Aneityum

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 91

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Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.a.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 77

[itij] num.

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

adj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

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Speaker: David Nasauman

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Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 127

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 85

[inhɛlɛn] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

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Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 86

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Example: This is an introduced species. Use ripe fruits to produce a kind of ink for writing.

Scientific name: Passiflora suberosa, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

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Example: leaf used for for wounds; cold maceration taken internally against "skin cancer" (severe wounds?). Stalk, chewed, influences sex of an embryo in favor of a girl.

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana padacaqui, Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 440

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 172

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: The wood of this tree is used as firewood. Children collect the dry fruits and use them for decorations and toys, for example playing with a fruit on the beach, driving it as if it were a toy truck or boat (photo).

Scientific name: Heritiera littoralis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

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Scientific name: Inocarpus fagifer, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Scientific name: Calophyllum neoebudicum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

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Example: People use the leaves for cooking any ground up food that is cooked on a fire such as manioc or bananas, roasted or boiled in water. Fish can be cooked this way. The roots of this plant can be cooked in an earth oven. These need to be cooked for 2 days or 2 nights, lke a yam. The plant has large roots that are good to eat. Chew like a piece of surgarcane, the taste is sweet like honey. Swallow the juice and spit out the fiber. The roots, once cooked, can be stored for 6 months. In ancient times they were eaten during times when there was no food. This food is said to be able to sustain a person for one day, if eaten in the morning, the person not be hungry until sunset. Today, people eat this plant at festivals, as it is no longer a famine food.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

[intaʧi] n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 88

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: To make a fire, take a 1-2 cm diameter stick, sharpen it and rub it against a larger piece, ca. 6 cm in diameter. As a person rubs, the stick will start smoking and then start a fire, especially if there are a few small slivers of stem on the stick that can catch fire. People use other types of sticks to rub against the larger piece as well, and this will make a fire.

Scientific name: Aceratium oppositifolium, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

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Example: 1. Timber is often harvested and sold from this tree. 2. Flying foxes enjoy the fruits of this tree. Hunters gather nearby this species when the flying foxes are hunted.

Scientific name: Sideroxylon aneityense, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 121

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 196

adj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 93

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Example: A "calendar plant". When the flowers open, the birds are said to be fat and good for hunting.

Scientific name: Dendrobium mohlianum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

[nadimi dama] phr.

Speaker: David Nasauman

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: The tubers are edible when peeled and boiled in water for 1 hour. Alternatively, they can be peeled, soaked in water for 30 minutes, and then ground to make lap-lap.

Scientific name: Canna indica, Speaker: Tony Keith

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94

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Example: Stems of this tree are used to make canoes as they are always straight. Tree can also be used to for timber and as firewood.

Scientific name: Serianthes ebudarum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

[najsiom] n.

Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: The wood of this tree is good for carving. The fibers go in one direction so it is easier to carve, for example, to make a kava bowl. In general, this is the species used to make kava bowls. If your kava is not strong, then making it in this bowl will make it stronger. The kind of bowl made from this tree has a handle on each side of the bowl and it is held with 2 hands. The place name Anumwmamlau is named after this tree. There are said to be two types of this tree--one with all green leaves (this specimen) and one with white and green leaves. If a person is going to a Tabu place and is concerned about spirits, they should take a handful of these leaves and wash the body all over with it--take a swim (bath) with it. Then the person can go to the Tabu place without risk. There are other unspecified spiritual uses of this tree. The second part of this local name "elwa" refers to the variegation of the leaves.

Scientific name: Phyllanthus ciccoides, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

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Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Scientific name: Gerres oblongus via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 96

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 96

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

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Example: 1. The name means "cranky person". If someone fastens this plant around his head as a deocrative lei, it means that this person is not happy. He does not want to talk or communicate with anybody. The use is no longer common, and now many people do not know the signficance.

Scientific name: Lindsaea harveyi, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

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Example: The wood of this species is used to make a spear for fishing. The wood can also be used to make spears for hunting wild pigs.

Scientific name: Tarenna efatensis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

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Scientific name: Vigna marina, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Speaker: David Nasauman

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

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Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99

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Example: Photo by Krw130lm / Fishes of Australia, License: CC BY-A-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nɛlʝo] n.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99

[nepiŋ upni] phr.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

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Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caranx lugubris via FishBase, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

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Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Scientific name: Phreatia hypsorrhynchos, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

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Example: If the preferred banana leaves are not available to wrap food for cooking, then use young leaves of this species and tie taro and fish for cooking. Take 4-5 leaves and wrap the food with the leaves. Tie a rope around the food and tie them all together using any strong vine. They can then be cooked over an open fire.

Scientific name: Dillenia neoebudica, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

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Scientific name: Commersonia bartramia, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

[nijom araheθ] n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

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Example: The flying fox eats the fruit of this tree. When the fruits are ripe, the seeds are edible and children cut off the outside of the fruit and eat the nut. Wrap fish with this leaf and cook it on top of a fire--it tastes good. House posts are made from the trunk of the tree. It grows in the coastal area.

Scientific name: Cerbera manghas, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Scientific name: Polyscias schmidii, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Speaker: Chris Nevehev

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 138

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Example: juice squeezed from leaves; wounds

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 440

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Scientific name: Cyrtandra obovata

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Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus albovittatus via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 140

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113

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Example: This is a foreign tree, rare on Aneityum

Scientific name: Chrysobalanus icaco, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: Trunk of this plant is used to make food. Cut the stem in 2-3 foot pieces, peel the outer stem, put the peeled stems in an earth oven to cook for the afternoon through the night--about 12 hours. It will be ready the next day. Peel off any remaining fibrous tissue, slice the stems and eat. They are said to taste like sweet potato. The young fronds are boiled for 5 minutes and coconut milk is added, this mixture is then eaten. It is important to collect only the inrolled fronds that have not yet fully opened. The fronds are used to make temporary houses when camping in the bush. They are used to make a roof. To make a cassava grater, take 2-3 pieces of the frond stype, connect them together by piercing them on the sides with a piece of bamboo or any stick such that they are held together in parallel fashion, and use this to grate uncooked cassava to make lap-lap and to grate banana or any food that needs to be processed in this way. The thorny part of the stipe grates the food.

Scientific name: Sphaeropteris lunulata, Speaker: Tony Keith

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Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

Speaker: Jack Keitadi

adj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

adv.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 107

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 107

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 111