Aneityum

[aɣes nohos] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[aɣes noraŋitei] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Example: Leaf: infusion taken internally against pain

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 442

v.n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[amai neto] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

v.n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 154

v.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

pro.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[dowaŋ nadimi] phr.

Speaker: David Nasauman

[eroʊ] num.

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

v.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 80

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 81

phr.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 82

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 85

[inhapli] n.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

[inhosumeljaŋ] n.

Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Pachycephala melanura, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

n.

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

[inʤupki upni] phr.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Scientific name: Trichospermum inmac, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

[inmoiʤev at̚poij] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 88

n.

Example: This is a "message plant." If a person puts the flower behind their ear and then stares out at you, or tosses the flower to you, then say yes and follow them, for example, to drink kava, or to go swimming. Or a man invites a woman to go somewhere with him. Alternatively, you can leave the flower on a table and this is also a message to go with a person. Leaves also used to wrap foods. Decorate yard around the house.

Scientific name: Spathoglottis pacifica, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

[intohoɣ] n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016. see more on Youtube

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

Example: Ornamental. Some have red flowers. Red birds drink the juice. Normally flowers July, August, September.

Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: As a local toothbrush, take two pieces of stems, bend them and use to brush teeth with water. This plant acts like sandpaper to clean the teeth. Can also be used to brush pots.

Scientific name: Equisetum debile, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 90

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 91

[kitlel] n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Example: Put the leaf in seawater for two months, this will rett t he fibers. Then collect the fibrous strings and dry them in the sun, and use them for weaving. In the past this plant fiber was used to make rope but not at present.

Scientific name: Agave sisalana, Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Scientific name: Imperata cylindrica, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Example: Frond: cold maceration taken internally against ciguatera

Scientific name: Vittaria lineata, Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 443

n.

Example: 1. Wood used for timber boards. 2. Timber tree, sawn timber young stems for spear fishing, clean bark, heat it, affix tips on the end.

Scientific name: Dacrycarpus imbricatus, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: This plant is used to make a temporary house along the coast. It is considered "namba one" for shade. It is also an unspecified "message plant.

Scientific name: Leucaena forsteri, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: The leaves are used to wrap fish for cooking in an open fire. If you eat a bad fish and begin to feel the effects of it a few hours later, such as with Ciguatera illness, cut the base of the stem of this plant and let the sap drip into a half coconut shell with coconut water in it, drink the shell and it will make the person vomit out the bad food. It does not taste good but is very effective in making a person vomit as it contains a toxic compound.

Scientific name: Crinum asiaticum, Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Scientific name: Dianella ensifolia, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: The very young leaves of this plant are edible.

Scientific name: Ptisana smithii, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Scientific name: Hydriastele cylindrocarpa, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 151

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

n.

Scientific name: Polyscias scutellaria, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[neɣeɣ] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Example: 1. 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. 2. Use it to produce more fog on top of mountain – use w/ another plant, nap̃at (GMP 3268) – put these in a hole on the sacred stone to ferment as it fills with water. After it rots there will be a lot of fog. Name of stone = NAEMOSO. So the fog helps keep the plants moist and growing well.

Scientific name: Selaginella firmula, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

[neθelat] n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 98

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99

n.

Example: Photo by Krw130lm / Fishes of Australia, License: CC BY-A-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n.

Example: If a person is coming to a "new" village, e.g. not their own, and they have a branch in their hand, it means that they are coming in peace and not trying to harm anyone else in the new village. Or if they are asking for something that might be found in the new village, they hold the branch of this species and pass it to a person from that village so they will accept you.

Scientific name: Sida cordifolia, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

[neplaroʊ] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

[nesŋan ʤap] n.

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

Example: inner bark: ground, added to dug pools in the sea as fish poison

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 442

[niaŋ aɣin] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 101

[niʧɛn asŋa] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 131

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102

[ninɛhɛn nʊmʊ] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

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.

Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Scientific name: Schizaea dichotoma, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Example: Use it to cover fruit of inm̃ap (Inocarpus fagifer) in earth oven.

Scientific name: Christella dentata, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4 young leaves of nafanu and mash and squeeze 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 the woman’s belly button to break the snake off. Smash the bamboo vessel to pieces. Leave the woman there until the wash dries on her. This takes one whole day and the ceremony in the evening so she can sleep and she must not eat. This ritual is performed by men. 2. Main plant to thatch roof of local houses. 3. Collect the dry stems, tie together, use as a torch at night for walking or walking along the reef when fishing. 4. Take 1 cane and tie the leaves together and tie on a tree to indicate tabu – e.g. a citrus tree that will be ripe soon to tell people not to pick it. 5. To catch crabs just before sunset, burn the torch and shake the ashes on the rocks; come back an hour or so later and the crabs are attracted by the ashes and you can collect them. 6. Can also use to weave walls of house. 7. Women clean the leaves of the stem and use the hard part of the stem to strip pandanus leaf before weaving a basket. 8. Cut wild cane in half and sharpen the end, use this to cut the dried pandanus leaves into small strips. 9. Tie leaves into a knot and stick the knot on the kava stem; t is means that this kava goes “express” so the carrier goes to one border of a village and passes it to another person who knows it cannot stop in this village but goes to the next border and is passed on 10. This plant is a “message plant” to say “don’t stop,” referring to something being delivered.

Scientific name: Saccharum maximum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

[nohoɪjam] n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nohos itoʊga] n.

[nombrɛ niʧinin] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

[nok͡pa] adj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Scientific name: Arytera neoebudensis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum bijugum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 165

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

adv.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 108

adv.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 108

v.a.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 110

v.a.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 110

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118