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abäng
ehgin
adj. afar
bookmarkEt elwa intisiaicai
phr. the flowers are come out.
bookmarkgras
han
v.n. to go
bookmarkinceipou
incepñekrei
inciñpiñti
ineañdel
n. this collection is a seedling sprouting from a coconut fruit. the adult palm is growing in an agricultural field. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4950)
Example: The young seedlings are removed from the coconuts and fed to pigs. Children like to eat the apical meristems of the sprouts, peeling off the harder, outer leaves and eating the soft white part. The endosperm of the sprouted coconut is edible. The local name means "young seedling."
bookmarkinhamesei
n. the name of a native plant
bookmarkinhosamu
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinhujac
injuki
n. the afternoon
bookmarkinmanpas
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinmauwad itoga
n. a foreign convolvulus
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.
bookmarkinpak
n. species of banyan
bookmarkintaig cap
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintapin
n. a hedge; a shelter
bookmarkinwag
n. the evening star
bookmarkinyetupou lelcei
inyihev
n. kind of tree
bookmarkkoliavan
n. kind of taro
bookmarkleucen
adj. ripe, as taro
bookmarkmanfara
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknaiji elcau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknalvara
n. the beginning of cold wind
bookmarknametreyeñ
namou
namrop̃om
n. tree, 7-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3582)
Example: Firewood, timber good for bush houses. Calendar plant – when it is in flower, the old people know it is time to harvest root crops, like yam and other vine crops, in the wild, as yet unspecified. Local names = INYAC, NOMODEJ TAL, NOMODEJ WOU, NOU LELCEI… etc.
bookmarknanini
napalhat
n. vine, growing on rocks at end of strand near coastal forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3690)
Example: As a medicine to treat toothache, the latex from this vine is put into the tooth as soon as the person feels pain. Use 3x daily until the pain has subsided. The flower is used as a decoration behind the ear. When there are rough seas because someone has trespassed in a tabu area you can take 12 leaves from the napalhat and put them in a pond for about 1 week until they start to stink. Then use we leaves from the naojapdak and drown those leaves in either a fresh water pond or salty water. (No further information given). Can also take an armful of napalhat and place on top of a stone in the tabu area with a smaller stone on top of the napaphat. The stone must be a large permanent stone. Has also heard people say it can be used for toothache if you put the leaf on the tooth.
bookmarknapisinijvaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknapupwi
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknap̃at
narasinipjin necsei nupu afrika
narasitai
n. chaff
bookmarknasjiñaho
nategpece
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknatereuc
n. kind of banana
bookmarknauhoig yi amud
n. break of day
bookmarknaupitju
n. treelet, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3622)
Example: People use the leaf of this plant to tie over grated banana, taro or other foods for cooking in an earth oven or boiling in a pot. The root of this species is edible. Cook it for 2-3 nights in an earth oven and then chew and squeeze the juice into your mouth, spitting out the fiber. It is a survival food.
bookmarknecñanpaeñ
nehno
n. a species of poisonous tree
bookmarkneijip
n. a mat of coconut leaf
bookmarknejev
nelda
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknepahas
n. kind of tree
bookmarknepcev
n. shark
bookmarknepek cat
nepiloan
n. tender shoots
bookmarknerophat
n. Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknevak
n. prepared pandanus leaf
bookmarknicasau
n. the castor-oil plant
bookmarknigired
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3623)
Example: People use the leaf of this plant to layer on the bottom of the earth oven, and then pile food such as manioc or taro on it, then pile leaves of this species on top of that. This will help insulate the food from the high heat of the earth oven and allow it to cook better. Used especailly in feasts like weddings. Women usually collect this leaf and is used to cover very large earth ovens.
bookmarknijma
n. fallen tree, growing in canopy gap in primary forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3465)
Example: When the flowers of this plant are green, it is an indication that the cool season is approaching; when the flowers are brown, the dry season is coming. The wood is used to make rafters for the roof of houses, on which to tie thatch.
bookmarknimtinjap
n. wind
bookmarkniperap
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknitai auanipin upene
n. frankincense
bookmarknitit a nelgo waj
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.
bookmarknosjacai
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
bookmarknucye
n. the red star, the "hand" in the constellation Orion; also "necye"
bookmarknupyihet
n. new moon
bookmarknälmaha
n. Ficus septica var. cauliflora
bookmarktilcenayi
n. full moon
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