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ahcedwei

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v.n. go in and out among

alapdaig

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v. to collect raw food, as sugarcane taro, for a feast of uncooked food

amai

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v. chew

anah

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v. to fish (with a net)

apos yi aktit

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v.n. to steer straight

atamod

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v. cut

atga alep

v.n. go alone

dala nadimi

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[dala nadimi] phr. five men (there are)

dowag nadimi

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[dowaŋ nadimi] phr. six men (there are)

elv-

pre. far; long; applied to distance or time

erec

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v. swim

han

v.n. to go

hogeco

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n. kind of bird

igca pam

phr. on this side

ilpu hal u kumnyumoi

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n. the Pleiades, the seven stars

im

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conj. and

incat

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n. screwpine (RPV #85)

incedo

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n. kind of shellfish

incei

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n. wood

incei huri u inman

Cupaniopsis leptobotrys
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n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4108)

incet edwa

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. type of seashell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

inhau

n. kind of tree

inhujac

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n. kind of shellfish

inhuterau

n. a rainbow

inja

Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.
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[inja] n. Red Jungle Fowl, all chickens

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.

injuki

n. the afternoon

inmadeded

n. kind of tree

inmadidi

To treat a flu that has resulted in a thick, runny nose, collect sap of this tree, drink 2-3 drops directly (not in water). This is for treating the type of flu that provokes yellow mucus coming out of the nose. Drinking the sap breaks up the stuffy nose. Use once, it tastes very sour. In 3-4 days the mucus will be expelled. Do not use too much! If a person has a new cut, and the bleeding will not stop, place the sap on the cut and the bleeding will stop. If you have a burn that is bleeding, applying the sap will stop the blood and oozing sore. If a person has a sore on their body, cover it with a layer of the sap from this plant. This will ensure that the sore will not get larger from infection, flies, etc. but stay its original size. This plant is also used for unspecified spiritual practices. To determine if a fish you have caught is poisonous, e.g. with ciguatera, take an 8’ piece of small branch from this tree, peel the bark and put it inside the fish before you cook it on the earth oven. If the stick turns black, then you know that the fish is not good to eat--it has a poison so should be thrown away.
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n. tree to 5 m, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4855)

Example: To treat a flu that has resulted in a thick, runny nose, collect sap of this tree, drink 2-3 drops directly (not in water). This is for treating the type of flu that provokes yellow mucus coming out of the nose. Drinking the sap breaks up the stuffy nose. Use once, it tastes very sour. In 3-4 days the mucus will be expelled. Do not use too much! If a person has a new cut, and the bleeding will not stop, place the sap on the cut and the bleeding will stop. If you have a burn that is bleeding, applying the sap will stop the blood and oozing sore. If a person has a sore on their body, cover it with a layer of the sap from this plant. This will ensure that the sore will not get larger from infection, flies, etc. but stay its original size. This plant is also used for unspecified spiritual practices. To determine if a fish you have caught is poisonous, e.g. with ciguatera, take an 8’ piece of small branch from this tree, peel the bark and put it inside the fish before you cook it on the earth oven. If the stick turns black, then you know that the fish is not good to eat--it has a poison so should be thrown away.

inmal ahapol

n. a group of cultivations

inmauwad picad

n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad ahi"

inmejei

This tree is a source of sawn timber.
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n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3686)

Example: This tree is a source of sawn timber.

inmerei hau

Acacia spirorbis
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n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3692)

inmorantejed

Cephalopholis miniata http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-miniata.html
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n. Coral hind, coral grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

inpece lelcei

Calophyllum neoebudicum
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n. tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3286)

inridjai

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

intas aneijom

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[intas anejʧom] n. Aneityumese language

intejed

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n. Samoan tropical-almond (RPV #29)

intinan tal

n. a plantation of taro

intowosjei

1. The name means "white hair". It is not known why that is the case.
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n. terrestrial orchid, growing in dense rainforest. buds greenish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4112)

Example: 1. The name means "white hair". It is not known why that is the case.

inwag

n. the evening star

inwai

n. water; fresh water

inyat lelcei

Endiandra aneityensis
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n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4032)

inyuc

n. the name of a plant

kava

n. a plant from which an intoxicating drink is prepared

kupiau

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n. kind of breadfruit

manfara

n. kind of sugarcane

maprum

This grass is planted to protect a person’s farm from being affected by evil spirits.
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n. grass to 1 m, flowers purplish (collection: Michael J. Balick #4935)

Example: This grass is planted to protect a person’s farm from being affected by evil spirits.

maputu-ligighap

n. the stem of a coconut leaf used for a butt

masoa

n. arrowroot

nagai

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n. kind of shellfish

nagesega atga

nagesega atga
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[naŋɛsɛŋa atŋa] n. walking sun symbol

naha

n. Crinum asiaticum; variation asiaticum L.

