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v. make

ahlaadaig

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adj. driven to and fro with the wind

ahlau ijo

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v.n. go out

aj

[aj] v. fly

amai

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v. chew

amjeng

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v. sleep

am̃

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conj. and

anpeke aranma

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n. island of breadfruit

apig

adj. black

araparap

n. sunset

ariñ

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v. warm on the fire (like tobacco leaves); heat

auoc

adj. unripe

copojcop̃oj

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n. kind of fish

edaledal

v.a. to spread abroad; to go everywhere

elelehel

wind blowing

elgai

v.n. expand as a leaf

et atpu an

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[et at̚pu an] phr. he is hiding

inceideuc

n. the white wood of a tree

inceipou

1. Edible fruits when ripe and turn black – some sweet and some not – eat sweet ones. 2. Timber, firewood.
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n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3612)

Example: 1. Edible fruits when ripe and turn black – some sweet and some not – eat sweet ones. 2. Timber, firewood.

inceslum

n. vegetables; herbs, as taro, bananas; every vegetable planted for food

incipiñti

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.
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n. tree to 4 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4928)

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.

incowos

The leaves of this plant are used to finish the ridge of the house roof. Lay the leaves horzontally on top of the roof, and the sides of the roof are thatched with palms or grass. Layer 10 leaves on top of each other to enable this part of the roof (known as nitjintiniom) to last for a long time--perhaps up to 6 years. If this is used on the top of a roof where there is a fire burning, such as a kitchen, and this leaf gets a lot of smoke, it can last much longer a the top of the roof--perhaps 10 years or more.
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n. herb to 1. 5 m, flowers white with pink tips. Growing on sandy path along coastal walk to ute. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4989)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to finish the ridge of the house roof. Lay the leaves horzontally on top of the roof, and the sides of the roof are thatched with palms or grass. Layer 10 leaves on top of each other to enable this part of the roof (known as nitjintiniom) to last for a long time--perhaps up to 6 years. If this is used on the top of a roof where there is a fire burning, such as a kitchen, and this leaf gets a lot of smoke, it can last much longer a the top of the roof--perhaps 10 years or more.

indrou

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[indraʊ] n. pandanus leaf wrapping for the preparation of fish

inharmejicop

Aetobatus ocellatus
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n. Ocellated eagle ray

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

ink

This is an introduced species. Use ripe fruits to produce a kind of ink for writing.
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n. vine to 1 m, flowers greenish (collection: Michael J. Balick #4904)

Example: This is an introduced species. Use ripe fruits to produce a kind of ink for writing.

inlac

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n. kind of shellfish

inlepei

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n. belt

inleuc nipji nakevai

n. a bolt of pandanus leaf

inmeranauunse

n. kind of breadfruit

inmouwat

n. Ipomea indica

Example: latex blown from stalk using it like a straw; anti-hemorrhage

intaeñtaeñ atamaeñ

1. Many plants resemble this species, and are called by this name. 2. Babies who always cry – rub leaves, put them in bath where baby will bathe and this will help stop crying. 3. Ornament for around the house.
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n. shrub, 0. 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3616)

Example: 1. Many plants resemble this species, and are called by this name. 2. Babies who always cry – rub leaves, put them in bath where baby will bathe and this will help stop crying. 3. Ornament for around the house.

intal has

n. kind of taro

invid

n. the day before yesterday

inwai

n. water; fresh water

inweriwei

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[inwerijweɪ] n. boards (pl)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

inyade

n. kind of banana

inyapwit

n. kind of tree

isgeig pan

adj. adjacent

kaihec

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[kajheɣ] phr. Good bye.

kapan

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n. kind of fish

kapou

n. gun

karadakoal

n. a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.

mas

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n. low tide

medipmedip

n. kind of breadfruit

nadi adiat upni

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[naθi aθiat upni] phr. Good morning. (greeting in mid-morning, after 10 o’clock)

nafakeka

n. coconut spathes

nagesega

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n. sun

naha

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[naha] n. plant for wrapping fish, lily plant that grows in coastal areas

nahraren nepig

n. dawn of day

nahtau

n. kind of sugarcane

nairo

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.
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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.

