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atga nethanethan
v. passed by on the other side
bookmarkauoc
adj. unripe
bookmarkecetaig an moije
v.n. to go on to a reef with a canoe or boat
bookmarkehgin
adj. afar
bookmarkehla
adj. unripe; also "ehlai"
bookmarkethanethan
adj. at a distance; on the other side of the road.
bookmarkinceihuri
incesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinholai mobo
n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhus
n. stump of a tree; shaft of a candlestick
bookmarkinlah
n. light
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded atam̃wain
inmahe
n. the pandanus leaf
bookmarkinmeri
n. a stringy bark tree
bookmarkinmusji nupul
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinm̃ap̃
n. tree, 12-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3611)
Example: 1. The nut of this tree is edible and very good. Boil it with skin on or bake it in the earth oven and then cut it in half and eat. 2. Leaves for top of house ridge. 3. Leaves for fertilizing the water taro in swamps.
bookmarkinpwain ~ inhwain
inp̃al anhas
inrowod
n. unbranched treelet, 1. 25 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3526)
Example: People use the leaves for cooking any ground up food that is cooked on a fire such as manioc or bananas, roasted or boiled in water. Fish can be cooked this way. The roots of this plant can be cooked in an earth oven. These need to be cooked for 2 days or 2 nights, lke a yam. The plant has large roots that are good to eat. Chew like a piece of surgarcane, the taste is sweet like honey. Swallow the juice and spit out the fiber. The roots, once cooked, can be stored for 6 months. In ancient times they were eaten during times when there was no food. This food is said to be able to sustain a person for one day, if eaten in the morning, the person not be hungry until sunset. Today, people eat this plant at festivals, as it is no longer a famine food.
bookmarkinrowodamya
n. shrub to 1. 5 m tall, leaves green with red stripes (collection: Michael J. Balick #4978)
Example: The leaves are used to wrap fish, lap-lap for cooking in the earth oven. Boil the leaves as a medicine for women with excessive menstrual bleeding. Cut 2 leaves and boil in 2 liters of water, cool and drink 1 cup daily for 3 days. This is said to slow the menstrual bleeding. Local name "Amya" means menstruation.
bookmarkinta eled
intal u unpoded
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintapin
n. a hedge; a shelter
bookmarkintel e cha
n. terrestrial orchid, growing in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3523)
Example: This is a "message plant." If a person puts the flower behind their ear and then stares out at you, or tosses the flower to you, then say yes and follow them, for example, to drink kava, or to go swimming. Or a man invites a woman to go somewhere with him. Alternatively, you can leave the flower on a table and this is also a message to go with a person. Leaves also used to wrap foods. Decorate yard around the house.
bookmarkintowosjei
inwag
n. the evening star
bookmarkinwau an nadiat
n. the Milky Way
bookmarklelohos
n. a garden of bananas
bookmarklopot lopot
n. Oriental sweetlips
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkmuri muri
nadut u nadiat
n. dawn of day
bookmarknagereta
nahtau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknamaka
namniañia
naop yi atmas
n. a small whirlwind
bookmarknapauwahpa
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapisinijvaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknarakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknarasincai
n. bark
bookmarknatereuc
n. kind of banana
bookmarknaupitcat
nausakrai
n. thorn
bookmarknauwau
n. a bulrush; a flag
bookmarkneaig ahi
n. a white coconut
bookmarknefitan nedoon nedoon
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknehno
n. a species of poisonous tree
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.
bookmarknese
n. the takoma or tekma, a tree with white flowers
bookmarknesei
n. forest
bookmarknetcetec
n. trees, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3473)
Example: 1. This species is excellent for firewood as it gives off less smoke than other types of wood. 2. The wood is good for making roof rafters on which to tie thatch. 3. Use this for planting pole, for taro, cane, and kava.
bookmarkniegred
nihpad
n. kind of tree
bookmarknijcel
nijeuc nijeuc
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknimtinjap par alau
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknipjid aiyu
n. orange
bookmarknipʧin njelas
nirac intam henain
nisil
n. the center rib of the coconut leaflet; wire
bookmarknititan
n. fern to 0. 75 m, sori brown. growing along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4972)
Example: The fronds of this fern are used to wrap sting ray and shark meat, which have a great deal of moisture in them, for cooking on the earth overn. Wrap the fronds (leaves) around the meat and tie with a Pandanus string. Because they are not thick, broad, entire leaves, but rather have many places in them where water can drain out during the cooking process, it is said that these leaves are much better for preparing these two types of fish, as well as any other meat that contains a great deal of moisture. For cooking on the earth over, put these wrapped foods on top of any other leaves so that they do not touch the hot stones directly, and then cover with other leaves as well. Then place the hot stones on top of these wrapped meats.
bookmarknofar
n. a native pudding made with yam and coconut
bookmarknopna
[nopɲa] n. Red-Bellied Fruit Dove
Example: Sub-adult Red-bellied Fruit Dove. Photo by Papier K / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarknopropra (~ noporopora ?)
nupnyineuc
n. another name for masoa; arrowroot
bookmarknäüsärop
n. unidentified species
Example: Fresh leaves: special Kastom ceremony used to treat severe abdominal pain during pregnancy
bookmarktatau
n. Pickhandle barracuda
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktite
adj. ripe early in the season
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