Aneityum

[aʔo] phr.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

[asvintal] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 154

v.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 74

v.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 80

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 82

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 82

n.

Example: The wood is good for house posts, as it is straight and strong.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum bijugum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Scientific name: Hornstedtia scottiana, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: Flowers put in hear as an ornament that has power because it is so beautiful. Leaves are burned and added to a bamboo pipe and mix with a foam that forms in fresh water, when people go to a traditional dance, men paint part of their face eyebrows and beard to attract attention, hence the name, pone part of which "am̃a" means "staring", because it will cause people to stare at the one wearing it.

Scientific name: Abutilon indicum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: People use the leaves of this plant to wrap lap-lap for cooking on the earth oven or when boiling foods. The leaves can also be used as serving plates and to cover the stones on the earth oven.

Scientific name: Heliconia indica, Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Example: This tree is a source of sawn timber.

Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Scientific name: Acacia spirorbis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 87

[inmohoɣ onubiθoʊ] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114

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Example: 1a. To stay healthy while pregnant - grate 1 coconut with nekei leaves, about a handfull (8). And 8 inpa leaves and 8 niditau leaves. Pound all of this together and squeeze juice out and bath in this then jump into a clear river to wash it off. 1b. Handful of leaves mashed with grated coconut and put in a shell, heat stones and put in shell, then take hot liquid to rub on body of woman who have just delivered to make their bodies healthy again, back to normal – when they deliver they are in huts, then wash with this and then come out of the huts and rejoin family. 2. Symbolic plant for peace (name means peace). 3. Message plant – put small tips of leaves in hair or make hat out of it and people know you come in peace. 4. When giving a gift, put this leaf on the gift, as in a basket – people wear them they are happy and peaceful – it is symbolic of Aneityumese people – so even when the people leave the island they will grow this plant. 5. People bathe with this leaf, mixed with grated coconut and cover body and hair to smell good and be strong. 6. Mosquito repellant, build fire, put green leaves on top, smoke and aroma chases mosquito away. 7. Take top of leaf with 3 young leaves and put in hair as there is the belief that this plant symbolizes the trinity. So it protects people. If a person from the island goes elsewhere and is faced with black magic they bathe with a handful of leaves, boil them and bathe with the liquid to remove the spell. 8. Decorate people with this leaf day feasts, weddings, and other events – very sacred.

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

[intas]

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

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

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Example: To treat toothache, collect the uppermost young leaves, rub them in your hand, put mass of crushed leaves into the area of toothache to lessen the pain. Do this as needed until the pain goes away. Keep it in your mouth for 10 minutes then spit out, then add a new one, keep going as needed.

Scientific name: Synedrella nodiflora, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

[inwerijweɪ] n.

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

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Example: Use the wood of this tree for firewood.

Scientific name: Arytera neoebudensis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

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Scientific name: Tylophora aneityensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

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.

Scientific name: Santalum austrocaledonicum, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

conj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[katɣapohoθ] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Example: The fruit of this species are poisonous. In ancient times the ancestors used the "fork" (branch growing out of main stem) of this wood to catch lobsters between the two parts of the stem.

Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: The nut of this tree is edible. Crack open the fruit and eat the seed raw. It can also be used to plug holes in a canoe.

Scientific name: Canarium harveyi, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: The wood of this species is very straight and people make fishing spears out of it. The wood, being straight, is used as well for roof rafters.

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

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Example: 1. Aerial roots have a natural curve that allows them to be used as a clothing hanger. The outer bark is peeled and dried all day in the sun, before the roots are used. 2. Leaves are used to help remove fish bones lodged in one’s throat. When bones are stuck in one’s throat, then you apply young leaves to the outside of the throat. Apply once and leave until the bones are removed.

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Scientific name: Triumfetta procumbens, Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Scientific name: Dendrobium rarum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

[nanin] n.

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

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n.

Example: 1. The name means "cloud". The plant is usually found on high ridges, in areas where there is often high moisture.

Scientific name: Callistopteris apiifolia, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nareramɣei] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 96

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 96

[natʔhat] n.

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

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Example: To make a baby strong, burn the leaves and rhizome, take the ashes and rub on the baby’s arms, knees, legs. Makes them strong, healthy and able to walk. Use after the child is given a bath. 1-4 years old, and it will help. Can use every day after bathing.

Scientific name: Lepturus repens, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

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Example: 1. To cure rubbush blood - Take a handfull f leaves of any age, pound it into a cupfull of water, squeeze the juice and drink when woman feels pain in head or inside the body or when the inside of the body is hot. Drink this once a day until the pain goes away. 2. To cure excessive bleeding after giving birth - boil naojapdak leaves (2-16) in seawater until leaves are soft and the water is brown. Sit on this water. 3. To close the cervix - boil 2 naojapdak leaves in water and bath in it. 4. Medicine: Smash leaves 1 handful, into cup and add a small amount of water to treat constipation—1 cup for children; 1.5 litres for adults. 5. Stomachache: same treatment, will clear bowel. 6. For leg sores, collect whole plant, put in water – a pool of water for 1 week, then use to dip sore as on leg into it for 10-15 minutes cure the sore.

Scientific name: Vigna marina, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Example: 1. The name of this plant means birdfoot. Accordingly, portions of this plant are used when a fire is smoky, to abate the smoke.

Scientific name: Plerandra actinostigma, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113

n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Scientific name: Astronidium aneityense, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Scientific name: Acanthus ilicifolius, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: 1. The outer stem is used to make an ornament call "Intyecrec". When one returns from the bush, you make this to indicate your trip to the bush. Other plants are at times including in the dressing. Each have their own significance.

Scientific name: Alyxia stellata, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Scientific name: Ficus obliqua, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

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Scientific name: Excoecaria agallocha, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 100

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 140

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 101

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Example: People use the leaf of this plant to layer on the bottom of the earth oven, and then pile food such as manioc or taro on it, then pile leaves of this species on top of that. This will help insulate the food from the high heat of the earth oven and allow it to cook better. Used especailly in feasts like weddings. Women usually collect this leaf and is used to cover very large earth ovens.

Scientific name: Cleidion javanicum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

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Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Bolbometopon muricatum via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

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Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113

[ninɛhɛn] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

[niɲja] n.

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

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

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."

Scientific name: Schizaea dichotoma, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 103

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Scientific name: Cycas seemannii, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

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Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus bariene, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

Example: Use this to make rope. Cut the vine, heat over a low fire, when it is still warm, tie posts of the house--the heat makes the cord very strong and tying it while in that condition makes it really strong.

Scientific name: Melodinus neoebudicus, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 104

[puarapuanan par lei] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena obtusata via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

v.n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 111

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati