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auoc
adj. unripe
bookmarkehlili
v. to burn ground for planting
bookmarkeloah
v. to blossom, as reeds; also "elwa"
bookmarkgirigiri
n. coconut basket
bookmarkigcahi
n. landward
bookmarkincat tal
n. basket of taro
bookmarkincetcanalaeñ
inharmejicop
n. Ocellated eagle ray
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhau
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinholai mobo
n. Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer
Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
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inlopotjap
n. shrub to 1 m, fruits green. Secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4897)
Example: The leaves are used for compost in the taro patch. Dig a hole, line it with the leaves of this species, cove with earth and plant taro. The leaves of this species are used to cover earth ovens.
bookmarkinmauwad imrig
n. a convolvulus with blue or reddish flowers
bookmarkinmeri
n. a stringy bark tree
bookmarkinmohoc onubidou
inmoijeuv an nofomot
inmop
n. a horse-chestnut tree
bookmarkinpece lelicai
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinrokdania
n. epiphyte on trees, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4093)
Example: 1. Sickness blo namya. When a man accidentally has intercourse with a woman during her menstrual cycle, he can become sick. The leaves are squeezed, along with others, to produce an extraction. The dose and duration varies according to the degree of the symptoms. Further information about the preparation withheld.
bookmarkinrosi
n. a clearing of bush or reeds
bookmarkintesyaniau
n. grass to 3 m, flowers brown. Growing in degraded secondary forest along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4969)
Example: The stem of this plant is used to make walls of houses. Collect the stem and remove the leaves, and then take one of the bush vines (any of them) and tie the stems into bundles for making house walls or fences for chicken pens. Children make a whistle from a hollow piece of stem from this plant.
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intowosjei
inwaimeteuc
n. sweet potato
bookmarkinwowityuwun
itaho
adj. inland
bookmarkiñec
[iŋec] n. Mystery Island
bookmarkjigkom
[ʧiŋkum] n. chewing gum
bookmarkkowei
n. herb to 0. 75 m, fruits brown. Growing in cultivated area near village. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5012)
Example: Children use this fruit as a rattle. When parents go to the gardens or fields with their children, they collect the pods for the children to use as a rattle and amuse themselves. Unspecified medicinal use.
bookmarkkulio
n. kind of taro
bookmarkleucen
adj. ripe, as taro
bookmarkleyei
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmaputu-ligighap
n. the stem of a coconut leaf used for a butt
bookmarknahaigjopdak
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknakwai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknarakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknareram
n. kind of banana
bookmarknataimu
n. Brassy trevally
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknattri
n. Canarium vulgare
Example: leaf--cold maceration in coconut milk and seawater, taken internally against diarrhea or ciguatera. Cold maceration of chewed leave, spat into a cup and mixed with coconut water: taken internally against ciguatera
bookmarknauwai
n. kind of banana
bookmarknauwainapit
n. lightning
bookmarknerin nujipsotan
n. blade, as of corn or grass
bookmarknetcetas
nethopdecraeñ
netopdecraiñ
n. herb to 45 cm, seeds brown. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4888)
Example: The name of this plant means "division" -- if someone wants to help to destroy your business or home, they put this plant in front of your business or your home and this will help to scatter out your family from where they are living.
bookmarknicasau
n. the castor-oil plant
bookmarknighincai
n. the stump of a tree
bookmarknijcel
nijisei
n. herb to 1 m, flowers white with red bracts (collection: Michael J. Balick #4912)
Example: To treat high blood pressure. Take a half liter of water, mix a handful of roots in it, boil, drink one cup 3 times daily, warm, for three days. This is to treat high blood pressure when diagnosed in the clinic. The leaf is woven for grass skirts--dry in sun, weave into skirts.
bookmarknilam
n. seaweed
bookmarknillum
n. moss
bookmarknisyeg
n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3521)
Example: 1. The inner bark of this plant is used as a dye or paint to provide a brown color. Boil the inner bark in a pot with a shirt and the color of the shirt will be changed to brown. 2. For toothache, people take the inner bark and mix it with sea water, and then rinse the tooth with this mixture to remove the pain. 3a. People macerate the leaves and the bark and when the tide is low, spread this in a pool of water to poison the sea shells that are edible. When they die, the eyes of this organism comes above the sand, indicating where they are, and people harvest and eat them. 3b. To attract and collect clam – NIPJINUMU – scrape bark in a pool of sea water where the clams are attracted immediately and can be collected, coming up from the sand. 4. Firewood, unspecified medical use.
bookmarknobot
n. a sago palm
bookmarknohwai itai
n. corn
bookmarknomotmot ijis
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknopwag
nop̃oe
nowat apen
n. Striated surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknucja
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknuhujcei
nunyepec
n. understory tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4049)
Example: 1. The name means "knife of sandpaper", a type of fish. The leaf base resembles the fin of the fish. 2. In the past, a spear was made from the sapling wood of this plant for tribal warfare. Today, spears are made from this plant for fishing. First, a relatively straight spaling is chosen and then heated over a fire. The pliable portion of wood is straightened and then decorticated. When cool, a portion of wire can be affixed on one end to aid in the spearing of fish.
bookmarkreseiheto
n. a second growth, as grass that springs up after being burned
bookmarktite
adj. ripe early in the season
bookmarkuman
n. garden
bookmarkupreupre
n. tough; a kind of coral
bookmarkyasua
n. kind of taro
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