Raga

noun kind of creeper

Example: Photo by Cheng Te Hsu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-SA via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Pueraria lobata,
Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

name of mythical devil/giant who lived on Maewo Island, his dead body gave rise to coconut

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo by Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-SA via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Polyscias cumingiana,
Contributor: Philemon Ala,

noun uncle

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun pig

Speaker: James Ure & Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Microsorum punctatum,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

adjective blue

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun leg

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Cyrtandra sp.

noun kind of yam, climbing plant

Scientific name: Dioscorea alata,
Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo by McCormack / The Bishop Museum, License: CC-BY-NC via orchidspecies.com

Scientific name: Dendrobium involutum,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Amylotheca banksiana,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Metrosideros collina,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo by 王美芳/ iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Argusia argentea,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Crateva religiosa,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo by Stemonitis / Wikipedia, License: CC-BY-SA via Wikipedia

Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Hoya sp.,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Xylosma sp.,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo by Ramon, Laurence / plantnet, License: CC-BY-NC via publish.plantnet-project.org

Scientific name: Melochia odorata

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Rhaphidophora sp.

adjective cold (feeling of being cold)

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Eurycles amboinensis,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo from NYBG Steere Herbarium; G. M. Plunkett 2877 via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Peperomia pallidinervis,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo by Ruth Ripley / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Psilotum nudum

adjective red

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant, found near river by 3 kona

Scientific name: Torulinium odovata,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun coral reef snake

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun goat

Speaker: Presley Dovo

numeral 20, twenty

Speaker: James Ure & Presley Dovo

noun kind of herb

Example: Photo by Clayton Bownds / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Salvia coccinea,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo by belyykit / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Polyscias guilfoylei,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun kind of herb

Example: Photo by 自然科生物林沛潔 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Ocimum basillicum,
Contributor: Philemon Ala

noun wild cabbage (tender fern leaves)

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Glochidion namilo,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

interjection yes

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun kind of plant

Example: Photo from NYBG Steere Herbarium; G. M. Plunkett 3247 via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica,
Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun moon

Speaker: Presley Dovo

noun March: (“moon is not quite full”). Resources available but will soon be gone. Waves are longer, but do not cause destruction. Trees and plants grow well but a small number of leaves fall off the tree (=“gai ram mamaririga”)

noun waxing gibbous moon (moon is round throughout the day)

Example: See also "mwa ngal matan bageo"

mythical people representing the second stage in the creation of humans. Said to be small (dwarfs), dark-skinned people of Pentecost Island, created by the vatu (stone people). Said to hide in caves and live in Lolbuavatu village