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acrac
cubuj cubuj
n.
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bookmarkeceijo
n.
bookmarkelum
v.
bookmarkemilmat
adj.
bookmarkereuc
v.
bookmarkfara
n.
bookmarkhas
adj.
bookmarkinciñyiñpa
inhau am̃a
n.
Example: In ancient times this plant was used as a fiber to make skirts and rope. Take the stems, remove the leaves, rett the stems in sea water for a few weeks, sun dry the stems and then weave into rope or skirts. This plant is not much used for this purpose at the present time. This plant is used to make a medicine with an unspecified use.
bookmarkinlop̃otjap
inmadeded
n.
bookmarkinmal acujitai
n.
bookmarkinmal ahapol
n.
bookmarkintejed gal
intelgal
n.
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bookmarkintesyanyac
n.
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bookmarkinyat
n.
Example: The ripe fruits of this plant are edible and said to be delicious as well as smell very good. When the fruits turn brown and soft you can open it and there will be a shell like an upsidedown turtle shell. You can eat the fruit out. As the fruit smells good, people put a basket of ripe fruits in their homes to give it a good smell. The unripe fruits can be eaten, but only when cooked in an earth oven so it is not sticky. The tree can be used for sawn timber. Can be used for building house, specifically the house posts. Number one timber.
bookmarkitaho
adj.
bookmarkkatamal
kuava atamañ
lelohos
n.
bookmarkmetagi asori
n.
bookmarknagagnit
n.
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bookmarknaheñ
nahoij
n.
bookmarknakoaha
n.
bookmarknapauwa
n.
bookmarknaraki
n.
bookmarknarakiraki
n.
bookmarknauram aged
n.
bookmarknecemas
n.
Example: This is a "message plant" that signifies that there has been a death. The person holds it or puts it on their head, goes to another person’s house and hands it to the person they wish to convey the message to, without saying anything and that person knows that someone has died. It can also be handed to that person. The person receiving the message then asks "who" and is told the deceased person’s name.
bookmarknedaugatmas
n.
bookmarknekro
nelm̃ai
n.
Example: This plant is used to make fishing line, perhaps moreso in the past than today. Collect young shoots form the sides of the tree, peel off the bark, soak the stem in salt water or fresh water for 1-2 weeks to ret the stems then separate the fibers, dry in the sun and use to make string for fishing. The leaves are used for feeding pigs.
bookmarknemek
n.
bookmarknetjeñ
niditau
n.
Example: The green fruits are edible, as are the young leaf apices--cook these in water and eat them. The wood is used for temporary houses, for example, to provide shade in a garden. For planting taro, or any root crop, sharpen the end of a stick of this tree and use it for making holes, particuarly in river sand where some crops are planted. This tree grows near the river and is an indication that this land is good for agriculture. The wood from the tree is very good for firewood. Name means "who are you." Plant used as an indicator of a tabu place. Take a branch and put it where another person is building or gardening and there is a dispute over that area of land. When this plant is placed there the person who is using the land should stop working it.
bookmarknijig an nepig
n.
bookmarknijin nedoon
n.
bookmarknijma
nirid u numu
n.
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." For performing a weather magic ritual to produce fog, this plant is fermented along with another plant (nap̃at) in a hole in a sacred stone (called "Naemoso") at a secret location on Aneityum.
bookmarknofauhuan
n.
bookmarknohos kaletonia
n.
bookmarknom̃o
noragidi
nowanlas
n.
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bookmarknucije
n.
bookmarknuei
n.
Example: This vine is collected, rolled in a figure 8 and put on a fire to soften it and used to tie posts. It is tied when warm, because when it cools it is very strong, "like wire." It does not burn on the fire, only become soft. It is said to be excellent for the construction of cyclone houses, it shrinks after heating to make a very strong rope.
bookmarknwujvaeñ
simi
adv.
bookmarktapasetarayi
n.
bookmarktatalaha
n.
bookmarkuleme
adj.
bookmarkwudwud
n.
bookmarkyecreig
adj.
bookmarkyetse
v.n.
bookmark


