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acesare
adj. sun just down
bookmarkelwa
v. to blossom or bring forth flowers; "alwa", to bud or bring forth leaves. "Et elwa nieg": the reeds blossom. "Et elwa intisiaicai": the flowers are come out.
bookmarkesei cai
n. forest trees
bookmarkigcase
n. a place down, or westward
bookmarkijmau
n. without branches
bookmarkinceimohos
incet edwa
incetevak
n. Sabre squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinharisihau
inhetisjopoig
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinjuki
n. the afternoon
bookmarkinmetla
inmora
n. Foxface
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinp̃a
inp̃al anhas
intate a nelgo waj
inteijid
n. species of pine
bookmarkintop̃ asiej
inwou apeñ
inyaratmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkisgeig pan
adj. adjacent
bookmarkiñec
[iŋec] n. Mystery Island
bookmarklaknu
naheñ
nahmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknaijema
n. cotton
bookmarknaipumnyu
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknakli pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknamlau or nida
namumuatamag
n. epiphyte on fallen tree, growing in disturbed forest. Fruit. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3474)
Example: When children feel weak, this is a good medicine for them. Squeeze the leaves and give the child (3-5 years of age) one tea spoon of the juice and it is said to make them strong again.
bookmarknanad
narakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknatu
n. grass; little bushes
bookmarknauun
n. a stem
bookmarknauyan
n. dawn of day
bookmarknecñanman
nedenc
n. stinging; the fruit of the kaleteug
bookmarkneipyepei
n. kind of tree
bookmarknepelvan wou
n. liana, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. Latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4074)
Example: 1. The outer stem is used to make an ornament call "Intyecrec". When one returns from the bush, you make this to indicate your trip to the bush. Other plants are at times including in the dressing. Each have their own significance.
bookmarknerophat
n. Yellowspotted trevally, Turrum
Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Fishes of Australia, License: CC BY-A 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkneteukin
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknidi yebeg
n. Humpback unicornfish
Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknijom̃kan
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3491)
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.
bookmarknilamese
n. a species of orchid (there are three on the island)
bookmarknirak
niseaig
n. kind of tree
bookmarknohosma
nop̃ou
n. large epiphyte on dead tree, growing in open forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3478)
Example: The wood of this plant is very hard and can be used for house posts. Because the wood is somewhat heavy, younger stems can be sharpened at one end and the pole can be used to plant dryland taro, to make holes for the tubers. For planting swamp taro, the leaves can be used to line the pit that the taro is planted in; it is a local fertilizer for the taro, and as it rots the soil becomes soft while the taro is growing. The flowers are placed behind one’s ear to enjoy the fragrance or can also be used to make a floral necklace (Intañ).
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nuae
n. 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
bookmarknumujced
n. terrestrial fern, 0. 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3577)
Example: Join two of the inrolled fronds together at the part where the frond is opening (the tip that is curled) such that the leaves are held together by their unfolding growing tips. Place this along the path that is frequented by a wild pig (they travel along paths) and when the pig passes these two leaves, and is chased by a hunter’s dogs, these leaves in this formation are said to sap some of the pig’s energy and thus allow the dogs to catch up with it. This was explained to Tony by another person who mentioned it as a sort of magical power possessed by this type of fern.
bookmarknyihivac
n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3263)
Example: 1. A "calendar plant". When this flowers in the bush, and people are making their gardens in that area, it means the garden is ready to harvest. 2. Firewood, calendar, and message plant – for people who live up in the forest can see this coastal plant and when it flowers it is a good time to go fishing or to move to the coastal area for a few weeks to relax. July-August. Tide is low so everything is exposed so it is a good time to fish for there, 2 months. 3. Flowers have a nice nectar, sweet, kids drink.
bookmarkpak
adj. unripe
bookmarkrohalrohal
adj. rough, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch
bookmarktarere
adv. near; inshore; near the shore
bookmarktatau
n. Sawtooth barracuda
Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkyasua
n. kind of taro
bookmarkyatit
n. kind of banana
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