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ahtaredei
v.n. go though, as the land
bookmarkared numta
v. to plant taro
bookmarkas vakuei
ecetaig an moije
v.n. to go on to a reef with a canoe or boat
bookmarkecetaig jai
v. to come out, as banana fruit
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.
bookmarkemilmat
adj. green, blue
bookmarketi laulau
adv. soon
bookmarkincesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkincetceianalañ
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.
bookmarkinhatmapig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinhudran
n. the stem of a bunch of bananas, coconuts, etc.
bookmarkinjivij
n. Titan triggerfish
Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
inleuc nipji nakevai
n. a bolt of pandanus leaf
bookmarkinlopotjap
n. shrub to 1 m, fruits green. Secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4897)
Example: The leaves are used for compost in the taro patch. Dig a hole, line it with the leaves of this species, cove with earth and plant taro. The leaves of this species are used to cover earth ovens.
bookmarkinmauwad ahi
n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad picad"
bookmarkinmehtit
n. breadfruit crop in October
bookmarkinmusji nupul
n. kind of tree
bookmarkintaig cap
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintejed gal
intop̃ asiej
n. herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3221)
Example: This plant is used as a wild cabbage. The leaves are used to cover fish when baking in an earth oven and then these leaves are eaten. This is another "calendar plant" of Aneityum. When this plant flowers it means that turtles are very fat, so it is the indication that it’s time to go fishing for turtles. Also a "message plant." If a person wishes to break an agreement then the person puts the top leaves of this plant on another individual’s doorstep to indicate that the agreement is broken.
bookmarkinyaratmas
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.
bookmarkkaradakoal
n. a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.
bookmarkkava
n. a plant from which an intoxicating drink is prepared
bookmarkmasoa
n. arrowroot
bookmarknadeij
nadine
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknaerumãn
nahi ateuc
n. a plant with white flowers; a lily
bookmarknalak u nije
namp̃owei
n. terrestrial fern, growing in secondary forest along the river. Fronds dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3644)
Example: This is a sacred plant, it will keep crops, such as foods, in good condition and protect people from famine and loss of crops. It grows wild along the river and people leave it there and also move the plants to the house along with Terminalia fruiticosa and other unspecified plants for use in protecting their crops. For example, when people go to the garden, they take their planting stick and place it near these plants for a while, and being near it will help protect the garden as a person then works with their planting stick to plant the garden.
bookmarknanad
narakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknarecheno
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknasjiralcau
nauyerop
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3505)
Example: The young leaves are edible, after boiling for 5 minutes. A piece of coconut and a pinch of salt is wrapped in the leaves and eaten. The mature leaves are used to wrap food such as pig or cow meat and cooked in an earth oven. Tie this bundle with a piece of Pandanus fiber to secure it before putting in the earth oven. Both the green and ripe fruits are edible.
bookmarknedec
[neθeɣ] n. Collared Kingfisher
Example: Photo by JJ Harrison, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarkneduodo
n. kind of tree
bookmarknegrecreipek
nehlan
n. a shrub, a plant, a sucker
bookmarknejeg
n. tree to 4 m, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4925)
Example: The wood of this tree is hard and used for house posts. It grows in the water or inundated areas, fish, crabs, sea creatures use the roots of this tree to hide and breed. People know that this tree stops big waves and therefore protect the trees.
bookmarknepig upni
neta
n. cane (sugar)
bookmarknidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknidupau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknidwunitei
nihivai
n. Macaranga dioca
Example: Inner bark: bathe in cold infusion, wounds. Mix heated over fire and taken out during sunset. Healer clenches the package in his fist, then gently punches the patients left, then right knee, then his forehead and finally squeezes over his head, migraine a
bookmarknijom arahed
nilcasau
n. the castor-oil plant
bookmarknilec
nilidie
n. leaves to put food on
bookmarkniridunumu
n. terrestrial fern, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4121)
Example: 1. The name means "fish gill". When one acquires a culture-bound illness, caused by possesion of the sea devil, this plant is used to prepare a remedy. Further information about the illness and remedy withheld.
bookmarkniriyau
n. Goldspotted spinefoot
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkniskes
n. Harry hotlips, blubberlip
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknitidae
noducnas
n. a bunch of taro
bookmarknomotmot
n. grass
bookmarknomropom
n. shrub to 2 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4874)
Example: This plant is an indicator of rich soil, especially up on the hills from the coast. Therefore, this is where people choose to do their gardens. This specimen is in red soil that is not rich so it does not grow tall, but in the mountains it does grow tall and that is where gardens are planted. Wood from the tree is used for carving.
bookmarknuei
n. vine climbing into the canopy on Sarcomelicope, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3620)
Example: This plant is used for local rope. Coil it in a figure 8, heat on a fire, when it is soft, use it for tying poles on a house. It is very strong when cool and dry.
bookmarknupsin
n. seed
bookmarkom̃rag
[oŋmraŋ] n. old (man)
bookmarksimi
adv. down here; also "sime"
bookmarksuko
adv. downwards or westwards
bookmarkucjicjid
v.a. to heap up earth to taro
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