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alwa
v. to bud; to put forth leaves
bookmarkapnyin
n. time; weather; day; morning
bookmarkauoc
adj. unripe
bookmarkedaledal
v.a. to spread abroad; to go everywhere
bookmarkehyiyihi
v. to teaze, as cotton; also "ehyeiyihi"
bookmarketi laulau
adv. soon
bookmarkeucte
v. to begin to blossom
bookmarkidahod
v. to sprout largely; also "ujipsotan"
bookmarkinceiwad
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarkincipiñti
indroumu
inhujah
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded atamaiñ
inma
n. a breadfruit tree
bookmarkinmehtit
n. breadfruit crop in October
bookmarkinmeraducai
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmerei
n. tree to 2 m tall,dbh 40 com (collection: Michael J. Balick #4877)
Example: To treat a local disease (that causes pain in the stomach) called "Namya," peel off the outer bark, collect 1 handful of inner bark, boil with 1/2 liter of water, drink warm, 3 cups/daily, for 3 days. At that point the person will feel that "the weakness is no longer in the body." After 3 days of treatment the pain in the stomach goes away. Wood is used for posts; leaves for compost for holes that people will plant taro in--line the bottom of the hole before placing soil and taro in it.
bookmarkinmunuka
n. thunder
bookmarkinpakanhas
inp̃a
intal eteuc
n. the name of a plant with a white flower; a lily
bookmarkinteijid
n. species of pine
bookmarkintidin
n. a crop, but not the first ripe
bookmarkinyat
inyecelcoli
n. vine to 1 m, flowers purple. (kudzu plant). (collection: Michael J. Balick #4920)
Example: Roast the tuber of this vine on an open fire for 20-40 minutes, peel off the skin and eat like cassava or taro. Chew it and drink the "juice" while spitting out the fiber. It grows wild, season of harvesting is in May. Very tasty food for people, considered "numba wan" food for this island.
bookmarkinyehec
n. mandrake
bookmarkinyidjighos
n. the center rib of the coconut leaf
bookmarkinyipei
n. the flour, as of arrowroot
bookmarkjigkom
[ʧiŋkum] n. chewing gum
bookmarkma
adj. ripe, as fruit; healed, as a wound; also "mah"
bookmarknadeij
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.
bookmarknairo
n. sapling, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4106)
Example: 1. Sapling wood is used to make fishing spears. A straight sapling is first heated in the fire to render it pliable. The sapling is further straightened and then decorticated. Once cooled, wire can be added a prong to the end of the spear.
bookmarknalauba
[nalauba] n. Emerald Dove
Example: Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarknarasincai
n. bark
bookmarknariko
n. lentils
bookmarknarutu arari
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknatu
n. grass; little bushes
bookmarknau
n a plant, with upright clumping. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #25)
Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4young leaves of nafanu and mash and squueze the juice into a small bamboo (1-1.5 inch diameter) The nafanu is important because it is a plant that connects to the sea. Use wildcane leaves cover the bamboo closed. Go to the sick person and unwrap the snake from her. Start from the top and let the woman drink a small part of the potion then wash her with the mixture, making sure to wash head, elbows, knees, feet, and belly. Then take a leaf of naha and break it over
bookmarknauyerop
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3505)
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.
bookmarknecemas
n. fern to 30 cm, cones green (collection: Michael J. Balick #4919)
Example: Use this plant to send a message to someone that another person has died. Take 1 dried leaf, to pass message to another village/tribe or people. Hold it in your hand and walk past a person, then they know that someone has died.
bookmarknelkasau
n. shrub to 4 m, fruits green (collection: Michael J. Balick #4987)
Example: This leaf is used as the upper layer of leaves on the earth oven. If the leaves of #4986 are in short supply, people cover the first layer of stones in the earth oven with these. The stems of this plant are used as tinder to light fires. The seeds are poisonous.
bookmarknepekhau
nerere
n. tree to 10 m, dbh 75 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4988)
Example: The young aerial roots are cut from the stems of the tree and used as a local rope, to tie things, help construct temporary shelters, as well as to make string for a hunting bow. Flying foxes like to eat this fruit so in the night when the fruit is mature hunters come by this tree to hunt flying foxes as well as hunting birds during the day. Hunters use bows and arrows for birds, and throwing sticks (natou) made from any plant to hunt flying foxes.
bookmarknerop
n. kind of banana
bookmarknesgan nevig
n. a fresh coconut
bookmarkneyaiñ
nididao
nigehagid
n. kind of banana
bookmarknigyi neto
n. the chewed fiber of sugarcane
bookmarknihkanwai
n. brook
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 8-9 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3655)
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.
bookmarknipʧinite
niri
n. grass to 1 m tall, florets brown (collection: Michael J. Balick #4973)
Example: This grass is used to thatch the roof of a traditional house. Tie bunches of the grass on a stick ca. 2 m long, using string from Pandanus or other vines. Lay these on the roof and tie these sticks with grass on crossbars to secure them. The flowers of this grass are harvested and put in bags to make pillows. The flowers are soft and easy to gather and make a nice pillow.
bookmarknispev
n sea snake
bookmarknomotmot mese
n. hay
bookmarknowigma
n. a dried or withered breadfruit tree
bookmarknuei
n. vine climbing into the canopy on Sarcomelicope, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3620)
Example: This plant is used for local rope. Coil it in a figure 8, heat on a fire, when it is soft, use it for tying poles on a house. It is very strong when cool and dry.
bookmarknuputuligighap
n. stem of coconut leaf
bookmarksepamki
adv. down here
bookmarksuko
adv. downwards or westwards
bookmarktapasetarayi
n. kind of taro
bookmarktar ~ [introduced tamprem]
upasin
n. first shoots of old roots
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