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acrac
baby crawling
bookmarkateucradi se an namilvai
v.n. get off the reef
bookmarkehyiyihi
v. to teaze, as cotton; also "ehyeiyihi"
bookmarketjo itac
v.n. to fall behind; to come late
bookmarkilihilo
adj. soft, as an infant’s foot, or new leaves.
bookmarkinbul
n. native rose; rosa chinensis; the hibiscus; also "inpul"
bookmarkinceiwad
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarkinhakli kwori
inligighap
n. the thick end of a coconut leaf used as a target
bookmarkinmadidi
inmeraducai
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmouwat
inmowad u pikad
n. vine to 5 m tall in trees, fruits maturing yellow-brown. Growing in agroforest/secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5009)
Example: People collect this vine and feed it to pigs. It also has an unspecified medicinal use. The vine of this plant forms a thick canopy so some people plant it around the house near trees that do not give much shade in order to reduce the intensity of the sun on the house and thus keep the temperature lower. The vine grows quickly into the trees.
bookmarkintaig apig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintekes ~ inrowod
intelopse
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkintesyanam̃a
intinan mese
n. dry land planted
bookmarkinwouasan
n. liana climbing on Syzygium, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. Latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4079)
bookmarkinyaratmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkiñytuplec
jigkom
[ʧiŋkum] n. chewing gum
bookmarknadut u nadiat
n. dawn of day
bookmarknafan
n. the name of a species of seaweed
bookmarknagai has
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknagig
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahaigjopdak
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknaho
n. a plant, the fruit of which is prepared like arrowroot, and used as a food for sick people
bookmarknaijema
n. flax
bookmarknalad iran
n. seed of a fig
bookmarknalvara
n. the beginning of cold wind
bookmarknametreyeñ
namji
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3508)
Example: 1. The stems of this plant are sharpened and used to plant swamp taro or dry land taro. 2. Break small branch top put behind ear if you go to an unknown place and keep behind ear and sleep with it. If the place is safe you will sleep if it is not you will not sleep well – only behind ear when you sleep.
bookmarknamotmot
n. grass; also "namutmut"
bookmarknanad
nanad 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.
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naupitju
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.
bookmarknebgev legenhap
n. Scalloped hammerhead
Example: Photo by Xvic / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknedelat
nefelelicai acen
n. hemlock
bookmarknehpan neaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkneijis ieg
n. a bundle of reeds for a torch; a torch
bookmarknejeg
n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3514)
Example: 1. The wood is strong and good to make house posts. People use these for this purpose on the coast as salt water does not bother this wood. 2. People eat fruit, split fruit in half, carefully scrape the inner part into a pot of water, keep over night – next day rinse, fry or cook with coconut milk and can add tinned tuna for example, very hard work.
bookmarknelean takere
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknelm̃ai apeñ
n. tree 6 m tall, dbh 15 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4864)
Example: Fiber: Collect the stems of this plant, peel off the outer bark, soak (ret) in seawater for 1 week, then put stone on top of it-the fibers are loosened by the retting, peel them off and hang in the sun to dry and bleach. Weave small baskets, grass skirts and other things from this fiber. When sticks are placed in areas of the sea, shells are attracted to these sticks and people can collect the shells used for adornment--the animals in the shells like to eat the material on the sticks. Dried fruits of this plant are eaten by birds.
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.
bookmarknerin cat
n. green pandanus leaf
bookmarknerinabod
n. Brassy chub, lowfin drummer
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, 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
bookmarkneudan tauoc nohos
n. the center sprout of the banana plant
bookmarknidei
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknidid
n. Ambon emperor
Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknihivaeñ aeyec
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3213)
Example: 1. When a person has a headache from being out in the sun too long, scrape the outer bark off of the stem of this tree, take scrapings of the inner bark, wrap with a leaf of breadfruit and put in a fire for 15-20 minutes. Not a hot fire, but only in the flame. Squeeze the water out of the bark when it is warm and rub all over the forehead and face to help the headache go away. 2. Use the stems of this tree as a stick to carry taro from the field, as the stick is strong but not too heavy. The taro is tied to each end to balance on a person’s shoulders. 3. Leaf used for wrapping local medicines. This is the best leaf and put it on the charcoal to heat it. 4. Good firewood.
bookmarknijom arahed
nijom̃kan
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3484)
Example: Name means smash tooth. 1. This is part of an unspecified mixture that can be used as a spell to give another person a toothache. 2. Toothache – chew leaves on the sore tooth and leave it there for a while and spit it out – it will break the tooth and you can take it out, leave on 20 minutes.
bookmarknipjid aiyu
n. orange
bookmarknirac intam henain
niri nara
n. Blue-spotted stingray
Example: Photo by Richard Ling / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknowahau
n. Black-spot surgeonfish
Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknucye
n. the red star, the "hand" in the constellation Orion; also "necye"
bookmarknugnyin jap
n. the ebbing tide
bookmarknumarak kamwea
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkpuke
adv. seaward
bookmarkromo romo
n. vine to 1 m, fruits black. Secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4906)
bookmarkucsalad tiklai cai
v.a. to lop off small branches
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