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achachadaliek

adj. tempestuous at sea

ahcedwei

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v.n. go in and out among

ajujaimi

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v.n. to come up, or come east

alcei (nerin)

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v. to open, as leaf; to expand

alec

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v. look; look for something; search

algaunyi

v.n. to cross over or above, as over a fence, or tree in a path, or on stones through a river

an tak apnyin

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n. on another day

arafara

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v. to prepare pandanus leaves for making mats or baskets

arijai

v.n. to go ashore, to go from sea, to arise or overflow, as sea over land.

asjec

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v. lay down

awaiñ

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v. plant

añak

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pro. me

et haklin an

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[et haklin an] phr. he is small

eucenwaig nieg

v. to sharpen the point of a reed like a spear

eucte

v. to begin to blossom

fetofeto owuncap

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n. fish poison tree (RPV #57)

idahod

v. to sprout largely; also "ujipsotan"

idi

adj. stringy, watery, as taro; also "ede"

igcapok

n. seaward

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adj. outside

ilpu hal u kumnyumoi

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n. the Pleiades, the seven stars

incaceñ aleg

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n. wild kava (RPV #133)

incaitisian

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[inɣaitisian] n. kind of breadfruit

incat

n. flax

incesmetaig

n. kind of sugarcane

inciñyiñpa

The stems of this tree are used to make temporary houses and for firewood. This is one of the leaves that is used in an unspecified mixture to put in a rough sea to calm th ewaters.
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n. tree to 15 m, dbh 75 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #5006)

Example: The stems of this tree are used to make temporary houses and for firewood. This is one of the leaves that is used in an unspecified mixture to put in a rough sea to calm th ewaters.

inhaceriapeke

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n. kind of shellfish

inhenid

n. kind of sugarcane

inhos

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n. kind of fish

inhupnan

n. first fruits

inhuterau

n. a rainbow

inmal acujitai

n. a collection of plantations

inmaleaig

n. a grove of coconuts

inmauwad imrig

n. a convolvulus with blue or reddish flowers

inm̃ojen

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n. kind of shellfish

inpece lelcei

Calophyllum neoebudicum
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n. tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3286)

inp̃al anhas

The flowers are used for decoration, in the yard or cut and brought into the house. The stem of this tree is good for firewood.
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n. tree to 8 m tall, dbh 1 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4994)

Example: The flowers are used for decoration, in the yard or cut and brought into the house. The stem of this tree is good for firewood.

inrowodamya

The leaves are used to wrap fish, lap-lap for cooking in the earth oven. Boil the leaves as a medicine for women with excessive menstrual bleeding. Cut 2 leaves and boil in 2 liters of water, cool and drink 1 cup daily for 3 days. This is said to slow the menstrual bleeding. Local name "Amya" means menstruation.
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n. shrub to 1. 5 m tall, leaves green with red stripes (collection: Michael J. Balick #4978)

Example: The leaves are used to wrap fish, lap-lap for cooking in the earth oven. Boil the leaves as a medicine for women with excessive menstrual bleeding. Cut 2 leaves and boil in 2 liters of water, cool and drink 1 cup daily for 3 days. This is said to slow the menstrual bleeding. Local name "Amya" means menstruation.

intate a nelgo waj

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. boards for people to sit on

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

intel e cha

This is a "message plant." If a person puts the flower behind their ear and then stares  out at you, or tosses the flower to you, then say yes and follow them, for example, to drink kava, or to go swimming. Or a man invites a woman to go somewhere with him. Alternatively, you can leave the flower on a table and this is also a message to go with a person. Leaves also used to wrap foods. Decorate yard around the house.
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n. terrestrial orchid, growing in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3523)

Example: This is a "message plant." If a person puts the flower behind their ear and then stares out at you, or tosses the flower to you, then say yes and follow them, for example, to drink kava, or to go swimming. Or a man invites a woman to go somewhere with him. Alternatively, you can leave the flower on a table and this is also a message to go with a person. Leaves also used to wrap foods. Decorate yard around the house.

intoutau

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.
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n. 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.

inyecelcoli

Roast the tuber of this vine on an open fire for 20-40 minutes, peel off the skin and eat like cassava or taro. Chew it and drink the "juice" while spitting out the fiber. It grows wild, season of harvesting is in May. Very tasty food for people, considered "numba wan" food for this island.
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n. vine to 1 m, flowers purple. (kudzu plant). (collection: Michael J. Balick #4920)

Example: Roast the tuber of this vine on an open fire for 20-40 minutes, peel off the skin and eat like cassava or taro. Chew it and drink the "juice" while spitting out the fiber. It grows wild, season of harvesting is in May. Very tasty food for people, considered "numba wan" food for this island.

inyehec

The fruits are edible when they are red. If a person has been drinking kava and the next morning feels hung over, they can take a handful of the leaves of this  plant, crush them in cool water, and wash their face with this. This treatment will help the kava feeling to disappear. At the same time, if a person eats the fruit of this tree a few hours in advance of planning to drink kava, they cannot drink kava as it will reduce the effects of the kava. The trunk of this tree can be used to build temporary houses and also it is good for firewood. When the  plant is in flower, flying foxes and birds come to drink the nectar and hunters know this so they hunt near this tree.
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n. tree to 7 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4968)

