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ehlek
v. to seek food, as taro; to gather, to reap
bookmarkehtele cei nai
n. full moon
bookmarkevehel
n. light winds
bookmarkinceihuri
incetevak
n. Sabre squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhoam̃a
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3441)
Example: Flowers put in hear as an ornament that has power because it is so beautiful. Leaves are burned and added to a bamboo pipe and mix with a foam that forms in fresh water, when people go to a traditional dance, men paint part of their face eyebrows and beard to attract attention, hence the name, pone part of which "am̃a" means "staring", because it will cause people to stare at the one wearing it.
bookmarkinholai mobo
n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhujum
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinhupau
inmowad
n. vine to 40 cm, flowers blue (collection: Michael J. Balick #4949)
Example: To heal cuts, select a piece of the larger part of the stem (woody) cut a 6 inch piece and blow on one end; the sap comes o ut on the other end and this can be used to cover the wound. As a pig feed, people collect the stems and leaves and feed these to the pigs.
bookmarkinp̃al apogen
intal milmat
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintal u unpoded
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintate a nelgo waj
intate a nelgo waj
inteses
n. parasite on branches of Geissois denhamii tree, growing in dense rainforest. Flowers orange-red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4028)
Example: 1. This plant is known to kill other trees and is regarded as a parasite. 2. The plant is related to kastom use regarding the separation of two lovers--more information witheld.
bookmarkinvid
n. two days ago or two days hence
bookmarkinwaimeteuc
n. sweet potato
bookmarkinwau an nadiat
n. the Milky Way
bookmarkiñytuplec
karadakoal
n. a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.
bookmarknacigaces
nadine
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknahcai milmat
naheñ
nahmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknahoacen
n. vine to 3-4 m, aerial tubers brown (collection: Michael J. Balick #4872)
Example: Normally these fruits are considered poisonous. But, people have learned to peel off the skin of the fruits, put the peeled fruits in a conical basked and place a bamboo tube that is dripping water over it to wash the basket of fruits for 3-5 days. This is said to leach out the poison and the end result is similar in consistency to cheese. Wrap this up with leaves and put it in an earth oven to cook. This plant is eaten as a "starvation food" only, consumed in times of drought and famine.
bookmarknakautefa
n. kind of tree
bookmarknake
nalak cai
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknamaka
n. herb to 1 m,flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4893)
Example: To make rope, cut the stems, tie together in a bundle and place in the sea. Cover the bundle with rocks for about a week, then take it out, wash it, dry in the sun until the fibers bleach white and use to make grass skirts. This is the process of retting. When the cyclone season is finished, the plant has flowers and fruits--in May through July--this means no danger of cyclones.
bookmarknapayu
n. kind of tree
bookmarknarasincai
n. bark
bookmarknarasinipjin necsei nupu afrika
nasanhac
n. the poison of the inhac
bookmarknauram milmat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknauwatamu
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkneaig milmat
n. a green coconut
bookmarknedeij
n. a small gray berry used as beads
bookmarkneduodo
n. kind of tree
bookmarkneduon
n. a bone, a foot
bookmarknegna
n. Bluespot mullet
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknehgan
n. a stock; a bunch, as of fruit; also "negan" or "nigan"
bookmarknelaijo
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknepig
n. night
bookmarknepjenepjen
n. epiphytic vine climbing on trees, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4091)
Example: 1. When a child is between 1 mos. and 1 yr. if the father persists too soon in resuming sexual relations with the mother, the child can become sick. In preparation for the sickness, green leaves are collected. When the sickness occurs, the leaves (now dry) are burned and the baby is washed with the charcoal. 2. After visitors leaves one’s house, one must not hurry to return to their gardens. One waits a few days, then swims with the rachis of this fern tied about their waist. If this practice is not followed, it is believed that the plants in one’s gardens will grow weak.
bookmarknepya
n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3541)
Example: 1. The young leaves are placed under a pig being cooked in the earth oven, on top of stones, the fat drips on the leaves and then people eat the leaves with pig fat on it--said to be delicious. The branches are used to make pig pen fences. 2. Collect top branches, chop leaves boil and eat like island cabbage – or cook on charcoal and wrap fish w/ this leaf.
bookmarknerop
n. Black jack
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknerophat
n. Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknese
n. the takoma or tekma, a tree with white flowers
bookmarknetto
n. sugarcane
bookmarknicasau
n. the castor-oil plant
bookmarknidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkniditau
nigehagid
n. kind of banana
bookmarknilec
n. kind of tree
bookmarknilupau
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarkniperap
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknohoijam
nopropra (~ noporopora ?)
nop̃ou
n. large epiphyte on dead tree, growing in open forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3478)
Example: The wood of this plant is very hard and can be used for house posts. Because the wood is somewhat heavy, younger stems can be sharpened at one end and the pole can be used to plant dryland taro, to make holes for the tubers. For planting swamp taro, the leaves can be used to line the pit that the taro is planted in; it is a local fertilizer for the taro, and as it rots the soil becomes soft while the taro is growing. The flowers are placed behind one’s ear to enjoy the fragrance or can also be used to make a floral necklace (Intañ).
bookmarknuae
numta
n. shoots of taro for planting
bookmarknupunyepec
nätiädäl
n. alstonia vitiensis var. neo ebudica
Example: young leaf--cold maceration used as contraceptive in mixture with Apulda mutica, Cyclosorus truncatus, and Dioscorea bulbifera or alone.
bookmarktatau
n. Bigeye barracuda
Example: Photo by Philippe Guillaume, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktehtehin
n. an open blossom
bookmarkugnis
v.a. to take off sprouts of taro
bookmarkuhup a nelgo waj
yah
n. a creeping plant
bookmarkyetse
v.n. to go down
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