kahimaregi
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coconut development stage 3
Example: Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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kapa
kaviahapurɨgpurɨg
konkamun
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large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall; adlay millet
Example: Photo by Martial Wahe
Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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konpir
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liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees, at edge of disturbed agro-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3087)
Example: The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).
Scientific name: Flagellaria indica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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kɨrɨgrɨg
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1. kind of luminous lichen, fungus, mushroom, 2. sea sponge, 3. soft corals, 4. comb and wattle of a fowl
Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe
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lili
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a type of sugarcane, very thin and long, yellow or light green color, very sweet, planted in gardens
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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manarum
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kind of breadfruit, produces a large fruit with a smooth skin and very sweet flesh
Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky
Scientific name: Artocarpus altilis, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nakwa numun
namatamai
namatamai
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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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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narer
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well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4248)
Example: 1. The stems can be used as posts or rafters in traditional houses. If used as a rafter, it is used as mid-roof brace placed longitudinally on the roof, going from one end of the house to the other. This part of the roof is known as kuar kuo. 2. When in flower, taro is considered soon to be ready. When the fruit is falling, it is considered time to harvest the taro.
Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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naskou
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5071)
Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood
Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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neiuck
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5106)
Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.
Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nekfai
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liana growing up a damaged macaranga dioica tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowering spadices green to tannish-yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3241)
Example: The leaves, fruits and stems of this plant are used as pig food. The leaves are used to wrap lap lap in. Leaves are also used to cover a roof of a house--the top part or ridge.
Scientific name: Epipremnum pinnatum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nhawi
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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers
Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all
Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nifeag
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)
Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.
Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi
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nikrah
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small tree, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)
Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.
Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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nisae
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)
Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menstruation), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Martial Wahe
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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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nɨfeg
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type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)
Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.
Scientific name: Macaranga, Speaker: Johnson Noar
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nɨre
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ginger, used in cooking and in tea, used medicinally in tea to clear lungs and throat phlegm
Speaker: Martial Wahe
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pawpawuk
pepheer pitew
takiew se tasi
warakou pshir
wipin akwes