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eblaamnem
adj. adjacent
bookmarketi laulau
adv. soon
bookmarkindawoc
inja
injupki
n. afternoon
bookmarkink
n. vine, growing in disturbed forest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3470)
Example: A man named Johnnie (Reuben’s grandfather) brought this vine to Aneityum to use it as a rope to tie objects. The ripe fruits are used to paint the face and hands and children make drawings from this dye.
bookmarkinma
n. a breadfruit tree
bookmarkinmal ahapol
n. a group of cultivations
bookmarkinta eled
intiklan cai
n. tops of branches
bookmarkinwai
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinweriwei
inyade
n. kind of banana
bookmarkkaraka
n. kind of tree
bookmarklelahapol
n. a cultivated field
bookmarkmuri muri
naevas
n. sparsely to moderately branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3220)
Example: 1. Wood is used for carving as it is a nice black wood. 2. Also used for house posts. 3. Use sapwood – cut a piece of wood, long one 1-2 m. Put it in front of the house or take a smaller piece on top of the entrance door – protects against bad spirits.
bookmarknahas alaig imi yin
n. p. taro for the dead
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nahrarin nepig
n. early morning; around 3 o’clock
bookmarknakhe
n. fern. Growing in a village back path. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #29)
Example: 1. To cure when the anus falls out - Pound together 1 braches worth of inpalcapnesgin leaves and of both inloptiri (2-4 leaves, any age), also take the inner bark of nekeaitimi and nakhe. Put this into your hand, or another leaf and give it to the person to use it. This should be applied to the anus whenever the anus comes out. USed to use a clam shell to extract the bark but not anymore.
bookmarknalak mideuc
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknapaecei
napau emilmat
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapjis
n. a species of grass
bookmarknaposjilcau
n. kind of tree
bookmarknarakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknarijo
nariko
n. shrub to 3 m, flowers yellow with red outer coverings (appearing red when closed) (collection: Michael J. Balick #4957)
Example: This plant is used to fertilize fields, especially by growing it in fields that have been used for other crops for a very long time. The seeds can be cooked when dry and hard, boiled in water, or eaten directly without preparation when green and soft.
bookmarknatuun
n. kind of banana
bookmarknau
n. high mountain
bookmarknauhwa
n. kind of tree
bookmarknauwai
n. kind of banana
bookmarkneducai inhujid
n. kind of tree
bookmarkneipyepei
n. kind of tree
bookmarknekro
nemtanla
n. herb to 1 m, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4892)
Example: If a person is coming to a "new" village, e.g. not their own, and they have a branch in their hand, it means that they are coming in peace and not trying to harm anyone else in the new village. Or if they are asking for something that might be found in the new village, they hold the branch of this species and pass it to a person from that village so they will accept you.
bookmarknerin cat
n. green pandanus leaf
bookmarknese
n. the takoma or tekma, a tree with white flowers
bookmarknetvo
n. a species of fruit
bookmarknigehagid
n. kind of banana
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4061)
Example: 1. When cooking "Naura" (freshwater prawns), the leaves are used to wrap them before they are roasted in a fire. 2. When making lap-lap (a traditional dish made of grated root crops), and the lap-lap leaf is unavailable (Heliconia sp.), use the large leaf of this species to wrap the taro.
bookmarknisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarkniña
[niŋa] n. shell
bookmarknoducnas
n. a bunch of taro
bookmarknohun
n. stem
bookmarknohwan nefara
n. kind of taro
bookmarknoporo pora
nowigma
n. a dried or withered breadfruit tree
bookmarknuarin aridjai vaig
n. an upward slope
bookmarknuarin marara
n. dale
bookmarknudto
n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3452)
Example: 1a. The stem of this plant is used to make a spear, as it is always straight and very strong. It is a small growing plant, just right for length of a spear. 1b. Make a spear for fishing, peel bark, heat stem, affix points to end. 2. Name is the name of a fish. 3. Rafters for roof.
bookmarknuei
n. vine, growing in open disturbed area. Flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3589)
Example: To build a cyclone house, take the vine of this species to tie pieces of the house. To prepare the vine for use as rope, collect many feet of it, put it in a fire, roll it in a figure 8, wait until it softens and then use for tying. This vine is hard and needs to be heated to a high temperature in the fire to make it soft; the person preparing this must use gloves to tie it to the posts and rafters while it is still warm. When it cools, it is very strong. Rope made from this vine will last a long time--perhaps 10-15 years. It can also be used to make a regular house.
bookmarknumnyac
n. a kind of bulbous root
bookmarknupunyepec
pahai
adj. inland
bookmarkreseiheto
n. a second growth, as grass that springs up after being burned
bookmarksafenunui
n. kind of taro
bookmarktapasetarayi
n. kind of taro
bookmarkuvid
n. three days ago; three days hence
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