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abäng
afwafwa
n. beat coconut fiber
bookmarkas vakuei
atga alep
v.n. go alone
bookmarkedaledal
v.a. to spread abroad; to go everywhere
bookmarkhas
adj. bad, wicked; eheshas, very bad
bookmarkhui asan
v. trees; fruit
bookmarkianiv
n. yesterday
bookmarkigcase
n. a place down, or westward
bookmarkijumgan nijomcan
n. small tree, 1-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4020)
Example: 1. The name of this plant translates as bad tooth, and relates to its use as a plant used to poison others. If one wants to commit an evil act against another, he or she will rub the leaves together and squeeze them over the targets food. It will make their teeth rotten and fall off quickly. More information witheld.
bookmarkindijinecei
n. Whitespotted surgeonfish, southern dialect
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhujum
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinhundain
inhupnan
n. first fruits
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
n. epiphyte, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4104)
Example: 1. This plant is considered bad luck when hunting or fishing. When doing these activities, do not decorate your hair with them. 2. This plant is used to weave the sheath portion of "nambas". First the stems are retted, then the inner portion of the plant removed. Once removed, the sheath is woven with the blanched fiber. 3. This is considered the male version of this plant. See GMP #4105, Phlegmarius sp. for the female version.
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
n. epiphyte, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3664)
Example: This plant is used to make a head garland, but if you are going hunting or fishing do not put this on your head as you will not be successful in your quset. This is the grass skirt for the spirits; you can hear them but you cannot see them.
bookmarkinligighap
n. the thick end of a coconut leaf used as a target
bookmarkinlobot
n. croton plant
bookmarkinmerinwai
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmerisiahau
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinpotaliglighap
n. the thick end of a coconut leaf, used as a mark for throwing spears at; also "inpotin lilighap"
bookmarkinrukdum nohos
n. kind of banana
bookmarkintal milmat
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinyaratmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkinyehec
n. mandrake
bookmarkkiliek nahpu
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmeto
adj. ripe; also "metto"
bookmarknamehe
n. kind of taro
bookmarknamesei
namniañia
namrop̃om
n. tree, 7-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3582)
Example: Firewood, timber good for bush houses. Calendar plant – when it is in flower, the old people know it is time to harvest root crops, like yam and other vine crops, in the wild, as yet unspecified. Local names = INYAC, NOMODEJ TAL, NOMODEJ WOU, NOU LELCEI… etc.
bookmarknap̃ojev
narakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknatutahut
n. grass to 10 cm, seeds brown. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4945)
Example: To make a baby strong, burn the leaves and rhizome, take the ashes and rub on the baby’s arms, knees, legs. Makes them strong, healthy and able to walk. Use after the child is given a bath. 1-4 years old, and it will help. Can use every day after bathing.
bookmarknauhoig yi amud an nadiat
n. the break of day
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.
bookmarknecñopod
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3512)
Example: This plant is used as fertilzer to place on bottom of the taro patch in the same way as GMP #3456 to help "feed the ground" for next year. The leaves are used to wrap food. When a person is chewing kava, pile the chewed kava roots on the young leaves of this species. Also, an unspecified medicinal use.
bookmarknegna
n. Bluespot mullet
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkneipyepei
n. kind of tree
bookmarknekro
nekrolas
nemtokei
n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4861)
Example: When a person does heavy work and their body feels tired, they should take 1 handful of leaves, squeeze them into a cup of water and drink--this will make the person feel better. People can drink this from time to time to give the body energy even before you are tired. To treat constipation, take 4- 8’ pieces of stem from a 2 cm dbh section of the tree, peel the outside bark off, collect the inner bark and mash with a stone or hammer, put in a colander to strain out the wood, add 1.5 l water, the liquid becomes green or whitish with sticky liquid. Drink this one time, it tastes cold and then after about 30 minutes it feels like the bowel is working and then normal function returns--this does not induce diarrhea but rather returns the bowel to normal function.
bookmarknepelvanwou
n. liana, on Polyscias cissodendron (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3457)
Example: 1. Macerate the young stems, remove the outer "skin" to release the odor of the stem and weave into a head garland for decoration. 2. People use it as a headdress. This is a male plant, ancestors used both male and female wrapped together for the headdress. Man would put this on head to attract a woman that he liked. Be careful when you are passing other women who will be attracted to the wearer – so the person can’t speak to them so he can focus on the one he is attracted to.
bookmarkneri
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkneroa
nerop
n. kind of banana
bookmarknetto
n. sugarcane
bookmarknidintaueuc
n. new coconut leaves
bookmarknijkowai
n. Spanish flag, stripey
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknikam
n. tree, 8-10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3481)
Example: 1a. This plant is a "message plant." If a person goes to another village with a leaf of this species in their hand, then people know that someone is coming, and this is reflected in the local name. 1b. Message plant – if you pop by someone’s house and drop leaves there, people know someone has visited them. You can ask neighbors who came by. 2. The fruit is a source of a nut that children love to eat raw. 3. It is known in Bislama as "false mango" [kiyaman mango].
bookmarknilbudou
nipʧin njelas
niri
nisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarknitidae
nitit a nelgo waj
nohun
n. stem
bookmarknuei
n. vine climbing into the canopy on Sarcomelicope, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3620)
Example: This plant is used for local rope. Coil it in a figure 8, heat on a fire, when it is soft, use it for tying poles on a house. It is very strong when cool and dry.
bookmarknuei
n. vine climbing up a dead tree, growing in dense rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4056)
Example: 1. The stems are used as a traditional rope to fasten house posts. First a length of stem is coiled in a figure-eight pattern. It is then heated to render it pliable. Once heated, for several minutes, it is immediately used to fasten the posts. When cool, it is set and inflexible. Such a fastener can last 20 years.
bookmarknusjai um legad
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknuwuneto
nwujvaeñ
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.
bookmarknälmaha
n. Ficus septica var. cauliflora
bookmarkoho
v.n. to bear fruit as a tree
bookmarkucsalad tiklai cai
v.a. to lop off small branches
bookmarkuleme
adj. sour, applied to the water in coconuts
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