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apnyin
n. time; weather; day; morning
bookmarkaridjai
v.a. to ascend, to go up
bookmarkelv-
pre. far; long; applied to distance or time
bookmarkereuc
v. to shake a branch; to make fruit fall. pl: "ereucereuc"
bookmarkilihilo
adj. soft, as an infant’s foot, or new leaves.
bookmarkimjav
adj. soft, over-ripe, as breadfruit.
bookmarkinceslum
n. vegetables; herbs, as taro, bananas; every vegetable planted for food
bookmarkinciñpiñti
incoujahao
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3548)
Example: The forked stick of this plant is used as a pole to hold the outrigger on a canoe. Children blow the small fruits of this plant through the hollow petioles of the papaya leaf or a hollowed bamboo stem as a game. As an aphrodisiac, two handfuls of the leaves of this species are boiled in fresh water and men drink these for 7 days. The next week they will be "strong." People cannot have sex while they are drinking this remedy, but then the next week when they have finished the treatment, they will be "very strong."
bookmarkinhurei
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinja
inleuc nipji nakevai
n. a bolt of pandanus leaf
bookmarkinmeripciv
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinpwain ~ inhwain
inp̃alanhas
inranwai
n. a brook that is dry in summer
bookmarkinraurua
n. coconut leaves for a net
bookmarkinrosi
n. a clearing of bush or reeds
bookmarkintaji
intesjao
intoho
n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3638)
Example: This tree is a good source of firewood, wood for house posts as well as sawn timber. The ripe fruit is edible but some of these are sour. Kids eat fruits – it is black. Pick only the most ripe fruits. This species grows commonly on river banks.
bookmarkintop̃asiej ura
n. stoloniferous herb, 15 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3561)
Example: In the past the ancestors learned to cook the leaves of this species with fish in an earth over and then eat the leaves as well as the fish. Today, fish are wrapped with small leaves and then covered with lap-lap leaf (Polyscias) and cooked in an earth oven.
bookmarkinwoudec
n. liana climbing on large Dillenia tree, growing in primary forest at edge of river. flower white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3677)
Example: If a person is building a temporary house and has no other way of attaching the poles, collect the vine of this species, roll it a bit to break the fiber, heat it in a figure 8 form and then use for tying poles while warm.
bookmarkinyac
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkkumnyumoi ilpu hal u
n. the seven stars; the children of Kumnyumoi
bookmarklawog
nafakaka
n. a blossom; the spathe of a coconut used as light; also "nafaketa"
bookmarknahca
n. a burden of pandanus leaf
bookmarknahraren nepig
n. dawn of day
bookmarknamehe
n. kind of taro
bookmarknameleahpu
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknamlau
n. tree to 15 m tall, dbh 40 com (collection: Michael J. Balick #4857)
Example: The wood of this tree is good for carving. The fibers go in one direction so it is easier to carve, for example, to make a kava bowl. In general, this is the species used to make kava bowls. If your kava is not strong, then making it in this bowl will make it stronger. The kind of bowl made from this tree has a handle on each side of the bowl and it is held with 2 hands. The place name Anumwmamlau is named after this tree. There are said to be two types of this tree--one with all green leaves (this specimen) and one with white and green leaves. If a person is going to a Tabu place and is concerned about spirits, they should take a handful of these leaves and wash the body all over with it--take a swim (bath) with it. Then the person can go to the Tabu place without risk. There are other unspecified spiritual uses of this tree.
bookmarknam̃caca
n. vine climbing in understory, growing in rainforest along river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4057)
Example: 1. This plant is named in relation to a winged fish. The leaves are rough and resemble the body the fish. 2. The leaves of this plant are used to wrap grated taro or manioc. After it is fastened with rope and boiled or baked.
bookmarknapisinijvaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknasjiralcau
natarau
n. a bamboo flute
bookmarknaurakiti
n. herb. Swamp areas. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #8)
Example: 1. Cervical pain and to return it to normal size - Get a handful of Naurakiti and boil it in a pot of water. This can also be done by rubbing the handful of leaves together and squeezing out the juice into the boiling water but the leaves do not go inside. Sit in this for 2 hours or until cold for 1 a day for a week. 2. Medicine: leaf juice put on fresh cut to stop bleeding. Stomachache, headache – use 1 handful of leaves, squeeze these, put in cup, put in some water and drink it 1x day. 3. Women menstruation that will not stop, take 1 handful of leaves into a cup of water and drink 1x day for 3 days. 4. If a person’s joints are sore, take a handful of leaves, crush them and rub on the sore joints. Some people don’t like to use it internally as it can make some people sick, especially small children, but others say it is OK to use.
bookmarknauram milmat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknauwai
n. kind of banana
bookmarknecñanman
necñanpaeñ
nefetgau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknekrei
n. a large bat; the flying fox
bookmarknelean takere
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknemeg
n. Anchor tuskfish, Orange-dotted tuskfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein, iNaturalist: CC BY-A-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknenis
n. cloth of coconut tree; anything useless. Ek idivaig nenis ainyak, I am quite useless
bookmarknepelvanwou
n. liana, on Polyscias cissodendron (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3457)
Example: 1. Macerate the young stems, remove the outer "skin" to release the odor of the stem and weave into a head garland for decoration. 2. People use it as a headdress. This is a male plant, ancestors used both male and female wrapped together for the headdress. Man would put this on head to attract a woman that he liked. Be careful when you are passing other women who will be attracted to the wearer – so the person can’t speak to them so he can focus on the one he is attracted to.
bookmarkneta
n. cane (sugar)
bookmarknidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknigyi neto
n. the chewed fiber of sugarcane
bookmarknijkowai
n. Spanish flag, stripey
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknipji nomu
niprij
niyeg
n. grass to 1. 5-2. 0 m tall, inflorescence white. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4885)
Example: Cut this grass in the morning, let dry for 2 days, and then use to weave the roof of a house. This is thicker and heavier than a coconut leaf. Also, use for cyclone house. (see photos of house) When indicating something is Tabu, tie the leaf and put it in an object like ripe bananas and people know it is Tabu and will not take it away.
bookmarknohmun wai
n. bank (of a river)
bookmarknohud ucnas
n. a bunch of taro; also "nuhud ucnas"
bookmarknomropom
n. shrub to 2 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4874)
Example: This plant is an indicator of rich soil, especially up on the hills from the coast. Therefore, this is where people choose to do their gardens. This specimen is in red soil that is not rich so it does not grow tall, but in the mountains it does grow tall and that is where gardens are planted. Wood from the tree is used for carving.
bookmarknuputreiki
n. kind of tree
bookmarkpejadi
v.n. get off the reef
bookmarksafenunui
n. kind of taro
bookmarksemi
adv. down hither
bookmarksepam
adv. down here
bookmarktehtehin
n. an open blossom
bookmarkwiwi
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkyatit
n. kind of banana
bookmarkyetse
v.n. to go down
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