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aelan panadol
ahtaredei
v.n. go though, as the land
bookmarkatcatcaiyu
v. to emit sound from a bottle or coconut
bookmarkcustard apple
n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3520)
Example: Children sometimes eat this fruit but it smells bad. Adults do not eat it. An introduced species so there is no local name.
bookmarkecetaig an moije
v.n. to go on to a reef with a canoe or boat
bookmarkedaledal
v.a. to spread abroad; to go everywhere
bookmarkehla
adj. unripe; also "ehlai"
bookmarkehlek
v. to seek food, as taro; to gather, to reap
bookmarkehnat aiek
v.n. go before
bookmarkehpai
v. to peel off bark
bookmarkesei cai
n. forest trees
bookmarketjo itac
v.n. to fall behind; to come late
bookmarkidi
adj. stringy, watery, as taro; also "ede"
bookmarkigca pau
phr. on that side
bookmarkincei franse
incet tal
n. a basket of taro
bookmarkinhujum
n. kind of taro
bookmarkink
inmauwad itoga
n. a foreign convolvulus
bookmarkinranwai
n. a brook that is dry in summer
bookmarkintaig apig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinteses
n. parasite on branches of Geissois denhamii tree, growing in dense rainforest. Flowers orange-red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4028)
Example: 1. This plant is known to kill other trees and is regarded as a parasite. 2. The plant is related to kastom use regarding the separation of two lovers--more information witheld.
bookmarkintop̃asiej ura
n. stoloniferous herb, 15 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3561)
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.
bookmarkinwaj
Reef needlefish, Reef longtoms
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinwou apeñ
kumnyumoi ilpu hal u
n. the seven stars; the children of Kumnyumoi
bookmarknabuthwä
naipom̃yiv
n. terrestrial plant, 60 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3498)
Example: Children take a shoot of this plant and make a whistle from it. However, when children do this, they are told not to, as it will attract the rains, or a snake, that will hear the noise and come to the person. This is a folk belief. The base of the shoot of this plant is chewed and applied to fresh cuts as a styptic. Pull out top growth of plant that has not flowered and blow on it like a whistle. Ancestors used this as a whistle to attract snakes for edible – not today. Name means “balls or heaps of snakes” refer to their attraction.
bookmarknaipumnyu
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknairek
namesei
napauwahpa
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapile
n. kind of taro
bookmarknareuc henau
n. a species of grass
bookmarknategpece
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknatereuc
n. kind of banana
bookmarknatuu
n. withered banana leaves
bookmarknauincai
n. tree
bookmarknecñopod cap
n. shrub to 2. 5 m tall, 1 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #4856)
Example: When a person gets burned by a fire, take the leaves, squeeze sap on the burn, and then rub a handful of leaves on the burn; use a larger amount of leaves if the person has a larger burn. Apply it directly after the person is burned. This treatment will stop the burn from blistering. Use once. When a 1 month to 2 year old baby has redness or sores on their tongue and cannot eat properly, and saliva is coming out from their mouth, take the sap of the crushed leaves in a spoon and give it to the baby. Take one teaspoon for a 1-5 month old child and a tablespoon for a 6-24 month old. Give the baby once a day for 2 days. This treatment cleanses out the reddish sores. If a person has a sore that is persistent and stays red and sore for a week or more, take 4 apices of this plant, chew and spit on the sore to help it heal. Use 1x in the morning, and next day in the afternoon. Use 2x only. If a person is walking in the bush and concerned about evil spirits, put a small branch behind the ear to be safe. To treat hot chest pain, dizziness, shortage of breath, and if a person has a hot pain that does not go away after taking panadol (aspirin), take 8 leaves and squeeze into a glass of water until it turns reddish, drink 1x a day for 3 days; this is said to make the pain go away.
bookmarkneduon
n. a bone, a foot
bookmarknegejwaj
nehel
nehivaing
nekrou
n. Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknelmai
n. a tree from the inner rind of which fishing lines and nets are made. na elmai or elumai, cloth
bookmarknerin
n. a leaf
bookmarkneteng
n. Barringtonia asiatica L.
Example: inner bark: ground, added to dug pools in the sea as fish poison
bookmarknetit tidai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknetvo
n. a species of fruit
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 7-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3587)
Example: 1. If the preferred banana leaves are not available to wrap food for cooking, then use young leaves of this species and tie taro and fish for cooking. 2. Use leaves to wrap fresh water prawns and fresh water fish and cook them on charcoal. Use as a cup by making funnel out of leaf and drink from it. 3. Used for unspecified ritual activities.
bookmarknipjin nirintal
nipʧin niri
niri nara
n. Blue-spotted stingray
Example: Photo by Richard Ling / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknirinat erefera ran
nodieg
n. a bundle of reeds; also "nohudieg"
bookmarknohon
n. kind of taro
bookmarknowanlas
n. Orangespot surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknoweitopgat
numta
n. shoots of taro for planting
bookmarknumuyehec
nuripapa
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarkse
adv. downward
bookmarktarere
adv. near; inshore; near the shore
bookmarktite
adj. ripe early in the season
bookmarkuhup a nelgo waj
wamhau
n. kind of taro
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