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a’tamod

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v. cut

aces nohranitai

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[aɣes noraŋitei] phr. sing a song

ahpeto

v. taro; yams

ajujai

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v.n. to go up, or go east

arinji

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[arinʤi] adj. very strong (?)

cas

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v. burn

eblaamnem

adj. adjacent

et

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conj. conjunction to join sentences together (used with "par")

fetofeto

The fruits of this species are cracked open and the seeds eaten. The leaves are mixed with other leaves to make an unspecified traditional medicine. The plant is also used for firewood.
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n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3723)

Example: The fruits of this species are cracked open and the seeds eaten. The leaves are mixed with other leaves to make an unspecified traditional medicine. The plant is also used for firewood.

fotyofo

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n. kind of crab

ijiñis

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prep. up

incai

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[inɣej] n. tree

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.

inhosumeljag ~ nu inhosumeljag

Pachycephala melanura
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[inhosumeljaŋ] n. Black-tailed whistler

Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

inhubej

n. calabash

injupara

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[inʤupara] n. evening (late afternoon)

ink

Passiflora suberosa
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4754)

inlepei owonp̃oded

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n. coarse tassel fern (RPV #220) ("belt" + an ethnonym, plant used to make a type of ceremonial belt attrbuted to a specific ethnic group)

inlepei u inpoded

This plant is used to make a head garland, but if you are going hunting or fishing do not put this on your head as you will not be successful in your quset. This is the grass skirt for the spirits; you can hear them but you cannot see them.
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n. epiphyte, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3664)

Example: This plant is used to make a head garland, but if you are going hunting or fishing do not put this on your head as you will not be successful in your quset. This is the grass skirt for the spirits; you can hear them but you cannot see them.

inligighap

n. the thick end of a coconut leaf used as a target

inmadineto

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n. kind of fish

inmauwad ahi

n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad picad"

inmehtit

n. breadfruit crop in October

inmesese

n. the cold season; winter

inpakanhas

The stems are used for house posts as they are very strong.
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n. fallen tree, growing in coastal vegetation along strand. Flowers orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3554)

Example: The stems are used for house posts as they are very strong.

intal eteuc

n. the name of a plant with a white flower; a lily

inteijid

n. species of pine

intelo

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n. high tide

intesianekro

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n. kind of fish

intowosjei

Calanthe chrysantha
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n. terrestrial orchid, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3708)

intupohos

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n. kind of breadfruit

inwei

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[inwei] n. water

itac a nelgo waj

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. back of canoe

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

karaka

n. kind of tree

katupinmi

n. kind of taro

kuava atamañ

This plant produces an edible fruit, but it is smaller than the cultivated guava, and is considered the wild type. Firewood. Pinch 4 tops and chew and swallow for stomach ache and diarrhea.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3602)

Example: This plant produces an edible fruit, but it is smaller than the cultivated guava, and is considered the wild type. Firewood. Pinch 4 tops and chew and swallow for stomach ache and diarrhea.

masoa

This plant was said to have been brought in by the early missionaries, used to starch their clothes and grown as a crop for export to England. Used as a food crop as well, the root is mashed, dried in the sun and kept until needed. To process, put the roots in a bowl, add water and soak for 1 day and night, pour off the water and keep the starch. Prepare this food like lap-lap that is cooked on a fire in a pan.
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n. herb to 1 m, fruits green (collection: Michael J. Balick #4915)

Example: This plant was said to have been brought in by the early missionaries, used to starch their clothes and grown as a crop for export to England. Used as a food crop as well, the root is mashed, dried in the sun and kept until needed. To process, put the roots in a bowl, add water and soak for 1 day and night, pour off the water and keep the starch. Prepare this food like lap-lap that is cooked on a fire in a pan.

nagereta

The tubers are edible when peeled and boiled in water for 1 hour. Alternatively, they can be peeled, soaked in water for 30 minutes, and then ground to  make lap-lap.
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n. herb to 1 m tall, flowers red (collection: Michael J. Balick #4952)

Example: The tubers are edible when peeled and boiled in water for 1 hour. Alternatively, they can be peeled, soaked in water for 30 minutes, and then ground to make lap-lap.

naginap

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n. kind of breadfruit

nahau ahii

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n. kind of turtle

nalvara

n. the beginning of cold wind

namohos

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n. kind of fish

narasincai

n. bark

narectejed

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n. kind of crab

natcai

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nauintin numu

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[naʊintiɲ nʊmʊ] n. fish bowels

nauram milmat

n. kind of banana

nausap

n. kind of tree

nayentinepcer

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n. kind of fish

neceg

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n. corky stilt mangrove (RPV #94)

necye

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n. yellow star

nefelelicai

n. grass; weeds; thistle

nefitan

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n. kind of breadfruit

nehpan

n. a wing, a sheath, a covering of bananas

neihon

n. a chewing of wood, and spitting it on sick people, to cure them; also "naihon"

neipyepei

n. kind of tree

nelas

Pittosporum aneityense
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n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4140)

nepiloan

n. tender shoots

nerere

Ficus obliqua
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n. tree, 8-10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4141)

neri

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

netet

Excoecaria agallocha
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4792)

nethokin

n. a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"

nethopdecraeñ

Youngia japonica
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n. herb, growing in weedy area at end of airstrip runway. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3568)

neusjai

n. a fern tree

nevak

n. prepared pandanus leaf

nijilah

n. kind of tree

nijma

Commersonia bartramia
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4775)

nijom̃kan

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.
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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.

