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atause
v.n. to go ashore
bookmarkedaledal
v.a. to spread abroad; to go everywhere
bookmarkinceslum
n. vegetables; herbs, as taro, bananas; every vegetable planted for food
bookmarkinciñpiñti
ingaije
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinhai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinhaij
n. the candle-nut tree; also "inhaig"
bookmarkinharedej
inhurei
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinjupjupura
n. night; quite dark
bookmarkinmopoñ
n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3516)
Example: The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.
bookmarkinmunuka
n. thunder
bookmarkinrowodamya
n. shrub to 1. 5 m tall, leaves green with red stripes (collection: Michael J. Balick #4978)
Example: The leaves are used to wrap fish, lap-lap for cooking in the earth oven. Boil the leaves as a medicine for women with excessive menstrual bleeding. Cut 2 leaves and boil in 2 liters of water, cool and drink 1 cup daily for 3 days. This is said to slow the menstrual bleeding. Local name "Amya" means menstruation.
bookmarkintal i Santo
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintas
[intas] language
bookmarkintop pa
n. shrub to 2 m tall, dbh 2 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4996)
Example: This is an ornamental plant, grown around the home. People crush the leaves to enjoy the fragrance released. When bathing, grate coconut meat and crush the leaves of this plant and rub all over the body, before bathing and afterwards your body will smell very nice. To repel mosquitoes, crush these leaves and put them in the house.
bookmarkinwah
n. food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
bookmarkinwouasan
n. liana climbing on Syzygium, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. Latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4079)
bookmarkisjid
v. to chip off small branches
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nafakeka
n. coconut spathes
bookmarknagdenayi
n. kind of taro
bookmarknaha
n. a thistle
bookmarknaheñ
nakli pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknamumuatamag
n. epiphyte on fallen tree, growing in disturbed forest. Fruit. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3474)
Example: When children feel weak, this is a good medicine for them. Squeeze the leaves and give the child (3-5 years of age) one tea spoon of the juice and it is said to make them strong again.
bookmarknam̃caca
n. vine climbing in understory, growing in rainforest along river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4057)
Example: 1. This plant is named in relation to a winged fish. The leaves are rough and resemble the body the fish. 2. The leaves of this plant are used to wrap grated taro or manioc. After it is fastened with rope and boiled or baked.
bookmarknaridjai o un
n. east
bookmarknasancai
n. a tree full of sap
bookmarknatau anyiyi
n. kind of banana
bookmarknautahos
n. herb, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3280)
Example: A "message plant". In ancient times, this plant was used for communicating. If you go to a person who composes songs and give this to them, they will know to compose a song for you. Name means "flowers on the ground".
bookmarknauwainapit
n. lightning
bookmarkneaig
n. the kernel of a coconut; the coconut tree
bookmarknecna p̃a
n. Largescale mullet
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknehep
n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3590)
Example: 1. Used as a medicine to help stop bleeding. Take the inner bark, mash it, and dip in water. Then apply the poultice to the bleeding wound to help stop the bleeding. This treatment will also promote healing of the wound. When the poultice dries it becomes hard and sticks to the wound. At that point leave it on the wound until the pain goes away and then it can be peeled off of the wound. 2. Wood good for making canoe.
bookmarknelka
nemeg
n. Anchor tuskfish, Orange-dotted tuskfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein, iNaturalist: CC BY-A-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknepig u wara
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknerinabod
n. Brassy chub, lowfin drummer
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknethedwoleg
n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3557)
Example: For treatment of a stomach ache, or if your stomach "complains", take very young stems, break off the leaves and chew the stems and swallow the juice. Use a 3-5 cm pieces of stems, chew, and then it clears your intestines and will make you go to the toilet.
bookmarknetit tidai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknidel
n. a meteor; also "nidil"
bookmarknijiga
n. a branch of red coral
bookmarknimit
n. sparsely branched tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3208)
Example: The flying fox eats the fruit of this tree. When the fruits are ripe, the seeds are edible and children cut off the outside of the fruit and eat the nut. Wrap fish with this leaf and cook it on top of a fire--it tastes good. House posts are made from the trunk of the tree. It grows in the coastal area.
bookmarknipnyineuc
n. another name for "masoa"; arrowroot
bookmarknisyeg
n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3574)
Example: 1. The inner bark of this plant is used as a dye or paint to provide a brown color. Boil the inner bark in a pot with a shirt and the color of the shirt will be changed to brown. 2. For toothache, people take the inner bark and mix it with sea water, and then rinse the tooth with this mixture to remove the pain. 3a. People macerate the leaves and the bark and when the tide is low, spread this in a pool of water to poison the sea shells that are edible. When they die, the eyes of this organism comes above the sand, indicating where they are, and people harvest and eat them. 3b. To attract and collect clam – NIPJINUMU – scrape bark in a pool of sea water where the clams are attracted immediately and can be collected, coming up from the sand. 4. Firewood, unspecified medical use.
bookmarknitit a nelgo waj
nofar
n. a native pudding made with yam and coconut
bookmarknohwan nuputu
n. kind of taro
bookmarknomyatamain
n. Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknowyeyang
n. shrub to 2 m tall, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4955)
Example: The tubers of this variety are sweet, not bitter and are eaten after cooking. The young leaves are eaten after boiling in water until they are soft, either plain or cooked in soup. It is important to only harvest and prepare the young leaves in this way, as the older leaves will not get soft even after cooking. The young leaves are used to cover the top layer of the earth oven, on top of the stones that comprise the upper layer of the earth oven.
bookmarknugnyiobod
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknumrinhou
n. Humpback red snapper, paddletail
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkpehpahai
v.n. sail inside of reef
bookmarkpokmi
adv. seaward here
bookmarkreseiheto
n. a second growth, as grass that springs up after being burned
bookmarksafenunui
n. kind of taro
bookmarksimi
adv. down here; also "sime"
bookmarkupjira
n. a kind of tree
bookmarkwiwi
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkyah
n. a creeping plant
bookmarkyatit
n. kind of banana
bookmarkäminäkäi
n. Marattia smithii
Example: Frond: bathe in infusion, neurodermatitis and infantile eczema
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