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aelan panadol
apitak
v.n. go after
bookmarkataka
v.n. sail without making headway
bookmarkatcatcaiyu
v. to emit sound from a bottle or coconut
bookmarkEt elwa nieg
phr. the reeds blossom.
bookmarkgirigiri
n. coconut basket
bookmarkigcaijai
n. a place up or eastward
bookmarkilihilo
adj. soft, as an infant’s foot, or new leaves.
bookmarkinceslum
n. vegetables; herbs, as taro, bananas; every vegetable planted for food
bookmarkinhakli kwori
inhutlavlav
n. a bamboo flute
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
inma
n. Artocarpus altilis
Example: shoot: Mix heated over fire and taken out during sunset. Healer clenches the package in his fist, then gently punches the patients left, then right knee, then his forehead and finally squeezes over his head, migraine and headache.
bookmarkinmehei ipciv
n. kind of banana
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.
bookmarkinmerisiahau
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinpotaliglighap
n. the thick end of a coconut leaf, used as a mark for throwing spears at; also "inpotin lilighap"
bookmarkinran
n. a branch
bookmarkintal a Samoa
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintesyaniau
n. grass to 3 m, flowers brown. Growing in degraded secondary forest along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4969)
Example: The stem of this plant is used to make walls of houses. Collect the stem and remove the leaves, and then take one of the bush vines (any of them) and tie the stems into bundles for making house walls or fences for chicken pens. Children make a whistle from a hollow piece of stem from this plant.
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kalmapig
n. kind of banana
bookmarkkateupen
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmanfara
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknafakaka
n. a blossom; the spathe of a coconut used as light; also "nafaketa"
bookmarknakautefa
n. kind of tree
bookmarknamji
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3508)
Example: 1. The stems of this plant are sharpened and used to plant swamp taro or dry land taro. 2. Break small branch top put behind ear if you go to an unknown place and keep behind ear and sleep with it. If the place is safe you will sleep if it is not you will not sleep well – only behind ear when you sleep.
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namlau
namp̃owei
n. terrestrial fern, growing in secondary forest along the river. Fronds dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3644)
Example: This is a sacred plant, it will keep crops, such as foods, in good condition and protect people from famine and loss of crops. It grows wild along the river and people leave it there and also move the plants to the house along with Terminalia fruiticosa and other unspecified plants for use in protecting their crops. For example, when people go to the garden, they take their planting stick and place it near these plants for a while, and being near it will help protect the garden as a person then works with their planting stick to plant the garden.
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napojev
n. sparsely branched tree, growing in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3477)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used in cooking, particuarly with the earth oven. Use a fire to heat stones, then when the fire burns down and the stones are hot, pile these leaves on top of the hot stones and then place the food being cooked--taro, fish, pig, cassava, banana or other foods--on top of the leaves. Then pile more of these leaves on top of the food and then place additional hot stones on top of that pile of leaves. While the food is cooking--each type of food takes a different amount of time--the leaves give off a very nice smell and help flavor the food.
bookmarknapuig
n. a reed frame for supporting the tendrils of yams
bookmarknataimu
n. Brassy trevally
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknecsap
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3534)
Example: This tree has very hard wood. 1. Use the small stems to plant dry land or swamp taro, sharpening the end and pushing it into the ground to make a hole. 2. It also is useful for fence, posts for houses. 3. Small stems are also used to make a comb for the hair. 4. Plant pole for taro kava. 5. A branch is shaped and used to husk coconut. 6. The wood is hard and in ancient times people would take a forked piece and put string on one side of it, sharpen the other side and use with the string as a fish hook – need to keep rope tight until it is in the canoe. Do not give it slack – strong use AAM 17.
bookmarknecñanjaa
n. shrub to 2 m, dbh 3 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4862)
Example: The common name of this plant refers to the footprint of a chicken. Mix the dried leaves of this plant with pieces of coconut and feed to chickens. They are said to really like it. Plant the shrub near the place that chickens are kept. This feed will make the chickens produce more eggs and also increase the number of healthy chickens.
bookmarknednaeñ
neduon yau
n. kind of banana
bookmarknehlan
n. a shrub, a plant, a sucker
bookmarkneipyepei
n. kind of tree
bookmarknekro
nelaijo
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknelm̃ai
n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #5004)
Example: This plant is used to make fishing line, perhaps moreso in the past than today. Collect young shoots form the sides of the tree, peel off the bark, soak the stem in salt water or fresh water for 1-2 weeks to ret the stems then separate the fibers, dry in the sun and use to make string for fishing. The leaves are used for feeding pigs.
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nepekhau
nevehev
n. current of air
bookmarknida
nilam
n. seaweed
bookmarknilamese
n. a species of orchid (there are three on the island)
bookmarknimra an napau
n. the Magellanic Clouds
bookmarknipjid
n. the orange tree (117); an orange, a lime, a lemon (102)
bookmarknisalau
n. blossoms on breadfruit
bookmarknofowai
n. river
bookmarknohoaig wai
n. the duck (constellation), the Southern Cross
bookmarknohos aiyu
n. the sweet banana
bookmarknop̃a
[nok͡pa] adj. grey ash (color)
bookmarknuhujcei
n. liana, climbing on Garcinia tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3585)
Example: 1. When the stems of this plant are older, and it is a vine, is used to tie thatch on roof rafters as it bends well. 2. Burned leaves and rubbed on fishing line and spear to increase catch – used with other unspecified leaves, that are forageable. When you are fishing and if you set a basket or mat it means danger and you have to return to shore – the spirit is telling you that it is enough fishing.
bookmarkom̃rag
[oŋmraŋ] n. old (man)
bookmarktatau
n. Bigeye barracuda
Example: Photo by Philippe Guillaume, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktesyapotan
n. terrestrial orchid growing in cloud forest along ridge. Flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3281)
bookmarkwakas
n. herb to 0. 75 m, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4891)
Example: If a person has the flu, collect the fruits and chew and swallow them. Chew 3 fruits in the morning for 3 days. Take a handful of leaves, still on branches, and boil them in a half liter of water, for 15 minutes. Drink 1 cup daily for 5 days or until the sickness "goes down."
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