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adap̃oi

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v. cover

ahii

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n. white (color)

apos

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v.n. to steer, as a boat or a ship

arinji tarinjia

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[arinʤi tarinʤia] adj. very strong (?)

atpu

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v hide

dowag nadimi

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[dowaŋ nadimi] phr. six men (there are)

ek amjengina

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[ek amʤeŋina] phr. I am sleeping

Ek idivaig nenis ainyak

phr. I am quite useless

elv-

pre. far; long; applied to distance or time

emilmat

adj. green, blue

et

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conj. conjunction to join sentences together (used with "par")

et aparaiñ trouses tuwuna

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[et aparaiŋ troʊses tuwuna] phr. he is wearing his trousers backwards

etti

v. to split leaves

hui heldei

v.n. to sail

igcapahai

adj. inland

incaceñ upni

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n. "good" (domesticated) kava (RPV #133)

incetcanalaiñ

Gahnia aspera
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4759)

incetevak

Sargocentron spiniferum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-spiniferum.html
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n. Sabre squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

indal

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n. taro (RPV #146b)

ingejei wou

1. The straight poles of this plant are sharpened and used to plant kava, and only for kava. Not used for planting other crops. 2. Special for catching eels in fresh water, poke stick with leaves into hole where eel lives and they don’t like it so they come out and you catch them, by cutting with knife.
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n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3647)

Example: 1. The straight poles of this plant are sharpened and used to plant kava, and only for kava. Not used for planting other crops. 2. Special for catching eels in fresh water, poke stick with leaves into hole where eel lives and they don’t like it so they come out and you catch them, by cutting with knife.

inhalau u napa

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n. kind of fish

inhas meliag

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n. kind of bird

inhosumeljag ~ nu inhosumeljag

Pachycephala melanura
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[inhosumeljaŋ] n. Black-tailed whistler

Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

inja inja

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[inʤa anʤia] n. chicken blood (lit. blood chicken)

injupki

n. afternoon

inmeʧihap̃

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[inmeʧihap̃] n. kind of bird

inmoijeuv natpoig

n. a comet

inpan

n. kind of banana

inpecelelcei paralelcei

The  young stems of this tree are very light, and  used to make spears for fishing--they float. The stems are used to make the poles that connect the outrigger to the canoe. Good to make a fishing spear with as with others, timber. Leaves used with other plants to heal a sick woman who is sick from a male spirit – PARALELCEI – This lead with other leaves unspecified, tie together pound juice out of it and put juice in bamboo, cover top w/ wild cane leaf and take to sick woman before sunset, give to her to drink, before wave bamboo around her, open it and pour a bit on her head and drink a bit and wash her face, then break bamboo and discard it before sunset. Then tell spirit to go away. Symptoms such as a miscarriage or continued period, or dream and see the male spirit, or dream of snakes from the forest.
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n. tree, 18-20 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3584)

Example: The young stems of this tree are very light, and used to make spears for fishing--they float. The stems are used to make the poles that connect the outrigger to the canoe. Good to make a fishing spear with as with others, timber. Leaves used with other plants to heal a sick woman who is sick from a male spirit – PARALELCEI – This lead with other leaves unspecified, tie together pound juice out of it and put juice in bamboo, cover top w/ wild cane leaf and take to sick woman before sunset, give to her to drink, before wave bamboo around her, open it and pour a bit on her head and drink a bit and wash her face, then break bamboo and discard it before sunset. Then tell spirit to go away. Symptoms such as a miscarriage or continued period, or dream and see the male spirit, or dream of snakes from the forest.

inrowod

People use the leaves for cooking any ground up food that is cooked on a fire such as manioc or bananas, roasted or boiled in water. Fish can be cooked this way. The roots of this plant can be cooked in an earth oven. These need to be cooked for 2 days or 2  nights, lke a  yam. The plant has large roots that are good to eat. Chew like a piece of surgarcane, the taste is sweet like honey. Swallow the juice and spit out the fiber. The roots, once cooked, can be stored for 6 months. In ancient times they were eaten during times when there was no food. This food is said to be able to sustain a person for one day, if eaten in the morning, the person not be hungry until sunset. Today, people eat this plant at festivals, as it is no longer a famine food.
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n. unbranched treelet, 1. 25 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3526)

