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atga alep
v.n. go alone
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igcase
n. a place down, or westward
bookmarkincanaij yohon
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkincetevak
n. Pink Squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkincipinti
inhalav imtinjap
n. wind-related term; no definition provided. Possibly referring to "inhalav" ’child’.
bookmarkinhosamu
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinmoijeuv natpoig
n. a comet
bookmarkinmopoñ
n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3516)
Example: The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.
bookmarkinmowad u pikad
n. vine to 5 m tall in trees, fruits maturing yellow-brown. Growing in agroforest/secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5009)
Example: People collect this vine and feed it to pigs. It also has an unspecified medicinal use. The vine of this plant forms a thick canopy so some people plant it around the house near trees that do not give much shade in order to reduce the intensity of the sun on the house and thus keep the temperature lower. The vine grows quickly into the trees.
bookmarkinpece
n. tree to 15 m, dbh 50 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4918)
Example: The fruits of this tree are collected, mixed with ground coconut, boiled in water and the oil collected. The resulting oil is used medicinally, put on the skin for any condition to promote healing. Apply once a day until the condition resolves. Also can be used to treat head lice. Add the oil mixture to the hair, massage in, keep the hair dry for a day, then wash. Use once daily for 3 days.
bookmarkinrosi
n. a clearing of bush or reeds
bookmarkintaeñtaeñ atamaeñ
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.
bookmarkinwag
n. the evening star
bookmarkinwah
n. food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
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inyehec
n. mandrake
bookmarkinyehec
n. tree to 7 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4968)
Example: The fruits are edible when they are red. If a person has been drinking kava and the next morning feels hung over, they can take a handful of the leaves of this plant, crush them in cool water, and wash their face with this. This treatment will help the kava feeling to disappear. At the same time, if a person eats the fruit of this tree a few hours in advance of planning to drink kava, they cannot drink kava as it will reduce the effects of the kava. The trunk of this tree can be used to build temporary houses and also it is good for firewood. When the plant is in flower, flying foxes and birds come to drink the nectar and hunters know this so they hunt near this tree.
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jupmulmul
n. the cool of the evening
bookmarkkalmapig
n. kind of banana
bookmarkkulio
n. kind of taro
bookmarkkumnyumoi ilpu hal u
n. the seven stars; the children of Kumnyumoi
bookmarknaherumaig
n. mimosa (plant)
bookmarknalvimtinjap
n. a light wind; the beginning of a wind
bookmarknapannopotan
neaig aged
n. a spotted coconut
bookmarknecñanpaeñ
nedouyatmas
nedwodou
n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3531)
Example: 1. For a child around 1 year of age, take the inside bark, mash it, boil in hot warter and then use it to wash the child. This will ensure that the child will grow strong and make them able to crawl fast. 2. If a woman who is one month pregnant would like to have a baby, she is given 4 of the tips of the branches to chew and swallow everything before breakfast 1x only. 3. For fishing, take 4 leaves, hold top side up, tear right half of leaves off, keep left side, roll it up and put with fishing gear to have good luck when fishing in the deep sea beyond the reef.
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nelaijo
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
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nemdaj
n. Little spinefoot, scribbled rabbitfish
Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknepat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknepekhau
nepnou
nidupau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknigehagid
n. kind of banana
bookmarknigie
n. shrub, 1-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3555)
Example: This plant is an aphrodisiac. Eat with coconut meat to make the body strong. Take 1/2 handful of leaves and mix with coconut leaves, use as needed. Mostly men eat this combination. It is best to eat with dry coconut that has no water in it. Eat it any time you wish.
bookmarknigiti
nihivaeñ aeyhec
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
bookmarknijinga
n. shrub to 2 m, flowers blue-purple. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4878)
Example: A stem of this shrub is sharpened and used to dig a hole for planting kava. When a person plants kava in a hole made from this stick, there is the belief that it will make kava root stems strong and large. The fruits are edible when ripe and said to be sweet.
bookmarknilam
n. seaweed
bookmarknilbudou
nipjid acen
n. citron; lemon; lime tree
bookmarknisasin
n. ray of light in the morning
bookmarknitatel (a nelco)
noducnas
n. a bunch of taro
bookmarknomyatamain
n. Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknowanlas
n. Orangespot surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknuarin
n. plat (a map, drawn to scale, showing divisions in a piece of land)
bookmarknuhihialeg
n. the early morning
bookmarknumta
n. shoots of taro for planting
bookmarknupnyineuc
n. another name for masoa; arrowroot
bookmarknupsin
n. seed
bookmarktatau
n. Bigeye barracuda
Example: Photo by Philippe Guillaume, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktatau
n. Blackfin barracuda
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkupreupre
n. tough; a kind of coral
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