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acrac
baby crawling
bookmarkahtaredei
v.n. go though, as the land
bookmarkeblaamnem
adj. adjacent
bookmarkelum
v. to begin to form, as fruit
bookmarkianiv
n. yesterday
bookmarkincesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkincipiñti
inlepei u inpoded
n. epiphyte, growing in secondary forest along trail above river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3664)
Example: This plant is used to make a head garland, but if you are going hunting or fishing do not put this on your head as you will not be successful in your quset. This is the grass skirt for the spirits; you can hear them but you cannot see them.
bookmarkinmaleaig
n. a grove of coconuts
bookmarkinmanpas
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinpaije
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintaeñtaeñ atamaeñ
intopasyejitohou
n. herb to 50 cm tall, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4947)
Example: To treat toothache, collect the uppermost young leaves, rub them in your hand, put mass of crushed leaves into the area of toothache to lessen the pain. Do this as needed until the pain goes away. Keep it in your mouth for 10 minutes then spit out, then add a new one, keep going as needed.
bookmarkintowosjei
intowosjei
inwah
n. food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
bookmarkinyac
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
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laknu
mafure mafutoga
n. an astronomy term; no definition given
bookmarknahad
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknahojcei
nalak ahod
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknalak cai
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknalak mideuc
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknamlau
napannopotan
narutu umlai
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknasanma
n. the juice of the breadfruit tree
bookmarknasau
n. a crop; fruit which grows spontaneously
bookmarknatapin
n. hedge
bookmarknatisiyeg
n. Squaretail mullet
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknatoga u inmeijcop
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknattri
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
bookmarknau inwai
n. channel of a stream
bookmarknauhwa
n. kind of tree
bookmarknecna
n. Fringelip mullet
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknecrakiti
n. herb, growing at edge of garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3601)
Example: This is a "calendar plant". In winter months, if a person sees this plant in flower it is confirmation that the sea turtle has plenty of grease or fat and is good to eat. As a medicine for a cut, collect some leaves, mash them and squeeze the juice on a cut or sore on the body. Do this treatment 3x daily until the sore dries up or the cut heals.
bookmarknehno
n. a species of poisonous tree
bookmarknelka
nemdaj
n. Little spinefoot, scribbled rabbitfish
Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknemek
n. yellow leaves for making petticoats
bookmarknemtokei
n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4861)
Example: When a person does heavy work and their body feels tired, they should take 1 handful of leaves, squeeze them into a cup of water and drink--this will make the person feel better. People can drink this from time to time to give the body energy even before you are tired. To treat constipation, take 4- 8’ pieces of stem from a 2 cm dbh section of the tree, peel the outside bark off, collect the inner bark and mash with a stone or hammer, put in a colander to strain out the wood, add 1.5 l water, the liquid becomes green or whitish with sticky liquid. Drink this one time, it tastes cold and then after about 30 minutes it feels like the bowel is working and then normal function returns--this does not induce diarrhea but rather returns the bowel to normal function.
bookmarknerero
n. calabash
bookmarknesgin
n. the pith
bookmarkneteukin
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknethokin
n. a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"
bookmarknetit tidai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknijhinga
n. shrub, 1-1. 25 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3591)
Example: The fruits of this species are edible when ripe (black) and are very sweet. It grows in the white grass area in the open. It is "numba one" fruit. If a person eats a lot of these it turns their tongue reddish-purple.
bookmarknilpudou
n. herb to 50 cm, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4944)
Example: As a tonic medicine, collect a full handful of leaves, boil in one liter of water until fully cooked, then drink 1 cup 3x daily, warm, to treat a person who has worked too much, who is tired, to help their stomach and to help make them strong. For children and adults. Child’s dose is 1/2 cup, 3x daily until the child feels stronger.
bookmarknimtac
n. kind of tree
bookmarkniri
n. 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.
bookmarkniri atga
nitai auanipin upene
n. frankincense
bookmarknohwai itai
n. berry
bookmarknopan
n. a season
bookmarknuhonwei
numnava
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknumuyehec
tite
adj. ripe early in the season
bookmarkugnis
v.a. to take off sprouts of taro
bookmarkupjira
n. a kind of tree
bookmarkwiwi
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkyasua
n. kind of taro
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