atga nethanethan
v.
passed by on the other side
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 79
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edaledal
v.a.
to spread abroad; to go everywhere
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 73
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ehnat aiek
v.n.
go before
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 154
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incet edwa
inciñpiñti
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shrub to 1 m, flowers white. Growing on ridge of pine forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4980)
Example: The leaves are good mulch for taro plants. The stems are used for firewood.
Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Tony Keith
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indawoc
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n.
Long-tailed jaeger
Example: Photo by jacksnipe1990/Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Stercorarius longicaudus, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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indejen
inewosneiak
n.
herb to 1 m, flower bracts yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4921)
Example: Introduced species, used for decoration. Planted near houses and roads. Use the flower for decorating hair.
Scientific name: Alpinia purpurata, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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inlepei u inpoded atamaiñ
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epiphyte on main trunk (near base) of large tree, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4060)
Scientific name: Phlegmariurus squarrosus, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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inlobot
n.
croton plant
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 139
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inma
inmadidi
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shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3499)
Example: This plant has an unspecified medical use. Children make slingshots out of the fork of the stem of this tree.
Scientific name: Ervatamia orientalis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inmoijeuv ahcil
n.
false star
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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inmopoñ
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tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3516)
Example: The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.
Scientific name: Heritiera littoralis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inpakanhas
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fallen tree, growing in coastal vegetation along strand. Flowers orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3554)
Example: The stems are used for house posts as they are very strong.
Scientific name: Cordia subcordata, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inpwain ~ inhwain
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n.
Pacific Reef Egret
Example: Photo by Arthur Chapman, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Egretta sacra, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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intohoc
intop̃ asiej
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herb, growing in coastal forest. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3446)
Scientific name: Wollastonia biflora, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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inwau an nadiat
n.
the Milky Way
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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inwoapeñ
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tree to 15 m, 15 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #4931)
Example: Use the wood of this tree for firewood.
Scientific name: Arytera neoebudensis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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inyat lelcei
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4032)
Scientific name: Endiandra aneityensis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inyje
n.
tree to 15 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4914)
Example: Use the leaves to make compost to be placed at the bottom of the hole where taro is to be planted, cover with soil and grow the taro in that hole. Serves as a fertilizer.
Scientific name: Pittosporum campbellii, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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itaho
adj.
inland
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 90
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kaliteg
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tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3497)
Example: The milky sap of this plant is poisonous. Fruit is very poisonous! If a child accidentally consumes this sap it causes them to vomit and they must drink water. Leaves are part of an unspecified spirit medicine.
Scientific name: Cerbera manghas, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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karadakoal
n.
a native pudding made of taro, coconut milk, etc.
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 91
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katamal
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n.
Scarlet Robin
Example: Photo by patrickkavanagh/Flickr, License: CC BY 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Petroica multicolor, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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kava
n.
a plant from which an intoxicating drink is prepared
Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 91
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kiliek nahpu
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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lawog
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n.
Vanuatu Scrubfowl (Used to live here, died out, now only live up north)
Example: Photo by Dubi Shapiro, IBC1406511. Photo of Vanuatu Scrubfowl Megapodius layardi at Palikulo Point, Vanuatu. Accessible on Internet Bird Collection
Scientific name: Megapodius layardi, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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lelahapol
n.
a cultivated field
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 92
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muri muri
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well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3461)
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
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nabuthwä
n.
Vittaria lineata
Example: Frond: cold maceration taken internally against ciguatera
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 443
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naha
n.
Crinum asiaticum L.
Example: subterranean part used as mouthwash for toothache (Crinum asiaticum)
Speaker: Bradacs, Gesine, Jörg Heilmann, & Caroline S. Weckerle (2011). Medical plant use in Vanuatu: A compa
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nahoijcei
n.
the name of a species of creeper
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94
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nahoj
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tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3646)
Example: The ripe fruits of this species smell very nice and people eat the inside part, which tastes similar to a banana. When fruit is ripe the outside is yellow and the inside is purple. The wood can be used for poles to make house rafters. When kids go fishing for shrimps they use the fruit to catch the shrimp by throwing the shrimp into the water which attracts the shrimp.
Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nahrarin nepig
n.
early morning; around 3 o’clock
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94
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nala
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shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3572)
Example: It is a kastom belief that people should not drink kava under this tree.
Scientific name: Dendrolobium umbellatum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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namlau
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shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3485)
Example: 1. The larger stems of this plant can be used to build houses, for rafters. 2. It is also a good source of firewood. 3. Ancestors, before go to chief’s canal and want to talk about a complicated issue – a person would cut a branch and bring it to the sea and tap the water surface and would say what he wants, ask that he would want that issue to be solved and that others would follow his ideas and then go back to the meeting place and take stick, keep wind at his back, moving stick in all directions and then he will convince the people of his ideas. This is done by the chief’s spokesman. Helps convince the opposition. Helps keep power in hands of parent(??) chief rather than subchiefs who might have other ideas.
