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aridjai
v.a. to ascend, to go up
bookmarkataka
v.n. sail without making headway
bookmarkauhorohos
v. to weed; to clear land
bookmarkcubuj cubuj
n. Lattice soldierfish, violet soldierfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkecetaig jai
v. to come out, as banana fruit
bookmarkfara
n. pineapple
bookmarkigcapok
n. seaward
bookmarkinhalav imtinjap
n. wind-related term; no definition provided. Possibly referring to "inhalav" ’child’.
bookmarkinhos i mijan
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinjañad
inlelitai
n. bush land; uncultivated land
bookmarkinlobot
n. croton plant
bookmarkinma
n. a breadfruit tree
bookmarkinmal acujitai
n. a collection of plantations
bookmarkinp̃al
n. treelet or shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3204)
Example: To treat a headache, people traditionally would make a small cut ¼ inch long with a bamboo or piece of glass around the eyebrows where it is soft and then drip juice of the crushed leaves in the cut to take away the pain. Let the cut bleed first and then put the juice in it and it will stop the pain. The bleeding will stop the pain and the leaf juice will stop the bleeding – sometimes the pain will go away immediately and sometimes it takes a few minutes. So this technique is used to treat a very strong headache like a migraine.
bookmarkinranwai
n. a brook that is dry in summer
bookmarkintinan mese
n. dry land planted
bookmarkintisianmop
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinvid
n. the day before yesterday
bookmarkkaleteug
n. kind of tree
bookmarkkaraka
n. kind of tree
bookmarkmure
adj. ripe, as arrowroot; also "murre"
bookmarknacñanp̃aiñ
nafan
n. the name of a species of seaweed
bookmarknahmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknaledpen
nalvimtinjap
n. a light wind; the beginning of a wind
bookmarknapauwa
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapujatha
nared
n. current in the sea
bookmarknatoga u inmeijcop
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.
bookmarkneaig aged
n. a spotted coconut
bookmarknekiko
n. kind of taro
bookmarkneri itai
n. leaves; grass
bookmarknetethae
n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3604)
Example: The fruits are edible when ripe--eating them turns the tongue purple. 1. 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. 2. Ancestors 4 top branches and chew and spit out remaining fiber will destroy the effects of a love potion that is too strong – meaning that the husband or wife will miss the other person too much so that they become mentally ill. 3. Edible fruits: eating them turns tongue black/purple.
bookmarknidintaueuc
n. new coconut leaves
bookmarkniditau
n. tree. Found in the village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #14)
Example: The young leaves and fruits are edible; the fruits are eaten ripe. This species is used for firewood as well as house posts, but they don’t last as long as other types of wood so they are used in temporary structures. A sacred plant on Aneityum. Name means linkage between this world and the spirit world. Agriculture – you find this tree growing, it means that the land is fertile. Birds eat fruits; people burn the tree to release ash and fertilizer and grow their taro around it – it will give more food. Message plant – if someone puts a long brown on your door or in your garden, it means “why are you here?” Implies that you should go back to where you belong. You don’t belong in this place. For example instead of quarreling over land dispute, put the branch and it means that you should leave this place.
bookmarknijig an nepig
n. midnight; also "nijihgan nepig"
bookmarknikam
n. large tree, 18 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4076)
Example: 1. The name means "I come". This plant is used to convey messages. When a branch of this plant is left at the house of a person it indicates someone had visited them and they were not there. 2. Children eat the nut of the ripe (yellow) fruits.
bookmarknipnyineuc
n. another name for "masoa"; arrowroot
bookmarknirac intam henain
niri
niriñ neyaiñ
niseaig
n. kind of tree
bookmarknisjau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknohlaig
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknohmunjap
n. beach
bookmarknohwai itai
n. berry
bookmarknohwan nefara
n. kind of taro
bookmarknohwan nuputu
n. kind of taro
bookmarknomoj
n. cycad to 3 m tall, 25 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #5010)
Example: In the past there were no toys for the children, so people made toys from the seed of this plant. They peeled the fruit, took the seed, removed the inside, punched one hole on each side, put a string through each of the holes and twisted the string to spin the seed such that it would make a whistling sound as the fruit spun faster and faster. On Palm Sunday, people use this leaf in Church. People plant this cycad around their homes and use it as an ornamental. Some people believe that having this plant around their homes will keep the bad spirits away.
bookmarknom̃o
nopoi
n. species of vine runner; a basket net
bookmarknoweitopgat
nugnyin jap
n. the ebbing tide
bookmarknumnava
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkpok ko
adv. seaward yonder
bookmarksiki
adv. down there, at a short distance; also "sike"
bookmarkuleme
adj. sour, applied to the water in coconuts
bookmarkworago
n. Lined surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Erik Schlogl / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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