Example: from leaves taken internally as a laxative to treat ciguatera and against asthma

naha

The leaves are used to wrap fish for cooking in an open fire. If you eat a bad fish and begin to feel the effects of it a few hours later, such as with Ciguatera illness, cut the base of the stem of this plant and let the sap drip into a half coconut shell with coconut water in it, drink the shell and it will make the person vomit out the bad food. It does not taste good but is very effective in making a person vomit as it contains a toxic compound.
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n. herb to 1 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #5003)

Example: The leaves are used to wrap fish for cooking in an open fire. If you eat a bad fish and begin to feel the effects of it a few hours later, such as with Ciguatera illness, cut the base of the stem of this plant and let the sap drip into a half coconut shell with coconut water in it, drink the shell and it will make the person vomit out the bad food. It does not taste good but is very effective in making a person vomit as it contains a toxic compound.

nahco aco

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[naɣo aɣo] n. just after sundown, still light

nahrin

n. half-tide when ebbing

nakohaiag

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[nakajaŋ] n. palm of hand

nalak hat

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n. kind of plantain (strong one)

nalas

Pittosporum
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4755)

naligaj

This plant is a very important food during a famine. People dig up the roots and roast these on the embers of a fire for 25 minutes, then check the root to get out the starchy material, and spit out the fiber. There is said to be little taste; this is a bland food that a person eats to survive. People on Aneityum have harvested it for a very long time so there is not as much of a supply left as in the past.
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n. herb to 10 cm, sterile (collection: Michael J. Balick #4985)

Example: This plant is a very important food during a famine. People dig up the roots and roast these on the embers of a fire for 25 minutes, then check the root to get out the starchy material, and spit out the fiber. There is said to be little taste; this is a bland food that a person eats to survive. People on Aneityum have harvested it for a very long time so there is not as much of a supply left as in the past.

namaka

To make rope, cut the stems, tie together in a bundle and place in the sea. Cover the bundle with rocks for about a week, then take it out, wash it, dry in the sun until the fibers bleach white and use to make grass skirts. This is the process of retting. When the cyclone season is finished, the plant has flowers and fruits--in May through July--this means no danger of cyclones.
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n. herb to 1 m,flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4893)

Example: To make rope, cut the stems, tie together in a bundle and place in the sea. Cover the bundle with rocks for about a week, then take it out, wash it, dry in the sun until the fibers bleach white and use to make grass skirts. This is the process of retting. When the cyclone season is finished, the plant has flowers and fruits--in May through July--this means no danger of cyclones.

nam̃ap

Maesa aneiteensis
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n. shrub, 1. 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3442)

narecheno

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nareramgei

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[nareramɣei] n. kind of banana (fat)

nasieij

n. native cabbage

nasjiñaho

The roots are used to treat toothache. Take the roots, strip off the outer bark and chew the root. Stops pain from the toothache. Use 3x daily until the pain is gone.
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n. shrub to 1 m, flowers greenish-white. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4932)

Example: The roots are used to treat toothache. Take the roots, strip off the outer bark and chew the root. Stops pain from the toothache. Use 3x daily until the pain is gone.

nataimu

Caranx papuensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-papuensis.html
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n. Brassy trevally

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

natau atahen

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n. kind of shellfish

nathut u nadiat

n. dawn of day

natoga u inmeijcop

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

natokarau

natokarau

n. the north-west wind

nauhap̃ apeñ

1. When a sea shell pricks you "Inlac", a person can be lifted by magic using these leaves. Further information about this use withheld.
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n. treelet, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4065)

Example: 1. When a sea shell pricks you "Inlac", a person can be lifted by magic using these leaves. Further information about this use withheld.

nawuranig upni

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[nawuraniŋ upni] phr. thank you very much

neduon

n. a bone, a foot

nedwonomo

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[neθwonomo] n. fish bones

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nerere

Ficus obliqua
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n. tree, 8-10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4141)

nesjau

Cyathea vieillardii

n. tree fern, trunk 2-2. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3693)

netcetas

The stems of this plant make a good digging stick for planting kava. Kava planted with this digging stick will be stronger in effect.
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n. tree 10 m tall, dbh 15 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4909)

Example: The stems of this plant make a good digging stick for planting kava. Kava planted with this digging stick will be stronger in effect.

nhujac

Phreatia hypsorrhynchos
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n. epiphyte on branch of Syzygium tree, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. dry fruits. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3661)

niad

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n. kind of shellfish

nicen numu

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[niɣɛn nʊmʊ] n. fish tail

nida

When the new leaves form on this plant, people say that it is time to plant taro. The wood of the larger tree is good for posts.
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n. shrub to 2 m ,fruits green (collection: Michael J. Balick #4884)

Example: When the new leaves form on this plant, people say that it is time to plant taro. The wood of the larger tree is good for posts.

nidupau

n. kind of tree

nigyi neto

n. the chewed fiber of sugarcane

nijkowai

Lutjanus carponotatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-carponotatus.html
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n. Spanish flag, stripey

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nilit

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n. kind of shellfish

nirinma

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. breadfruit leaf

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nisjau

n. kind of tree

niʧinin

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[niʧinin] n. head

nobom

Selar crumenophthalmus http://fishbase.org/summary/Selar-crumenophthalmus.html
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n. Bigeye scad

Example: Photo by J.E. Randall / Fishbase, License: CC BY-A-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

noducnas

n. a bunch of taro

nohu itai

n. fruit trees

nomojced

Blechnum vulcanicum

n. terrestrial fern growing in rain forest on the mountain slope. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3285)

nowihit

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nuh

n. a yam

pospos

n. a small red berry used as beads

ridiau mayi

n. kind of taro

tas

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v. talk

tehtehin

n. an open blossom

ya

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adv. after

yetse

v.n. to go down