ared numta
v.
to plant taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 62
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inceimohos
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tree to 8 m, dbh 5 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4896)
Example: The young stems of this tree are used to make spears, either by sharpening the end or attaching several wires to the tip.
Scientific name: Alangium vitiense, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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inhitilga
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liana climbing up a Syzygium tree into the canopy, growing at edge of dense forest near garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3637)
Example: Rope is made from the inner bark of this plant. Use the rope immediately after it is stripped from the bark, there is no need to treat it with heat as is the case with other plants. Alternatively, the coil of bark rope can be kept in fresh water where it will stay soft until needed. Medicine for women when sick with a headache from the spirit sea snake, or sea god, or sea spirit that makes people sick. Men use it to help with toochaches. Women use it to help with backpain, stomache pain, or any other pain. Must pound two leaves taken from the top of the plant and combine with incespiv. Rosalina Nijae said it was mostly used by men so did not know how to use it well. Walking in bush and become thirsty, cut vine on 1 side and drink. Seeds made into foot bracelets for men for Kastom dances and make all sorts of different sounds. In some places taboo to cut large one as the large ones embody the snake spirit.
Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inhulec ~ iɣleɣ
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n.
Yellow-throated White-eye
Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific name: Zosterops metcalfii, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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inlelitai
n.
bush land; uncultivated land
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 86
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inleuc nipji nakevai
n.
a bolt of pandanus leaf
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 86
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inma
inmenyau
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Brown Goshawk
Example: Brown Goshawk juvenile. Photo by Graham Winterflood, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Accipiter fasciatus, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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inmetapau
n.
treelet, 1. 75 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4077)
Scientific name: Ixora aneityensis
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inrosi
n.
a clearing of bush or reeds
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 88
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intal eteuc
n.
the name of a plant with a white flower; a lily
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 88
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inteses
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parasite on branches of Geissois denhamii tree, growing in dense rainforest. Flowers orange-red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4028)
Example: 1. This plant is known to kill other trees and is regarded as a parasite. 2. The plant is related to kastom use regarding the separation of two lovers--more information witheld.
Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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intesyaniau
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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.
Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Tony Keith
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intisianmop
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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inwoudec
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liana climbing on large Dillenia tree, growing in primary forest at edge of river. flower white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3677)
Example: If a person is building a temporary house and has no other way of attaching the poles, collect the vine of this species, roll it a bit to break the fiber, heat it in a figure 8 form and then use for tying poles while warm.
Scientific name: Jasminum didymum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inyipei
n.
the flour, as of arrowroot
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 90
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lelen
adj.
unripe
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 196
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lelohos
n.
a garden of bananas
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 92
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nabudschata
n.
Achyranthes aspera L.
Example: juice squeezed from leaves; taken internally against asthma and put into boils
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 439
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nacigaces
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n.
Mystery Island (eastern part) (lit. chiefly basket for fish or fish will always want to get your bait)
Speaker: Ruben Nerian
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naetau
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4766)
Scientific name: Cf. Tapirira guianensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nagai
n.
the name of a tree with fruit like almonds
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94
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nagdajija
n.
kind of breadfruit
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nahren
n.
half-tide, ebbing
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 155
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nahrin nij
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nala
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shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3217)
Example: 1a. When traveling past a community you can place these leaves in a basket or walk with it in your hand. In this way people in the community know that you are traveling in peace and will cause no harm to people in that village. 1b. Message plant – if you go to visit someone and they are not there, you leave a branch of this on the door or somewhere they can see it and they know that some relatives have come and tried to visit them.
Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nam̃ou
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4778)
Scientific name: liana, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nanedauyan
naposjelcau
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4764)
Scientific name: Tarenna, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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napuleman
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nap̃at
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terrestrial fern, growing in dwarf cloud-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3268)
Example: For performing a weather magic ritual to produce fog, this plant is fermented along with another plant (nirid u numu) in a hole in a sacred stone (called "Naemoso") at a secret location on Aneityum.
Scientific name: Trichomanes, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nap̃ojev
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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
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nasjiramnem
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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.
Scientific name: Paspalum conjugatum, Speaker: Tony Keith
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natuun
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nauaneig
n.
a reed
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 97
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nauincai
n.
tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 195
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necñanman
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small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4026)
Example: 1. The name of this plant means birdfoot. Accordingly, portions of this plant are used when a fire is smoky, to abate the smoke.
