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acesare
adj. sun just down
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ecetaig an moije
v.n. to go on to a reef with a canoe or boat
bookmarkehla
adj. unripe; also "ehlai"
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etgei
v. to weed
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idi
adj. stringy, watery, as taro; also "ede"
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incowos
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.
bookmarkinhau
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinja
n. Moorish idol
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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inlepei owonp̃oded
inlepei u inpoded
inpig
n. today
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n. shrub to 1. 5 m tall, leaves green with red stripes (collection: Michael J. Balick #4978)
Example: The leaves are used to wrap fish, lap-lap for cooking in the earth oven. Boil the leaves as a medicine for women with excessive menstrual bleeding. Cut 2 leaves and boil in 2 liters of water, cool and drink 1 cup daily for 3 days. This is said to slow the menstrual bleeding. Local name "Amya" means menstruation.
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intesyan numarei
n. Longspine emperor
Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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n. prostrate herb growing on ground in open or partly shaded area next to banana tree. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3207)
Example: 1. The plant is named after a "rat"s ear.’ Eat 4 fresh leaves every morning to clear the brain and help remember things. 2. This plant is an indicator of rich soil--a good place for growing vegetables. 3. Very useful plant, food and medicine. Name means rat ear. Take 5 leaves, wrap in INROWOD (Cordyline fruticosa) and cook for 15 minutes, remove it hot (be sure you do not burn it) squeeze out 1 tablespoon and give to baby to drink to treat a flu. 1x morning for 5 days.
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n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3519)
Example: The stem of this plant is used for fence posts that lead to the sea, and it is resistant to salt water and lasts a long time. The wood is strong and good to make house posts. People use this wood on the coast as salt water does not bother this wood.
bookmarkintinan tal
n. a plantation of taro
bookmarkinwai
n. water; fresh water
bookmarkinyuc
n. the name of a plant
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katupinmi
n. kind of taro
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muri muri
nacñanp̃aiñ
nadiat meto
n. the middle of the forenoon
bookmarknahas alaig imi yin
n. p. taro for the dead
bookmarknahleuco yag
n. kind of taro
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nahoj
nakoai
n. species of palm tree
bookmarknalak cai
n. kind of plantain
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namakapasi
namou
napalhat
n. vine, growing on rocks at end of strand near coastal forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3690)
Example: As a medicine to treat toothache, the latex from this vine is put into the tooth as soon as the person feels pain. Use 3x daily until the pain has subsided. The flower is used as a decoration behind the ear. When there are rough seas because someone has trespassed in a tabu area you can take 12 leaves from the napalhat and put them in a pond for about 1 week until they start to stink. Then use we leaves from the naojapdak and drown those leaves in either a fresh water pond or salty water. (No further information given). Can also take an armful of napalhat and place on top of a stone in the tabu area with a smaller stone on top of the napaphat. The stone must be a large permanent stone. Has also heard people say it can be used for toothache if you put the leaf on the tooth.
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napauwahpa
n. kind of taro
bookmarknarutu matua
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknategpece
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknathut an nadiat
n. near morning
bookmarknaualha
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknauram milmat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknausecrai
n. a species of thorn
bookmarknedec
[neθeɣ] n. Collared Kingfisher
Example: Photo by JJ Harrison, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarkneduon
n. low mountain
bookmarknefitan nedoon nedoon
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknehlan
n. a shrub, a plant, a sucker
bookmarkneijis ieg
n. a bundle of reeds for a torch; a torch
bookmarknejev
n. Skipjack tuna
Example: Photo by Krw130lm / Fishes of Australia, License: CC BY-A-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknepek cat
nepjen epjen
netehmu
n. kind of banana
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nilam
n. seaweed
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niri
n. grass to 1 m tall, florets brown (collection: Michael J. Balick #4973)
Example: This grass is used to thatch the roof of a traditional house. Tie bunches of the grass on a stick ca. 2 m long, using string from Pandanus or other vines. Lay these on the roof and tie these sticks with grass on crossbars to secure them. The flowers of this grass are harvested and put in bags to make pillows. The flowers are soft and easy to gather and make a nice pillow.
bookmarknitsichäi
n. Hornstedtia sp.
Example: Subterranean part: cold maceration, taken internally against "cancer", diabetes, or as tonic
bookmarknocirasjau
large tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4052)
Example: 1. Considered to be a relative of textit{Morinda citrifolia}.
bookmarknofar
n. a native pudding made with yam and coconut
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nomrop̃om̃
numurumu
n. epiphyte on Syzygium tree, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. old fruits. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3660)
Example: Put several leaves of this species together to wrap food, especially the fresh water eel, and to carry plants of taro, kava, holding the leaves over one’s shoulder to carry these crops. Used as a baby’s remedy for when the baby is crying too much because the parents are having to much sex. The baby will also be slow to grow and be thin. To remedy this, must wash the baby with the following mixture: nekei atimi (bark), nohos atimi (green skin of the stem), nepnatimi ataman (part not specified). Scrap about 1 inch cubed of the nekei atimi into your hand along with 1in x 4in of the first layer of the green skin of the banana stem (nohos atimi), and the top 8 leaves from about two separate branches of the nepnatimi ataman. Bind all ingredients together and pound them and put everything in the baby’s water for bathing. Wash the baby in water made with this mixture. Do not wipe the baby dry but let it air dry. The next day when you wash the baby with soap, you must re-wash them with the mixture again. Do this for 5 days with the same water mixture. It may small bad but that is okay. Finally on day 5, take the juice from the outter layer of skin on the stem of the banana, nohos atimi, and give a full spoonful of the juice to the baby to drink. Other plants can be added to the bathing water but these are the three primary ingredients.
bookmarktatau
n. Great barracuda
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkuagas
waderei
n. kind of taro
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