Aneityum

n.

Example: Juice squeeved from leaves: conjunctivitis

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 443

[aɣes noraŋitei] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 154

adj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[ak͡pok anʤap̚] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

v.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[dala nadimi] phr.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 188

[et elel] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[et haklin an] phr.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

adv.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 92

det.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 81

n.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 130

n.

Example: Red, dried fruits are fed to small chicks as food.

Scientific name: Rivina humilis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: This is known as "woman’s kauri". The timber from this tree is used for houseposts.

Scientific name: Turrillia lutea, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Example: 1. The wood of this species is strong and used as house posts. 2. Spear as other – fishing.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum bijugum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

n.

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 86

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n.

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n.

Example: The wood is light and used to make paddles for canoes.

Scientific name: Symplocos aneityensis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

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.

Scientific name: Phlegmariurus phlegmaria, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[inmenyau] n.

Example: Brown Goshawk juvenile. Photo by Graham Winterflood, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Accipiter fasciatus, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 87

n.

Example: leaf chewed against liver pain

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 441

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 131

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: 1. The trunk is used to produce timber.

Scientific name: Burckella obovata, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 121

n.

Example: Wood used for timber.

Scientific name: Burckella, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

[katɣapohoθ] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

[kuretemain] n.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 92

[maja] phr.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Example: The fruit of this species are poisonous. In ancient times the ancestors used the "fork" (branch growing out of main stem) of this wood to catch lobsters between the two parts of the stem.

Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: 1. The name describes a sea bird, whose long legs are similar in shape to the stipe of this fern.

Scientific name: Diplazium oblongifolium, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nadimi dama] phr.

Speaker: David Nasauman

[naŋeseŋa] n.

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: The wood of this species is very straight and people make fishing spears out of it. The wood, being straight, is used as well for roof rafters.

Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: Used to make small poles for house rafters.

Scientific name: Myristica fatua, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: It is a kastom belief that people should not drink kava under this tree.

Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 95

n.

Example: 1. As a medicine for dengue fever, take a handful of stem apices of this plant, boil in 1-2 cups of water and drink this amount 3x daily, cold, until the fever goes away. This treatment is said to give a person strength during the course of the illness. 2. Take top branch – 2 leaves and put under baby’s pillow, baby will fall into a deep sleep.

Scientific name: Physalis angulata, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Scientific name: Spondias dulcis, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Scientific name: Cardiospermum halicacabum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Scientific name: Asplenium bipinnatifidum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Scientific name: Adenanthera pavonina, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

n.

Example: 1. Use the leaves to put in a hole where taro is being planted, as a sort of fertilizer--it rots easily and adds value to the soil. To protect a person from spirits if you are going to an unfamiliar place, take the young inflorescence and put behind your ear. This plant is a sort of "spiritual kava." 2. Flowers are put behind one ear, any side, to allow a person to pass through sacred places. For protection of the spirits especially if you are familiar with this place. On EAST SIDE, put one leaf under pillow before sleeping so that the lady spirit will not disturb the person. Only for men – spirit likes men, and wants to have sleep with them. If she gets pregnant, you must follow her to look after the kids in the spirit world so you leave this one (you die). 3. The small, straight stems of this plant are used as rafters to weave thatch. 4. Children make bows and arrows from the stems as well as spears for fishing.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Example: 1. When a sea shell pricks you "Inlac", a person can be lifted by magic using these leaves. Further information about this use withheld.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 193

n.

Scientific name: Rhizophora apiculata, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: 1. The name describes a sea bird, whose long legs are similar in shape to the stipe of this fern.

Scientific name: Tectaria crenata, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 98

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 98

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 150, 172

n.

Scientific name: Leukosyke australis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n.

Scientific name: Pittosporum aneityense, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114

n.

Example: 1. Ancestors used this plant to make fish line – cut young branches, remove outer bark and tie together, put in salt water or fresh water for a week, it is now strong, dry in sun, take fibers and twist them together to make a very long fishing line. 2. Leaves are used to feed pigs. 3. Take inner bark, scrape it and put on boils. Attach with any leaf and it takes out the boil. 4. Trunk for temporary bush house.

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

[nɛlna] n.

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

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gymnothorax flavimarginatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102, 117

n.

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nisʧi] n.

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

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

[niŋa] n.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 127

n.

Example: This is a root crop. It is harvested in April-June. The leaves turn yellow and indicate that the crop is ready to harvest. If planted in the old days the root would get much larger. It is a good cyclone disaster food. Grows wild now. Boil the tuber in fresh water, when it is cooked add a bit of sea water to give it a salty taste. Chew the starchy root and spit out the fiber. Another variety is like sweet potato and a person can eat the entire root without spitting out the fiber. Can mix with coconut milk as well to eat.

Scientific name: Dioscorea pentaphylla, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

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.

Scientific name: Cycas seemannii, Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nowanavin] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Scientific name: Arytera neoebudensis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 165

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 104

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 105

n.

Scientific name: Procris pedunculata, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

[tanaŋ] det.

Speaker: David Nasauman

v.a.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 110

n.

Example: 1. To make baby grow strong - Take 16 tops of the plant, no flowers, and squeeze them into baby’s bath water. Bath baby in the water and let it dry on the baby. Don’t towel dry. 2. Medicine – take a large leaf, crush and rub it but don’t break it – just soften it and open it and cover the fresh cut with it – leave it there to heal the wound. Keep changing it until the wound gets healed. 3. For headache and fever – flu – take branches with no flowers or seeds, boil it 15 minutes to extract brownish juice, drink 1 cup hot 2, per day – morning and evening for 5 days. 4. The fruits – 7 – chew and swallow for stomachache. 5. Tie stems for broom.

Scientific name: Sida rhombifolia, Speaker: Wina Nasauman