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-ki
affix in this direction; here; this
bookmarkacrac
baby crawling
bookmarkaj
[aj] v. fly
bookmarkeceijo
n. tide flowing a little, begun to flow
bookmarkehcodaig
n. plant shoots; also "ehcohodaig"
bookmarkehlili
v. to burn ground for planting
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igcahi
n. landward
bookmarkincacas
n. herb to 0. 75 m tall, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4953)
Example: The young leaves are edible; these should be collected, boiled for ca. 8 minutes and eaten with other foods such as cassava. This is one of the local leaves that is said to taste quite good when cooked and mixed with other foods. Both the ripe (red) and unripe (green) fruits are added to soup and other foods as a spice or eaten fresh. The fruit of this cultivar is very hot. The fruit is also fed to chickens who seem to love to eat it.
bookmarkincet tal
n. a basket of taro
bookmarkincowos up̃utap̃
inhinid
n. kind of banana
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded ataheñ
n. epiphyte on dead log, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4105)
Example: 1. This plant is considered bad luck when hunting or fishing. When doing these activities, do not decorate your hair with them. 2. This plant is used to weave the sheath portion of "nambas". First the stems are retted, then the inner portion of the plant removed. Once removed, the sheath is woven with the blanched fiber. 3. This is considered the female version of this plant. See GMP #4104, Phlegmarius sp. for the male version.
bookmarkinmobolhat
inmoijeuv ahcil
n. false star
bookmarkinm̃aka
n. well branched tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4022)
Example: 1. A durable hardwood that is used for house posts. 2. The wood is used to fashion cross members that affix outriggers to the body of the canoe. 3. 4-5 inch diameter saplings are used to create a track in the forest that larger logs can roll down.
bookmarkintate a nelgo waj
inyidjighos
n. the center rib of the coconut leaf
bookmarkmac
n. cup (mug)
bookmarkmanfara
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknaceijo
n. half tide when rising
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nahed u paralecei
nahojcei
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.
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nala
nalak cai
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknamrop̃om
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.
bookmarknapleañ
napod
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapojev
n. sparsely branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3493)
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.
bookmarknapuke
n. a mound or hillock for yams
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narahcai
n. a table made of reeds, for drying arrowroot, etc.
bookmarknarayag
n. tree. Growing in village garden. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #20)
Example: 1. To cure toothache when pregnant - Take the inner bark from Intejed and boil it in a pot of seawater (about 1 liter) along with 2 leaves from each of inpounatmas, narayag, nahayag, and nelmaha. Boil until juice is visibly leaving the plants. Put this water into your mouth and hold it there for 2-3 minutes. Do this this with one cup in the morning, 1 cup in the afternoon, and 1 cup in the evening. 2. Plant used to check with fish has ciguatera, in same way as other collection – GMP #4768. Stick white – OK to eat. Stick black or brown – not good.
bookmarknategpece
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknatimihas
n. terrestrial fern, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4095)
Example: 1. The name means "cranky person". If someone fastens this plant around his head as a deocrative lei, it means that this person is not happy. He does not want to talk or communicate with anybody. The use is no longer common, and now many people do not know the signficance.
bookmarknauanavig
n. quicksands
bookmarkneaig auyag
n. kind of palm
bookmarknedenc
n. stinging; the fruit of the kaleteug
bookmarkneduodo
n. kind of tree
bookmarknegainohos
n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"
bookmarknelean takere
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknemered
nete o un
n. west
bookmarkneuled
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknidincai
n. balsam; resin
bookmarknidnaiñ
nigiti
nijom̃kan
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3484)
Example: Name means smash tooth. 1. This is part of an unspecified mixture that can be used as a spell to give another person a toothache. 2. Toothache – chew leaves on the sore tooth and leave it there for a while and spit it out – it will break the tooth and you can take it out, leave on 20 minutes.
bookmarknilidie
n. leaves to put food on
bookmarknimtinjap par alau
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarknitet
n. kind of tree
bookmarknohoaig wai
n. the duck (constellation), the Southern Cross
bookmarknohos aiyu
n. the sweet banana
bookmarknopoi
n. species of vine runner; a basket net
bookmarknouras
nuae
n. vine, growing in open disturbed area. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3589)
Example: To build a cyclone house, take the vine of this species to tie pieces of the house. To prepare the vine for use as rope, collect many feet of it, put it in a fire, roll it in a figure 8, wait until it softens and then use for tying. This vine is hard and
bookmarknup inceen
n. the rib of a leaf
bookmarknuputuligighap
n. stem of coconut leaf
bookmarknuripapa
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarkpak
adj. unripe
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