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arijai
v.n. to go ashore, to go from sea, to arise or overflow, as sea over land.
bookmarkelum
v. to begin to form, as fruit
bookmarkepigjai iran
n. last quarter of moon
bookmarkeucupupu (nieg)
v. to swell, as reeds when near blossoming
bookmarkgirigiri
n. coconut basket
bookmarkigcase
n. a place down, or westward
bookmarkincai er hegaig
n. a tree for food; a fruit tree
bookmarkinceihuri
incet tal
n. a basket of taro
bookmarkincijiñyat
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3573)
Example: 1. This plant is used as firewood, but also the heartwood is sold. 2. In 2016, the first grade wood was 2500 VT per kilo, the second grade wood was 2000 VT per kilo. 3. The ancestors used to take the oil or wood chips from this tree and bathe with it to keep away evil spirits of the forest. It is currently planted on Aneityum for commerce. Scrape bark of sandalwood into coconut oil in same wat as GMP 3513 (gardenia) boil and take out the bark. 4. The leaves can be fed to pigs to make them strong and heavy.
bookmarkinhalav imtinjap
n. wind-related term; no definition provided. Possibly referring to "inhalav" ’child’.
bookmarkinharedej
inhubej
n. calabash
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded atamaiñ
inlopotjap
n. shrub to 1 m, fruits green. Secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4897)
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.
bookmarkinloptiri
n. shrub. Found in the village Unames. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #32)
Example: 1. To cure when the anus falls out - Pound together 1 braches worth of inpalcapnesgin leaves and of both inloptiri (2-4 leaves, any age), also take the inner bark of nekeaitimi and nakhe. Put this into your hand, or another leaf and give it to the person to use it. This should be applied to the anus whenever the anus comes out. USed to use a clam shell to extract the bark but not anymore.
bookmarkintal u unpoded
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintijgejei
n. Whitespotted surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkintit plen
n. herb, growing on roadside in open disturbed area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3605)
Example: 1a. This is an invasive weed that was brought to Aneityum by aircraft. Name means "aircraft mess". 1b. Means “planes waste” refers to white trails as this has lots of white seeds that fly.
bookmarkinwou apeñ
inyat
iñytuplec
jigkom
[ʧiŋkum] n. chewing gum
bookmarkjumasjuma
nadenahao
nadiat jupki
n. the middle of the afternoon
bookmarknadoni
n. prickly shrub
bookmarknaho
n. a plant, the fruit of which is prepared like arrowroot, and used as a food for sick people
bookmarknahren
n. half-tide, ebbing
bookmarknajgou
n. Orange-spotted emperor, yellowtail emperor
Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknala
n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3217)
Example: 1a. When traveling past a community you can place these leaves in a basket or walk with it in your hand. In this way people in the community know that you are traveling in peace and will cause no harm to people in that village. 1b. Message plant – if you go to visit someone and they are not there, you leave a branch of this on the door or somewhere they can see it and they know that some relatives have come and tried to visit them.
bookmarknala
n. tree to 7 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4860)
Example: This is a common tree. If a person travels from one district to another on Aneityum, and you see the tree planted in that other district, a person knows they are free to come into this area. When the leaves are yellow, as in a young tree, the local name is nala’gay. If a person carries a branch of this tree into a village it is a symbol that the person is coming with peaceful intentions.
bookmarknalak mariaga
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknapjau
n. grass. Found along intra village path. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #35)
Example: 1. Bath for babies to make them healthy and walk faster, mix with plants WAKAS (AAB 34), NITIDEI (GMP 3658 or 4043), and a grass NATUTAHUT (MJB 4945). Put all in a kettle filled of water and wash them with it – use 1 handful of each leaf.
bookmarknap̃udve
n. epiphytic fern, fallen to ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3494)
Example: When a dog is poisoned by cuguatera from eating a fish, the root of this species is collected, cleaned and a handful is boiled in 1-2 cups of water and given to the dog to drink. This treatment should be done 3x daily, in the morning, around noon and during the evening meal for as long as the dog is sick.
bookmarknareuc henau
n. a species of grass
bookmarknasancai
n. a tree full of sap
bookmarknasjiñao
nau
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
bookmarknaupitju
n. treelet, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3622)
Example: People use the leaf of this plant to tie over grated banana, taro or other foods for cooking in an earth oven or boiling in a pot. The root of this species is edible. Cook it for 2-3 nights in an earth oven and then chew and squeeze the juice into your mouth, spitting out the fiber.
bookmarknausecrai
n. a species of thorn
bookmarknedelat
nefelelicai
n. grass; weeds; thistle
bookmarknehlan
n. a shrub, a plant, a sucker
bookmarknerophat
n. Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknerumut
n. a hollow place in taro
bookmarknesei
n. forest
bookmarknethopdecraeñ
netohranmul
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarkniri atga
niridunumu
n. terrestrial fern, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4121)
Example: 1. The name means "fish gill". When one acquires a culture-bound illness, caused by possesion of the sea devil, this plant is used to prepare a remedy. Further information about the illness and remedy withheld.
bookmarkniriyau
n. Goldspotted spinefoot
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknititan cei
nohos aiyu
n. the sweet banana
bookmarknomojced
n. terrestrial fern growing in rain forest on the mountain slope. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3285)
bookmarknopan
n. a season
bookmarknuh
n. a yam
bookmarknumnyac
n. a kind of bulbous root
bookmarknup inceen
n. the rib of a leaf
bookmarknuput, noho’ich
n. cultivated anthropogenic landscape (lawn and planted trees). (collection: Keith E. Clancy #6655)
bookmarknuputuligighap
n. stem of coconut leaf
bookmarknässäi
simi
adv. down here; also "sime"
bookmarkupasin
n. first shoots of old roots
bookmarkyasua
n. kind of taro
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