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ahlaujai
v.n. go up
bookmarkatcatcaiyu
v. to emit sound from a bottle or coconut
bookmarkedaledal
v.a. to spread abroad; to go everywhere
bookmarkehgin
adj. afar
bookmarkepigjai iran
n. last quarter of moon
bookmarkincet edwa
inholai
n. Blue sea chub, snubnose chub, topsail drummer
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinjañad
inlepei u inpoded
inlop̃otjap
inmapoded
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmeripciv
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkintaji
inteses
n. parasite on branches of Geissois denhamii tree, growing in dense rainforest. Flowers orange-red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4028)
Example: 1. This plant is known to kill other trees and is regarded as a parasite. 2. The plant is related to kastom use regarding the separation of two lovers--more information witheld.
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.
bookmarkintijgejei
n. Whitespotted surgeonfish
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinwai yah
n. brook
bookmarkinyehec
n. mandrake
bookmarkkulio
n. kind of taro
bookmarkmaranapa
n. kind of banana
bookmarkna elmai
n. cloth (related to nelmai)
bookmarknabudschata
n. Achyranthes aspera L.
Example: juice squeezed from leaves; taken internally against asthma and put into boils
bookmarknadine
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknafanu
n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3570)
Example: This plant grows in coastal areas, and is a good source of firewood. It can be used for house posts. The leaves are used as an unspecified medicine. There is a belief regarding the black and white sea snake, that represents a seawater spirit. Mix this with other unspecified leaves, mash together, squeeze into a bamboo tube and fill it. Give it to a woman to drink to keep the evil snake spirit away. The same preparation can be used to treat toothache, caused by the seawater spirit. "The spirit can trick you into going to fish every day."
bookmarknagig
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahojcei
n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3436)
bookmarknalak mariaga
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknalvi pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknanad
napaecei
napuig
n. a reed frame for supporting the tendrils of yams
bookmarknapupwi a darumea
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknap̃at
n. terrestrial fern, growing in dwarf cloud-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3268)
Example: For performing a weather magic ritual to produce fog, this plant is fermented along with another plant (nirid u numu) in a hole in a sacred stone (called "Naemoso") at a secret location on Aneityum.
bookmarknap̃ojev
naravi
n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts
bookmarknared
n. vine to 3 m, sori brown. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4930)
Example: Take a handful of the vine, twist it into rope with many stems of the vine, and use it to tie bundles of sugar cane. It can also be used to tie wild canes (Miscanthus) to the roof of the house. Take a handful of the vine, twist it into rope with many stems of the vine, and use it to tie bundles of sugar cane. It can also be used to tie wild canes (Miscanthus) to the roof of the house.
bookmarknasjiñao
nauhoig yi amud an nadiat
n. the break of day
bookmarknegrecreipek
nehgan
n. a stock; a bunch, as of fruit; also "negan" or "nigan"
bookmarkneijiv
n. species of pine
bookmarknemered
nethokin
n. a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"
bookmarknijiga
n. a branch of red coral
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.
bookmarknilbudou
niperap
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknobohtan aiyu
n. meadow
bookmarknohos New Zealand opah
nohosma
nosjacai
n. Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips
Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknuei
n. vine, growing up trees in primary forest at edge of river. flower white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3675)
Example: This vine is collected, rolled in a figure 8 and put on a fire to soften it and used to tie posts. It is tied when warm, because when it cools it is very strong, "like wire." It does not burn on the fire, only become soft. It is said to be excellent for the construction of cyclone houses, it shrinks after heating to make a very strong rope.
bookmarknuh
n. a yam
bookmarknuhialeg upni
numrauad
n. a halo around the sun or moon
bookmarknumujced
n. terrestrial fern, 0. 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3577)
Example: Join two of the inrolled fronds together at the part where the frond is opening (the tip that is curled) such that the leaves are held together by their unfolding growing tips. Place this along the path that is frequented by a wild pig (they travel along paths) and when the pig passes these two leaves, and is chased by a hunter’s dogs, these leaves in this formation are said to sap some of the pig’s energy and thus allow the dogs to catch up with it. This was explained to Tony by another person who mentioned it as a sort of magical power possessed by this type of fern.
bookmarknwujvaeñ
n. vine climbing up ficus wassa, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4016)
Example: 1. The vine is use to lash roof rafters to house posts. The vine is collected from the forest and coiled ina figure 8 pattern. It is then heated over a fire before fastening the rafter to the post. 1 minute of heat is sufficient, before one immediately uses the vine.
bookmarktabake
n. herb 1 m tall, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4923)
Example: Collect the yellow leaves, the mature ones, roll it between one’s hands, squeezing it, and dry it in the sun for a day and hang it in the kitchen near the place where fires are made, and within a week it will turn black. It is ready to be smoked--roll paper around it and smoke it. Take 6-10 leaves, roll them up and squeeze them into a bucket of water mixing the juice with the water until it turns somewhat green. Use this water to wash crops such as legumes and other garden plants to kill insects that might be attacking them.
bookmarkugnyiv
adj. rich; good, as applied to fruits
bookmarkumnad
adj. rotten, applied to fruit
bookmarkupuhas
v.n. to sprout
bookmarkwudwud
n. kind of tree
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