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araho
n. made of branches
bookmarkcubuj cubuj
n. Lattice soldierfish, violet soldierfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkelumai
n. cloth (related to nelmai)
bookmarkincanaij yohon
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkincat tal
n. basket of taro
bookmarkinhujum
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinja
n. Moorish idol
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinlelitai
n. bush land; uncultivated land
bookmarkinmauwad itoga
n. a foreign convolvulus
bookmarkinmayinpak
n. Peacock hind
Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY-A 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinmerei
n. tree to 2 m tall,dbh 40 com (collection: Michael J. Balick #4877)
Example: To treat a local disease (that causes pain in the stomach) called "Namya," peel off the outer bark, collect 1 handful of inner bark, boil with 1/2 liter of water, drink warm, 3 cups/daily, for 3 days. At that point the person will feel that "the weakness is no longer in the body." After 3 days of treatment the pain in the stomach goes away. Wood is used for posts; leaves for compost for holes that people will plant taro in--line the bottom of the hole before placing soil and taro in it.
bookmarkinmereijcil
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinp̃alanhas
intal eteuc
n. the name of a plant with a white flower; a lily
bookmarkintal yag
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintesyan numarei
n. Longspine emperor
Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkintijgarae
n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3519)
Example: The stem of this plant is used for fence posts that lead to the sea, and it is resistant to salt water and lasts a long time. The wood is strong and good to make house posts. People use this wood on the coast as salt water does not bother this wood.
bookmarkintinan mese
n. dry land planted
bookmarkinyade
n. kind of banana
bookmarkkowei
n. herb to 0. 75 m, fruits brown. Growing in cultivated area near village. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5012)
Example: Children use this fruit as a rattle. When parents go to the gardens or fields with their children, they collect the pods for the children to use as a rattle and amuse themselves. Unspecified medicinal use.
bookmarkmaranapa
n. kind of banana
bookmarkmuri muri
murimuri
nagdajija
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknaheñ
nahmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknahraren nepig
n. dawn of day
bookmarknalad iran
n. seed of a fig
bookmarknalvara
n. the beginning of cold wind
bookmarknamarai
n. preserved breadfruit
bookmarkname cedo
napaecei
naposjilcau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapupwi a darumea
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknarahcai
n. a table made of reeds, for drying arrowroot, etc.
bookmarknauhoig yi amud
n. break of day
bookmarknaupitju
n. treelet, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3622)
Example: People use the leaf of this plant to tie over grated banana, taro or other foods for cooking in an earth oven or boiling in a pot. The root of this species is edible. Cook it for 2-3 nights in an earth oven and then chew and squeeze the juice into your mouth, spitting out the fiber. It is a survival food.
bookmarknaupiñiña
n. terrestrial fern, growing in secondary forest along the river. Leaves c. 2. 25 m long. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3656)
Example: Put several leaves of this species together to wrap food, especially the fresh water eel, and to carry plants of taro, kava, holding the leaves over one’s shoulder to carry these crops.
bookmarknauyerop
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3505)
Example: The young leaves are edible, after boiling for 5 minutes. A piece of coconut and a pinch of salt is wrapped in the leaves and eaten. The mature leaves are used to wrap food such as pig or cow meat and cooked in an earth oven. Tie this bundle with a piece of Pandanus fiber to secure it before putting in the earth oven. Both the green and ripe fruits are edible.
bookmarknauyerop̃ u inman
nehpan neaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkneijis ieg
n. a bundle of reeds for a torch; a torch
bookmarknejev
nekrolas
nelm̃ai apeñ
n. tree 6 m tall, dbh 15 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4864)
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.
bookmarknerin nujipsotan
n. blade, as of corn or grass
bookmarknijom arahed
nilpudou
n. herb to 70 cm, florets yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4998)
Example: To treat a headache, especially from the flu, boil a handful of leaves in 1 liter of water for a few minutes, let cool and drink 1 cup of liquid per day . Also can treat this type of headache by using the plant in a steam bath, by boiling 4 handfuls of leaves in a pot of water, covering the head with a towel and breathing in the steam from the pot.
bookmarknimtinjap par alau
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarkniriñ neyaiñ
nisasin
n. ray of light in the morning
bookmarknoducnas
n. a bunch of taro
bookmarknohwan yag
n. kind of taro
bookmarknokoro vai cai oho
n. orchard
bookmarknoweitopgat
nowigma
n. a dried or withered breadfruit tree
bookmarknuei
n. vine, growing up trees in primary forest at edge of river. flower white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3675)
Example: This vine is collected, rolled in a figure 8 and put on a fire to soften it and used to tie posts. It is tied when warm, because when it cools it is very strong, "like wire." It does not burn on the fire, only become soft. It is said to be excellent for the construction of cyclone houses, it shrinks after heating to make a very strong rope.
bookmarknumurumu
nupunyepec
nuput, noho’ich
n. cultivated anthropogenic landscape (lawn and planted trees). (collection: Keith E. Clancy #6655)
bookmarknusjai um legad
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknässäi
pakauoc
adj. unripe
bookmarkrohalrohal
adj. rough, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch
bookmarktapasetarayi
n. kind of taro
bookmarktatau
n. Yellowtail barracuda
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkuman
n. garden
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