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atga alep
v.n. go alone
bookmarkauoc
adj. unripe
bookmarkelv-
pre. far; long; applied to distance or time
bookmarkEt elwa nieg
phr. the reeds blossom.
bookmarkhui heldei
v.n. to sail
bookmarkilihilo
adj. soft, as an infant’s foot, or new leaves.
bookmarkinhachac
inhujac
inhulec ~ iɣleɣ
[inhuleɣ] n. Yellow-throated White-eye
Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarkinlah
n. light
bookmarkinleuc nipji nakevai
n. a bolt of pandanus leaf
bookmarkinmahim nakowai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinmoijeuv natpoig
n. a comet
bookmarkinpwain ~ inhwain
intaig cap
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintapin
n. a hedge; a shelter
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intoutau
n. tree, 7-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3635)
Example: The wood from this tree is used for house posts. Used to heal bad spirits, headaches, fever, or any other kind of illness that modern medicine cannot fix. Must be taken and performed in the evening before the sun sets. Take four leaves from the top of the intoutau, netethae, nelmaha, inrowod plants. Combine them with 1/4 cup of water and squeeze the juice out of the leaves and pour into a piece of bamboo. Give the mixture to the sick person to drink. The woman must drink half of the mixture and use the other half of the mixture to wash their body with. The woman then has to stay away from other people except for those who helped wash her. Then you must smash the bamboo that contained the mixture where the sun sets.
bookmarkkorari
n. herb growing to 2 m tall, flower white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4974)
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.
bookmarkmurimuri
nadi adiat upni
nafan
n. the name of a species of seaweed
bookmarknahed u paralecei
naheñ
nahtaicai
n. plant
bookmarknakwai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknalak cai
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknamaka
n. herb to 1 m,flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4893)
Example: To make rope, cut the stems, tie together in a bundle and place in the sea. Cover the bundle with rocks for about a week, then take it out, wash it, dry in the sun until the fibers bleach white and use to make grass skirts. This is the process of retting. When the cyclone season is finished, the plant has flowers and fruits--in May through July--this means no danger of cyclones.
bookmarknamlau
napujatha
napupwi
n. kind of sugarcane
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narutu matua
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknasahas
n. a small water-plant
bookmarknatisiyeg
n. Squaretail mullet
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknauhuluc
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknaurakiti
n. herb. Swamp areas. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #8)
Example: 1. Cervical pain and to return it to normal size - Get a handful of Naurakiti and boil it in a pot of water. This can also be done by rubbing the handful of leaves together and squeezing out the juice into the boiling water but the leaves do not go inside. Sit in this for 2 hours or until cold for 1 a day for a week. 2. Medicine: leaf juice put on fresh cut to stop bleeding. Stomachache, headache – use 1 handful of leaves, squeeze these, put in cup, put in some water and drink it 1x day. 3. Women menstruation that will not stop, take 1 handful of leaves into a cup of water and drink 1x day for 3 days. 4. If a person’s joints are sore, take a handful of leaves, crush them and rub on the sore joints. Some people don’t like to use it internally as it can make some people sick, especially small children, but others say it is OK to use.
bookmarknausakrai
n. thorn
bookmarknauwau
n. a bulrush; a flag
bookmarknecjopdak
n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers yellow. 1. Medicine: Smash leaves 1 handful, into cup and add a small amount of water to treat constipation—1 cup for children; 1.5 XX for adults. 2. Stomachache: same treatment, will clear bowel. 3. 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. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3437)
bookmarknepek cat
nepiloan
n. tender shoots
bookmarkneri
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknerop
n. Black jack
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknerop
n. kind of banana
bookmarkneudan tauoc nohos
n. the center sprout of the banana plant
bookmarknidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkniditau
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3507)
Example: The young leaves and fruits are edible; the fruits are eaten ripe. This species is used for firewood as well as house posts, but they don’t last as long as other types of wood so they are used in temporary structures. A sacred plant on Aneityum. Name means linkage between this world and the spirit world. Agriculture – you find this tree ?? it means that the land is fertile. Birds eat fruits; people burn the tree to release ash and fertilizer and grow their taro around it – it will give more food. Message plant – if someone puts a long brown on your door or in your garden, it means “why are you here?” Implies that you should go back to where you belong. You don’t belong in this place. For example instead of quarreling over land dispute, put the branch and it means that you should leave this place.
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nijilah
n. kind of tree
bookmarknisjin
n. shoots of plants of bananas
bookmarknispak
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarknobohtan aiyu
n. meadow
bookmarknohoanma
n. breadfruit; also "nohwanma"
bookmarknomotmot ijis
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknomrop̃om̃
nop̃oi
n. sprawling, vine-like herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3215)
Example: 1. The flower of this plant is used for decoration, for Christmas in particular, in church and home. 2. To attract a mate, put the flower in your hair. 3. This is the introduced one that is named after the wild type.
bookmarknosocrei
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknuhihialeg
n. the early morning
bookmarkpakauoc
adj. unripe
bookmarkridiau
n. kind of taro
bookmarksafenunui
n. kind of taro
bookmarkwaleh
n. a sweet potato
bookmarkworago
n. Lined surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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