Scientific name: Plerandra actinostigma, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nehno
n.
a species of poisonous tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 98
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nehtet upaipai
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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neijin nij
n.
cliff
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 135
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nelmaha
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tree. Growing near village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #21)
Example: 1. To cure spirit sickness of the niteitau. Use plants that also end with "au" : niditau, intoutau, naoyerop. Go to the top of the plant to get the soft leaves of the plants niditau, intoutau, naoyerop, also take the bark. The person making the medicine should be holding the these leaves with a piece of nelmaha. Nelmaha means go away. The sick person chews the leaves and bark and swallows the juice spitting out the fiber into the nelmaha the medicine maker is holding. The medicine person then takes the spit out fiber in the nalmaha leaf and throws it into the sea in front of the village. 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. 3. To cure headaches - Someone other than the woman must prepare this. Break the top branch of netethae and remove leaves for use. Combine with the top leaves of the top branch of nelmaha. Chew the leaves and drink the juice. Do this when the sun is setting on the horizon. The woman gives the leftover fibers to the person who prepared the medicine and that person goes and throws the fibers in the direction of the setting sun. 4. To cure toothache when pregnant - Take the inner bark from Intejed and boil it in a pot of seawater (about 1 liter) along with 2 leaves from each of inpounatmas, narayag, nahayag, and nelmaha. Boil until juice is visibly leaving the plants. Put this water into your mouth and hold it there for 2-3 minutes. Do this this with one cup in the morning, 1 cup in the afternoon, and 1 cup in the evening. 5. Used to fight against black magic in an unspecified way. 6. Roll leaf and put in pocket for protection when walk in a new area. 7. Message plant if a land dispute – if a person puts this stem or leaf in another’s garden whom they are angry with it means go away!! 8. To treat sick people, especially who fall ill from black magic to save their life. Symptoms vary, for example a person with small boils over body,* a person chews the leaf and spits it on the sick person, 1x and then puts the branch with leaves near the sick person when they sleep – 3x (1x day) branch is ca. 25cm long. (*headache, severe)
Scientific name: Ficus littoralis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nemeg
neroa
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tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3527)
Example: 1. The flower is used to make a necklace and the wood used as poles for a house roof. The flower is very fragrant and people put it behind their ear to enjoy the aroma. The leaf is used to bake taro in 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. 2. Firewood, flower smells good, put in coconut oil to give it aroma. Grate coconut, add small amount of water, put in bowl, heat until water is evaporated, the oil is on top, take all the coconut cream on bottom save oil in another pot. Drop 2-3 flowers into coconut oil and boil, or more flowers. Try not to burn the oil. Take out flowers and use pure oil. Also used for final covering of large earth oven during feast along with GMP 3503 – esp. wedding feast. Planting pole and hard and heavy wood – sharp end. 3. This is a "calendar plant." When it flowers, people know that the taro is ready to harvest.
Scientific name: Gardenia tannaensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nerophat
netcetec
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trees, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3473)
Example: 1. This species is excellent for firewood as it gives off less smoke than other types of wood. 2. The wood is good for making roof rafters on which to tie thatch. 3. Use this for planting pole, for taro, cane, and kava.
Scientific name: Alstonia vitiensis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nethokin
n.
a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 100
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nihkanwai
n.
brook
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 131
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nillum
n.
a species of seaweed
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102
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nilpudou
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herb to 50 cm, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4944)
Example: As a tonic medicine, collect a full handful of leaves, boil in one liter of water until fully cooked, then drink 1 cup 3x daily, warm, to treat a person who has worked too much, who is tired, to help their stomach and to help make them strong. For children and adults. Child’s dose is 1/2 cup, 3x daily until the child feels stronger.
Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nipciv
n.
the shark (constellation?)
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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nipjid
n.
the orange tree (117); an orange, a lime, a lemon (102)
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102, 117
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nirinma
nitschatimi
n.
Cordyline fruticosa L.
Example: Leaf: chew (leprosy in mouth). Whole plant: planted for several Kastom purposes; many important Kastom-bound uses as magical or ornamental plant throughout Melanesia.
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 442
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nohap
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nohor
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nohun
n.
stem
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 188
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nomotmot
n.
grass
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nowo anivat
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4753)
Scientific name: Arytera neoebudensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nucja
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nucsei
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nuhujcei
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liana, growing at edge of forest. Fruit. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3475)
Example: 1. When the stems of this plant are older, and it is a vine, is used to tie thatch on roof rafters as it bends well. 2. Burned leaves and rubbed on fishing line and spear to increase catch – used with other unspecified leaves, that are forageable. When you are fishing and if you set a basket or mat it means danger and you have to return to shore – the spirit is telling you that it is enough fishing.
Scientific name: Durandea pentagyna, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nuka
n.
leaves for an oven
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 105
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nunyepec
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.
Scientific name: Tapeinosperma
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rere
adj.
leafless; fading
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 107
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tatalaha
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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wametec
widinahau
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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wukau
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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