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aridjai
v.a. to ascend, to go up
bookmarkeloah
v. to blossom, as reeds; also "elwa"
bookmarkelumai
n. cloth (related to nelmai)
bookmarkeucupupu (nieg)
v. to swell, as reeds when near blossoming
bookmarkfara
n. pineapple
bookmarkigca pau
phr. on that side
bookmarkinharisihau
inhujac
inmehei
n. herb to 1. 5 m tall, sterile. Growing in weedy patch behind buildings on edge of trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4986)
Example: People use the leaves of this plant to wrap lap-lap for cooking on the earth oven or when boiling foods. The leaves can also be used as serving plates and to cover the stones on the earth oven.
bookmarkinmop
n. a horse-chestnut tree
bookmarkinmoupog
n. tree to 8 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4927)
Example: The wood of this tree is used as firewood. Children collect the dry fruits and use them for decorations and toys, for example playing with a fruit on the beach, driving it as if it were a toy truck or boat (photo).
bookmarkintinan nopoi
n. the wicker-work bed (constellation?)
bookmarkintowosjei
kalmapig
n. kind of banana
bookmarkleyei cap
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmako amyiñ
n. tree to 5 m, fdby 35 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4979)
Example: The fruits are edible and ripen during November-December. The leaves can be boiled as a medicine. If a person has a hoarse voice, boil 4 or or a few more leaves in 1 liter of water. Cool the mixture and drink once daily until the voice returns to normal. The trunk of this tree is good for timber, as it is a very hard wood. But a productive tree is not cut for timber--only the wild mangos that have flowers and small fruits that do not ripen; these trees are cut for timber. This particular tree, "Mango Amgie" bears fruit with a great deal of fiber, so the name refers to the "mango that you drink." Amgie means "drink" in the Aneityum language. There is another variety of mango, "Mango Cig" that means the mango that you eat. It has a little fiber but good fleshy fruits. This species is introduced from outside of Aneityum.
bookmarknadiat meto
n. the middle of the forenoon
bookmarknafakeka
n. coconut spathes
bookmarknagdajija
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknagdenayi
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapua
n. kind of taro
bookmarknaravi
n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts
bookmarknarijo
nasieij
n. native cabbage
bookmarknasjiramnem
n. grass to 20-30 cm tall, florets brown. Growing along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4970)
Example: This plant is used to make a medicine to stop bleeding, as a styptic. Squeeze a handful of leaves together and apply the leaves as a poultice to the wound or drip the juice on the wound when it does not seem wise to put pressure on the bleeding. This will stop the blood from flowing from the wound and is only to be used on a small wound.
bookmarknawou
neduodo
n. kind of tree
bookmarkneduon yau
n. kind of banana
bookmarknegainohos
n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"
bookmarknegrecreipek
nelgou waj
nelka
nemijcopau
n. kind of palm
bookmarknepilvan
n. tender shoots
bookmarknepnai
n. tree to 5 m, flowers white. Growing in secondary forest with metroxylon palms and other large trees. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4954)
Example: The pear shaped fruits are eaten when ripe. Peel off the outer skin, eat inner part and discard the seed. The leaves are used to protect food as it is being cooked on an earth oven. To prepare the oven, pile hot stones, then put a layer of leaves on the stones, and then place hot stones on top of the leaves. To make a hot oven, the stones are lined in a pit, a fire lit, more stones placed on firewood and the top layer of stones gets very hot. Then, remove the stones from the top of the wood, and cook food o the bottom layer of stones, add a layer of leaves, place the food on top of this, then cover with a layer of leaves and then pile the rest of the hot stones on top of the leaves.
bookmarknerid u uncat
n. the tow of flax
bookmarknese uinman
n. tree to 3 m tall, 20 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #4869)
Example: To treat toothaches, take a handful of leaves, boil them in 1 cup of water, take the warm liquid and leaves and wash or rinse the affected area as needed until pain resolves. The wood is used for carving and is yellowish in color. The stems are used to secure the outrigger to a traditional canoe.
bookmarkneudan tauoc nohos
n. the center sprout of the banana plant
bookmarknihivaeñ p̃ap̃
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3517)
Example: 1. The leaves of the young plant are used to wrap food for cooking on a fire. 2. The wood is used for temporary houses, for making rafters that are said to last a long time. 3. The wood is strong and used to carve paddles for the canoe. 4. It is also grown and used for firewood. 5. Firewood, (6) use as local plate. 7. On west side of island, take old coconut, fill with water, put lead into hole on end, take out and give to baby to drink and it will help the baby talk.
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 8-9 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3655)
Example: If the preferred banana leaves are not available to wrap food for cooking, then use young leaves of this species and tie taro and fish for cooking. Take 4-5 leaves and wrap the food with the leaves. Tie a rope around the food and tie them all together using any strong vine. They can then be cooked over an open fire.
bookmarknijkowai
n. Spanish flag, stripey
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknimtac
n. kind of tree
bookmarknipciv
n. the shark (constellation?)
bookmarknipjin nalmu
niridunumu
nisjin
n. shoots of plants of bananas
bookmarknisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarknopan
n. a season
bookmarknourasjohou
nucje
n. the Norfolk Island pine
bookmarknucye
n. the red star, the "hand" in the constellation Orion; also "necye"
bookmarknäüsärop
n. unidentified species
Example: Fresh leaves: special Kastom ceremony used to treat severe abdominal pain during pregnancy
bookmarkpudvel
tatau
n. Bigeye barracuda
Example: Photo by Philippe Guillaume, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkweite
adj. perennial (applied to water); also "etweite", "inweite"
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