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abäng
ecetaig an moije
v.n. to go on to a reef with a canoe or boat
bookmarkehmehma
adj. healed, applied to wounds; ripe; yellow
bookmarkfara
n. pineapple
bookmarkheto
v. to grow again, as hair, feathers, plants; to come out, as teeth
bookmarkhogelcou
n. royal albatross
bookmarkigcapok
n. seaward
bookmarkincei franse
inceimu
n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3464)
Example: This is a sacred plant. The wood is used for rafters in house building. To plant taro, take an 8 cm diameter stick, sharpen it and use to make holes for planting. The stick is as long as needed for a person to stand while making the hole.
bookmarkincispev
n. tree. Growing in village garden. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #19)
Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4 young leaves of nafanu and mash and squeeze 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 the woman’s belly button to break the snake off. Smash the bamboo vessel to pieces. Leave the woman there until the wash dries on her. This takes one whole day and the ceremony in the evening so she can sleep and she must not eat. This ritual is performed by men.
bookmarkindroumu
inharisihau
inhatmapig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinhos i mijan
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinlopotjap
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.
bookmarkinmeraducai
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmoijeuv ahcil
n. false star
bookmarkintaeñtaeñ atamaeñ
intak apnyin
n. the following day
bookmarkintal eteuc
n. the name of a plant with a white flower; a lily
bookmarkintelgal
n. Whitespotted surgeonfish, northern dialect
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinwah
n. food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
bookmarkinwoapeñ
inyihev
n. kind of tree
bookmarkisjid
v. to chip off small branches
bookmarkkaliteg
m̃orom̃ora
[ŋmoroŋmora] n. ants
bookmarknabudwä
nacñanp̃aiñ
nadenahao
nagai has
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknahoij
n. kind of tree
bookmarknamlau
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3490)
Example: 1. The larger stems of this plant can be used to build houses, for rafters. 2. It is also a good source of firewood. 3. Ancestors, before go to chief’s canal and want to talk about a complicated issue – a person would cut a branch and bring it to the sea and tap the water surface and would say what he wants, ask that he would want that issue to be solved and that others would follow his ideas and then go back to the meeting place and take stick, keep wind at his back, moving stick in all directions and then he will convince the people of his ideas. This is done by the chief’s spokesman. Helps convince the opposition. Helps keep power in hands of parent(??) chief rather than subchiefs who might have other ideas.
bookmarknamlau
napjis
n. a species of grass
bookmarkneaig
n. the kernel of a coconut; the coconut tree
bookmarknefelelicai
n. grass; weeds; thistle
bookmarknegainohos
n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"
bookmarknehevaig
n. kind of tree
bookmarknehtet upaipai
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknejecjec
nekinkin
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknekrou
n. Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknetcetas
n. well branched tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4084)
Example: 1. The name means "explosion". Further information about the plant withheld.
bookmarknidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknigyahtal
n. kind of banana
bookmarknijig an nepig
n. midnight; also "nijihgan nepig"
bookmarknijisei
n. herb to 1 m, flowers white with red bracts (collection: Michael J. Balick #4912)
Example: To treat high blood pressure. Take a half liter of water, mix a handful of roots in it, boil, drink one cup 3 times daily, warm, for three days. This is to treat high blood pressure when diagnosed in the clinic. The leaf is woven for grass skirts--dry in sun, weave into skirts.
bookmarknimtinjap
n. wind
bookmarknipnyineuc
n. another name for "masoa"; arrowroot
bookmarknohor
n. kind of taro
bookmarknuae
nuarin
n. plat (a map, drawn to scale, showing divisions in a piece of land)
bookmarknuarin eptu
n. meadow
bookmarknumarak kamwea
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknumujced
n. terrestrial fern, 0. 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3577)
Example: Join two of the inrolled fronds together at the part where the frond is opening (the tip that is curled) such that the leaves are held together by their unfolding growing tips. Place this along the path that is frequented by a wild pig (they travel along paths) and when the pig passes these two leaves, and is chased by a hunter’s dogs, these leaves in this formation are said to sap some of the pig’s energy and thus allow the dogs to catch up with it. This was explained to Tony by another person who mentioned it as a sort of magical power possessed by this type of fern.
bookmarknupnyineuc
n. another name for masoa; arrowroot
bookmarknupsinhodaeñ
safenunui
n. kind of taro
bookmarktabake
n. herb 1 m tall, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4923)
Example: Collect the yellow leaves, the mature ones, roll it between one’s hands, squeezing it, and dry it in the sun for a day and hang it in the kitchen near the place where fires are made, and within a week it will turn black. It is ready to be smoked--roll paper around it and smoke it. Take 6-10 leaves, roll them up and squeeze them into a bucket of water mixing the juice with the water until it turns somewhat green. Use this water to wash crops such as legumes and other garden plants to kill insects that might be attacking them.
bookmarktar ~ [introduced tamprem]
tedtedwaleg
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkuhup a nelgo waj
upumure
v.n. to fall, as unripe fruit
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