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ahlau se
v.n. go down
bookmarkaihon
v. to spit on leaves; to chew leaves for sickness
bookmarkehtele cei nai
n. full moon
bookmarkelgai
v.n. expand as a leaf
bookmarkelv-
pre. far; long; applied to distance or time
bookmarketjo itac
v.n. to fall behind; to come late
bookmarkgras
inceideuc
n. the white wood of a tree
bookmarkincesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkincipinti
incispev
n. tree. Growing in village garden. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #19)
Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4 young leaves of nafanu and mash and squeeze the juice into a small bamboo (1-1.5 inch diameter) The nafanu is important because it is a plant that connects to the sea. Use wildcane leaves cover the bamboo closed. Go to the sick person and unwrap the snake from her. Start from the top and let the woman drink a small part of the potion then wash her with the mixture, making sure to wash head, elbows, knees, feet, and belly. Then take a leaf of naha and break it over the woman’s belly button to break the snake off. Smash the bamboo vessel to pieces. Leave the woman there until the wash dries on her. This takes one whole day and the ceremony in the evening so she can sleep and she must not eat. This ritual is performed by men.
bookmarkindijinecei
n. Whitespotted surgeonfish, southern dialect
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinmaefata
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmoijeuv adpoig
inmorantejed
n. Coral hind, coral grouper (deep sea)
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinm̃okom
n. Steephead parrotfish
Example: Photo by charlie20 / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkintidin
n. a crop, but not the first ripe
bookmarkintoutau
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.
bookmarkjupki
n. the afternoon; also "jupjupki"
bookmarkkopilkopil
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmac
n. cup (mug)
bookmarkmeto
adj. ripe; also "metto"
bookmarknafanu
n. tree. Growing on the coast. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #23)
Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4 young leaves of nafanu and mash and squeeze the juice into a small bamboo (1-1.5 inch diameter) The nafanu is important because it is a plant that connects to the sea. Use wildcane leaves cover the bamboo closed. Go to the sick person and unwrap the snake from her. Start from the top and let the woman drink a small part of the potion then wash her with the mixture, making sure to wash head, elbows, knees, feet, and belly. Then take a leaf of naha and break it over the woman’s belly button to break the snake off. Smash the bamboo vessel to pieces. Leave the woman there until the wash dries on her. This takes one whole day and the ceremony in the evening so she can sleep and she must not eat. This ritual is performed by men. 2. Firewood, house post for bush house.
bookmarknagedauyag
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahi ateuc
n. a plant with white flowers; a lily
bookmarknamlau
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3485)
Example: 1. The larger stems of this plant can be used to build houses, for rafters. 2. It is also a good source of firewood. 3. Ancestors, before go to chief’s canal and want to talk about a complicated issue – a person would cut a branch and bring it to the sea and tap the water surface and would say what he wants, ask that he would want that issue to be solved and that others would follow his ideas and then go back to the meeting place and take stick, keep wind at his back, moving stick in all directions and then he will convince the people of his ideas. This is done by the chief’s spokesman. Helps convince the opposition. Helps keep power in hands of parent(??) chief rather than subchiefs who might have other ideas.
bookmarknapijelcau
n. kind of banana
bookmarknared
n. current in the sea
bookmarknaridjai o un
n. east
bookmarknausakrai
n. thorn
bookmarknauwatamu
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkneaig
n. the kernel of a coconut; the coconut tree
bookmarkneaig auyag
n. kind of palm
bookmarknedenc
n. stinging; the fruit of the kaleteug
bookmarkneducai inhujid
n. kind of tree
bookmarknehep
n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3590)
Example: 1. Used as a medicine to help stop bleeding. Take the inner bark, mash it, and dip in water. Then apply the poultice to the bleeding wound to help stop the bleeding. This treatment will also promote healing of the wound. When the poultice dries it becomes hard and sticks to the wound. At that point leave it on the wound until the pain goes away and then it can be peeled off of the wound. 2. Wood good for making canoe.
bookmarknejecjec
nejoplec
nekeiatimi
n. terrestrial fern, growing on rocky area in secondary forest above the river. Leaves c. 3 m long. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3654)
Example: The leaf is wrapped around the head as an adornment by both men and women. If a person gets burned by a fire, scrape the petiole of this plant and squeeze juice on the wound to cool and heal it. Use as long as needed. The ancestors are said to have cooked the stump of this plant in an earth oven, over 2-3 nights, and then ate it. It is said to have no taste but was more of a famine food during periods of drought.
bookmarknepek cat
neroa
nerop
n. Black jack
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknetcetec
n. trees, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3473)
Example: 1. This species is excellent for firewood as it gives off less smoke than other types of wood. 2. The wood is good for making roof rafters on which to tie thatch. 3. Use this for planting pole, for taro, cane, and kava.
bookmarknetumtehi
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknevehev
n. current of air
bookmarknidnaiñ
niducai
n. kind of tree
bookmarknigyi neto
n. the chewed fiber of sugarcane
bookmarknilec
n. kind of tree
bookmarknilec
nipnyineuc
n. another name for "masoa"; arrowroot
bookmarknisil
n. the center rib of the coconut leaflet; wire
bookmarkniskes
n. Harry hotlips, blubberlip
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknoducnas
n. a bunch of taro
bookmarknohopcop
nohos yau
nohwai itai
n. berry
bookmarknohwan aruman
n. kind of taro
bookmarknop̃oe
nouras
nowanu
n. Longfin African conger, moustache conger
Example: Photo by Patrick Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknumuyehec
rere
adj. leafless; fading
bookmarktedtedwaleg
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkupumure
v.n. to fall, as unripe fruit
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