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-ki
affix in this direction; here; this
bookmarkahpeto
v. taro; yams
bookmarkehnat aiek
v.n. go before
bookmarkerijai
v.n. to rise up; to overflow as sea on land; to get ashore
bookmarkfara
n. pineapple
bookmarkincipñekrei
inhetelga
n. a runner, the fruit of which is round like a cake
bookmarkinhupau
inhuterau
n. a rainbow
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
inleuc nipji nakevai
n. a bolt of pandanus leaf
bookmarkinmahim nakowai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinmerimri
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmoupog
n. tree to 8 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4927)
Example: The wood of this tree is used as firewood. Children collect the dry fruits and use them for decorations and toys, for example playing with a fruit on the beach, driving it as if it were a toy truck or boat (photo).
bookmarkinmouwat
inpece lelicai
n. kind of tree
bookmarkintal eteuc
n. the name of a plant with a white flower; a lily
bookmarkintesyaniau
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.
bookmarkintop̃asiej ura
n. stoloniferous herb, 15 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3561)
Example: In the past the ancestors learned to cook the leaves of this species with fish in an earth over and then eat the leaves as well as the fish. Today, fish are wrapped with small leaves and then covered with lap-lap leaf (Polyscias) and cooked in an earth oven.
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karaka
n. kind of tree
bookmarklaknu
nagereta
nahcai milmat
nahojcei
naiji elcau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknakoaha
n. kind of taro
bookmarknalgaij
n. kind of sugarcane; also "inhelegaij"
bookmarknalgaj
nalvi pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknamaka
nameleahpu
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknamop
n. kind of tree
bookmarknamrad
nariramteh
n. kind of banana
bookmarknasjiramnem
n. grass to 20-30 cm tall, florets brown. Growing along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4970)
Example: This plant is used to make a medicine to stop bleeding, as a styptic. Squeeze a handful of leaves together and apply the leaves as a poultice to the wound or drip the juice on the wound when it does not seem wise to put pressure on the bleeding. This will stop the blood from flowing from the wound and is only to be used on a small wound.
bookmarknausakrai
n. thorn
bookmarknauwainapit
n. lightning
bookmarknecñanman
nedaugatmas
n. kind of tree
bookmarknednaeñ
neducai inhujid
n. kind of tree
bookmarkneijiv
n. species of pine
bookmarknepnou
netcetas
n. well branched tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4084)
Example: 1. The name means "explosion". Further information about the plant withheld.
bookmarknethedwoleg
n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3557)
Example: For treatment of a stomach ache, or if your stomach "complains", take very young stems, break off the leaves and chew the stems and swallow the juice. Use a 3-5 cm pieces of stems, chew, and then it clears your intestines and will make you go to the toilet.
bookmarknicvan neaig
n. kind of taro
bookmarknida
n. tree, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3685)
Example: Sharpen the end of a straight pole of this tree and use it to plant taro in a swampy area. For family planning. Scratch away the inner bark into your hand and mix with 1/4 cup salty water. Woman the uses (not specified how to use) it after her monthly period to protect her from getting pregnant.
bookmarknidid
n. Ambon emperor
Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkniducai
n. kind of tree
bookmarknidwunitei
n. tree fern, trunk 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4102)
Example: 1. There are kinds of this plant. This is considered the white one. See GMP #4100, Cyathea sp., which is considered the black one.
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4061)
Example: 1. When cooking "Naura" (freshwater prawns), the leaves are used to wrap them before they are roasted in a fire. 2. When making lap-lap (a traditional dish made of grated root crops), and the lap-lap leaf is unavailable (Heliconia sp.), use the large leaf of this species to wrap the taro.
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 8-9 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3655)
Example: If the preferred banana leaves are not available to wrap food for cooking, then use young leaves of this species and tie taro and fish for cooking. Take 4-5 leaves and wrap the food with the leaves. Tie a rope around the food and tie them all together using any strong vine. They can then be cooked over an open fire.
bookmarknipji nelaneayñ
nititidei
nohlaig
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknohos New Zealand opah
noyeiwow
n. vine to 4 m, cultivated (collection: Michael J. Balick #5013)
Example: This is a cultivated, edible tuber. If a cyclone comes and blows the vines, the tuber will still be intact. The vines of this type of Dioscorea are very strong. Normal yam vine tears in high winds and the tuber will not grow for food but will die; this one will not. It is very good for places with strong winds and storms.
bookmarknusjau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknwujvaeñ
n. vine climbing up ficus wassa, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4016)
Example: 1. The vine is use to lash roof rafters to house posts. The vine is collected from the forest and coiled ina figure 8 pattern. It is then heated over a fire before fastening the rafter to the post. 1 minute of heat is sufficient, before one immediately uses the vine.
bookmarkrap̃ad
[rak͡pad] n. black hawk
bookmarktedtedwaleg
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarktilcenayi
n. full moon
bookmarkucjicjid
v.a. to heap up earth to taro
bookmarkupsahu
n. the seed of breadfruit that is not firm
bookmarkwidinahau
n. kind of banana
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