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ecetaig an moije
v.n. to go on to a reef with a canoe or boat
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.
bookmarkEt elwa nieg
phr. the reeds blossom.
bookmarkeucupupu (nieg)
v. to swell, as reeds when near blossoming
bookmarkgras
igca pam
phr. on this side
bookmarkincetcai
n. a bundle of wood for fire
bookmarkincetevak
n. Pink Squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhakli kwori
inmauwad itoga
n. a foreign convolvulus
bookmarkinmeripciv
n. kind of breadfruit
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.
bookmarkintaigana
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintekes ~ inrowod
intelopse atamaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkinwau
n. a creeper, a vine
bookmarkinwoapeñ
inwouse
inwowityuwun
inyetupou lelcei
karadakoal
n. a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.
bookmarkkaraka
n. kind of tree
bookmarkkava
n. a plant from which an intoxicating drink is prepared
bookmarkkiliek nahpu
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmaputu-ligighap
n. the stem of a coconut leaf used for a butt
bookmarkmasoa
n. sterile herb, juvenile form (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3438)
Example: This plant is used as a starchy food. To prepare it, grarte it into a dish, wash with water, the starch settles to the bottom, pour off the water, dry the starch in the sun and make it into a powder. The starch can be cooked with coconut milk and eaten.
bookmarkna elmai
n. cloth (related to nelmai)
bookmarknaerek
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3492)
Example: 1. Used for firewood. Whole plant used to make a broom for sweeping by tying the small branches together. The very topmost leaves are used when planting kava, as a “superstition” you hold a lead between your big and second toes when tamping the earth down for a kava plant, to give power to earth so kava grows well. 2. This plant is used to make a local broom. Collect a number of branches, let them dry in the sun--the leaves will fall off--then tie the branches together with a piece of Pandanus leaf or any other vine that is handy.
bookmarknahed u paralecei
nakautefa
n. kind of tree
bookmarknalad iran
n. seed of a fig
bookmarknalauba
[nalauba] n. Emerald Dove
Example: Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarknamaj
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapannopotan
napojev
n. sparsely branched tree, growing in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3477)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used in cooking, particuarly with the earth oven. Use a fire to heat stones, then when the fire burns down and the stones are hot, pile these leaves on top of the hot stones and then place the food being cooked--taro, fish, pig, cassava, banana or other foods--on top of the leaves. Then pile more of these leaves on top of the food and then place additional hot stones on top of that pile of leaves. While the food is cooking--each type of food takes a different amount of time--the leaves give off a very nice smell and help flavor the food.
bookmarknara
n. kind of tree
bookmarknaraki
n. a calm, a smooth sea
bookmarknasau
n. a crop; fruit which grows spontaneously
bookmarknau inwai
n. channel of a stream
bookmarknauaneig
n. a reed
bookmarknelgou waj
nelnjen
nepihti
n. kind of tree
bookmarknerinabod
n. Brassy chub, lowfin drummer
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknetto
n. sugarcane
bookmarkniau
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknida
nidi yebeg
n. Humpback unicornfish
Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknigyahtal
n. kind of banana
bookmarknijkowai
n. Spanish flag, stripey
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknijmese
n. green foliage
bookmarknillum
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknimit
n. sparsely branched tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3208)
Example: The flying fox eats the fruit of this tree. When the fruits are ripe, the seeds are edible and children cut off the outside of the fruit and eat the nut. Wrap fish with this leaf and cook it on top of a fire--it tastes good. House posts are made from the trunk of the tree. It grows in the coastal area.
bookmarkniña
[niŋa] n. shell
bookmarknocirasjau
large tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4052)
Example: 1. Considered to be a relative of textit{Morinda citrifolia}.
bookmarknomotmot
n. grass
bookmarknoporo pora
nucja
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknunyepec
n. understory tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4049)
Example: 1. The name means "knife of sandpaper", a type of fish. The leaf base resembles the fin of the fish. 2. In the past, a spear was made from the sapling wood of this plant for tribal warfare. Today, spears are made from this plant for fishing. First, a relatively straight spaling is chosen and then heated over a fire. The pliable portion of wood is straightened and then decorticated. When cool, a portion of wire can be affixed on one end to aid in the spearing of fish.
bookmarkpak
adj. unripe
bookmarkrohalrohal
adj. rough, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch
bookmarktarucai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkwud yi encreucaig
v.a. beat so as to shake a tree
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