Example: People use the leaves for cooking any ground up food that is cooked on a fire such as manioc or bananas, roasted or boiled in water. Fish can be cooked this way. The roots of this plant can be cooked in an earth oven. These need to be cooked for 2 days or 2 nights, lke a yam. The plant has large roots that are good to eat. Chew like a piece of surgarcane, the taste is sweet like honey. Swallow the juice and spit out the fiber. The roots, once cooked, can be stored for 6 months. In ancient times they were eaten during times when there was no food. This food is said to be able to sustain a person for one day, if eaten in the morning, the person not be hungry until sunset. Today, people eat this plant at festivals, as it is no longer a famine food.

intate a nelgo waj

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. seat on canoe

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

intelecha

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n. Spathoglottis petri (RPV #166)

intohou ataheñ

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n. kind of shellfish

intop̃ asiej

This plant is used as a wild cabbage. The leaves are used to cover fish when baking in an earth oven and then these leaves are eaten. This is another "calendar plant" of Aneityum. When this plant flowers it means that turtles are very fat, so it is the indication that it’s time to go fishing for turtles. Also a "message plant." If a person wishes to break an agreement then the person puts the top leaves of this plant on another individual’s doorstep to indicate that the agreement is broken.
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n. herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3221)

Example: This plant is used as a wild cabbage. The leaves are used to cover fish when baking in an earth oven and then these leaves are eaten. This is another "calendar plant" of Aneityum. When this plant flowers it means that turtles are very fat, so it is the indication that it’s time to go fishing for turtles. Also a "message plant." If a person wishes to break an agreement then the person puts the top leaves of this plant on another individual’s doorstep to indicate that the agreement is broken.

intoutau

Psychotria

n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3486)

inya

1. As a child’s game, some times children put the segments of the needles together to see who can make the largest one. 2. A "calendar plant"--when the needles are brown, it is an indication that people should not work hard, but should rest or they will not feel well. If they try to work they will feel sleepy--an indication of the season of higher heat. 3. Wood is used as firewood. 4. Firewood, inner bark good for ciguatera poisoning, scratch the inner bark and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give to the sick person to drink – very effective. Use the largest most mature part of the stem.
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n. large tree, 16 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3222)

Example: 1. As a child’s game, some times children put the segments of the needles together to see who can make the largest one. 2. A "calendar plant"--when the needles are brown, it is an indication that people should not work hard, but should rest or they will not feel well. If they try to work they will feel sleepy--an indication of the season of higher heat. 3. Wood is used as firewood. 4. Firewood, inner bark good for ciguatera poisoning, scratch the inner bark and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give to the sick person to drink – very effective. Use the largest most mature part of the stem.

inyihev

n. kind of tree

inyiivac

Ornamental. Some have red flowers. Red birds drink the juice. Normally flowers July, August, September.
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n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3683)

Example: Ornamental. Some have red flowers. Red birds drink the juice. Normally flowers July, August, September.

iurac

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n. kind of crab

jai

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conj. but

kurimatou

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[kurimataʊ] n. cow (lit. dog’s older brother)

leyei cap

n. kind of taro

maprum

This grass is planted to protect a person’s farm from being affected by evil spirits.
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n. grass to 1 m, flowers purplish (collection: Michael J. Balick #4935)

Example: This grass is planted to protect a person’s farm from being affected by evil spirits.

maputu-ligighap

n. the stem of a coconut leaf used for a butt

nabudwä

n. Vittaria lineata

Example: Frond: cold maceration taken internally against ciguatera

nacigaces

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[naɣiŋaɣas] n. Mystery Island (eastern part) (lit. chiefly basket for fish or fish will always want to get your bait)

nadiat

n. day

nadimi dowag

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[nadimi dowaŋ] phr. six men (there are)

nafirama

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nafirama] n. a kind of basket

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nahau ahod

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n. kind of turtle

nahojcei

Long time ago used seeds to make necklaces, don’t last long.
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n. low-growing, creeping vine growing in grassy area just inland from coastal strand. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3224)

Example: Long time ago used seeds to make necklaces, don’t last long.

nake

The very young leaves of this plant are edible.
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n. terrestrial fern, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3712)

Example: The very young leaves of this plant are edible.

nakli pece

n. isle, island

nala

The stem of this plant is used for firewood.  If a person has been drinking kava and the next morning feels hung over, they can take a handful of the leaves of this  plant, crush them in cool water, and wash their face with this. This treatment will help the kava feeling to disappear.
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n. shrub to 2 m, coastal vegetation (collection: Michael J. Balick #4961)

