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aelan panadol
ahtaredei
v.n. go though, as the land
bookmarkaraho
n. made of branches
bookmarkaraparap
n. sunset
bookmarkfetofeto
han
v.n. to go
bookmarkincai er hegaig
n. a tree for food; a fruit tree
bookmarkinceipou
incetcanalaeñ
inciñyiñpa
ingejei wou
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3647)
Example: 1. The straight poles of this plant are sharpened and used to plant kava, and only for kava. Not used for planting other crops. 2. Special for catching eels in fresh water, poke stick with leaves into hole where eel lives and they don’t like it so they come out and you catch them, by cutting with knife.
bookmarkinhalav imtinjap
n. wind-related term; no definition provided. Possibly referring to "inhalav" ’child’.
bookmarkinharmejicop
n. Ocellated eagle ray
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhau cap̃
n. low tree. Found along the coast. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #11)
Example: 1. To speed up delivery and reduce painin labor - Take a piece of stem from a small branch and take the skin and outter bark off. Grate out the inner part with water and squeeze out juice into a cup for the woman to drink. 2. To help with pain/difficulty giving birth - Take even numbers of inhoa top leaves (Must have a partner so the lone top is not vulnerable to bad spirits - in all Rosita’s medicines, she always uses partners like this). Using 2, 4, or 6, of these leaves chew them and swallow the whole thing. This is slippery. Take at the first pain.
bookmarkink
n. vine, growing in disturbed forest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3470)
Example: A man named Johnnie (Reuben’s grandfather) brought this vine to Aneityum to use it as a rope to tie objects. The ripe fruits are used to paint the face and hands and children make drawings from this dye.
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
inmaan
n. old coconut leaves
bookmarkinmauwad
n. a convolvulus
bookmarkinmetla
intal has
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintal u unpoded
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintareihok
intejed
n. tree. Growing in village garden. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #22)
Example: 1. Timber for houses, hard wood. 2. Fruits have a highly desirable nut that is edible when fresh after cracking the fruit. 3. Medicine – 5 young tips, boiled in 3 cups of water, and steam eyes when have conjunctivitis. 1x. 3. Calendar plant – When the leaves turn red and are ready to fall off from the tree – the lobsters are ready to be harvested – best time to harvest lobsters. Firm tasty meat. This was a traditional population management so that lobsters were not harvested year around but only during this season, Oct–Nov, for a month or 1.5 months.
bookmarkinvid
n. two days ago or two days hence
bookmarkinyaratmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkinyipei
n. the flour, as of arrowroot
bookmarkjigkom
[ʧiŋkum] n. chewing gum
bookmarkkapou
n. gun
bookmarkkoliavan
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahtancai upunupun
n. thorn
bookmarknaledmot
namotmot
n. grass; also "namutmut"
bookmarknam̃caca
n. vine climbing in understory, growing in rainforest along river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4057)
Example: 1. This plant is named in relation to a winged fish. The leaves are rough and resemble the body the fish. 2. The leaves of this plant are used to wrap grated taro or manioc. After it is fastened with rope and boiled or baked.
bookmarknanad
napun nitai caig
n. the skin or rind of food
bookmarknap̃od
narakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknatoga ahrei
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknaurakiti
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknauyerop
n. species of sycamore (117); a sycamore fig (97)
bookmarknauyerop̃ u inman
nedaugatmas
n. kind of tree
bookmarknednaeñ
nefelelicai
n. grass; weeds; thistle
bookmarknese uinman
n. tree to 3 m tall, 20 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #4869)
Example: To treat toothaches, take a handful of leaves, boil them in 1 cup of water, take the warm liquid and leaves and wash or rinse the affected area as needed until pain resolves. The wood is used for carving and is yellowish in color. The stems are used to secure the outrigger to a traditional canoe.
bookmarkneudan tauoc neaig
n. the center sprout of a coconut tree
bookmarkneyo
n. grass to 70 cm tall, sterile. Cultivated at the side of a field. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4958)
Example: The leaves and stems are boiled in water to make tea. The base of the leaves (the whitish part) is used to cook foods that have a strong odor, such as goat or shark. The base is sliced and put in the soup and this helps to keep the smell of the goat or shark from infusing through the rest of the food and making it less palatable. In some areas of Aneityum, such as in cassava fields, there is a fungus that kills the crops. This species is interplanted with the crops to kill that fungus and protect the crop plants.
bookmarknhujac
nidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknimtinjap
n. wind
bookmarkniperap
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkniskes
n. Harry hotlips, blubberlip
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknohos kaletonia
n. the New Caledonian banana
bookmarknokoko
n. 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.
bookmarknomotmot tucjup
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknuarin abras
n. cliff
bookmarknuhonwei
pokmi
adv. seaward here
bookmarktar ~ [introduced tamprem]
tatau
n. Great barracuda
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkumnad
adj. rotten, applied to fruit
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