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as vakuei
Ek idivaig nenis ainyak
phr. I am quite useless
bookmarketi laulau
adv. soon
bookmarkidi
adj. stringy, watery, as taro; also "ede"
bookmarkincispev
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3547)
Example: This plant is for medicine to treat a spiritual condition related to the coral snake that is the seawater spirit. When a woman is pregnant, some times she gets sick, so use this leaf with 2-3 other unspecified leaves and mash them together, squeeze the juice into a small cup (bamboo), wave around the woman’s body, and then put a few drops onto her head and body, then she drinks the rest. This will help heal her sickness. This treatment can be used for men who have a toothache from eating too much fish--the seawater spirit of the coral snake makes the tooth hurt. It is used in the same way as for a pregnant woman. If the pain from the toothache is really from the seawater spirit, then this will cure it; if not, it will not help.
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ingidyinyat
n. sandalwood
bookmarkinhenid
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinlapnan
n. a plantation
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
n. epiphyte, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4104)
Example: 1. This plant is considered bad luck when hunting or fishing. When doing these activities, do not decorate your hair with them. 2. This plant is used to weave the sheath portion of "nambas". First the stems are retted, then the inner portion of the plant removed. Once removed, the sheath is woven with the blanched fiber. 3. This is considered the male version of this plant. See GMP #4105, Phlegmarius sp. for the female version.
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inmadidi
n. tree to 5 m, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4855)
Example: To treat a flu that has resulted in a thick, runny nose, collect sap of this tree, drink 2-3 drops directly (not in water). This is for treating the type of flu that provokes yellow mucus coming out of the nose. Drinking the sap breaks up the stuffy nose. Use once, it tastes very sour. In 3-4 days the mucus will be expelled. Do not use too much! If a person has a new cut, and the bleeding will not stop, place the sap on the cut and the bleeding will stop. If you have a burn that is bleeding, applying the sap will stop the blood and oozing sore. If a person has a sore on their body, cover it with a layer of the sap from this plant. This will ensure that the sore will not get larger from infection, flies, etc. but stay its original size. This plant is also used for unspecified spiritual practices. To determine if a fish you have caught is poisonous, e.g. with ciguatera, take an 8’ piece of small branch from this tree, peel the bark and put it inside the fish before you cook it on the earth oven. If the stick turns black, then you know that the fish is not good to eat--it has a poison so should be thrown away.
bookmarkinmadidi
n. tree to 7 m, dbh 30 com (collection: Michael J. Balick #4870)
Example: This plant is used for spiritual purposes. When fruits are young, the children take the fruit, cut it open and take coconut leaf midribs, impaling the seeds on the midribs and painting themselves with the fruit.
bookmarkinmoijeuv ahcil
n. false star
bookmarkinpakanhas
intaji
intareihok
inwah
n. food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
bookmarkinyade
n. kind of banana
bookmarkinyuc
n. the name of a plant
bookmarkitac a nelgo waj
muri muri
nafakaka
n. a blossom; the spathe of a coconut used as light; also "nafaketa"
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nahca
n. a burden of pandanus leaf
bookmarknahcai milmat
nalak mideuc
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknaligaj
n. herb to 10 cm, sterile (collection: Michael J. Balick #4985)
Example: This plant is a very important food during a famine. People dig up the roots and roast these on the embers of a fire for 25 minutes, then check the root to get out the starchy material, and spit out the fiber. There is said to be little taste; this is a bland food that a person eats to survive. People on Aneityum have harvested it for a very long time so there is not as much of a supply left as in the past.
bookmarknalmupeñ
namakapasi
namniañia
napat
n. a cloud, blackness, darkness
bookmarknapoijec
n. kind of tree
bookmarknarahcai
n. a table made of reeds, for drying arrowroot, etc.
bookmarknaravi
n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts
bookmarknarijo
nariramteh
n. kind of banana
bookmarknatisiyeg
n. Squaretail mullet
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknau inwai
n. channel of a stream
bookmarknauhoig yi amud an nadiat
n. the break of day
bookmarknauwainapit
n. lightning
bookmarknecyak
n. herb to 20 cm, flowers blue. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4922)
Example: Roast the tuber of this vine on an open fire for 20-40 minutes, peel off the skin and eat like cassava or taro. Chew it and drink the "juice" while spitting out the fiber. It grows wild, season of harvesting is in May. Very tasty food for people, considered "numba wan" food for this island.
bookmarknefetgau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknegna
n. Bluespot mullet
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknekinkin
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknemijcopau
n. kind of palm
bookmarknepilvan
n. tender shoots
bookmarknepjen epjen
nerophat
n. Yellowspotted trevally, Turrum
Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Fishes of Australia, License: CC BY-A 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknese
n. the takoma or tekma, a tree with white flowers
bookmarknesgan nevig
n. a fresh coconut
bookmarknethokin
n. a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"
bookmarknihivaeñ aeyhec
nijeuc nijeuc
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkniperap
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknipjinecei vanteigin
nipʧin njelas
nisjin
n. shoots of plants of bananas
bookmarkniyeg
n. grass, 2. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4071)
Example: 1. Dried leaves are used to make the thatch roofs of traditional houses. The same leaves are woven to make the walls of traditional houses. 2. When a large torch is required, many dried stems are bundled to form a flambeau. 3. The leaves of this plant are used to demarcate tabu areas. Further information about the practice withheld.
bookmarknocirasjau
large tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4052)
Example: 1. Considered to be a relative of textit{Morinda citrifolia}.
bookmarknohwan nuputu
n. kind of taro
bookmarknomotan
n. Spangled emperor
Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknononhat
n. Blue-lined large-eye bream
Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknop̃a
[nok͡pa] adj. grey ash (color)
bookmarknoragidi
nuarin marara
n. dale
bookmarknucja
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknugnas iran
n. a bunch of taro
bookmarknuhialeg
n. the morning
bookmarknusjau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknwujvaeñ
n. vine climbing on Myristica fatua, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3615)
Example: This vine is used to make rope. Collect the stem, roll it in a figure 8, heat it on a fire and tie it on a house while the vine is still hot. Weave a ?? net to catch fish.
bookmarkpassion fruit
n. liana climbing on broken mango tree, growing in forest at edge of wide tidal stream (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3515)
Example: 1. The ripe fruit of this plant is edible. It was introduced to the island and is considered a foreign vine. 2. 4 leaves of this and 4 leaves of Annona muricata and boil in water and let get warm and wash children when they have measles and fever. Edible fruit – very sweet.
bookmarkwidinahau
n. kind of banana
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