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-ki

affix in this direction; here; this

a’pei

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v. scrape ashes off (of roasted taro)

ade

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v. go down

apeiñ

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n. black (color)

arafara

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v. to prepare pandanus leaves for making mats or baskets

asvii

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v. break soft things (like bread, cassava, taro, etc.); cut in half

eblaamnem

adj. adjacent

elwa nieg

v.n. to blossom as reeds

eseij

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[eseʧ] num. three

esjii

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v. to fish (with a net)

evaiñ

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v. show

fotyofo

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n. kind of crab

igca pam

phr. on this side

incacas

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. green peppers

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

incai

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[inɣej] n. tree

inceideuc

n. the white wood of a tree

inhos

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n. kind of fish

injap

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[inʤap] n. sea

ink

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

inman anjap

n. sea bird

inmathethi

n. Tabernaemontana padacaqui

Example: leaf used for for wounds; cold maceration taken internally against "skin cancer" (severe wounds?). Stalk, chewed, influences sex of an embryo in favor of a girl.

inmauwad picad

n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad ahi"

inpak

n. species of banyan

inpwain ~ inhwain

Egretta sacra
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[inpwain ~ inhwain] n. Pacific Reef Egret

Example: Photo by Arthur Chapman, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

intal eref nein

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. coconut grating bench

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

intas aneijom

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[intas anejʧom] n. Aneityumese language

intiklancai

n. sprig

intop̃ asiej

Wollastonia biflora
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n. herb, growing in coastal forest. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3446)

intucjip

n. bush land; also "inteucjip"

inwai

n. water; fresh water

inyihev

n. kind of tree

jupmulmul

n. the cool of the evening

kuava atamañ

This plant produces an edible fruit, but it is smaller than the cultivated guava, and is considered the wild type. Firewood. Pinch 4 tops and chew and swallow for stomach ache and diarrhea.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3602)

Example: This plant produces an edible fruit, but it is smaller than the cultivated guava, and is considered the wild type. Firewood. Pinch 4 tops and chew and swallow for stomach ache and diarrhea.

kurimatou

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[kurimataʊ] n. cow (lit. dog’s older brother)

mas

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n. low tide

maya ga a’oh

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[maja gaʔo] phr. yes or no

mesei

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adj. dry

na elmai

n. cloth (related to nelmai)

nacalcenou

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n. kind of bird

nacigaces

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[naɣiŋaɣas] n. Mystery Island (eastern part) (lit. chiefly basket for fish or fish will always want to get your bait)

nadia

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[naθia] n. kind of breadfruit (thin one, sometimes cooked with coconut milk)

nadimi ethi

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[nadimi itij] phr. one man

nagagnit

Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-chaetodonoides.html
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n. Harlequin sweetlips, many-spotted sweetlips

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

nagaihos

The nut of this tree is edible. Crack open the fruit and eat the seed raw. It can also be used to plug holes in a canoe.
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n. tree, 14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3710)

Example: The nut of this tree is edible. Crack open the fruit and eat the seed raw. It can also be used to plug holes in a canoe.

nahaijcai

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

namp̃owei

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.
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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.

namrad

Croton insularis
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4752)

naoun nalak

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[nawʊnalak] n. calf muscle

napojev

The leaves are used to cover meat when baking it in a stone oven (inmawum). This will soften the meat and keep it moist. Used when other species of this genus are not available, for example if you are in the bush.
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n. tree to 5 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4889)

Example: The leaves are used to cover meat when baking it in a stone oven (inmawum). This will soften the meat and keep it moist. Used when other species of this genus are not available, for example if you are in the bush.

naraki

n. a calm, a smooth sea

narakiraki

n. a whirlwind

nariyas

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n. kind of shellfish

nasahas

n. a small water-plant

natimarid

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n. chief

nauy erop̃

Ficus scabra
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n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3444)

nauyerop

n. species of sycamore (117); a sycamore fig (97)

necec

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[neɣeɣ] n. crab

necjopdak

Vigna marina
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n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers yellow. 1. Medicine: Smash leaves 1 handful, into cup and add a small amount of water to treat constipation—1 cup for children; 1.5 XX for adults. 2. Stomachache: same treatment, will clear bowel. 3. For leg sores, collect whole plant, put in water – a pool of water for 1 week, then use to dip sore as on leg into it for 10-15 minutes cure the sore. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3437)

necjop̃dak

1. To cure rubbush blood - Take a handfull f leaves of any age, pound it into a cupfull of water, squeeze the juice and drink when woman feels pain in head or inside the body or when the inside of the body is hot. Drink this once a day until the pain goes away. 2. To cure excessive bleeding after giving birth - boil naojapdak leaves (2-16) in seawater until leaves are soft and the water is brown. Sit on this water. 3. To close the cervix - boil 2 naojapdak leaves in water and bath in it. 4. Medicine: Smash leaves 1 handful, into cup and add a small amount of water to treat constipation—1 cup for children; 1.5 litres for adults. 5. Stomachache: same treatment, will clear bowel. 6. For leg sores, collect whole plant, put in water – a pool of water for 1 week, then use to dip sore as on leg into it for 10-15 minutes cure the sore.
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n. prostrate creeping vine along coastlines. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #10)

