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aridjai
v.a. to ascend, to go up
bookmarkehlek
v. to seek food, as taro; to gather, to reap
bookmarkesei cai
n. forest trees
bookmarkfetofeto
has
adj. bad, wicked; eheshas, very bad
bookmarkidahod
v. to sprout largely; also "ujipsotan"
bookmarkigcaijai
n. a place up or eastward
bookmarkigcapok
n. seaward
bookmarkinceimu
n. shrub to treelet, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3265)
Example: Used as a leaf compost for planting taro, layered on the bottom of the hole and covering the taro as well.
bookmarkinhudran
n. the stem of a bunch of bananas, coconuts, etc.
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
inmaefata
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinman anjap
n. sea bird
bookmarkinmauwad imrig
n. a convolvulus with blue or reddish flowers
bookmarkinmejei
inp̃al anhas
inranwai
n. a brook that is dry in summer
bookmarkinrigen natmas
n. kind of banana
bookmarkinta eled
intucjip
n. bush land; also "inteucjip"
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inyipei
n. the flour, as of arrowroot
bookmarkinyirigwai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkisgeig pan
adj. adjacent
bookmarkisji ariko
v. to gather beans
bookmarkkapou
n. gun
bookmarkkateupen
n. kind of taro
bookmarkkulio
n. kind of taro
bookmarklaulau
adj. long, applied to time
bookmarklelohos
n. a garden of bananas
bookmarknahad
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknahoj
n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3646)
Example: The ripe fruits of this species smell very nice and people eat the inside part, which tastes similar to a banana. When fruit is ripe the outside is yellow and the inside is purple. The wood can be used for poles to make house rafters. When kids go fishing for shrimps they use the fruit to catch the shrimp by throwing the shrimp into the water which attracts the shrimp.
bookmarknahtaicai
n. plant
bookmarknahtancai
n. shrub; small plant
bookmarknahtancai upunupun
n. thorn
bookmarknaipomyiv ~ naipomñiv
nalak u nije
napat
n. a cloud, blackness, darkness
bookmarknasiaij
n. a native plant, the leaves of which are used as cabbage
bookmarknau
n a plant, with upright clumping. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #25)
Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4young leaves of nafanu and mash and squueze 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
bookmarknaurakiti
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknauyerop
n. species of sycamore (117); a sycamore fig (97)
bookmarknegna
n. Bluespot mullet
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknehtet upaipai
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknekinkin
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknelka
nepelvan 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.
bookmarknepig u wara
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknepnou
nevehev
n. current of air
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nidwunitei
n. tree fern, trunk 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4102)
Example: 1. There are kinds of this plant. This is considered the white one. See GMP #4100, Cyathea sp., which is considered the black one.
bookmarknigirid
n. tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3479)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used in cooking, particuarly with the earth oven. Use a fire to heat stones, then when the fire burns down and the stones are hot, pile these leaves on top of the hot stones and then place the food being cooked--taro, fish, pig, cassava, banana or other foods--on top of the leaves. Then pile more of these leaves on top of the food and then place additional hot stones on top of that pile of leaves. While the food is cooking--each type of food takes a different amount of time--the leaves give off a very nice smell and help flavor the food. The young stems of this plant are used in home construction but as they are small and thin, they are not used for posts.
bookmarknijkowai
n. Spanish flag, stripey
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknipjinamesei
n. Honeycomb grouper
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkniri atga
nirid unmu
n. terrestrial fern, growing in primary rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3614)
Example: People who go fishing take this plant along with other unspecified leaves, crush them and rub them on the fishing line that the person is using. This is said to attract more fish to the bait. It is also a "message plant" to be put in a person’s hat when they come back from fishing and then people know that they caught fish. Local name means "fish gill."
bookmarknohor
n. kind of taro
bookmarknohwai itai
n. berry
bookmarknomotmot
n. grass
bookmarknomotmot ijis
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknowyeyang
n. shrub to 2 m tall, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4955)
Example: The tubers of this variety are sweet, not bitter and are eaten after cooking. The young leaves are eaten after boiling in water until they are soft, either plain or cooked in soup. It is important to only harvest and prepare the young leaves in this way, as the older leaves will not get soft even after cooking. The young leaves are used to cover the top layer of the earth oven, on top of the stones that comprise the upper layer of the earth oven.
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.
bookmarknumurumu
nupyihet
n. new moon
bookmarktatau
n. Yellowtail barracuda
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkwidinahau
n. kind of banana
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