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aheijid
v.n. go past
bookmarkahpeto
v. taro; yams
bookmarkahtowan
v. to weed
bookmarkatause
v.n. to go ashore
bookmarkatga alep
v.n. go alone
bookmarkeceliek
adj. a second growth as of taro
bookmarkehmehma
adj. healed, applied to wounds; ripe; yellow
bookmarkhui heldei
v.n. to sail
bookmarkidi
adj. stringy, watery, as taro; also "ede"
bookmarkinhosumeljag ~ nu inhosumeljag
inmahim nakowai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinmetla
inmoijeuv amen ehcid
n. planet
bookmarkinmouwat
inp̃al anhas
inp̃alanhas
intejed gal
intelopse atamaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkintiklancai
n. sprig
bookmarkintinan
n. a bed, a foundation, a plantation
bookmarkintowosjei
inweriwei
inyiivac
iñec
[iŋec] n. Mystery Island
bookmarknabou
n. Yellowmargin triggerfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknafan
n. the name of a species of seaweed
bookmarknafanu
n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3570)
Example: This plant grows in coastal areas, and is a good source of firewood. It can be used for house posts. The leaves are used as an unspecified medicine. There is a belief regarding the black and white sea snake, that represents a seawater spirit. Mix this with other unspecified leaves, mash together, squeeze into a bamboo tube and fill it. Give it to a woman to drink to keep the evil snake spirit away. The same preparation can be used to treat toothache, caused by the seawater spirit. "The spirit can trick you into going to fish every day."
bookmarknahas alaig imi yin
n. p. taro for the dead
bookmarknakweiwei
n. treelet to 1 m, sterile. In transition zone from pine forest to scrub forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4981)
Example: The wood is used to make a fishing spear. Cut the straight stems, heat it in fire, straighten it as much as needed, cool the stem, peel the bark off of the stem and let it cure for 1 month. In the past, the end of the spear was carved into a sharp point and used for fishing. Now steel rods are placed on the tip to catch the fish. This is used in shallow water (fresh water or sea water) as the wood is heavy and can sink. People making these spears go to older forests that are higher up to collect the wood.
bookmarknalak mideuc
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknalak u nije
nalmupeñ
namaunirij
n. herb to 30 cm, fruits green. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4934)
Example: Take the leaves, squeeze out the juice in a cup of water, drink 3x daily for 3 days to treat dengue fever--use one handful of leaves in a cup of water and drink cool. The fruits are edible. Peel the outer part off and eat like a tomato.
bookmarknamrop̃om
n. tree, 7-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3582)
Example: Firewood, timber good for bush houses. Calendar plant – when it is in flower, the old people know it is time to harvest root crops, like yam and other vine crops, in the wild, as yet unspecified. Local names = INYAC, NOMODEJ TAL, NOMODEJ WOU, NOU LELCEI… etc.
bookmarknanad itohou
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3456)
Example: 1. The leaves of this plant are used as a fertilizer when a person plants taro "to help to feed the ground for next year." 2. Sapwood of this tree, and one more [GMP 3591], in old days take from west side and cross mountain to the east, and on red clay mountain, burn it to make spirits to give more sun instead of rain so that gardens will grow well.
bookmarknapannopotan
napat
n. a cloud, blackness, darkness
bookmarknap̃od
narasinipjin necsei nupu afrika
necjopdak
n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers yellow. 1. Medicine: Smash leaves 1 handful, into cup and add a small amount of water to treat constipation—1 cup for children; 1.5 XX for adults. 2. Stomachache: same treatment, will clear bowel. 3. For leg sores, collect whole plant, put in water – a pool of water for 1 week, then use to dip sore as on leg into it for 10-15 minutes cure the sore. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3437)
bookmarknelcau udeuc
n. kind of taro
bookmarknelm̃ai
n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #5004)
Example: This plant is used to make fishing line, perhaps moreso in the past than today. Collect young shoots form the sides of the tree, peel off the bark, soak the stem in salt water or fresh water for 1-2 weeks to ret the stems then separate the fibers, dry in the sun and use to make string for fishing. The leaves are used for feeding pigs.
bookmarkneusjai
n. a fern tree
bookmarknhujac
nidei
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknilpodou
n. herb, growing at edge of garden area. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3599)
Example: This is for a medicinal tea to give energy to a person who is not feeling well. Collect a handful of young stem apices and boil in 2-3 cups of water. Drink warm to help the body be strong and healthy. It is also good to treat diarrhea. When a person feels well again, stop this treatment but they can also drink this 1x daily, once before breakfast or before lunch, as a healthful tea.
bookmarknilupau
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknipjin nirintal
niprij
nisalau
n. blossoms on breadfruit
bookmarkniseaig
n. kind of tree
bookmarknithidao
nitidae
nohos New Zealand opah
nohwai itai
n. berry
bookmarknop̃ou
n. tree. Found in the village, usually grows in the hills. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #16)
Example: 1. Lot of oil in the heartwood so it is good to start a fire, split it into small strips and you can light it for a fire. 2. Calendar plant – when the fruits ripen people know that this is the best season to eat the big hermit crab – meaning that they are fat.
bookmarknucsei
n. kind of taro
bookmarknuhihialeg
n. the early morning
bookmarkohod
n. bundle of leaves, as of nasiaij
bookmarkpok
adv. seaward
bookmarkse
adv. downward
bookmarkubos
adv. by land; on land
bookmarkupumure
v.n. to fall, as unripe fruit
bookmarkwiwi
n. kind of breadfruit
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