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ahced inpece

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v.a. pass over or through a country

aj

[aj] v. fly

akrote hagain

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[akro te haŋaiŋ] v. share food together

amñi

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v. drink

apok

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v.n. to go seaward

ededel

n. spring

eloah

v. to blossom, as reeds; also "elwa"

elumai

n. cloth (related to nelmai)

esei cai

n. forest trees

et hal timi

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[et hal t̚imi ] phr. some people

heto

v. to grow again, as hair, feathers, plants; to come out, as teeth

hui asan

v. trees; fruit

ilihilo

adj. soft, as an infant’s foot, or new leaves.

illepei

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. dried colored grass

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

incacas

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. green peppers

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

incai upunupun

n. bramble

incetceianalañ

Children pull up the new young shoots and eat them. You eat the white soft part at the base of the part that comes off when you pull it. See photo.
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n. sedge to 1 m, flowers brown (collection: Michael J. Balick #4883)

Example: Children pull up the new young shoots and eat them. You eat the white soft part at the base of the part that comes off when you pull it. See photo.

incetevak

Sargocentron spiniferum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-spiniferum.html
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n. Sabre squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

ingejei wou

1. The straight poles of this plant are sharpened and used to plant kava, and only for kava. Not used for planting other crops. 2. Special for catching eels in fresh water, poke stick with leaves into hole where eel lives and they don’t like it so they come out and you catch them, by cutting with knife.
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n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3647)

Example: 1. The straight poles of this plant are sharpened and used to plant kava, and only for kava. Not used for planting other crops. 2. Special for catching eels in fresh water, poke stick with leaves into hole where eel lives and they don’t like it so they come out and you catch them, by cutting with knife.

inhelegaij

n. kind of sugarcane; also "nalgaij"

inhubej

n. calabash

inman

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n. bird

inmokomelmat

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n. kind of fish

inmoso

n. fog or mist

inpaije

n. kind of taro

inpan

n. kind of banana

inpci

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n. kind of fish

inp̃al anhas

The flowers are used for decoration, in the yard or cut and brought into the house. The stem of this tree is good for firewood.
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n. tree to 8 m tall, dbh 1 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4994)

Example: The flowers are used for decoration, in the yard or cut and brought into the house. The stem of this tree is good for firewood.

intaig cap

n. kind of taro

inyipei

n. the flour, as of arrowroot

kalispeuv

n. kind of breadfruit

katamari

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n. kind of bird

katupinmi

n. kind of taro

kopilkopil

n. kind of taro

lelceije

v.n. to walk abroad

maya ga a’oh

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[maja gaʔo] phr. yes or no

nadec

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n. kind of fish

nadiat meto

n. the middle of the forenoon

nadimi dala

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[nadimi dala] phr. five men (there are)

nadimi dero

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[nadimi deroʊ] phr. two men (there are)

nahas alaig imi yin

n. p. taro for the dead

nahleuco yag

n. kind of taro

naho

n. a plant, the fruit of which is prepared like arrowroot, and used as a food for sick people

nahojcei

To trap fish, the vine of this plant is rolled in large quantity and put on the reef in a circle at high tide in order to corral and trap the fish. At low tide the fish are then speared and harvested. Placement of the circle depends on the rocks and the reef. Children fold the large leaves and bite parts of the leaf to make designs as a craft object. This is a "message plant." If a person wants to build a house or garden in a specfic place, put a piece of the vine on a stick near the area to tell others that they should not build a garden or house hear this area--this is a Tabu message. There are a few other unspecified leaves added to the stick, not only this one.
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n. low-growing vine, growing next to airstrip just beyond coastal vegetation. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3544)

Example: To trap fish, the vine of this plant is rolled in large quantity and put on the reef in a circle at high tide in order to corral and trap the fish. At low tide the fish are then speared and harvested. Placement of the circle depends on the rocks and the reef. Children fold the large leaves and bite parts of the leaf to make designs as a craft object. This is a "message plant." If a person wants to build a house or garden in a specfic place, put a piece of the vine on a stick near the area to tell others that they should not build a garden or house hear this area--this is a Tabu message. There are a few other unspecified leaves added to the stick, not only this one.

najañ

Used to make small poles for house rafters.
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3613)

Example: Used to make small poles for house rafters.

najgau

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n. kind of fish

naklakla adimi

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n. dwarf (North dialect)

nakoaha

n. kind of taro

nakro

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[nakro] v. chief shares a large amount of food with another district

nalak cai

n. kind of plantain

nalgaj

Can be used to stop pain from toothache. Break of the top growth of a branch and remove all leaves. Chew on the green stem at the site where there is a toothache. Keep the juice from chewing in your mouth for 2-5 minutes then spit the juice out. Leave the stem fibers in your mouth at the site of pain for about 20 minutes then remove. Then repeat 2 more times. This makes the tooth thinner so it breaks more easily.
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n. small treelet, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3682)

