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v.
prepare soil for taro planting, by removing the topsoil, putting down special leaves, and replacing topsoil
Speaker: Kirk Keitadi
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araho
n.
made of branches
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 130
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atga nethanethan
v.
passed by on the other side
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 79
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eloah
v.
to blossom, as reeds; also "elwa"
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 77
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ethanethan
adj.
at a distance; on the other side of the road.
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 79
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ijumgan nijomcan
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small tree, 1-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4020)
Example: 1. The name of this plant translates as bad tooth, and relates to its use as a plant used to poison others. If one wants to commit an evil act against another, he or she will rub the leaves together and squeeze them over the targets food. It will make their teeth rotten and fall off quickly. More information witheld.
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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imraig
n.
tomorrow
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 84
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incetcai
n.
a bundle of wood for fire
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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incetevak
ineañdel
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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."
Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Tony Keith
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inhinid
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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inhundain
inhuterau
n.
a rainbow
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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inlidija
n.
summer, autumn
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 190; 126
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inmerimri
n.
kind of breadfruit
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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inm̃ap̃
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tree, 12-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3611)
Example: 1. The nut of this tree is edible and very good. Boil it with skin on or bake it in the earth oven and then cut it in half and eat. 2. Leaves for top of house ridge. 3. Leaves for fertilizing the water taro in swamps.
Scientific name: Inocarpus fagifer, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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intoutau
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tree. Growing near village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #5)
Example: 1. To cure spirit sickness of the niteitau. Use plants that also end with "au" : niditau, intoutau, naoyerop. Go to the top of the plant to get the soft leaves of the plants niditau, intoutau, naoyerop, also take the bark. The person making the medicine should be holding the these leaves with a piece of nelmaha. Nelmaha means go away. The sick person chews the leaves and bark and swallows the juice spitting out the fiber into the nelmaha the medicine maker is holding. The medicine person then takes the spit out fiber in the nalmaha leaf and throws it into the sea in front of the village. 2. For a baby that is not doing well, as with malnourished, take 4-5 leaves, put in warm water and wash baby – 1x day for 3 days. 6. Use to make temporary house.
Scientific name: Trema cannabina, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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inwag
n.
the evening star
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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inwah
n.
food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89
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inya
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large tree, 16 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3222)
Example: 1. As a child’s game, some times children put the segments of the needles together to see who can make the largest one. 2. A "calendar plant"--when the needles are brown, it is an indication that people should not work hard, but should rest or they will not feel well. If they try to work they will feel sleepy--an indication of the season of higher heat. 3. Wood is used as firewood. 4. Firewood, inner bark good for ciguatera poisoning, scratch the inner bark and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give to the sick person to drink – very effective. Use the largest most mature part of the stem.
Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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inyacelcou
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vine running many meters long over clay soil and grassy area on hillside where the triangular wooden signs are that used to be a landmark for ships coming to the island. Sterile. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5008)
Example: This plant is the focus of an important legend on Aneityum. When the missionary John Geddie and colleaguse first arrived on the island in July of 1848, the Chiefs welcomed them but some of the people did not like the idea. So these people sent a basket containing a peeled coconut and a fish (nopom) to the Chief in Umej to ask him to support the idea of getting rid of the missionary that the Chief of Analcahuat had welcomed. If the Chief of Umej were to eat the fish and coconut meat, it would mean that he agreed with the opposition. The Chief refused to eat the food in the basket and he told the people a parable involving this plant. A person cannot find the tip of the stem or the end of the root in the ground. So if they were to eliminate the missionary, his activity would continue because of God’s power. As it is with this plant, it will continue to grow and flourish if you cut it or try to dig up the root. So he sent a message about this plant to the people in Analcahuat who objected to the presence of the missionary stating this parable. Those people in Analcauhat held a secret meeting and they chose a powerful and strong person to kill the missionary. During the night the person went to the missionary’s house while he was in the toilet. Returning to the house, the missionary found the person in his doorway, and that person lifted his club to strike the missionary. But at that point the attacker’s hands suddenly had no power and the club fell from his hands, and he fell over. The missionary told him to get up, and not come back. After that experience, the people of Umej realized that God’s power was great and they could not go against it. The Chief took the peeled coconut that was sent him and covered it with the skin of another coconut and planted it instead of eating it. This coconut grew and the missionary’s work continued to grow on the island. So this vine played an important role in communicating the power of God to the people of Aneityum.
Speaker: Tony Keith
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inyirigwai
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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kalispeuv
n.
kind of breadfruit
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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kiliek nahpu
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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napaeicei
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epiphytic fern on fallen log, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4097)
Example: 1. The name means "wood cover", alluding to the habit of this plant. It grows only on the bark of trees.
Scientific name: Davallia pusilla, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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napannopotan
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epiphytic fern, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4098)
Example: 1. The name means "ground cover". It usually grow on the forest floor.
Scientific name: Crepidomanes, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nared
n.
current in the sea
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 140
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narineom
n.
hedge
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 156
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nariramteh
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nasahas
n.
a small water-plant
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 96
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natoga ahrei
n.
wind-related term; no definition provided
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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natoga an wai
n.
the south-east wind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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natoga u inmeijcop
n.
wind-related term; no definition provided
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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natutahut
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grass to 10 cm, seeds brown. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4945)
Example: To make a baby strong, burn the leaves and rhizome, take the ashes and rub on the baby’s arms, knees, legs. Makes them strong, healthy and able to walk. Use after the child is given a bath. 1-4 years old, and it will help. Can use every day after bathing.
