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epigjai iran
n. last quarter of moon
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incauaij aho
n. kind of tree
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incesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
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inje tadwain anholwas
injivij
n. Titan triggerfish
Example: Photo by Leonard Low, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinjupjupura
n. night; quite dark
bookmarkinmeranauunse
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinridjai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkinrosi
n. a clearing of bush or reeds
bookmarkintapin
n. a hedge; a shelter
bookmarkintesyaniau
n. grass to 3 m, flowers brown. Growing in degraded secondary forest along trail. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4969)
Example: The stem of this plant is used to make walls of houses. Collect the stem and remove the leaves, and then take one of the bush vines (any of them) and tie the stems into bundles for making house walls or fences for chicken pens. Children make a whistle from a hollow piece of stem from this plant.
bookmarkinyacelcou
n. vine running many meters long over clay soil and grassy area on hillside where the triangular wooden signs are that used to be a landmark for ships coming to the island. Sterile. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5008)
Example: This plant is the focus of an important legend on Aneityum. When the missionary John Geddie and colleaguse first arrived on the island in July of 1848, the Chiefs welcomed them but some of the people did not like the idea. So these people sent a basket containing a peeled coconut and a fish (nopom) to the Chief in Umej to ask him to support the idea of getting rid of the missionary that the Chief of Analcahuat had welcomed. If the Chief of Umej were to eat the fish and coconut meat, it would mean that he agreed with the opposition. The Chief refused to eat the food in the basket and he told the people a parable involving this plant. A person cannot find the tip of the stem or the end of the root in the ground. So if they were to eliminate the missionary, his activity would continue because of God’s power. As it is with this plant, it will continue to grow and flourish if you cut it or try to dig up the root. So he sent a message about this plant to the people in Analcahuat who objected to the presence of the missionary stating this parable. Those people in Analcauhat held a secret meeting and they chose a powerful and strong person to kill the missionary. During the night the person went to the missionary’s house while he was in the toilet. Returning to the house, the missionary found the person in his doorway, and that person lifted his club to strike the missionary. But at that point the attacker’s hands suddenly had no power and the club fell from his hands, and he fell over. The missionary told him to get up, and not come back. After that experience, the people of Umej realized that God’s power was great and they could not go against it. The Chief took the peeled coconut that was sent him and covered it with the skin of another coconut and planted it instead of eating it. This coconut grew and the missionary’s work continued to grow on the island. So this vine played an important role in communicating the power of God to the people of Aneityum.
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lelceije
v.n. to walk abroad
bookmarkleucen
adj. ripe, as taro
bookmarknabou
n. Yellowmargin triggerfish
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknafan
n. the name of a species of seaweed
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nagdenayi
n. kind of taro
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naheñ
nahtau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknaijema
n. cotton
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nalauba
[nalauba] n. Emerald Dove
Example: Photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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nameleahpu
n. kind of breadfruit
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namop
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapojev
n. sparsely branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3493)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used in cooking, particuarly with the earth oven. Use a fire to heat stones, then when the fire burns down and the stones are hot, pile these leaves on top of the hot stones and then place the food being cooked--taro, fish, pig, cassava, banana or other foods--on top of the leaves. Then pile more of these leaves on top of the food and then place additional hot stones on top of that pile of leaves. While the food is cooking--each type of food takes a different amount of time--the leaves give off a very nice smell and help flavor the food.
bookmarknaran
n. Orange-socket surgeonfish
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknarasincai
n. bark
bookmarknared
n. vine climbing on trees, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4090)
Example: 1. The rachis of an old plant is braided as a rope to tie sugar cane, house posts, and fences. The rachis is used when green, and as it dries in form, it remains functional and lasts for a long time (10-12 years).
bookmarknatutahut
n. grass to 10 cm, seeds brown. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4945)
Example: To make a baby strong, burn the leaves and rhizome, take the ashes and rub on the baby’s arms, knees, legs. Makes them strong, healthy and able to walk. Use after the child is given a bath. 1-4 years old, and it will help. Can use every day after bathing.
bookmarkneaig cap
n. a red coconut
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negainohos
n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"
bookmarknehevaig
n. kind of tree
bookmarknehtumta
n. land newly planted with taro
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nenho
n. the name of a poisonous plant
bookmarknenis
n. cloth of coconut tree; anything useless. Ek idivaig nenis ainyak, I am quite useless
bookmarknepelvan wou
n. liana, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. Latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4074)
Example: 1. The outer stem is used to make an ornament call "Intyecrec". When one returns from the bush, you make this to indicate your trip to the bush. Other plants are at times including in the dressing. Each have their own significance.
bookmarkneudan tauoc neaig
n. the center sprout of a coconut tree
bookmarkneyo
n. 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.
bookmarknidincai
n. balsam; resin
bookmarknidwunitei
n. 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, Cyathea sp., which is considered the black one.
bookmarknihivaeñ aeyhec
nipji nomu
niri atga
nitatel (a nelco)
nomotmot mese
n. hay
bookmarknop̃ou
n. tree. Found in the village, usually grows in the hills. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #16)
Example: 1. Lot of oil in the heartwood so it is good to start a fire, split it into small strips and you can light it for a fire. 2. Calendar plant – when the fruits ripen people know that this is the best season to eat the big hermit crab – meaning that they are fat.
bookmarknosocrei
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknuarin abras
n. cliff
bookmarknucje
n. the Norfolk Island pine
bookmarknuei
n. vine climbing into the canopy on Sarcomelicope, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3620)
Example: This plant is used for local rope. Coil it in a figure 8, heat on a fire, when it is soft, use it for tying poles on a house. It is very strong when cool and dry.
bookmarknumnyac
n. a kind of bulbous root
bookmarknuput, noho’ich
n. cultivated anthropogenic landscape (lawn and planted trees). (collection: Keith E. Clancy #6655)
bookmarknämdokai
näüsärop
n. unidentified species
Example: Fresh leaves: special Kastom ceremony used to treat severe abdominal pain during pregnancy
bookmarkpehpahai
v.n. sail inside of reef
bookmarkucsiligei
v.a. to pare off rind
bookmarkugnis
v.a. to take off sprouts of taro
bookmarkupjira
n. a kind of tree
bookmarkweite
adj. perennial (applied to water); also "etweite", "inweite"
bookmarkyatit
n. kind of banana
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