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ahlaujai
v.n. go up
bookmarkelwa nieg
v.n. to blossom as reeds
bookmarkepigjai iran
n. last quarter of moon
bookmarkereinmerei
n. the clear part of the moon when first seen
bookmarketcei nohon
n. beat coconut fiber
bookmarkimtiat
incauaij aho
n. kind of tree
bookmarkincijiñyat
n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3573)
Example: 1. This plant is used as firewood, but also the heartwood is sold. 2. In 2016, the first grade wood was 2500 VT per kilo, the second grade wood was 2000 VT per kilo. 3. The ancestors used to take the oil or wood chips from this tree and bathe with it to keep away evil spirits of the forest. It is currently planted on Aneityum for commerce. Scrape bark of sandalwood into coconut oil in same wat as GMP 3513 (gardenia) boil and take out the bark. 4. The leaves can be fed to pigs to make them strong and heavy.
bookmarkinhosumeljag ~ nu inhosumeljag
inhundain
inhuterau
n. a rainbow
bookmarkinlah
n. light
bookmarkinlelitai
n. bush land; uncultivated land
bookmarkinmahim nakowai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinmauwad itoga
n. a foreign convolvulus
bookmarkinmejei
inpotaliglighap
n. the thick end of a coconut leaf, used as a mark for throwing spears at; also "inpotin lilighap"
bookmarkinran
n. a branch
bookmarkintaig cap
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintaji
intal athunwai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintal eteuc
n. the name of a plant with a white flower; a lily
bookmarkintekes ~ inrowod
intijganeno
n. shrub. Found in the village Unames. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #33)
Example: name = "stonefish ears" 1. To treat rashes - boil 4 leaves in water ad wait until it cools. Wash in this once a day until rash goes away. 2. Stonefish sting – very painful: 1 handful of leaves with squeezed coconut juice – coconut water – from green coconut. Mix the leaves and water and then make a cut in the wound to enlarge it and pour this juice into the wound. In 5-10 minutes the pain will stop, use 1x, very powerful. 3.If a person such as a mother touches the stonefish while preparing it for food, then does not wash hands, can infect a child – and the child will get sores. Take a small branch and boil it in the water and wash the baby with it to make pain go away. 4. Stonefish is a greatly appreciated food that must be prepared carefully by holding the fish by the mouth and not touching the body. Boil the fish to inactivate the poison and then prepare it as a normal fish for cooking. Poison is found in top spine of fish.
bookmarkintoutau
n. tree. Growing near village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #5)
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. For a baby that is not doing well, as with malnourished, take 4-5 leaves, put in warm water and wash baby – 1x day for 3 days. 6. Use to make temporary house.
bookmarkinweriwei
inwoudec
n. 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.
bookmarkinyitupau
n. kind of tree
bookmarkirai ohatag
n. celestial
bookmarkisgeig pan
adj. adjacent
bookmarkitaho
adj. inland
bookmarkma
adj. ripe, as fruit; healed, as a wound; also "mah"
bookmarknabudschata
n. Achyranthes aspera L.
Example: juice squeezed from leaves; taken internally against asthma and put into boils
bookmarknadut u nadiat
n. dawn of day
bookmarknagag ~ nacag
nagig
n. kind of taro
bookmarknamaj
n. kind of taro
bookmarknameleahpu
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknapapotan
napayu
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapile
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapuig
n. a reed frame for supporting the tendrils of yams
bookmarknatoga ahrei
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknawod
n. tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3641)
Example: 1. The wood of this tree is used to make temporary houses, for example, when making a garden by the river. 2. The wood can be sawn into timber. 3. People collect red leaf and put under tongue when want to talk about conflicted issues such as a dispute to make their argument stronger.
bookmarknecjopdak
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)
bookmarknecñopod
nednañlelcei
nejecjec
n. epiphyte c. 1 m above forest floor, growing in secondary forest above river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3650)
Example: The younger,soft leaves are used to wrap local foods, for example bananas. To prepare a type of "local cheese," made from fermented breadfruit and fermented banana, mix a bit of coconut milk and wrap these two fruits in the leaves and cook under ground. Not clear about the way the food is fermented.
bookmarknekrolas
nepat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknepilvan
n. tender shoots
bookmarkneta
n. cane (sugar)
bookmarknetjeñ
netohranmul
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknidman tal
n. a top of taro
bookmarknijmese
n. green foliage
bookmarknijom hubou
nilbuthou
nirom̃gei
nisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarknohud ucnas
n. a bunch of taro; also "nuhud ucnas"
bookmarknomotmot ijis
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknoragidi
numrauad
n. a halo around the sun or moon
bookmarknupsin itai
n. seed
bookmarknwujvaeñ
n. vine climbing on Myristica fatua, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3615)
Example: This vine is used to make rope. Collect the stem, roll it in a figure 8, heat it on a fire and tie it on a house while the vine is still hot. Weave a ?? net to catch fish.
bookmarktatau
n. Yellowtail barracuda
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkupsahu
n. the seed of breadfruit that is not firm
bookmarkwaderei
n. kind of taro
bookmarkwamhau
n. kind of taro
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