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apnyin
n. time; weather; day; morning
bookmarkas vakuei
ategnaijaig pok nelcau
v.n. sail from shore
bookmarkehmehma
adj. healed, applied to wounds; ripe; yellow
bookmarkelum
v. to begin to form, as fruit
bookmarkelwa nieg
v.n. to blossom as reeds
bookmarkhui asan
v. trees; fruit
bookmarkijmau
n. without branches
bookmarkincipiñti
inhus u miliaig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinhuturao
n. Common dolphinfish, mahi mahi
Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinpece lelicai
n. kind of tree
bookmarkintisiaicai
n. kind of flower or flowers (see def. for "elwa")
bookmarkintop̃asiej
n. shrub, 0. 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3562)
Example: In the past the ancestors learned to cook the leaves of this species with fish in an earth over and then eat the leaves as well as the fish. Today, fish are wrapped with small leaves and then covered with lap-lap leaf (Polyscias) and cooked in an earth oven. This plant is also a "calendar plant." When you see this plant flower you know that sea turtles are getting fat and ready to harvest. As a "message plant", if a person puts this flower behind their ear or in their hat, and looks at another person, it is an invitation to that person to go with you to the nakamal for kava
bookmarkinyehpok
n. mouth of a river
bookmarkinyitupau
n. kind of tree
bookmarkisji ariko
v. to gather beans
bookmarkkaradakoal
n. a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.
bookmarkkateupen
n. kind of taro
bookmarklelohos
n. a garden of bananas
bookmarknabuthwä
naceijo
n. half tide when rising
bookmarknadiat
n. day
bookmarknadiat meto
n. the middle of the forenoon
bookmarknagai
n. the name of a tree with fruit like almonds
bookmarknahaijcai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknahein
n. shrub to 1 m tall, frits green. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4880)
Example: Stems are used to produce cyclone houses--secure wild cane (Miscanthus) on the roof of the house. Fold cane in half over the stem of this plant and then lay it on the roof. Makes layers that resist the wind. The stem of this plant can be sharpened to make a fishing spear, or used as the shaft and a few wires are attached to the end.
bookmarknaheñ
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4066)
Example: 1. Young saplings are used to prepare a fishing spear. First a straight sapling is chosen and sized. Then it is heated over a fire to render it pliable. After the length is straightened, it is decorticated. Once cooled, a portion of wire can be affixed to an end to aid in spearing fish.
bookmarknahoijcei
n. the name of a species of creeper
bookmarknahoj
namakapasi
nanad cop̃ou
n. small shrub, 0. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3219)
Example: 1. A stimulant plant. If a person is going to their garden early in the morning before the sun come up, break 2 top young leaves and chew and swallow the liquid, spitting out the fiber. This makes the person able to work harder and not feel tired while in the fields. It was noted that "a person can do the work of many people if they chew this." 2. The leaves are used for fertilizer for taro--put a bunch of leaves in a hole were taro is to be planted as a compost/antibiotic. This practice is said to kill all of the bad organisms such as bacttively impact the health of the taro plant. 3. This species is collected in the coastal areas, and is different from the one that looks similar to it, that grows in the forested areas. People take 4 leaves, chew leaves, swallow juice, gives energy to work hard the entire day. For fishing, take lots of ripe fruits and put in pocket, you will be able to catch a lot of fish. It brings good fortune when fishing. Roots – take one root, wash where a woman is giving birth to a newborn baby, give a drop of the juice from the root to clear the mucus in the throat.
bookmarknapupwi a darumea
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknauanieg
n. reed
bookmarknauincai
n. tree
bookmarknausakrai
n. thorn
bookmarknecemas
n. fern to 30 cm, cones green (collection: Michael J. Balick #4919)
Example: Use this plant to send a message to someone that another person has died. Take 1 dried leaf, to pass message to another village/tribe or people. Hold it in your hand and walk past a person, then they know that someone has died.
bookmarknehpan neaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknejomti
nekei atimi
n. fern. Growing in a village back path. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #28)
Example: 1. To cure when the anus falls out - Pound together 1 braches worth of inpalcapnesgin leaves and of both inloptiri (2-4 leaves, any age), also take the inner bark of nekeaitimi and nakhe. Put this into your hand, or another leaf and give it to the person to use it. This should be applied to the anus whenever the anus comes out. USed to use a clam shell to extract the bark but not anymore.
bookmarknenho
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknerophat
n. Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknesgan nevig
n. a fresh coconut
bookmarkneteukin
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarkneudan tauoc neaig
n. the center sprout of a coconut tree
bookmarkneuled
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknidintaueuc
n. new coconut leaves
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.
bookmarknijom arahed
nijom hubou
nijom̃kan
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3491)
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.
bookmarknilcasau
n. the castor-oil plant
bookmarknilpodou
n. herb, growing at edge of garden area. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3599)
Example: This is for a medicinal tea to give energy to a person who is not feeling well. Collect a handful of young stem apices and boil in 2-3 cups of water. Drink warm to help the body be strong and healthy. It is also good to treat diarrhea. When a person feels well again, stop this treatment but they can also drink this 1x daily, once before breakfast or before lunch, as a healthful tea.
bookmarknimtinjap
n. wind
bookmarknitai auanipin upene
n. frankincense
bookmarknitato naretou
nitetan
n. a fern
bookmarknofauhuan
n. kind of banana
bookmarknohoaig wai
n. the duck (constellation), the Southern Cross
bookmarknohu itai
n. fruit trees
bookmarknomotmot mese
n. hay
bookmarknucje
n. the Norfolk Island pine
bookmarknugnyimtau noho
n. kind of palm
bookmarknälmaha
n. unidentified species
Example: Fresh leaves: special Kastom ceremony used to treat severe abdominal pain during pregnancy
bookmarkpudvel
siki
adv. down there, at a short distance; also "sike"
bookmarkuleme
adj. sour, applied to the water in coconuts
bookmarkwaleh
n. a sweet potato
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