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afwafwa
n. beat coconut fiber
bookmarkahlau se
v.n. go down
bookmarkahwai lelcai
v. to plant weeds; to make a wilderness or a waste
bookmarkataka
v.n. sail without making headway
bookmarkcustard apple
n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3520)
Example: Children sometimes eat this fruit but it smells bad. Adults do not eat it. An introduced species so there is no local name.
bookmarkeceijo
n. tide flowing a little, begun to flow
bookmarkedaledal
v.a. to spread abroad; to go everywhere
bookmarkelv-
pre. far; long; applied to distance or time
bookmarkevehel
n. light winds
bookmarkgras
imehei
n. pandanus leaf
bookmarkincei u nasuantan
n. subshrub, 0. 5 to 0. 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3212)
Example: The common name of this plant means "the plant that belongs to Nasuantan" that being the person who introduced it to Aneityum. He was a person taken from the island as a blackbirder and came back with this plant. It is used for medicine. When a person gets a fresh cut, squeeze the juice from the leaf and put the liquid on the cut to help it heal.
bookmarkincesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkincetcai
n. a bundle of wood for fire
bookmarkincuwukava
inhachac
inhamesei
n. the name of a native plant
bookmarkinharmejicop
n. Ocellated eagle ray
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhujac
inhulec
inlelitai
n. bush land; uncultivated land
bookmarkinmerinwai
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmobolhat
intal athunwai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintinan mese
n. dry land planted
bookmarkintisianibul
n. rose
bookmarkintisianmop
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkintopasyej
n. shrub to 2 m tall, flowers yellow. Growing along coast. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4959)
Example: The young leaves are boiled for 15 minutes and coconut milk is added to the warm leaves and this is eaten--the coconut milk it said to make the leaves taste better. New mothers are given this food as it helps them to produce more milk for their babies. As a medicine, take the young shoots, peel the outer skin off of these, macerate a 3’ piece of young stem in a small amount of water, take out the fiber, put the juice in a tablespoon and feed it to a baby that is old enough to swallow water (not a new born) when they have diarrhea. Take once daily for 2-3 days. This remedy is used for babies up to one year of age. For older babies that have diarrhea, peel the young 3’ stems and give them to the child to chew (spit out the fiber) and have them drink a small amount of water after chewing. This treatment is once daily, for 2-3 days until the diarrhea stops. For adults, take 4 young stems about 3’ long and chew these and swallow the juice, twice daily (morning and afternoon) and use until the diarrhea stops. When this plant is in flower, hunters know that the turtle has more fat and can be harvested--a calendar plant.
bookmarkinwau
n. a creeper, a vine
bookmarkinyidjighos
n. the center rib of the coconut leaf
bookmarkisji ariko
v. to gather beans
bookmarkkidibop
nabou
n. Yellowmargin triggerfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknacigaces
nadenahao
naevas
n. sparsely to moderately branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3220)
Example: 1. Wood is used for carving as it is a nice black wood. 2. Also used for house posts. 3. Use sapwood – cut a piece of wood, long one 1-2 m. Put it in front of the house or take a smaller piece on top of the entrance door – protects against bad spirits.
bookmarknahar
n. species of pine
bookmarknahein
n. shrub to 1 m tall, frits green. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4880)
Example: Stems are used to produce cyclone houses--secure wild cane (Miscanthus) on the roof of the house. Fold cane in half over the stem of this plant and then lay it on the roof. Makes layers that resist the wind. The stem of this plant can be sharpened to make a fishing spear, or used as the shaft and a few wires are attached to the end.
bookmarknahrin
n. half-tide when ebbing
bookmarknaridjai o un
n. east
bookmarknarutu arari
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknasancai
n. a tree full of sap
bookmarknauhoig yi amud an nadiat
n. the break of day
bookmarknecemas
n. terrestrial plant, growing in dry forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3509)
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.
bookmarknecñopod
neijiv
n. species of pine
bookmarknepahas
n. kind of tree
bookmarkneri
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkneri itai
n. leaves; grass
bookmarkniau
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknigiti
nipciv
n. the shark (constellation?)
bookmarknithwunitei
tree fern, trunk 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4102)
Example: 1. There are kinds of this plant. This is considered the white one. See GMP # 4100, textit{Cyathea sp}, which is considered the black one.
bookmarknohos esjig inwai
n. a banana
bookmarknohwai itai
n. corn
bookmarknomotmot ijis
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknowat
n. Convict surgeonfish, convict tang
Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknumta
n. shoots of taro for planting
bookmarknuputreiki
n. kind of tree
bookmarkpok
adv. seaward
bookmarktarere
adv. near; inshore; near the shore
bookmarktatalaha
n. kind of taro
bookmarktedtedwaleg
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
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