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apitak
v.n. go after
bookmarkataka
v.n. sail without making headway
bookmarkehlek
v. to seek food, as taro; to gather, to reap
bookmarkehmehma
adj. healed, applied to wounds; ripe; yellow
bookmarkgras
inceslum
n. vegetables; herbs, as taro, bananas; every vegetable planted for food
bookmarkincopau
n. a coconut with a sweet husk
bookmarkinhus
n. stump of a tree; shaft of a candlestick
bookmarkinhus u miliaig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinjañad
inmusji nupul
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinrukdum nohos
n. kind of banana
bookmarkinta
intesjao
intinan nopoi
n. the wicker-work bed (constellation?)
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isji ariko
v. to gather beans
bookmarkitounga
kaliteg
nahleuco yag
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahod
nahojcei
n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3436)
bookmarknaijema
n. cotton
bookmarknaijema
n. flax
bookmarknakoai
n. species of palm tree
bookmarknala
name cedo
n. epiphytic liana climbing up several canopy trees, growing on slope in primary forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4023)
Example: 1. The roots of this plant are used to make "Nopoy"--a traditional trap used to catch fish and lobster. The outer bark of the roots are removed and sun-dried. The roots are then split into several pieces and they are woven in an open fashion similar to a "noporapora"--a type of market basket fashioned from coconut leaflets.
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namlau
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3490)
Example: 1. The larger stems of this plant can be used to build houses, for rafters. 2. It is also a good source of firewood. 3. Ancestors, before go to chief’s canal and want to talk about a complicated issue – a person would cut a branch and bring it to the sea and tap the water surface and would say what he wants, ask that he would want that issue to be solved and that others would follow his ideas and then go back to the meeting place and take stick, keep wind at his back, moving stick in all directions and then he will convince the people of his ideas. This is done by the chief’s spokesman. Helps convince the opposition. Helps keep power in hands of parent(??) chief rather than subchiefs who might have other ideas.
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n. tree to 15 m tall, dbh 40 com (collection: Michael J. Balick #4857)
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.
bookmarknapile
n. kind of taro
bookmarknaposjilcau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapupwi
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknap̃ojev
n. well branched tree, 14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3651)
Example: Poles made from this plant are used for house rafters and burned for firewood. To plant taro in a swampy area, collect the leaves of this species and put them in the hole where the taro is to be planted, mix with a bit of soil and then plant the taro on top of that. Leaves are a type of fertilizer. Used when baking with the earth oven. Hot stones cover the food and then the leaves from this plant cover the stones. The leaves stay on the branch.
bookmarknap̃udve
n. epiphytic fern, fallen to ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3494)
Example: When a dog is poisoned by cuguatera from eating a fish, the root of this species is collected, cleaned and a handful is boiled in 1-2 cups of water and given to the dog to drink. This treatment should be done 3x daily, in the morning, around noon and during the evening meal for as long as the dog is sick.
bookmarknarpomyiv
nathat uwun jap
natuun
n. kind of banana
bookmarknauanavig
n. quicksands
bookmarknehpan neaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkneijip
n. a mat of coconut leaf
bookmarknemeg
n. Anchor tuskfish, Orange-dotted tuskfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein, iNaturalist: CC BY-A-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknepiloan
n. tender shoots
bookmarknetet
n. the name of a tree
bookmarkneteukin
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknida
n. tree, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3685)
Example: Sharpen the end of a straight pole of this tree and use it to plant taro in a swampy area. For family planning. Scratch away the inner bark into your hand and mix with 1/4 cup salty water. Woman the uses (not specified how to use) it after her monthly period to protect her from getting pregnant.
bookmarknidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknijmese
n. green foliage
bookmarknirid unmu
n. terrestrial fern, growing in primary rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3614)
Example: People who go fishing take this plant along with other unspecified leaves, crush them and rub them on the fishing line that the person is using. This is said to attract more fish to the bait. It is also a "message plant" to be put in a person’s hat when they come back from fishing and then people know that they caught fish. Local name means "fish gill."
bookmarkniridunumu
n. terrestrial fern, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4121)
Example: 1. The name means "fish gill". When one acquires a culture-bound illness, caused by possesion of the sea devil, this plant is used to prepare a remedy. Further information about the illness and remedy withheld.
bookmarknisiug
n. a tree, the leaves of which have no center rib
bookmarknisʧi
niʧin neiang
nodieg
n. a bundle of reeds; also "nohudieg"
bookmarknohap
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknohos kaletonia
n. the New Caledonian banana
bookmarknononhat
n. Blue-lined large-eye bream
Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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nowahau
n. Black-spot surgeonfish
Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknuae
nuarin adalamak
n. plain
bookmarknuka
n. leaves for an oven
bookmarknuput, noho’ich
n. cultivated anthropogenic landscape (lawn and planted trees). (collection: Keith E. Clancy #6655)
bookmarknässa
oho
v.n. to bear fruit as a tree
bookmarksepam
adv. down here
bookmarkupuhas
v.n. to sprout
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