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cap
adj. red (color)
bookmarkehcodaig
n. plant shoots; also "ehcohodaig"
bookmarkhui heldei
v.n. to sail
bookmarkimjav
adj. soft, over-ripe, as breadfruit.
bookmarkinceimohos
incesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinhau
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinholai mobo
n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinjañad
injupki upni
inmehtas
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkintaigana
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintinan
n. a bed, a foundation, a plantation
bookmarkinyirigwai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkinyje
n. tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4914)
Example: Use the leaves to make compost to be placed at the bottom of the hole where taro is to be planted, cover with soil and grow the taro in that hole. Serves as a fertilizer.
bookmarkkiliek nahpu
n. kind of taro
bookmarkkowei
n. herb to 0. 75 m, fruits brown. Growing in cultivated area near village. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5012)
Example: Children use this fruit as a rattle. When parents go to the gardens or fields with their children, they collect the pods for the children to use as a rattle and amuse themselves. Unspecified medicinal use.
bookmarknagag ~ nacag
nahanemek
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknaherumaig
n. mimosa (plant)
bookmarknahojcei
n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3436)
bookmarknakli pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknakoaha
n. kind of taro
bookmarknakweiwei
n. treelet to 1 m, sterile. In transition zone from pine forest to scrub forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4981)
Example: The wood is used to make a fishing spear. Cut the straight stems, heat it in fire, straighten it as much as needed, cool the stem, peel the bark off of the stem and let it cure for 1 month. In the past, the end of the spear was carved into a sharp point and used for fishing. Now steel rods are placed on the tip to catch the fish. This is used in shallow water (fresh water or sea water) as the wood is heavy and can sink. People making these spears go to older forests that are higher up to collect the wood.
bookmarknala
n. tree to 7 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4860)
Example: This is a common tree. If a person travels from one district to another on Aneityum, and you see the tree planted in that other district, a person knows they are free to come into this area. When the leaves are yellow, as in a young tree, the local name is nala’gay. If a person carries a branch of this tree into a village it is a symbol that the person is coming with peaceful intentions.
bookmarknalauba
[nalauba] n. Emerald Dove
Example: Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarknamarai
n. preserved breadfruit
bookmarknamehe
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapau emilmat
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapisinijvaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknaravi
n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts
bookmarknatiñpece
nauhoig yi amud
n. break of day
bookmarknauwau
n. a bulrush; a flag
bookmarknecyak
n. herb to 20 cm, flowers blue. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4922)
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.
bookmarknedeij
n. a small gray berry used as beads
bookmarknedjap
n. kind of tree
bookmarknegainohos
n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"
bookmarknejev
n. Skipjack tuna
Example: Photo by Krw130lm / Fishes of Australia, License: CC BY-A-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknepat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknepilvan
n. tender shoots
bookmarknerumut
n. a hollow place in taro
bookmarkneudan tauoc neaig
n. the center sprout of a coconut tree
bookmarkneudan tauoc nohos
n. the center sprout of the banana plant
bookmarknijiga
n. a branch of red coral
bookmarknirid u numu
n. terrestrial fern on forest floor, growing in disturbed forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3482)
Example: People who go fishing take this plant along with other unspecified leaves, crush them and rub them on the fishing line that the person is using. This is said to attract more fish to the bait. It is also a "message plant" to be put in a person’s hat when they come back from fishing and then people know that they caught fish. Local name means "fish gill." For performing a weather magic ritual to produce fog, this plant is fermented along with another plant (nap̃at) in a hole in a sacred stone (called "Naemoso") at a secret location on Aneityum.
bookmarknitidae
nititan
n. fern to 0. 75 m, sori brown. growing along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4972)
Example: The fronds of this fern are used to wrap sting ray and shark meat, which have a great deal of moisture in them, for cooking on the earth overn. Wrap the fronds (leaves) around the meat and tie with a Pandanus string. Because they are not thick, broad, entire leaves, but rather have many places in them where water can drain out during the cooking process, it is said that these leaves are much better for preparing these two types of fish, as well as any other meat that contains a great deal of moisture. For cooking on the earth over, put these wrapped foods on top of any other leaves so that they do not touch the hot stones directly, and then cover with other leaves as well. Then place the hot stones on top of these wrapped meats.
bookmarknititan cei
nohor
[nohor] n. Woodford’s Rail
Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarknohos u nekrei
n. the flying-fox banana
bookmarknoragidi
nowanlas
n. Orangespot surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknuhujcei
n. liana, growing at edge of forest. Fruit. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3475)
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.
bookmarknumlah
n. kind of tree
bookmarknumnava
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknuripapa
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarkuhup a nelgo waj
wudwud
n. kind of tree
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