Scientific name: Glochidion ramiflorum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nam̃ap
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4777)
Scientific name: Maesa aneiteensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nanedauyan
naparap
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epiphytic fern on main tree trunk, growing in dry forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3504)
Example: This is a medicine to treat fresh cuts. Take the leaf of this species, macerate it and add 1 tablespoon of water and wrap in a Macaranga leaf, and then heat it on a fire. After heating, puncture the side of the Macaranga leaf and drop the hot juice on the fresh cut. This is said to be good before going to see the Dispensary or if you do not have access to a health care professional.
Scientific name: Pyrrosia confluens, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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napat
n.
a cloud, blackness, darkness
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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napuleman
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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natoga
n.
the east wind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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natoga u inmeijcop
n.
wind-related term; no definition provided
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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nattri
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
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 440
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natuu
n.
withered banana leaves
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 97
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naupitcat
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4773)
Scientific name: Phyllanthus myrianthus, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nawou
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herb, growing in partially drained marsh. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3593)
Scientific name: Schoenoplectus validus, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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necjop̃dak
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prostrate creeping vine along coastlines. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #10)
Example: 1. To cure rubbush blood - Take a handfull f leaves of any age, pound it into a cupfull of water, squeeze the juice and drink when woman feels pain in head or inside the body or when the inside of the body is hot. Drink this once a day until the pain goes away. 2. To cure excessive bleeding after giving birth - boil naojapdak leaves (2-16) in seawater until leaves are soft and the water is brown. Sit on this water. 3. To close the cervix - boil 2 naojapdak leaves in water and bath in it. 4. Medicine: Smash leaves 1 handful, into cup and add a small amount of water to treat constipation—1 cup for children; 1.5 litres for adults. 5. Stomachache: same treatment, will clear bowel. 6. 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.
Scientific name: Vigna marina, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nekrei
n.
a large bat; the flying fox
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99
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nekrei
nepig
n.
night
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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nerophat
nesgin
n.
the pith
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 100
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netemu or nidwumnumu
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epiphyte on main trunk of Hernandia moerenhoutiana, pendant (1. 7 m long) (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3648)
Example: Name means fish skeleton. Ornamental but needs a lot of watering.
Scientific name: Dendrobium involutum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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neudan tauoc neaig
n.
the center sprout of a coconut tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 100
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nidinaij
n.
south-west wind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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nidnaiñ
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tree to 4 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4942)
Example: Wood is strong and light so used to build houses.
Scientific name: Melicope latifolia, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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niducai
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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nihkanwai
n.
brook
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 131
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nijmanyahao
nilpodou
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herb, growing at edge of garden area. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3599)
Example: This is for a medicinal tea to give energy to a person who is not feeling well. Collect a handful of young stem apices and boil in 2-3 cups of water. Drink warm to help the body be strong and healthy. It is also good to treat diarrhea. When a person feels well again, stop this treatment but they can also drink this 1x daily, once before breakfast or before lunch, as a healthful tea.
Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nimit
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sparsely branched tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3208)
Example: The flying fox eats the fruit of this tree. When the fruits are ripe, the seeds are edible and children cut off the outside of the fruit and eat the nut. Wrap fish with this leaf and cook it on top of a fire--it tastes good. House posts are made from the trunk of the tree. It grows in the coastal area.
Scientific name: Cerbera manghas, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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niri
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grass to 1 m tall, florets brown (collection: Michael J. Balick #4973)
Example: This grass is used to thatch the roof of a traditional house. Tie bunches of the grass on a stick ca. 2 m long, using string from Pandanus or other vines. Lay these on the roof and tie these sticks with grass on crossbars to secure them. The flowers of this grass are harvested and put in bags to make pillows. The flowers are soft and easy to gather and make a nice pillow.
Speaker: Tony Keith
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nirid u numu
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terrestrial fern on forest floor, growing in disturbed forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3482)
Example: People who go fishing take this plant along with other unspecified leaves, crush them and rub them on the fishing line that the person is using. This is said to attract more fish to the bait. It is also a "message plant" to be put in a person’s hat when they come back from fishing and then people know that they caught fish. Local name means "fish gill." For performing a weather magic ritual to produce fog, this plant is fermented along with another plant (nap̃at) in a hole in a sacred stone (called "Naemoso") at a secret location on Aneityum.
Scientific name: Schizaea dichotoma, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nohos ma
noperihapu
n.
the north-north-west wind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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nopropra (~ noporopora ?)
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basket used to carry sweet potatoes
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
Speaker: Romario Yaufati
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nu
numta
n.
shoots of taro for planting
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 105
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nupsin itai
n.
seed
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 182
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nuritoga atahig
n.
the south-south-east wind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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nässa
n.
Carica papaya
Example: flower ovary taken internally against ciguatera
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 441
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rere
adj.
leafless; fading
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 107
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safenunui
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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