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cap
adj. red (color)
bookmarkehnat aiek
v.n. go before
bookmarkelwa nieg
v.n. to blossom as reeds
bookmarkepigjai iran
n. last quarter of moon
bookmarkincai upunupun
n. bramble
bookmarkinceiwad
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarkinhachac
inhai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinhaij
n. the candle-nut tree; also "inhaig"
bookmarkinjañad
inmal ahapol
n. a group of cultivations
bookmarkinmauwad ahi
n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad picad"
bookmarkinmoijeuv amen ehcid
n. planet
bookmarkinmusji nupul
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinrukdum nohos
n. kind of banana
bookmarkintal u unpoded
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintop pa
n. shrub to 2 m tall, dbh 2 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4996)
Example: This is an ornamental plant, grown around the home. People crush the leaves to enjoy the fragrance released. When bathing, grate coconut meat and crush the leaves of this plant and rub all over the body, before bathing and afterwards your body will smell very nice. To repel mosquitoes, crush these leaves and put them in the house.
bookmarkintowosjei
invid
n. two days ago or two days hence
bookmarkinwaj
n. Hound needlefish, crocodile long-tom
Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinyehec
n. mandrake
bookmarkkopilkopil
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmeto
adj. ripe; also "metto"
bookmarknadiat
n. day
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.
bookmarknagdajija
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknaha
n. lily. Cultivated grows in village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #3)
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. Wrap leaf around fish to cook it on fire, tie with pandanus or any bush, vine. Also used to bake Cyrtosperma merkusii in same way as AAM 1 because it has thick watery leaves. 3. For a person who has been burned by the fire, cut the leaf and drip the sap on the burn to cool it – stops burning feeling. 4. If your joints – elbow, wrist, knee, ankle – feel so cold that they are painful, then heat the leaf on both sides and lay it on painful area. It will take the cold and pain away.
bookmarknaherumaig
n. mimosa (plant)
bookmarknai
n. a plant with red leaves
bookmarknairek
nairo
n. sapling, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4106)
Example: 1. Sapling wood is used to make fishing spears. A straight sapling is first heated in the fire to render it pliable. The sapling is further straightened and then decorticated. Once cooled, wire can be added a prong to the end of the spear.
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.
bookmarknamarere
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknamlau
namrad
napujatha
naraki
n. a calm, a smooth sea
bookmarknasjiñao
natoga ahrei
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknauhwa
n. kind of tree
bookmarknauwai
n. kind of banana
bookmarknauwainapit
n. lightning
bookmarknedeij
n. a small gray berry used as beads
bookmarknehtumta
n. land newly planted with taro
bookmarkneijis ieg
n. a bundle of reeds for a torch; a torch
bookmarknejev
nemek
n. yellow leaves for making petticoats
bookmarknemered
nenho
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknenis
n. cloth of coconut tree; anything useless. Ek idivaig nenis ainyak, I am quite useless
bookmarknesgin
n. the pith
bookmarknetcetas
n. well branched tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4084)
Example: 1. The name means "explosion". Further information about the plant withheld.
bookmarknetumtehi
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknidman tal
n. a top of taro
bookmarknigyahtal
n. kind of banana
bookmarknijilah
n. kind of tree
bookmarknilpudou
n. herb to 70 cm, florets yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4998)
Example: To treat a headache, especially from the flu, boil a handful of leaves in 1 liter of water for a few minutes, let cool and drink 1 cup of liquid per day . Also can treat this type of headache by using the plant in a steam bath, by boiling 4 handfuls of leaves in a pot of water, covering the head with a towel and breathing in the steam from the pot.
bookmarknimhag
n. branch (large)
bookmarkniri atga
nisalau
n. blossoms on breadfruit
bookmarknithidao
nohos New Zealand opah
nohwai itai
n. berry
bookmarknoporo pora
nucsei
n. kind of taro
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.
bookmarknumta
n. shoots of taro for planting
bookmarksepam
adv. down here
bookmarkuagas
äminäkäi
n. Marattia smithii
Example: Frond: bathe in infusion, neurodermatitis and infantile eczema
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