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ahwai lelcai
v. to plant weeds; to make a wilderness or a waste
bookmarkaj
[aj] v. fly
bookmarkanaclelen
n. forecast
bookmarkared numta
v. to plant taro
bookmarkatause
v.n. to go ashore
bookmarkcap
adj. red (color)
bookmarkehyiyihi
v. to teaze, as cotton; also "ehyeiyihi"
bookmarkereinmerei
n. the clear part of the moon when first seen
bookmarketjo itac
v.n. to fall behind; to come late
bookmarkhan
v.n. to go
bookmarkhas
adj. bad, wicked; eheshas, very bad
bookmarkigcapok
n. seaward
bookmarkinceihuri
inceipou
inceiwad
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarkincet tal
n. a basket of taro
bookmarkinhupau
injupki
n. afternoon
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inmehtas
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmora
n. Foxface
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinmunuka
n. thunder
bookmarkinp̃a
intelopse atamaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkinyiivac
kuava atamañ
nadoni
n. prickly shrub
bookmarknagai has
n. kind of sugarcane
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naijema
n. flax
bookmarknakoai
n. species of palm tree
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namñiañia
nanad op̃a
n. tree, 4-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3542)
Example: Some people use the dried leaves of this plant when there is no tobacco. Roll the leaves and smoke them. This is a good plant to lay under as a shade along the coast. Good firewood. The leaves are used with other leaves as part of a ceremony to calm the sea.* Burn leaves in a special place and toss ashes in the sea – sea will be calm.* When you are paddling to another island. Carry them with you and toss in sea as you go. Also goes with fasting and cleansing when traveling in this way.
bookmarknapau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapjis
n. a species of grass
bookmarknapuig
n. a reed frame for supporting the tendrils of yams
bookmarknapupwi a darumea
n. kind of sugarcane
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naravi
n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts
bookmarknasau
n. a crop; fruit which grows spontaneously
bookmarknausecrai
n. a species of thorn
bookmarkneaig ahi
n. a white coconut
bookmarkneijin nij
n. cliff
bookmarknelean takere
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknemtokei
n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4861)
Example: When a person does heavy work and their body feels tired, they should take 1 handful of leaves, squeeze them into a cup of water and drink--this will make the person feel better. People can drink this from time to time to give the body energy even before you are tired. To treat constipation, take 4- 8’ pieces of stem from a 2 cm dbh section of the tree, peel the outside bark off, collect the inner bark and mash with a stone or hammer, put in a colander to strain out the wood, add 1.5 l water, the liquid becomes green or whitish with sticky liquid. Drink this one time, it tastes cold and then after about 30 minutes it feels like the bowel is working and then normal function returns--this does not induce diarrhea but rather returns the bowel to normal function.
bookmarknerero
n. calabash
bookmarknerop
n. kind of banana
bookmarknese
n. the takoma or tekma, a tree with white flowers
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.
bookmarknetehmu
n. kind of banana
bookmarkneteng
n. Barringtonia asiatica L.
Example: inner bark: ground, added to dug pools in the sea as fish poison
bookmarkneuled
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkniegred
nigya
n. a plant like a banana
bookmarknihivai
n. Macaranga dioca
Example: Inner bark: bathe in cold infusion, wounds. Mix heated over fire and taken out during sunset. Healer clenches the package in his fist, then gently punches the patients left, then right knee, then his forehead and finally squeezes over his head, migraine a
bookmarknilamese
n. a species of orchid (there are three on the island)
bookmarknirid u numu
n. terrestrial fern on forest floor, growing in disturbed forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3482)
Example: People who go fishing take this plant along with other unspecified leaves, crush them and rub them on the fishing line that the person is using. This is said to attract more fish to the bait. It is also a "message plant" to be put in a person’s hat when they come back from fishing and then people know that they caught fish. Local name means "fish gill." For performing a weather magic ritual to produce fog, this plant is fermented along with another plant (nap̃at) in a hole in a sacred stone (called "Naemoso") at a secret location on Aneityum.
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nopou
n. tree to 5 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4881)
Example: The wood of this tree is used to make house-posts, it is strong. The leaves are used as a compost for the taro patch; line the hole with the leaves of this tree, then place soil over that and plant the taro. When the fruits are ripe, local people say that the hermit crabs are "fat" and ready to collect and eat. When a person is in the forest and there is no coconut fruit fiber to start a fire with, use a dry stick, shave it and use a match to start a pile of this tinder to make a good fire. The wood is said to be "oily." This gives it a nice aroma. To perfume coconut oil, drop the dry flowers in it--use 1 handful of dried flowers added to a pot of oil boiling on the fire while making it. Strain out flowers and the oil smells good. Flowers can also be added to the oil once it is bottled to perfume it.
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nowahau
n. Black-spot surgeonfish
Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkpospos
n. a small red berry used as beads
bookmarktatau
n. Blackfin barracuda
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkuhup a nelgo waj
uman
n. garden
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