Example: 1. To cure rubbush blood - Take a handfull f leaves of any age, pound it into a cupfull of water, squeeze the juice and drink when woman feels pain in head or inside the body or when the inside of the body is hot. Drink this once a day until the pain goes away. 2. To cure excessive bleeding after giving birth - boil naojapdak leaves (2-16) in seawater until leaves are soft and the water is brown. Sit on this water. 3. To close the cervix - boil 2 naojapdak leaves in water and bath in it. 4. Medicine: Smash leaves 1 handful, into cup and add a small amount of water to treat constipation—1 cup for children; 1.5 litres for adults. 5. Stomachache: same treatment, will clear bowel. 6. For leg sores, collect whole plant, put in water – a pool of water for 1 week, then use to dip sore as on leg into it for 10-15 minutes cure the sore.

nedouyatmas

This is considered a sacred plant. People do not use this plant as it is considered "of the devil."
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n. small, sparsely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3463)

Example: This is considered a sacred plant. People do not use this plant as it is considered "of the devil."

nefelan

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nefelan] n. a path

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nehpan

n. a wing, a sheath, a covering of bananas

nejeg tau

People plant this tree near the coast, specifically as small fish and shellfish hide in it to breed and people know this.
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n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3518)

Example: People plant this tree near the coast, specifically as small fish and shellfish hide in it to breed and people know this.

nekei

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n. giant fern (RPV #223)

nekrei

Zebrasoma velifer
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n. Sailfin tang

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

nekro

This is a "calendar plant." When it flowers, people know that the taro is ready to harvest. It does not grow in the forest, but only along the coast in grassy areas. Use wood as posts for roof of house.
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n. tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3522)

Example: This is a "calendar plant." When it flowers, people know that the taro is ready to harvest. It does not grow in the forest, but only along the coast in grassy areas. Use wood as posts for roof of house.

nemered

The small straight stems of this plant are used for fishing spears and the larger poles for rafters. The wood can also be used to make combs--the name refers to "comb wood."
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n. tree, 16 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3709)

Example: The small straight stems of this plant are used for fishing spears and the larger poles for rafters. The wood can also be used to make combs--the name refers to "comb wood."

nemit

n. kind of tree

nepek

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n. kind of shellfish

nepñatimi

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.
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n. epiphyte on syzygium tree, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. old fruits. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3660)

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.

nerinasjiñ

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n. kind of shellfish

neriseris

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[neriseris] n. spider (house)

nesgan jap

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[nesŋan ʤap] n. waves (beach)

nete o un

n. west

netit tidai

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

netohranmul

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

netumtehi

n. kind of sugarcane

nidiora

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n. kind of shellfish

nigec

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

nigyahtal

n. kind of banana

nihpad

n. kind of tree

nijomkan

It is said that if you chew these leaves or boil them in water and drink the tea from these leaves it will spoil your teeth. There is assumed to be something bad for the teeth in this plant. Local name "Nijom" =tooth and "Kan" = break.
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n. shrub to 1 m, dby 2 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4999)

Example: It is said that if you chew these leaves or boil them in water and drink the tea from these leaves it will spoil your teeth. There is assumed to be something bad for the teeth in this plant. Local name "Nijom" =tooth and "Kan" = break.

ninja

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[niɲja] n. shell (small)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

niperap

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nipyipei

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

niroun

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[ɲiroʊn] n. basket

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

niseuc inmohoc

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[niseuɣ inmohoɣ] n. lit. "the moon’s walking stick"

nisjau

n. kind of tree

nofoñhalav

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n. kind of shellfish

nohlaig

n. a species of seaweed

nohmunjap

n. beach

nohoanma

n. breadfruit; also "nohwanma"

nohos itouga

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[nohos itoʊga] n. kind of banana

nohoyam

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. fan

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

noporo pora

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. small basket

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

nuei

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.
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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.

nupsin

n. seed

nuripapa

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

tatau

Sphyraena putnamae http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-putnamae.html
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n. Sawtooth barracuda

Example: Photo by Stephanie W. Batzer, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

ucsiligei

v.a. to pare off rind