Scientific name: Lepturus repens, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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naualha
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nautahos
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herb, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3280)
Example: A "message plant". In ancient times, this plant was used for communicating. If you go to a person who composes songs and give this to them, they will know to compose a song for you. Name means "flowers on the ground".
Scientific name: Isachne comata, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nednaeñ
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tree, 3. 5-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3472)
Example: 1. This species is good for firewood when dried. 2. The wood is used as well for making house posts. 3. Use this w/ INCIPINTI (GMP 3471) for compost in the water taro field.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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negna
nekro
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tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3522)
Example: This is a "calendar plant." When it flowers, people know that the taro is ready to harvest. It does not grow in the forest, but only along the coast in grassy areas. Use wood as posts for roof of house.
Scientific name: Geissois denhamii, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nelm̃ai
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tree to 8 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4863)
Example: Fiber: Collect the stems of this plant, peel off the outer bark, soak (ret) in seawater for 1 week, then put stone on top of it-the fibers are loosened by the retting, peel them off and hang in the sun to dry and bleach. Weave small baskets, grass skirts and other things from this fiber. When sticks are placed in areas of the sea, shells are attracted to these sticks and people can collect the shells used for adornment--the animals in the shells like to eat the material on the sticks. Dried fruits of this plant are eaten by birds.
Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nepjen epjen
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lithophyte, growing on rock in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4038)
Scientific name: Antrophyum plantagineum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nerid u uncat
n.
the tow of flax
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 100
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netit tidai
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nhujac
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epiphyte on branch of Syzygium tree, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. dry fruits. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3661)
Scientific name: Phreatia hypsorrhynchos, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nidnaiñ
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tree to 4 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4942)
Example: Wood is strong and light so used to build houses.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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niducai
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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nieg
n.
a reed
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 101
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nijinga
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shrub to 2 m, flowers blue-purple. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4878)
Example: A stem of this shrub is sharpened and used to dig a hole for planting kava. When a person plants kava in a hole made from this stick, there is the belief that it will make kava root stems strong and large. The fruits are edible when ripe and said to be sweet.
Scientific name: Vaccinium macgillivrayi, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nilpudou
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herb to 50 cm, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4944)
Example: As a tonic medicine, collect a full handful of leaves, boil in one liter of water until fully cooked, then drink 1 cup 3x daily, warm, to treat a person who has worked too much, who is tired, to help their stomach and to help make them strong. For children and adults. Child’s dose is 1/2 cup, 3x daily until the child feels stronger.
Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nirinma
niriyau
nispahos
n.
coconut leaves, plaited for covering ridge of roof
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 103
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nisʧi
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wooden poles forming the structure of a roof
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
Speaker: Osiani Nerian
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niʧep
noducnas
n.
a bunch of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 103
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nohap
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nohopcop
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Glossy swiftlet
Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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nokoko
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large well branched tree, 18-20 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3216)
Example: 1. The trunk of this plant is used to make canoes. 2. It is also a good timber for the inside part of houses. 3. Mix the sap from the stem with other unspecified leaves and rub them into dreadlocks. 4. To attract shells in the sea, scrape a branch and drop in the sea where shells are attracted to the branches and they can be collected for sale to the Island’s visitors. 5. Seeds are used to make beautiful black necklaces. Said to be a lot of work as it is difficult to remove the seed. Rub with sandpaper or soak in water and then make the hole in the seed. 6. Fruit is a children’s toy – used as a whistle to make a nice sound.
Scientific name: Hernandia nymphaeifolia, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nomrop̃om̃
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tree, 10-15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3673)
Example: The wood from this species is used to make the main crossbar of a roof, and also for house posts. Considered a good firewood.
Scientific name: Weinmannia denhamii, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nom̃o
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tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3639)
Example: This tree is a good source of wood for house posts and roof rafters. Some people eat the ripe fruits of this species but even on the same tree, some of the ripe fruits have a sour taste, even though they look alike.
Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nop̃ou
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tree. Found in the village, usually grows in the hills. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #16)
Example: 1. Lot of oil in the heartwood so it is good to start a fire, split it into small strips and you can light it for a fire. 2. Calendar plant – when the fruits ripen people know that this is the best season to eat the big hermit crab – meaning that they are fat.
Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nucja
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nuei
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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 needs to be heated to a high temperature in the fire to make it soft; the person preparing this must use gloves to tie it to the posts and rafters while it is still warm. When it cools, it is very strong. Rope made from this vine will last a long time--perhaps 10-15 years. It can also be used to make a regular house.
Scientific name: Jasminum didymum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nuhialeg upni
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phr.
Good morning. (greeting in early morning, 6 o’clock to 9:30-10 o’clock)
Speaker: Ruben Nerian
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numurumu
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epiphyte on tree trunk, growing in rain forest on the mountain slope. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3290)
Scientific name: Procris pedunculata, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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numuyehec
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3624)
Example: Use the wood of this plant for roof rafters.
Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nunyepec
n.
understory tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4049)
Example: 1. The name means "knife of sandpaper", a type of fish. The leaf base resembles the fin of the fish. 2. In the past, a spear was made from the sapling wood of this plant for tribal warfare. Today, spears are made from this plant for fishing. First, a relatively straight spaling is chosen and then heated over a fire. The pliable portion of wood is straightened and then decorticated. When cool, a portion of wire can be affixed on one end to aid in the spearing of fish.
Scientific name: Tapeinosperma
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pok
adv.
seaward
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 107
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tatau
unasuandan
n.
Stachytarpheta cayennesis
Example: Juice squeezed from leaves, wounds.
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 444
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wud yi encreucaig
v.a.
beat so as to shake a tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 127
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