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afwafwa
n. beat coconut fiber
bookmarkategnaijaig pok nelcau
v.n. sail from shore
bookmarkdaute
n. kind of banana
bookmarkelum
v. to begin to form, as fruit
bookmarketi laulau
adv. soon
bookmarkeucupupu (nieg)
v. to swell, as reeds when near blossoming
bookmarkincuwukava
inhetelga
n. a runner, the fruit of which is round like a cake
bookmarkinjañad
injivij
n. Titan triggerfish
Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinlahlah
n. daylight
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inmehtas
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.
bookmarkinm̃okom
n. Steephead parrotfish
Example: Photo by charlie20 / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkintas
[intas] language
bookmarkintoutau
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.
bookmarkinyiriñwei
n. herb, growing along the river at the edge of secondary forest. Stems pale green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3642)
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.
bookmarkitac a nelgo waj
jupki
n. the afternoon; also "jupjupki"
bookmarkkaleteug
n. kind of tree
bookmarklelahapol
n. a cultivated field
bookmarkmaprum
muri muri
m̃orom̃ora
[ŋmoroŋmora] n. ants
bookmarknalvara
n. the beginning of cold wind
bookmarknamou
napayu
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapod
n. tree to 10 m, dbh 30 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4900)
Example: Before there was soap, people took the young leaves and crushed them on a stone to make suds for washing clothes in the river. This tree has a very hard wood and can be used for house posts. The sap is reddish and the bark boiled in water until it is red, consumed 2-3 times daily (1 cup each time) until the person feels well. The condition treated is that when a menstruating woman has sex with a man, and he feels tired and lethargic, drinking this tonic makes him feel stronger.
bookmarknarecheno
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknasancai
n. a tree full of sap
bookmarknasjiñaho
nausakrai
n. thorn
bookmarknecñanman
nehevaig
n. kind of tree
bookmarknenis
n. cloth of coconut tree; anything useless. Ek idivaig nenis ainyak, I am quite useless
bookmarknepig sepahai
netet
n. the name of a tree
bookmarknetohranmul
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknevehev
n. current of air
bookmarknijisei
n. herb to 1 m, flowers white with red bracts (collection: Michael J. Balick #4912)
Example: To treat high blood pressure. Take a half liter of water, mix a handful of roots in it, boil, drink one cup 3 times daily, warm, for three days. This is to treat high blood pressure when diagnosed in the clinic. The leaf is woven for grass skirts--dry in sun, weave into skirts.
bookmarknijman
nillum
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknipjin
n. branch (tender)
bookmarkniri atga
nisalau
n. blossoms on breadfruit
bookmarknitai auanipin upene
n. frankincense
bookmarknithidao
niʧin neiang
nohun
n. stem
bookmarknoporo pora
nosocrei
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknowigma
n. a dried or withered breadfruit tree
bookmarknucije
n. Sirius, the Dog Star
bookmarknugnas iran
n. a bunch of taro
bookmarknupsin itai
n. seed
bookmarkpospos
n. a small red berry used as beads
bookmarkrap̃ad
[rak͡pad] n. black hawk
bookmarkrohalrohal
adj. rough, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch
bookmarktehtehen
n. blossom (open)
bookmarkuleme
adj. sour, applied to the water in coconuts
bookmarkupuhasin
n. sprouts
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