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achachadaliek

adj. tempestuous at sea

adap̃oi

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v. cover

alec

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v. look; look for something; search

amlep

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conj. and

atit

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v. tie

ehpai

v. to peel off bark

et amai kava

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[et amai kava] phr. he chews kava

etcei nohon

n. beat coconut fiber

eucte

v. to begin to blossom

fawarefi

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n. kind of bird

ianiv

n. yesterday

ijou

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adj. outside

illepei

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. dried colored grass

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

incap

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[inɣap] adj. red (?)

incat tal

n. basket of taro

incet edwa

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. type of seashell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

incetcai

n. a bundle of wood for fire

incowaj algei

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n. kind of turtle

incowoj

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n. fishing hook

inga

Porphyrio porphyrio
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[inŋa] n. Purple Swamphen

Example: Photo by Bernard Spragg, License: Public domain via Flickr

inhus

n. stump of a tree; shaft of a candlestick

inja inja

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[inʤa anʤia] n. chicken blood (lit. blood chicken)

injap

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[inʤap] n. sea

injupurapam

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[inʤupuram] n. nearly dark

inmadedi

n. Tabernaemontana padacaqui

Example: leaf used for for wounds; cold maceration taken internally against "skin cancer" (severe wounds?). Stalk, chewed, influences sex of an embryo in favor of a girl.

inmana tawai

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n. kind of bird

inmauwad

n. a convolvulus

inmejei

This tree is a source of sawn timber.
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n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3686)

Example: This tree is a source of sawn timber.

inmeʧihap̃

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[inmeʧihap̃] n. kind of bird

inmopoñ

The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.
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n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3516)

Example: The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.

inpeke

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n. island

inrejei

Caryota ophiopellis
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n. trees, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4133)

intal

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n. taro

intal milmat

n. kind of taro

intapin

n. a hedge; a shelter

intesianamuri

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n. kind of fish

inteucjip

n. bush land where forest trees grow; also "intucjip"

intinan

n. a bed, a foundation, a plantation

intowosjei

Coelogyne lamellata
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n. epiphytic orchid, growing in dense rainforest. Fruit green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4110)

inyehpok

n. mouth of a river

inyiivac

1. When in flower (yellow), taro is said to be ready in the garden.
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n. large tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4051)

Example: 1. When in flower (yellow), taro is said to be ready in the garden.

inyitupau

n. kind of tree

itaho

adj. inland

iñpa

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n. pungent scrub, island musk (RPV #101)

iñpak

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n. banyan tree (RPV #74)

jupki

n. the afternoon; also "jupjupki"

mak

adj. smooth, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch

nacaunyit

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[naɣawʊnjit] n. fish (sp. with thick lips)

nadoni

n. prickly shrub

nahanemek

n. kind of breadfruit

nahco aco

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[naɣo aɣo] n. just after sundown, still light

naipomyiv ~ naipomñiv

Dianella ensifolia
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4771)

nala

It is a kastom belief that people should not drink kava under this tree.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3572)

Example: It is a kastom belief that people should not drink kava under this tree.

nalak cai

n. kind of plantain

nalak nagesega

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[nalak ŋaɣeseɣa] n. kind of plantain ("red like the sun")

namaka

To make rope, cut the stems, tie together in a bundle and place in the sea. Cover the bundle with rocks for about a week, then take it out, wash it, dry in the sun until the fibers bleach white and use to make grass skirts. This is the process of retting. When the cyclone season is finished, the plant has flowers and fruits--in May through July--this means no danger of cyclones.
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n. herb to 1 m,flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4893)

Example: To make rope, cut the stems, tie together in a bundle and place in the sea. Cover the bundle with rocks for about a week, then take it out, wash it, dry in the sun until the fibers bleach white and use to make grass skirts. This is the process of retting. When the cyclone season is finished, the plant has flowers and fruits--in May through July--this means no danger of cyclones.

nam̃am̃a

Dendrobium rarum
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n. epiphytic orchid, growing in dense rainforest along river. Flowers pink. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4058)

nanad

Fertilizer, take fresh leaves and put in area where plant taro.
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[nanaθ] n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3455)

Example: Fertilizer, take fresh leaves and put in area where plant taro.

nanad cop̃ou

1. A stimulant plant. If a person is going to their garden early in the morning before the sun come up, break 2 top young leaves and chew and swallow the liquid, spitting out the fiber. This makes the person able to work harder and not feel tired while in the fields. It was noted that "a person can do the work of many people if they chew this." 2. The leaves are used for fertilizer for taro--put a bunch of leaves in a hole were taro is to be planted as a compost/antibiotic. This practice is said to kill all of the bad organisms such as bacttively impact the health of the taro plant. 3. This species is collected in the coastal areas, and is different from the one that looks similar to it, that grows in the forested areas. People take 4 leaves, chew leaves, swallow juice, gives energy to work hard the entire day. For fishing, take lots of ripe fruits and put in pocket, you will be able to catch a lot of fish. It brings good fortune when fishing. Roots – take one root, wash where a woman is giving birth to a newborn baby, give a drop of the juice from the root to clear the mucus in the throat.
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n. small shrub, 0. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3219)

