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atcatcaiyu
v. to emit sound from a bottle or coconut
bookmarkategnaijaig pok nelcau
v.n. sail from shore
bookmarkeceliek
adj. a second growth as of taro
bookmarkesei cai
n. forest trees
bookmarkEt elwa intisiaicai
phr. the flowers are come out.
bookmarkeucupupu (nieg)
v. to swell, as reeds when near blossoming
bookmarkijmau
n. without branches
bookmarkimehei
n. pandanus leaf
bookmarkincat
n. flax
bookmarkincet tal
n. a basket of taro
bookmarkindawoc
indinbev
n. Blue-spotted large-eye bream
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinmadidi
inmal acujitai
n. a collection of plantations
bookmarkinmohoc onubidou
inpece lelicai
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinrowod
n. shrub. Found along village pathways and in gardens. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #15)
Example: 2. To cure headaches casued by bad spirit - Take one top from Nelmaha and one from inrowod (white stripe variety) Combine and chew these then spit them out and apply to the sick persons forehead.
bookmarkintejed
n. tree. Growing in village garden. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #22)
Example: 1. Timber for houses, hard wood. 2. Fruits have a highly desirable nut that is edible when fresh after cracking the fruit. 3. Medicine – 5 young tips, boiled in 3 cups of water, and steam eyes when have conjunctivitis. 1x. 3. Calendar plant – When the leaves turn red and are ready to fall off from the tree – the lobsters are ready to be harvested – best time to harvest lobsters. Firm tasty meat. This was a traditional population management so that lobsters were not harvested year around but only during this season, Oct–Nov, for a month or 1.5 months.
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intesyaniau
n. grass to 3 m, flowers brown. Growing in degraded secondary forest along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4969)
Example: The stem of this plant is used to make walls of houses. Collect the stem and remove the leaves, and then take one of the bush vines (any of them) and tie the stems into bundles for making house walls or fences for chicken pens. Children make a whistle from a hollow piece of stem from this plant.
bookmarkintoutau
n. tree, 14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3586)
Example: To make a fire, take a 1-2 cm diameter stick, sharpen it and rub it against a larger piece, ca. 6 cm in diameter. As a person rubs, the stick will start smoking and then start a fire, especially if there are a few small slivers of stem on the stick that can catch fire. People use other types of sticks to rub against the larger piece as well, and this will make a fire.
bookmarkinyat
inyipei
n. the flour, as of arrowroot
bookmarkjupmulmul
n. the cool of the evening
bookmarkkaleteug
n. kind of tree
bookmarkkatamal
kopilkopil
n. kind of taro
bookmarklaknu
nadenahao
nadiat jupki
n. the middle of the afternoon
bookmarknagaihos
nahcai milmat
nahed u paralelcei
naiji elcau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknakwai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknala
nanedauyan
n. Pacific yellowtail emperor
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknasanhac
n. the poison of the inhac
bookmarkneaig cap
n. a red coconut
bookmarknebgev legenhap
n. Scalloped hammerhead
Example: Photo by Xvic / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknedaugatmas
n. kind of tree
bookmarknedouyatmas
neduodo
n. kind of tree
bookmarknedwodou
n. tree to 6 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4865)
Example: To bring luck when fishing. Take 4 leaves with stems still on them-- first thing in the morning, when it is cool and quiet and there is not much noise, break the left hand side from two leaves and the right hand side from two leaves (total 4 half leaves) and take those pieces and put in the bag containing your fishing gear. The meaning of the local name is that "these leaves will please the Sea God" who will not understand it if a fisherman does not have leaves with them on their trip. There are groups of people who are part of the Sea Gods and you must notify these people before you go out to fish. If you have these leaves in your bag, you are said to get many fish. In the past certain people were responsible for the harvest from the sea; these people used to know this ritual. Not much known at present. Birds eat the fruit of this tree as does the flying fox.
bookmarknefelelicai acen
n. hemlock
bookmarknegainohos
n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"
bookmarknejev
nekrei
n. Sailfin tang
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknelka
nepelvan wou
n. liana, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. Latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4074)
Example: 1. The outer stem is used to make an ornament call "Intyecrec". When one returns from the bush, you make this to indicate your trip to the bush. Other plants are at times including in the dressing. Each have their own significance.
bookmarknepig upni
nerin
n. a leaf
bookmarknerop
n. Black jack
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknetemu or nidwumnumu
nidel
n. a meteor; also "nidil"
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
bookmarkniegred
nijiga
n. a branch of red coral
bookmarknijin nedoon
n. brow of a hill
bookmarknillum
n. moss
bookmarknimhag
n. branch (large)
bookmarknipjin nirintal
niskes
n. Harry hotlips, blubberlip
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknisʧi
nohmun wai
n. bank (of a river)
bookmarknohos esjig inwai
n. a banana
bookmarknopropra (~ noporopora ?)
nugnyimtau noho
n. kind of palm
bookmarknugnyiobod
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknuputuligighap
n. stem of coconut leaf
bookmarksafenunui
n. kind of taro
bookmarkupjira
n. a kind of tree
bookmarkwidinahau
n. kind of banana
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