dawarivi
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Silver Gull
Example: Photo by Bernard Spragg, License: Public domain via Flickr
Scientific name: Larus novaehollandiae, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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eti laulau
adv.
soon
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 92
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eucte
v.
to begin to blossom
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 80
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imehei
n.
pandanus leaf
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 170
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incauinja
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shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3543)
Example: Red, dried fruits are fed to small chicks as food.
Scientific name: Rivina humilis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inceimu
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tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3464)
Example: This is a sacred plant. The wood is used for rafters in house building. To plant taro, take an 8 cm diameter stick, sharpen it and use to make holes for planting. The stick is as long as needed for a person to stand while making the hole.
Scientific name: Syzygium nomoa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inceipou
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tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3612)
Example: 1. Edible fruits when ripe and turn black – some sweet and some not – eat sweet ones. 2. Timber, firewood.
Scientific name: Syzygium clusiifolium, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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incepñekrei
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broken tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3462)
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
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inharedej
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Ribbontail stingray
Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Taeniura lymma, Speaker: Chris Nevehev
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inholai
inhosamu
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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inhulec
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[inhuleɣ]
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Fan tailed gerygone
Example: Photo by Roger Le Guen, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Gerygone flavolateralis, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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injañad
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tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3713)
Example: The wood of this tree is light and strong and used to carve canoe paddles. Carve the paddle from green wood as it is easier to carve then when the wood hardens.
Scientific name: Symplocos, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inmadedi
n.
Tabernaemontana padacaqui
Example: leaf used for for wounds; cold maceration taken internally against "skin cancer" (severe wounds?). Stalk, chewed, influences sex of an embryo in favor of a girl.
Scientific name: Tabernaemontana padacaqui, Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 440
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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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inmapoded
n.
kind of breadfruit
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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inmeraducai
n.
kind of breadfruit
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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inmetla
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tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3579)
Example: The fruits of this plant is edible and tastes like a guava. The wood is used for house posts, and the smaller stems used to make rafters to hold thatch. Firewood.
Scientific name: Eugenia rariflora, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inmop
n.
a horse-chestnut tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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inmowad o picad
inwag
n.
the evening star
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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inwouse
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creeping and decumbent vine, growing at edge of strand (near airstrip terminal). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3575)
Scientific name: Stictocardia campanulata, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inyuc
n.
the name of a plant
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 90
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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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lelahapol
n.
a cultivated field
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 92
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lelohos
n.
a garden of bananas
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 92
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naheñ
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saplings, 3-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3715)
Example: Small poles from this plant are used to make fishing spears, and larger stems used for house rafters.
Scientific name: Tarenna efatensis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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naheñ
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shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3455)
Example: Fertilizer, take fresh leaves and put in area where plant taro.
Scientific name: Psychotria milnei, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nahleuco yag
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nakoai
n.
species of palm tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 95
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nakwei
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large palm, 20 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4080)
Example: 1. Children eat the nut of the ripe fruits. 2. The leaf bases can be used, when tied together, two at a time, to create a bowl from which to drink. 3. In the past, the trunks were used to fashion a hunting spear used in tribal warfare. Further context withheld.
Scientific name: Veitchia spiralis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nalgaj
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shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4107)
Scientific name: Cyrtandra cf. aneiteensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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napdaj
napisinijvaig
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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naposjelcau
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4764)
Scientific name: Tarenna, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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napuleman
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nap̃at
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terrestrial fern, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4099)
Example: 1. The name means "cloud". The plant is usually found on high ridges, in areas where there is often high moisture.
Scientific name: Callistopteris apiifolia, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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narineom
n.
hedge
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 156
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natimihas
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kind of fern (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4780)
Scientific name: Adiantum hispidulum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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natoga matahau an jap
n.
the north-east-east wind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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natora
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tree to 6 m, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4873)
Example: This tree is a good source of timber, it is a hard wood and makes good posts for houses, fences, and furniture. 4’ x 4’ and 8’ x 1’ planks can be cut from this wood. Great for construction.
Scientific name: Intsia bijuga, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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neaig milmat
n.
a green coconut
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nedenc
n.
stinging; the fruit of the kaleteug
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 98
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neduon
n.
a bone, a foot
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 98
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nelnjen natimi
neri
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nerifake
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nete o un
n.
west
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 198
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neuled
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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neyo
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grass to 70 cm tall, sterile. Cultivated at the side of a field. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4958)
Example: The leaves and stems are boiled in water to make tea. The base of the leaves (the whitish part) is used to cook foods that have a strong odor, such as goat or shark. The base is sliced and put in the soup and this helps to keep the smell of the goat or shark from infusing through the rest of the food and making it less palatable. In some areas of Aneityum, such as in cassava fields, there is a fungus that kills the crops. This species is interplanted with the crops to kill that fungus and protect the crop plants.
Scientific name: Cymbopogon citratus, Speaker: Tony Keith
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nidiape
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nidupau
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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niegred
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tree to 4 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4936)
Example: The leaves are used to cover earth ovens when cooking big fish or taro.
Scientific name: Cleidion neoebudicum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nijma
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fallen tree, growing in canopy gap in primary forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3465)
Example: When the flowers of this plant are green, it is an indication that the cool season is approaching; when the flowers are brown, the dry season is coming. The wood is used to make rafters for the roof of houses, on which to tie thatch.
Scientific name: Commersonia bartramia, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nithwunitei
tree fern, trunk 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4102)
Example: 1. There are kinds of this plant. This is considered the white one. See GMP # 4100, textit{Cyathea sp}, which is considered the black one.
Scientific name: Cyathea
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nohwan nuputu
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nomotmot tucjup
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nop̃oi
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sprawling, vine-like herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3215)
Example: 1. The flower of this plant is used for decoration, for Christmas in particular, in church and home. 2. To attract a mate, put the flower in your hair. 3. This is the introduced one that is named after the wild type.
Scientific name: Gloriosa superba, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nugnyimtau noho
n.
kind of palm
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nuhonwei
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White-eyed Duck
Example: Photo by cuatrok77/Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Aytha australis, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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numnava
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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numujced
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fern to 0. 75 m, sori brown. Growing in pine forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4983)
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.
Scientific name: Blechnopsis orientalis, Speaker: Tony Keith
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nyihivac
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tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3263)
Example: 1. A "calendar plant". When this flowers in the bush, and people are making their gardens in that area, it means the garden is ready to harvest. 2. Firewood, calendar, and message plant – for people who live up in the forest can see this coastal plant and when it flowers it is a good time to go fishing or to move to the coastal area for a few weeks to relax. July-August. Tide is low so everything is exposed so it is a good time to fish for there, 2 months. 3. Flowers have a nice nectar, sweet, kids drink.
Scientific name: Metrosideros collina, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nähäwanatschill
n.
Macaranga dioca
Example: Inner bark: bathe in cold infusion, wounds. Mix heated over fire and taken out during sunset. Healer clenches the package in his fist, then gently punches the patients left, then right knee, then his forehead and finally squeezes over his head, migraine a
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 441
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nässäi
n.
Drynaria rigidula
Example: Leaf: ashes rubbed onto head against getting bold
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 443
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romo romo
n.
vine to 1 m, fruits black. Secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4906)
Scientific name: Geitonoplesium cymosum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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se
adv.
downward
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 108
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sepagko
adv.
down yonder
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 108
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umnad
adj.
rotten, applied to fruit
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 111
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waleh
n.
a sweet potato
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 111
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