Example: 1. A stimulant plant. If a person is going to their garden early in the morning before the sun come up, break 2 top young leaves and chew and swallow the liquid, spitting out the fiber. This makes the person able to work harder and not feel tired while in the fields. It was noted that "a person can do the work of many people if they chew this." 2. The leaves are used for fertilizer for taro--put a bunch of leaves in a hole were taro is to be planted as a compost/antibiotic. This practice is said to kill all of the bad organisms such as bacttively impact the health of the taro plant. 3. This species is collected in the coastal areas, and is different from the one that looks similar to it, that grows in the forested areas. People take 4 leaves, chew leaves, swallow juice, gives energy to work hard the entire day. For fishing, take lots of ripe fruits and put in pocket, you will be able to catch a lot of fish. It brings good fortune when fishing. Roots – take one root, wash where a woman is giving birth to a newborn baby, give a drop of the juice from the root to clear the mucus in the throat.

napau emilmat

n. kind of taro

napoijec

n. kind of tree

naporkos

n. kind of taro

napuke

n. a mound or hillock for yams

nariko cei

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."
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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."

natutahut

To make a baby strong, burn the leaves and rhizome, take the ashes and rub on the baby’s arms, knees, legs. Makes them strong, healthy and able to walk. Use after the child is given a bath. 1-4 years old, and it will help. Can use every day after bathing.
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n. grass to 10 cm, seeds brown. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4945)

Example: To make a baby strong, burn the leaves and rhizome, take the ashes and rub on the baby’s arms, knees, legs. Makes them strong, healthy and able to walk. Use after the child is given a bath. 1-4 years old, and it will help. Can use every day after bathing.

nauanavig

n. quicksands

nauincai

n. tree

nauram

n. kind of banana

necemas

This is a "message plant" that signifies that there has been a death. The person holds it or puts it on their head, goes to another person’s house and hands it to the person they wish to convey the message to, without saying anything and that person knows that someone has died. It can also be handed to that person. The person receiving the message then asks "who" and is told the deceased person’s name.
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n. terrestrial plant, growing in dry forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3509)

Example: This is a "message plant" that signifies that there has been a death. The person holds it or puts it on their head, goes to another person’s house and hands it to the person they wish to convey the message to, without saying anything and that person knows that someone has died. It can also be handed to that person. The person receiving the message then asks "who" and is told the deceased person’s name.

neduon

n. a bone, a foot

nefelan

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nefelan] n. a path

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nejev

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. canoe rudder

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

nelgo waj lepomu

nelgo waj lepomu
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n. traditional canoe

nemnem

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n. home

nemtav

Dysoxylum
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n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3666)

neom

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[iɲom] n. house

nepjen epjen

Antrophyum plantagineum
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n. lithophyte, growing on rock in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4038)

netehmu

n. kind of banana

nethopdecraeñ

Youngia japonica
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n. herb, growing in weedy area at end of airstrip runway. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3568)

nihivaiñpap

Macaranga tanarius
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4779)

nilec

n. kind of tree

nimra an napau

n. the Magellanic Clouds

niseuc

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[niseuɣ] n. walking stick, staff

nispak

n. kind of sugarcane

nitschatimi

n. Cordyline fruticosa L.

Example: Leaf: chew (leprosy in mouth). Whole plant: planted for several Kastom purposes; many important Kastom-bound uses as magical or ornamental plant throughout Melanesia.

niyacas

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n. kind of shellfish

nobom

Selar crumenophthalmus http://fishbase.org/summary/Selar-crumenophthalmus.html
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n. Bigeye scad

Example: Photo by J.E. Randall / Fishbase, License: CC BY-A-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nohos

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n. banana (gen.)

nohwai itai

n. berry

norasjei

Cyrtandra obovata

n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3274)

nowo anivat

Arytera  neoebudensis
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4753)

nuae

To build a cyclone house, take the vine of this species to tie pieces of the house. To prepare the vine for use as rope, collect many feet of it, put it in a fire, roll it in a figure 8, wait until it softens and then use for tying. This vine is hard and
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n. vine, growing in open disturbed area. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3589)

Example: To build a cyclone house, take the vine of this species to tie pieces of the house. To prepare the vine for use as rope, collect many feet of it, put it in a fire, roll it in a figure 8, wait until it softens and then use for tying. This vine is hard and

numulou

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nup inceen

n. the rib of a leaf

nuputuligighap

n. stem of coconut leaf

nässa

n. Carica papaya

Example: flower ovary taken internally against ciguatera

u

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adv. over (?)

ubutpotet

adj. adjacent

ucsiligei

v.a. to pare off rind

yetse

v.n. to go down