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-ko
affix yonder; away from
bookmarkalwa
v. to bud; to put forth leaves
bookmarkapnyin
n. time; weather; day; morning
bookmarkelv-
pre. far; long; applied to distance or time
bookmarkheto
v. to grow again, as hair, feathers, plants; to come out, as teeth
bookmarkhogelcou
n. royal albatross
bookmarkidi
adj. stringy, watery, as taro; also "ede"
bookmarkigcase
n. a place down, or westward
bookmarkinharisihau
inhau amai
n. moderately branched treelet, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3203)
Example: 1a. This type of hibiscus has young leaves that are reddish in color and it is an edible type. The stems are eaten during April-July. Harvest the stems, beat them and cut off the outer bark. Collect inner bark, slicing it off the stem and wrapping it in a banana type leaf with coconut milk added. Bake all night at least 8 hours, then it is eaten. Said to taste like a root vegetable. Used during the dry season when there are not many crops available. 1b. Take young shoot of the tree then pound the base to separate the base of the bark from the stem but leave it on the stem, say pound 4-5 inches around the base, then come back 3-4 months and the rest of the bark would be thicker. Then cut where it was pounded, cut stem in 1.5-foot pieces, bake on an earth oven, leaves on bottom layer (on top of charcoal) then sticks, then leaves on top, then hot stones, and then more leaves. Bake for 1.5 hours, then remove a stick at a time and use shell to scrape away outer bark, cut into 6 inch pieces, put on log, pound to make softer, put in lap lap leaves leaf wrapping, add coconut milk, put in stone oven, cook for one hour then open lap lap leaves and eat. 2. This variety is for this purpose just like Pohnpei. 3. This variety is not used for grass skirt.
bookmarkinhupau
inhurei
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinhus u miliaig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinje tadwain anholwas
inlepei u inpoded
inlop̃ot
inmahim nakowai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinmeranauunse
n. kind of breadfruit
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.
bookmarkinmunuka
n. thunder
bookmarkintapin
n. a hedge; a shelter
bookmarkinwae
n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3563)
Example: Children like to eat the fruit of this plant. It is said to taste like pineapple/mango. It must be very ripe to be eaten. Peel and discard the skin. The fruit is most sweet when it is on the ground for a few days. Some children eat the seeds of this fruit but it has a strong oily taste--too many cause vomiting and if a person eats 1-2 seeds it can cause diarrhea.
bookmarkinwah
n. food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
bookmarkinwai meteuc
n. the sweet potato
bookmarkinʧatamain
itac acen
adj. afar
bookmarkmak
adj. smooth, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch
bookmarknadut u nadiat
n. dawn of day
bookmarknaheñ
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4066)
Example: 1. Young saplings are used to prepare a fishing spear. First a straight sapling is chosen and sized. Then it is heated over a fire to render it pliable. After the length is straightened, it is decorticated. Once cooled, a portion of wire can be affixed to an end to aid in spearing fish.
bookmarknahren
n. half-tide, ebbing
bookmarknairum̃an
nakautefa
n. kind of tree
bookmarknala
namp̃owei
n. terrestrial fern, growing in secondary forest along the river. Fronds dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3644)
Example: This is a sacred plant, it will keep crops, such as foods, in good condition and protect people from famine and loss of crops. It grows wild along the river and people leave it there and also move the plants to the house along with Terminalia fruiticosa and other unspecified plants for use in protecting their crops. For example, when people go to the garden, they take their planting stick and place it near these plants for a while, and being near it will help protect the garden as a person then works with their planting stick to plant the garden.
bookmarknapleañ
naravi
n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts
bookmarknared
n. vine to 3 m, sori brown. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4930)
Example: Take a handful of the vine, twist it into rope with many stems of the vine, and use it to tie bundles of sugar cane. It can also be used to tie wild canes (Miscanthus) to the roof of the house. Take a handful of the vine, twist it into rope with many stems of the vine, and use it to tie bundles of sugar cane. It can also be used to tie wild canes (Miscanthus) to the roof of the house.
bookmarknatora
nauad
n. kind of tree
bookmarknauhap̃ apeñ
nauram
n. kind of banana
bookmarknausecrai
n. a species of thorn
bookmarknauyan
n. dawn of day
bookmarknauyerop
n. species of sycamore (117); a sycamore fig (97)
bookmarkneduon
n. a bone, a foot
bookmarkneduwudu
adj. full of seeds, as the pawpaw apple
bookmarkneihon
n. a chewing of wood, and spitting it on sick people, to cure them; also "naihon"
bookmarknekro
nemek
n. yellow leaves for making petticoats
bookmarknepig upni
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.
bookmarkniditau
nillum
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknirinat erefera ran
nisjin
n. shoots of plants of bananas
bookmarkniskes
n. Harry hotlips, blubberlip
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknohmunjap
n. beach
bookmarknomotan
n. Spangled emperor
Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknouraju
n. shrub to 1 m, flowers green (collection: Michael J. Balick #4895)
Example: To make bush ropes, remove outer bark, use to tie things when other ropes are not available. This plant is sour and toxic if the fruits or leaves are eaten. Animals will not eat this plant. The elders teach us not to eat this plant.
bookmarknowat
n. Convict surgeonfish, convict tang
Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknoweitopgat
nucije
n. Sirius, the Dog Star
bookmarknuhialeg upni
pejadi
v.n. get off the reef
bookmarkromo romo
n. vine to 1 m, fruits black. Secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4906)
bookmarkyatit
n. kind of banana
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