafters, larger plants used for house posts. Women who get pregnant with someone else besides husband use this to abort. Boil a double handful of scraped stem in water and drink 1 cup four times daily to abort. Fruits are edible. Cut it open and eat what’s inside.
Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kurgen
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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marawta
minin
nagaimafu
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3018)
Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.
Scientific name: Turrillia lutea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nahpao akwes
naprapames
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terrestrial; leaves up to ca. 2 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2611)
Example: 1. When making a ground oven (nimum), these leaves are heaped on the stones, before the oven is buried with dirt.
Scientific name: Pneumatopteris glandulifera (Brack.) Holtt., Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nefrei yassuk
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creeping herb with white flowers and red-orange fleshy fruit. (collection: Laurence Ramon #333)
Scientific name: Geophila repens, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nefweng
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damaged tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers pale-yellowish tan. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3234)
Example: The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.
Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, 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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niamɨs
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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: Johnson Noar
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niar
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tree to 30 m, dbh 2 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4738)
Example: Wood is strong and good to make houses with, particuarly house posts. Also good for firewood.
Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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nisai-arman
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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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nmeheu
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tree growing along ridge track in disturbed forest, next to garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2979)
Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.
Scientific name: Melochia odorata, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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noufoua
nuirou
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5163)
Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.
Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nura
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kind of taro
Example: Good for roasting in an earth oven and has a very nice taste
Scientific name: Colocasia esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nusua
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kind of yam, produces a tuber with a white flesh and red skin. It is easy to grow
Example: Soft when cooked
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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pagaivii phisir sarariman
pawpawuk
pawpawuk pitew
penesu
tamagam
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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tesereng
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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and is said to be the original yam from this place on Tanna. It is harder to grow than many yams
Example: There is a story that an evil spirit stole this yam during the time of the ancestors, taking it from this area to the other side of the volcano. Because the spirit took the best part of the yam, leaving the worst part, this one became hard to grow
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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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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tɨpuk