Example: The fruits are edible when they are red. If a person has been drinking kava and the next morning feels hung over, they can take a handful of the leaves of this plant, crush them in cool water, and wash their face with this. This treatment will help the kava feeling to disappear. At the same time, if a person eats the fruit of this tree a few hours in advance of planning to drink kava, they cannot drink kava as it will reduce the effects of the kava. The trunk of this tree can be used to build temporary houses and also it is good for firewood. When the plant is in flower, flying foxes and birds come to drink the nectar and hunters know this so they hunt near this tree.

inyuc

n. the name of a plant

iñec

[iŋec] n. Mystery Island

iñpa

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n. pungent scrub, island musk (RPV #101)

kerehed

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n. kind of crab

lelohos

n. a garden of bananas

leucen

adj. ripe, as taro

manfara

n. kind of sugarcane

masoa

n. arrowroot

meto

adj. ripe; also "metto"

nabudwä

n. Vittaria lineata

Example: Frond: cold maceration taken internally against ciguatera

nace relcau

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n. kind of fish

nadiat adiat

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n. mid-day, noon

nafetu manava

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[nafɛtʊ manava] n. heart

nahanemek

n. kind of breadfruit

naijema

n. flax

nalauba

Chalcophaps indica
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[nalauba] n. Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

naledpen

Tyto alba
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[naleθpeɲ] n. Barn Owl

Example: Photo by Matt Knoth, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

nalvimtinjap

n. a light wind; the beginning of a wind

napile

n. kind of taro

nara

n. kind of tree

nareuc henau

n. a species of grass

nariko

This plant is used to fertilize fields, especially by growing it in fields that have been used for other crops for a very long time. The seeds can be cooked when dry and hard, boiled in water, or eaten directly without preparation when green and soft.
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n. shrub to 3 m, flowers yellow with red outer coverings (appearing red when closed) (collection: Michael J. Balick #4957)

Example: This plant is used to fertilize fields, especially by growing it in fields that have been used for other crops for a very long time. The seeds can be cooked when dry and hard, boiled in water, or eaten directly without preparation when green and soft.

natec

n. trees; palms; figs

natiñpece

Ischaemum muticum
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n. herb, growing on roadside in open disturbed area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3607)

nauanavig

n. quicksands

nauanohatag

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n. firmament (astronomical)

nauwainapit

n. lightning

necditahou

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n. kind of crab

necñanman

1. Wood used for roof rafters. 2. Leaves of this plant can be used to cover an earth oven while baking food. 3. Name means bird footprint.
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n. tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3449)

Example: 1. Wood used for roof rafters. 2. Leaves of this plant can be used to cover an earth oven while baking food. 3. Name means bird footprint.

nedoun

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[nɛθoʊn] n. foot, leg

nepahas

n. kind of tree

nerinabod

Kyphosus vaigiensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-vaigiensis.html
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n. Brassy chub, lowfin drummer

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nete

n. kind of tree

neudan tauoc nohos

n. the center sprout of the banana plant

niau

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[nijaʊ] n. March (lit. a kind of plant like bamboo but smaller)

nicasau

n. the castor-oil plant

nijom arahed

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nijom araheθ] n. lit. "round house"

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

nilam

n. seaweed

nilbudou

n. Bidens pilosa L.

Example: shoot -- cold maceration taken internally against cough

nilec

Makes period normal again. Take three young leaves from the very tops of the plant and pound and squeeze out the juice from the leaves. Mix with small amount of water to help juice come out. Drink this 3 times a day for 3 days. Pig food – feed the leaves to the pigs. Leaves used to wrap around Cyrtosperma merkusii to cook for several days—this taro needs a lot of cooking. So this leaf is particularly used for that purpose because it is very watery. Will keep the taro from becoming too burned or dry – it will cook soft after a few days – keep tasting it until the calcium oxalate sensation is gone. Check it 3 times – cook, open, taste and it should be good. Wrap fish and put directly on charcoal fire. – also cover top rocks in earth oven.
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n. epiphyte. Growing on tree in village area. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #1)

Example: Makes period normal again. Take three young leaves from the very tops of the plant and pound and squeeze out the juice from the leaves. Mix with small amount of water to help juice come out. Drink this 3 times a day for 3 days. Pig food – feed the leaves to the pigs. Leaves used to wrap around Cyrtosperma merkusii to cook for several days—this taro needs a lot of cooking. So this leaf is particularly used for that purpose because it is very watery. Will keep the taro from becoming too burned or dry – it will cook soft after a few days – keep tasting it until the calcium oxalate sensation is gone. Check it 3 times – cook, open, taste and it should be good. Wrap fish and put directly on charcoal fire. – also cover top rocks in earth oven.

niri nara

Neotrygon kuhlii
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n. Blue-spotted stingray

Example: Photo by Richard Ling / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nisasin

n. ray of light in the morning

nodieg

n. a bundle of reeds; also "nohudieg"

nofowai

n. river

noho

Ipomoea pes-caprae
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4793)

nomojced

Blechnum vulcanicum

n. terrestrial fern growing in rain forest on the mountain slope. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3285)

norasjei

Cyrtandra obovata

n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3274)

noyei

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n. manioc, cassava

numalpau

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

nupsi itai

n. corn

owag

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[owaŋ] num. six

pakauoc

adj. unripe

pok

adv. seaward

ridiau mayi

n. kind of taro

tatau

Sphyraena forsteri http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-forsteri.html
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n. Bigeye barracuda

Example: Photo by Philippe Guillaume, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tumates

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. tomato

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weite

adj. perennial (applied to water); also "etweite", "inweite"