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acesare
adj. sun just down
bookmarkategnaijaig pok nelcau
v.n. sail from shore
bookmarkfetofeto
igcahi
n. landward
bookmarkigcase
n. a place down, or westward
bookmarkijmau
n. without branches
bookmarkimjav
adj. soft, over-ripe, as breadfruit.
bookmarkincetceianalañ
incowos up̃utap̃
inhupnan
n. first fruits
bookmarkinhurei
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinmehei ipciv
n. kind of banana
bookmarkinmesese
n. the cold season; winter
bookmarkinpa
n. shrub, 1. 25 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3525)
Example: The young leaves are edible, after boiling for 5 minutes. A piece of coconut and a pinch of salt is wrapped in the leaves and eaten. The mature leaves are used to wrap food such as pig or cow meat and cooked in an earth oven. Tie this bundle with a piece of Pandanus fiber to secure it before putting in the earth oven. Both the green and ripe fruits are edible. This plant is used in kastom ceremonies. For a peace ceremony, if there is an argument, then this leaf is used to make peace between the parties. For many ceremonies, put on top of taro, kava or food pile, . For peace ceremony, when a person has food in an offering, give a branch of this plant to the other party to symbolize that the conflict is over. It is a "message plant" that conveys a meaning that people do not have to say out loud. When a stranger walks through a village with this plant in his or her hand, people know there is no threat or problem. When a young man first shaves, people give him a necklace of this plant. In the old days, hair was pulled out of young men, now people use razor blades.
bookmarkinpaije
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintinan
n. a bed, a foundation, a plantation
bookmarkintinan mese
n. dry land planted
bookmarkintowosjei
karadakoal
n. a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.
bookmarkkoliavan
n. kind of taro
bookmarkleucen
adj. ripe, as taro
bookmarkma
adj. ripe, as fruit; healed, as a wound; also "mah"
bookmarknaherumaig
n. mimosa (plant)
bookmarknaho
n. a plant, the fruit of which is prepared like arrowroot, and used as a food for sick people
bookmarknahoacen
n. vine to 3-4 m, aerial tubers brown (collection: Michael J. Balick #4872)
Example: Normally these fruits are considered poisonous. But, people have learned to peel off the skin of the fruits, put the peeled fruits in a conical basked and place a bamboo tube that is dripping water over it to wash the basket of fruits for 3-5 days. This is said to leach out the poison and the end result is similar in consistency to cheese. Wrap this up with leaves and put it in an earth oven to cook. This plant is eaten as a "starvation food" only, consumed in times of drought and famine.
bookmarknahojcei
n. low-growing vine, growing next to airstrip just beyond coastal vegetation. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3544)
Example: To trap fish, the vine of this plant is rolled in large quantity and put on the reef in a circle at high tide in order to corral and trap the fish. At low tide the fish are then speared and harvested. Placement of the circle depends on the rocks and the reef. Children fold the large leaves and bite parts of the leaf to make designs as a craft object. This is a "message plant." If a person wants to build a house or garden in a specfic place, put a piece of the vine on a stick near the area to tell others that they should not build a garden or house hear this area--this is a Tabu message. There are a few other unspecified leaves added to the stick, not only this one.
bookmarknakli pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknalak cai
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknapleañ
napupwi a darumea
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknariko
n. bean
bookmarknatuh
n. a sweet-smelling plant
bookmarknau
n. bamboo; a mountain
bookmarknau inwai
n. channel of a stream
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naupitju
n. treelet, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3622)
Example: People use the leaf of this plant to tie over grated banana, taro or other foods for cooking in an earth oven or boiling in a pot. The root of this species is edible. Cook it for 2-3 nights in an earth oven and then chew and squeeze the juice into your mouth, spitting out the fiber. It is a survival food.
bookmarknausecrai
n. a species of thorn
bookmarknauyerop̃ u inman
neaig
n. the kernel of a coconut; the coconut tree
bookmarkneaig cap
n. a red coconut
bookmarknedenc
n. stinging; the fruit of the kaleteug
bookmarknejeg tau
nekinkin
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknelgo waj
nepig sepahai
nepñatimi
n. epiphyte on syzygium tree, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. old fruits. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3660)
Example: Put several leaves of this species together to wrap food, especially the fresh water eel, and to carry plants of taro, kava, holding the leaves over one’s shoulder to carry these crops.
bookmarknetet
n. the name of a tree
bookmarkneteukin
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknidintaueuc
n. new coconut leaves
bookmarknijma
n. fallen tree, growing in canopy gap in primary forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3465)
Example: When the flowers of this plant are green, it is an indication that the cool season is approaching; when the flowers are brown, the dry season is coming. The wood is used to make rafters for the roof of houses, on which to tie thatch.
bookmarknirak
nisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarknitai auanipin upene
n. frankincense
bookmarkniña
[niŋa] n. shell
bookmarknohos anhas
n. the Futuna banana
bookmarknomotmot ijis
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknowyeyang
n. shrub to 2 m tall, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4955)
Example: The tubers of this variety are sweet, not bitter and are eaten after cooking. The young leaves are eaten after boiling in water until they are soft, either plain or cooked in soup. It is important to only harvest and prepare the young leaves in this way, as the older leaves will not get soft even after cooking. The young leaves are used to cover the top layer of the earth oven, on top of the stones that comprise the upper layer of the earth oven.
bookmarknuae
nugnyimtau noho
n. kind of palm
bookmarknumrinhou
n. Humpback red snapper, paddletail
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknwujvaeñ
n. vine climbing on Myristica fatua, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3615)
Example: This vine is used to make rope. Collect the stem, roll it in a figure 8, heat it on a fire and tie it on a house while the vine is still hot. Weave a ?? net to catch fish.
bookmarknälmaha
n. unidentified species
Example: Fresh leaves: special Kastom ceremony used to treat severe abdominal pain during pregnancy
bookmarkridiau
n. kind of taro
bookmarktatau
n. Blackfin barracuda
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktatau
n. Pickhandle barracuda
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktite
adj. ripe early in the season
bookmarkuhup a nelgo waj