Example: Can be used to stop pain from toothache. Break of the top growth of a branch and remove all leaves. Chew on the green stem at the site where there is a toothache. Keep the juice from chewing in your mouth for 2-5 minutes then spit the juice out. Leave the stem fibers in your mouth at the site of pain for about 20 minutes then remove. Then repeat 2 more times. This makes the tooth thinner so it breaks more easily.

nam̃ete ahi

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n. kind of bush

naounoan

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[nawʊnoan] n. neck

napat

n. a cloud, blackness, darkness

napoijec

n. kind of tree

nared

n. current in the sea

nasjiñaho

The roots are used to treat toothache. Take the roots, strip off the outer bark and chew the root. Stops pain from the toothache. Use 3x daily until the pain is gone.
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n. shrub to 1 m, flowers greenish-white. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4932)

Example: The roots are used to treat toothache. Take the roots, strip off the outer bark and chew the root. Stops pain from the toothache. Use 3x daily until the pain is gone.

natarec

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n. kind of shellfish

nathat

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. stone wall for building a garden

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

natoga an nauunse

natoga an nauunse

n. north-north-east wind, between "natoga" and "natoga matahau an jap"

natuun

n. kind of banana

nauhap̃ apeñ

1. When a sea shell pricks you "Inlac", a person can be lifted by magic using these leaves. Further information about this use withheld.
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n. treelet, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4065)

Example: 1. When a sea shell pricks you "Inlac", a person can be lifted by magic using these leaves. Further information about this use withheld.

naujijwa

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n. Phrynium giganteum (RPV #158)

nauyerop̃

The fruit is edible when ripe and when it is younger can be eaten with salt. The young leaves are eaten raw, after being rubbed with coconut meat and salt. Cover pork to be cooked in the oven with the leaves of this plant, tie them on with a rope made from Pandanus leaf and put taro on the fire as well. The oily part of the pig will mix with the taro and enhance its flavor.
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n. sparsely branched small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3209)

Example: The fruit is edible when ripe and when it is younger can be eaten with salt. The young leaves are eaten raw, after being rubbed with coconut meat and salt. Cover pork to be cooked in the oven with the leaves of this plant, tie them on with a rope made from Pandanus leaf and put taro on the fire as well. The oily part of the pig will mix with the taro and enhance its flavor.

necec u prikad

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n. kind of crab

necye

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n. yellow star

necñanpaeñ

1. The name describes a sea bird, whose long legs are similar in shape to the stipe of this fern.
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n. terrestrial fern, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4094)

Example: 1. The name describes a sea bird, whose long legs are similar in shape to the stipe of this fern.

nefetijgan

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n. kind of shellfish

negainohos

n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"

nekia

Ptisana smithii

n. terrestrial, occasional (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2487)

nekrei

Zebrasoma velifer
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n. Sailfin tang

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nelas

This plant is used to make houseposts and for firewood.
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n. tree, 3. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3581)

Example: This plant is used to make houseposts and for firewood.

nemeg

Choerodon anchorago http://fishbase.org/summary/Choerodon-anchorago.html
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n. Anchor tuskfish, Orange-dotted tuskfish

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein, iNaturalist: CC BY-A-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nemelmat

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n. kind of bush

nepig upni

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[nepiŋ upni] phr. Good night. (greeting after sundown, last time to walk on the beach)

nepiloan

n. tender shoots

neri

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

netupni

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[netupni] n. June (lit. good sugar cane)

nighincai

n. the stump of a tree

ninahen

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[ninahɛn] n. scales

niridunumu

Schizaea dichotoma
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n. terrestrial fern growing in rain forest on the mountain slope. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3284)

nispahos

n. coconut leaves, plaited for covering ridge of roof

nitet

n. kind of tree

nobot

n. a sago palm

nohlaig

n. a species of seaweed

nohos ma

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. ripe bananas

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

nohos umangi

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[nohos umangi] n. kind of banana (big, from somewhere else)

nombren niʧinin

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[nombrɛ niʧinin] n. hair

nosjacai

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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n. Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nowahau

Acanthurus bariene
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n. Black-spot surgeonfish

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

numnava

n. kind of sugarcane

nupdcai

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nupjin hodaig

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[nupʧin hoθaiŋ] n. star in the west

nupsin

n. seed

par

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conj. conjunction to join sentences together

ritastas ara

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[ritastas ara] phr. they are talking

tatau

Sphyraena putnamae http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-putnamae.html
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n. Sawtooth barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tite

adj. ripe early in the season

waderei

n. kind of taro

wudwud

n. kind of tree