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ahwai lelcai
v. to plant weeds; to make a wilderness or a waste
bookmarkeceliek
adj. a second growth as of taro
bookmarkelwa
v. to blossom or bring forth flowers; "alwa", to bud or bring forth leaves. "Et elwa nieg": the reeds blossom. "Et elwa intisiaicai": the flowers are come out.
bookmarkinceideuc
n. the white wood of a tree
bookmarkincet edwa
inharedej
inhulec ~ iɣleɣ
[inhuleɣ] n. Yellow-throated White-eye
Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarkinje tadwain anholwas
inlepei owonp̃oded
inmal acujitai
n. a collection of plantations
bookmarkinmapoded
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmeraducai
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmoijeuv natpoig
n. a comet
bookmarkinpaije
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinridjai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkintapin
n. a hedge; a shelter
bookmarkintelopse atamaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkintesjao
intesyanam̃a
inwaj
n. Hound needlefish, crocodile long-tom
Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinwaj
Reef needlefish, Reef longtoms
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkisgeig pan
adj. adjacent
bookmarkkava
n. a plant from which an intoxicating drink is prepared
bookmarkkidibop
muri muri
nadeij
nagedauyag
n. kind of taro
bookmarknalmupeñ
napau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapayu
n. kind of tree
bookmarknaporkos
n. kind of taro
bookmarknaposjilcau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknared
n. current in the sea
bookmarknareram
n. kind of banana
bookmarknariko
n. shrub to 3 m, flowers yellow with red outer coverings (appearing red when closed) (collection: Michael J. Balick #4957)
Example: This plant is used to fertilize fields, especially by growing it in fields that have been used for other crops for a very long time. The seeds can be cooked when dry and hard, boiled in water, or eaten directly without preparation when green and soft.
bookmarknateg
n. tree, 3. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3489)
Example: The fruits of this species are edible. Take the ripe fruits, squeeze coconut milk into the ripe fruits and cook in an earth oven. The leaves are used to wrap small fish caught in a net for cooking in an earth oven. For clothing, strips of bark are peeled and the inner bark removed, and this is used as a strap around the waist, and leaves are tucked in front and back. This is traditional clothing when other clothing is not worn.
bookmarknau inwai
n. channel of a stream
bookmarknaupitcat
nauwainapit
n. lightning
bookmarknauyerop̃ u inman
neaig aged
n. a spotted coconut
bookmarknecñopod
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3512)
Example: This plant is used as fertilzer to place on bottom of the taro patch in the same way as GMP #3456 to help "feed the ground" for next year. The leaves are used to wrap food. When a person is chewing kava, pile the chewed kava roots on the young leaves of this species. Also, an unspecified medicinal use.
bookmarknehgan
n. a stock; a bunch, as of fruit; also "negan" or "nigan"
bookmarknehpan
n. a wing, a sheath, a covering of bananas
bookmarkneijin nij
n. cliff
bookmarknekiko
n. kind of taro
bookmarknekinkin
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknelehel
n. a light wind
bookmarknelgo waj
nelm̃ai
n. tree to 8 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4863)
Example: Fiber: Collect the stems of this plant, peel off the outer bark, soak (ret) in seawater for 1 week, then put stone on top of it-the fibers are loosened by the retting, peel them off and hang in the sun to dry and bleach. Weave small baskets, grass skirts and other things from this fiber. When sticks are placed in areas of the sea, shells are attracted to these sticks and people can collect the shells used for adornment--the animals in the shells like to eat the material on the sticks. Dried fruits of this plant are eaten by birds.
bookmarkneri itai
n. leaves; grass
bookmarkniditau
n. tree to 8 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4867)
Example: Fruits are sweet and edible when ripe. This plant is an indicator of rich soil, a good place to plant one’s garden. The leaves of this species are mixed in with other leaves for an unspecified local medicine that helps to remove spiritual sickness
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4061)
Example: 1. When cooking "Naura" (freshwater prawns), the leaves are used to wrap them before they are roasted in a fire. 2. When making lap-lap (a traditional dish made of grated root crops), and the lap-lap leaf is unavailable (Heliconia sp.), use the large leaf of this species to wrap the taro.
bookmarkniriyau
n. Goldspotted spinefoot
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknitidae
nobom
n. Bigeye scad
Example: Photo by J.E. Randall / Fishbase, License: CC BY-A-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknohoan
n. fruit; also "nohwan"
bookmarknohos aiyu
n. the sweet banana
bookmarknourasjohou
nucije
n. Sirius, the Dog Star
bookmarknuhonwei
numrinhou
n. Humpback red snapper, paddletail
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknumu yehec
nupnyineuc
n. another name for masoa; arrowroot
bookmarknupyihet
n. new moon
bookmarkuvid
n. three days ago; three days hence
bookmarkwukau
n. kind of taro
bookmarkyetse
v.n. to go down
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