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alwa
v. to bud; to put forth leaves
bookmarkatause
v.n. to go ashore
bookmarkatga nethanethan
v. passed by on the other side
bookmarkelum
v. to begin to form, as fruit
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ham
v.n. to come
bookmarkincat tal
n. basket of taro
bookmarkincei u nasuantan
n. subshrub, 0. 5 to 0. 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3212)
Example: The common name of this plant means "the plant that belongs to Nasuantan" that being the person who introduced it to Aneityum. He was a person taken from the island as a blackbirder and came back with this plant. It is used for medicine. When a person gets a fresh cut, squeeze the juice from the leaf and put the liquid on the cut to help it heal.
bookmarkincet edwa
incetevak
n. Pink Squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhau
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinhenid
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
inlop̃ot
inmadidi
inmal acujitai
n. a collection of plantations
bookmarkinmeri
n. a stringy bark tree
bookmarkinmorantejed
n. Coral hind, coral grouper (deep sea)
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinta
inta eled
intaig um has
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinteses
n. parasite in tree, flowers orange with reddish base. Growing in secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5000)
Example: This plant is said to have a type of magical use. Young men take one node of the stem of this plant and use it in an unspecified way to attract young women.
bookmarkintijgejei
n. Whitespotted surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkintisiancai
n. blossom (open)
bookmarkintoutau
n. tree. Growing near village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #5)
Example: 1. To cure spirit sickness of the niteitau. Use plants that also end with "au" : niditau, intoutau, naoyerop. Go to the top of the plant to get the soft leaves of the plants niditau, intoutau, naoyerop, also take the bark. The person making the medicine should be holding the these leaves with a piece of nelmaha. Nelmaha means go away. The sick person chews the leaves and bark and swallows the juice spitting out the fiber into the nelmaha the medicine maker is holding. The medicine person then takes the spit out fiber in the nalmaha leaf and throws it into the sea in front of the village. 2. For a baby that is not doing well, as with malnourished, take 4-5 leaves, put in warm water and wash baby – 1x day for 3 days. 6. Use to make temporary house.
bookmarkinwai yah
n. brook
bookmarkinweriwei
inwouasan
n. liana climbing on Syzygium, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. Latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4079)
bookmarkinyebec
n. Bluespine unicornfish
Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkisji ariko
v. to gather beans
bookmarkjupmulmul
n. the cool of the evening
bookmarkkaradakoal
n. a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.
bookmarkmetagi asori
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahcai milmat
nahtancai
n. shrub; small plant
bookmarknalak u nije
nalvi pece
n. isle, island
bookmarkname cedo
name cedo
namop
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapile
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapupwi a darumea
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknariko cei
n. fence-forming shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3206)
Example: 1a. Cultivated in gardens. Cook seeds of this species or eat them raw before they are fully ripened. The green pods can also be cooked in a fire and eaten. 1b. Cultivated plant for its edible seeds, can be prepared in a pot of bamboo. OR could take branches w/ seeds and put directly on the earth oven for cooking. 2. Planting this species adds nitrogen to the soil--grow it on soil that is said to be "tired."
bookmarknatuh
n. a sweet-smelling plant
bookmarknau
n. high mountain
bookmarknauad
n. kind of tree
bookmarknawou
necsap̃
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3534)
Example: This tree has very hard wood. 1. Use the small stems to plant dry land or swamp taro, sharpening the end and pushing it into the ground to make a hole. 2. It also is useful for fence, posts for houses. 3. Small stems are also used to make a comb for the hair. 4. Plant pole for taro kava. 5. A branch is shaped and used to husk coconut. 6. The wood is hard and in ancient times people would take a forked piece and put string on one side of it, sharpen the other side and use with the string as a fish hook – need to keep rope tight until it is in the canoe. Do not give it slack – strong use AAM 17.
bookmarknefilitikgan
n. kind of taro
bookmarknehio
n. a hurricane
bookmarknekrei
n. Sailfin tang
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknelpon nohop a nelco
nepig upni
nepilvan
n. tender shoots
bookmarkneteukin
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknidi cai
n. frankincense
bookmarkniditau
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3507)
Example: The young leaves and fruits are edible; the fruits are eaten ripe. This species is used for firewood as well as house posts, but they don’t last as long as other types of wood so they are used in temporary structures. A sacred plant on Aneityum. Name means linkage between this world and the spirit world. Agriculture – you find this tree ?? it means that the land is fertile. Birds eat fruits; people burn the tree to release ash and fertilizer and grow their taro around it – it will give more food. Message plant – if someone puts a long brown on your door or in your garden, it means “why are you here?” Implies that you should go back to where you belong. You don’t belong in this place. For example instead of quarreling over land dispute, put the branch and it means that you should leave this place.
bookmarknilupau
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknimit
n. sparsely branched tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3208)
Example: The flying fox eats the fruit of this tree. When the fruits are ripe, the seeds are edible and children cut off the outside of the fruit and eat the nut. Wrap fish with this leaf and cook it on top of a fire--it tastes good. House posts are made from the trunk of the tree. It grows in the coastal area.
bookmarknimtahuged
n. the holes in a coconut
bookmarknumurumu
nuputreiki
n. kind of tree
bookmarkoho
v.n. to bear fruit as a tree
bookmarkse
adv. downward
bookmarksepagko
adv. down yonder
bookmarksiki
adv. down there, at a short distance; also "sike"
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