Example: The stem of this plant is used for firewood. If a person has been drinking kava and the next morning feels hung over, they can take a handful of the leaves of this plant, crush them in cool water, and wash their face with this. This treatment will help the kava feeling to disappear.

nalak hat

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n. kind of plantain (strong one)

nametreyeñ

This plant is used to make head garlands as it smells very fragrant.
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n. scandent shrub, growing along strand in coastal forest. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3688)

Example: This plant is used to make head garlands as it smells very fragrant.

namlau or nida

People on Anietyum carve a kava bowl from the wood of this species, that is unique to this island. It is oblong in shape and has a handle on each side.
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n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3684)

Example: People on Anietyum carve a kava bowl from the wood of this species, that is unique to this island. It is oblong in shape and has a handle on each side.

napua

n. kind of taro

narasen numu

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[narasɛn numu] n. skin (of a fish)

nariko

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.
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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.

nasyej

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. kind of cabbage

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

natau

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n. kind of shellfish

natiñpece

Ischaemum muticum
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n. herb, growing on roadside in open disturbed area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3607)

natji

The wood of this species is used to make a spear for fishing. The wood can also be used to make spears for hunting wild pigs.
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n. shrub, 1. 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3469)

Example: The wood of this species is used to make a spear for fishing. The wood can also be used to make spears for hunting wild pigs.

natoga u inmeijcop

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

naurakiti

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nauram aged

n. kind of banana

neaig aged

n. a spotted coconut

necvamiau

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n. kind of shellfish

neheptal

Wood is used to make canoe as it is very light and lasts in salt water. As a styptic to stop bleeding, when a person gets a cut in the bush, scrape off outer bark and use inner bark scrapings to put on cut. Stops bleeding, leave on for one day.
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n. tree to 15 m tall, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4903)

Example: Wood is used to make canoe as it is very light and lasts in salt water. As a styptic to stop bleeding, when a person gets a cut in the bush, scrape off outer bark and use inner bark scrapings to put on cut. Stops bleeding, leave on for one day.

nejev

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n. Pacific kauri (RPV #13)

nejev

The small stems of this plant are used to hold the outrigger to the canoe. The larger wood is good for sawn timber.
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n. tree, 16-18 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3722)

Example: The small stems of this plant are used to hold the outrigger to the canoe. The larger wood is good for sawn timber.

neled

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n. kind of shellfish

nepec

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n. kind of bush

nepek

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n. kind of shellfish

nepelcopei

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n. kind of bush

nepilvan

n. tender shoots

nepjed

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. orange (fruit)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nesjig jig

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[nesʤiŋ ʤin] n. October (lit. time to fertilize and plant the garden)

nidincai

n. balsam; resin

nidnaiñ

Wood is strong and light so used to build houses.
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n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4942)

Example: Wood is strong and light so used to build houses.

niri atga

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. kind of seashell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

niri atga

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. type of seashell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

nirinat erefera ran

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nirinɣat erefera ran] n. pandanus leaf rolled for the preparation of mats and baskets

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nohos itooga

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. kind of banana

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nohos upene

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[nohos upene] n. kind of banana (lit. "good banana")

nohwan ajimta

n. kind of taro

nuae

Use this to make rope. Cut the vine, heat over a low fire, when it is still warm, tie posts of the house--the heat makes the cord very strong and tying it while in that condition makes it really strong.
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n. vine to 2 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4939)

Example: Use this to make rope. Cut the vine, heat over a low fire, when it is still warm, tie posts of the house--the heat makes the cord very strong and tying it while in that condition makes it really strong.

nugnyiobod

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nuhu

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[nuhu] n. floating rock from the volcano

nuka

n. leaves for an oven

numnyac

n. a kind of bulbous root

numu

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[numu] n. fish (general)

nuputuligighap

n. stem of coconut leaf

nädoiatmas

n. Polyscias samoensis

Example: leaf -- cold maceration taken internally against ciguatera

o’oh

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[oʔo] phr. no (traditional)

oujeiko

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prep. up there

puke

adv. seaward

tatau

Sphyraena obtusata http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-obtusata.html
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n. Yellowtail barracuda

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tesyapotan

Pristiglottis montana

n. terrestrial orchid growing in cloud forest along ridge. Flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3281)