namaj

n. kind of taro

namarere

n. kind of sugarcane

nam̃aka

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n. kind of bush

naran

Acanthurus auranticavus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-auranticavus.html
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n. Orange-socket surgeonfish

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nareram uleiu

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[nareram ʊleiʊ] n. kind of banana (fat)

narineom

n. hedge

narisi nepjineucsin

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[narisin nɛpʧinoʊɣsin] n. lips

nasjiñao

This plant has an unspecified use that is considered secret.
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n. shrub, 0. 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3603)

Example: This plant has an unspecified use that is considered secret.

nauhoig yi amud

n. break of day

nawod

1. The wood of this tree is used to make temporary houses, for example, when making a garden by the river. 2. The wood can be sawn into timber. 3. People collect red leaf and put under tongue when want to talk about conflicted issues such as a dispute to make their argument stronger.
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n. tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3641)

Example: 1. The wood of this tree is used to make temporary houses, for example, when making a garden by the river. 2. The wood can be sawn into timber. 3. People collect red leaf and put under tongue when want to talk about conflicted issues such as a dispute to make their argument stronger.

necye

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n. yellow star

necñanpaeñ

1. The name describes a sea bird, whose long legs are similar in shape to the stipe of this fern.
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n. terrestrial fern, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4094)

Example: 1. The name describes a sea bird, whose long legs are similar in shape to the stipe of this fern.

necñopod

Acalypha grandis
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4783)

nedeneter

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n. kind of shellfish

nefetijgan

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n. kind of shellfish

negaivaine

n. a bunch of grapes; also "nigaivaine"

nejoplec

If a person chews the branches of this tree, their teeth will not grow or will fall out. Common name refers to "bad teeth.
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n. shrub to 2 m, flowers pale green-white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4899)

Example: If a person chews the branches of this tree, their teeth will not grow or will fall out. Common name refers to "bad teeth.

nelcau udeuc

n. kind of taro

nepat

n. kind of banana

nerumut

n. a hollow place in taro

nesga nemtan

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[ɲɛsŋa nɛmtan] n. eye

netcetas

The stems of this plant make a good digging stick for planting kava. Kava planted with this digging stick will be stronger in effect.
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n. tree 10 m tall, dbh 15 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4909)

Example: The stems of this plant make a good digging stick for planting kava. Kava planted with this digging stick will be stronger in effect.

netva

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n. Pacific litchee (RPV #114)

nidwunitei

Diplazium melanocaulon
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n. terrestrial fern, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4047)

nijhinga

The fruits of this species are edible when ripe (black) and are very sweet. It grows in the white grass area in the open. It is "numba one" fruit. If a person eats a lot of these it turns their tongue reddish-purple.
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n. shrub, 1-1. 25 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3591)

Example: The fruits of this species are edible when ripe (black) and are very sweet. It grows in the white grass area in the open. It is "numba one" fruit. If a person eats a lot of these it turns their tongue reddish-purple.

nijisei

To treat high blood pressure. Take a half liter of water, mix a handful of roots in it, boil, drink one cup 3 times daily, warm, for three days. This is to treat high blood pressure when diagnosed in the clinic. The leaf is woven for grass skirts--dry in sun, weave into skirts.
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n. herb to 1 m, flowers white with red bracts (collection: Michael J. Balick #4912)

Example: To treat high blood pressure. Take a half liter of water, mix a handful of roots in it, boil, drink one cup 3 times daily, warm, for three days. This is to treat high blood pressure when diagnosed in the clinic. The leaf is woven for grass skirts--dry in sun, weave into skirts.

nikam

1. The name means "I come". This plant is used to convey messages. When a branch of this plant is left at the house of a person it indicates someone had visited them and they were not there. 2. Children eat the nut of the ripe (yellow) fruits.
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n. large tree, 18 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4076)