nilidie

n. leaves to put food on

nimtahuged

n. the holes in a coconut

nipjinamesei

Epinephelus merra http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-merra.html
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n. Honeycomb grouper

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nipʧin njelas

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nipʧin ɲelas] n. crab

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

niridunumu

1. The name means "fish gill". When one acquires a culture-bound illness, caused by possesion of the sea devil, this plant is used to prepare a remedy. Further information about the illness and remedy withheld.
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n. terrestrial fern, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4121)

Example: 1. The name means "fish gill". When one acquires a culture-bound illness, caused by possesion of the sea devil, this plant is used to prepare a remedy. Further information about the illness and remedy withheld.

niriyau

Siganus punctatus
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n. Goldspotted spinefoot

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

nis mocop̃

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nisasin

n. ray of light in the morning

nobot

n. a sago palm

nocirasjau

1. Considered to be a relative of textit{Morinda citrifolia}.

large tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4052)

Example: 1. Considered to be a relative of textit{Morinda citrifolia}.

nodieg

n. a bundle of reeds; also "nohudieg"

nohor

Nesoclopeus woodfordi
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[nohor] n. Woodford’s Rail

Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

nohoyuwai

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n. kind of bird

nohud ucnas

n. a bunch of taro; also "nuhud ucnas"

nohwan ajimta

n. kind of taro

nokoko

The straight trunk of this tree is used to make canoes. The black seed in the fruit is used to make necklaces. The inner bark is peeled and crushed in sea water and rubbed in the hair to make it curly. People do this treatment every day to make long hair curl like a rasta.
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n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3540)

Example: The straight trunk of this tree is used to make canoes. The black seed in the fruit is used to make necklaces. The inner bark is peeled and crushed in sea water and rubbed in the hair to make it curly. People do this treatment every day to make long hair curl like a rasta.

nomotmot

n. grass

nomotmot ijis

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nopsijman

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[nopsiʧman] n. hand

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

nouras

As a medicinal plant, take the ripe fruits, put it in a dish or bucket, squeeze out the juice and save it for drinking. The dose is 1 tablespoon, morning and afternoon if a person feels tired. This treatment will help give energy to a person. The leaves are placed on the bottom and top of an earth oven to help cook the food. The leaves are also used to wrap shellfish for cooking over a fire. When chewing kava root to prepare it for drinking, put the piles of chewed root on top of this leaf to keep it clean. Some men cut the green fruit in half and rub it against the skin of their face after shaving to protect the skin from rashes and irritations.
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n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3571)

Example: As a medicinal plant, take the ripe fruits, put it in a dish or bucket, squeeze out the juice and save it for drinking. The dose is 1 tablespoon, morning and afternoon if a person feels tired. This treatment will help give energy to a person. The leaves are placed on the bottom and top of an earth oven to help cook the food. The leaves are also used to wrap shellfish for cooking over a fire. When chewing kava root to prepare it for drinking, put the piles of chewed root on top of this leaf to keep it clean. Some men cut the green fruit in half and rub it against the skin of their face after shaving to protect the skin from rashes and irritations.

nugep

Macropygia mackinlayi
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[nugep] n. Mackinlay’s cuckoo dove

Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

nuhujcei

1. When the stems of this plant are older, and it is a vine, is used to tie thatch on roof rafters as it bends well. 2. Burned leaves and rubbed on fishing line and spear to increase catch – used with other unspecified leaves, that are forageable. When you are fishing and if you set a basket or mat it means danger and you have to return to shore – the spirit is telling you that it is enough fishing.
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n. liana, climbing on Garcinia tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3585)

Example: 1. When the stems of this plant are older, and it is a vine, is used to tie thatch on roof rafters as it bends well. 2. Burned leaves and rubbed on fishing line and spear to increase catch – used with other unspecified leaves, that are forageable. When you are fishing and if you set a basket or mat it means danger and you have to return to shore – the spirit is telling you that it is enough fishing.

numutan

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nupsi itai

n. corn

nuritoga atamaig

nuritoga atamaig

n. the south-south-west wind

nässa

n. Carica papaya

Example: flower ovary taken internally against ciguatera

ridiau

n. kind of taro

semo semo

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n. a giant

ta tau

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

wodyperaha

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v. to fish (with a rod)

wudwud

n. kind of tree