Aneityum

[aɣes nohos] phr. I eat/bite a banana

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n. second growth of taro

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

white

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

v.n. go to sea

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

adj. sweet; shady

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 57

v. chew

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.n. go after

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 154

[araheθ] n. round

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

adj. unripe

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 196

v. plant

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

adj. a second growth as of taro

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 72

wind blowing

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

phr. the reeds blossom.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 77

n. tree to 15 m, dbh 75 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #5006)

Example: The stems of this tree are used to make temporary houses and for firewood. This is one of the leaves that is used in an unspecified mixture to put in a rough sea to calm th ewaters.

Scientific name: Syzygium richii, Speaker: Tony Keith

n. herb to 1. 5 m, flowers white with pink tips. Growing on sandy path along coastal walk to ute. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4989)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to finish the ridge of the house roof. Lay the leaves horzontally on top of the roof, and the sides of the roof are thatched with palms or grass. Layer 10 leaves on top of each other to enable this part of the roof (known as nitjintiniom) to last for a long time--perhaps up to 6 years. If this is used on the top of a roof where there is a fire burning, such as a kitchen, and this leaf gets a lot of smoke, it can last much longer a the top of the roof--perhaps 10 years or more.

Scientific name: Alpinia zerumbet, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n. taro (RPV #146b)

Scientific name: Caladium bicolor, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[indraʊ] n. pandanus leaf wrapping for the preparation of fish

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

[inhɛlɛn] n. penis (gen.)

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. kind of shellfish

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n. a rainbow

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113

[inʤia] n. chicken

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. tree to 5 m, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4933)

Example: The wood is light and used to make paddles for canoes.

Scientific name: Symplocos aneityensis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n. kind of fish

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n. vine to 1 m, flowers greenish (collection: Michael J. Balick #4904)

Example: This is an introduced species. Use ripe fruits to produce a kind of ink for writing.

Scientific name: Passiflora suberosa, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n. light

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114

n. summer, autumn

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 190; 126

n. kind of breadfruit

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

n. kind of breadfruit

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

n. a stringy bark tree

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

n. kind of breadfruit

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

n. the cold season; winter

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 87

n. treelet, 1. 75 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4077)

Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis

[inmoiʤev ʤupʤupura] n. the evening star, early star

Speaker: David Nasauman

[inmoiʤev anofomat] n. a bright red star in the former constellation Argo Navis, in the direction of where the islands meet on the horizon

Speaker: David Nasauman

[inmopon] n. liver

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. Foxface

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus vulpinus via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n. kind of fish

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n. Ipomea indica

Example: latex blown from stalk using it like a straw; anti-hemorrhage

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 441

n. kind of tree

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

n. tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3286)

Scientific name: Calophyllum neoebudicum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n. Blacksaddled coralgrouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by jidanchaomian / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus laevis via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n. bush land where forest trees grow; also "intucjip"

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

n. tops of branches

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

n. the wicker-work bed (constellation?)

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113

n. blossom (open)

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 130

[intisjaŋɣe] n. flower

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

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.

Scientific name: Wedelia uniflora, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n. kind of fish

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4025)

Example: 1. Hardwood is used to make a fishing spear. Wire is fashioned at the point to make a spear head. 2. Young plants are used to fasten coconut leaves to the rafters, in the thatching process.

Scientific name: Arytera brackenridgei, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n. tree, 9 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4053)

Example: 1. Timber is often harvested and sold from this tree. 2. Flying foxes enjoy the fruits of this tree. Hunters gather nearby this species when the flying foxes are hunted.

Scientific name: Sideroxylon aneityense, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

adj. afar

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 121

adv. a long time ago

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 91

n. the seven stars; the children of Kumnyumoi

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 91

n. half tide when rising

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 93

[nadimi dala] phr. five men (there are)

Speaker: David Nasauman

[nadimi deroʊ] phr. two men (there are)

Speaker: David Nasauman

n. Harlequin sweetlips, many-spotted sweetlips

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides via FishBase, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

[naŋɛsɛŋa atŋa] n. walking sun symbol

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. kind of taro

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n. thorn

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 193

n. isle, island

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 160

[nakajaŋ a nijman] n. palm of hand

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. kind of plantain (strong one)

Speaker: David Nasauman

n. kind of sugarcane

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

n. grass; also "namutmut"

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 95

n. large scandent herb, to 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3453)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to wrap manihot, fish, banana and other vegetables when cooking them in an earth oven or open fire.

Scientific name: Joinvillea plicata, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n. kind of bush

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n. epiphyte on fallen tree branch with abundant mosses, growing in rain forest on the mountain slope. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3291)

Scientific name: Davallia pusilla, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

[napanaunuŋ eθa] phr. where are you going?

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[napʊlaoʊ] n. shin

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. well branched, partly fallen tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4054)

Example: 1. Branches of these leaves are used to cover and insulate earth ovens.

Scientific name: Polyscias cissodendron, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n. bark

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 127

n. the juice of the breadfruit tree

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 96

n. hedge

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 156

n. Bluespot mullet

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Moolgarda seheli via FishBase, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n. Macaranga tanarius L.

Example: Inner bark: mouthwash with decoction, toothache.

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 442

n. kind of shellfish

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n. cloth of coconut tree; anything useless. Ek idivaig nenis ainyak, I am quite useless

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99

[nabejoʊ] n. waves (ocean)

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

[nepiŋ θoʊ] n. night, moon has just gone down but enough light to see

Speaker: David Nasauman

n. Barringtonia asiatica L.

Example: inner bark: ground, added to dug pools in the sea as fish poison

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 442

n. prepared pandanus leaf

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 170

n. kind of shellfish

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[niŋeɣ] n. Mystery island (western, longer part)

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. the castor-oil plant

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

[ninɛhɛn nʊmʊ] n. fish scales

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n. frankincense

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 152

[nohor] n. Woodford’s Rail

Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Nesoclopeus woodfordi, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n. a bunch of taro; also "nuhud ucnas"

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 104

n. fish; life

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n. non-fish creatures in the sea

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nupʧin hoθaiŋ] n. star in the west

Speaker: David Nasauman

n. dwarf (South dialect)

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

adv. downward

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 108

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

Scientific name: Pristiglottis montana

n. full moon

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 109

(?)

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v. to fish (with a rod)

Speaker: Romario Yaufati