Example: 1. The name means "I come". This plant is used to convey messages. When a branch of this plant is left at the house of a person it indicates someone had visited them and they were not there. 2. Children eat the nut of the ripe (yellow) fruits.

nilec

Makes period normal again. Take three young leaves from the very tops of the plant and pound and squeeze out the juice from the leaves. Mix with small amount of water to help juice come out. Drink this 3 times a day for 3 days. Pig food – feed the leaves to the pigs. Leaves used to wrap around Cyrtosperma merkusii to cook for several days—this taro needs a lot of cooking. So this leaf is particularly used for that purpose because it is very watery. Will keep the taro from becoming too burned or dry – it will cook soft after a few days – keep tasting it until the calcium oxalate sensation is gone. Check it 3 times – cook, open, taste and it should be good. Wrap fish and put directly on charcoal fire. – also cover top rocks in earth oven.
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n. epiphyte. Growing on tree in village area. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #1)

Example: Makes period normal again. Take three young leaves from the very tops of the plant and pound and squeeze out the juice from the leaves. Mix with small amount of water to help juice come out. Drink this 3 times a day for 3 days. Pig food – feed the leaves to the pigs. Leaves used to wrap around Cyrtosperma merkusii to cook for several days—this taro needs a lot of cooking. So this leaf is particularly used for that purpose because it is very watery. Will keep the taro from becoming too burned or dry – it will cook soft after a few days – keep tasting it until the calcium oxalate sensation is gone. Check it 3 times – cook, open, taste and it should be good. Wrap fish and put directly on charcoal fire. – also cover top rocks in earth oven.

nimtahuged

n. the holes in a coconut

nipʧinite

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nipʧinite] n. cooking pot

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nisvahaijom

n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made

niña

[niŋa] n. shell

nocirasjau

1. Considered to be a relative of textit{Morinda citrifolia}.

large tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4052)

Example: 1. Considered to be a relative of textit{Morinda citrifolia}.

nohoaig wai

n. the duck (constellation), the Southern Cross

nohos

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n. banana (gen.)

nohos New Zealand

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[nohos anu ziland] n. kind of banana (sp. from New Zealand)

nohos umangi

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[nohos umangi] n. kind of banana (big, from somewhere else)

nomodej wow

This is a root crop. It is harvested in April-June. The leaves turn yellow and indicate that the crop is ready to harvest. If planted in the old days the root would get much larger. It is a good cyclone disaster food. Grows wild now. Boil the tuber in fresh water, when it is cooked add a bit of sea water to give it a salty taste. Chew the starchy root and spit out the fiber. Another variety is like sweet potato and a person can eat the entire root without spitting out the fiber. Can mix with coconut milk as well to eat.
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n. vine to 2 m, aerial tubers and lobed leaves. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4946)

Example: This is a root crop. It is harvested in April-June. The leaves turn yellow and indicate that the crop is ready to harvest. If planted in the old days the root would get much larger. It is a good cyclone disaster food. Grows wild now. Boil the tuber in fresh water, when it is cooked add a bit of sea water to give it a salty taste. Chew the starchy root and spit out the fiber. Another variety is like sweet potato and a person can eat the entire root without spitting out the fiber. Can mix with coconut milk as well to eat.

nopwag

Numenius madagascariensis

[nopwañ] n. Far Eastern Curlew

Example: Photo by Graham Winterflood, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

nowihit

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nugnyiobod

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

numulou

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nupsinhodaeñ

This is a foreign tree, rare on Aneityum
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n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3532)

Example: This is a foreign tree, rare on Aneityum

nähiväing

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

tanag

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[tanaŋ] det. many

tilaconai

n. first quarter of the moon

uagas

n. Sida rhombifolia L.

Example: Leaf: infusion taken internally against diarrhea

upumure

v.n. to fall, as unripe fruit

wametec ahii

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. white sweet potato

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.