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aiyu
adj. sweet; shady
bookmarkatga alep
v.n. go alone
bookmarkcap
adj. red (color)
bookmarkincat tal
n. basket of taro
bookmarkinhenid
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinhosumeljag ~ nu inhosumeljag
inhutlavlav
n. a bamboo flute
bookmarkinmahim nakowai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinmeri
n. a stringy bark tree
bookmarkinmoijeuv an nofomot
inmowad
n. vine to 40 cm, flowers blue (collection: Michael J. Balick #4949)
Example: To heal cuts, select a piece of the larger part of the stem (woody) cut a 6 inch piece and blow on one end; the sap comes o ut on the other end and this can be used to cover the wound. As a pig feed, people collect the stems and leaves and feed these to the pigs.
bookmarkinpak
n. species of banyan
bookmarkintaji
intop̃ hau
n. well branched tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3202)
Example: 1. Young shoots are peeled and made into grass skirts. Scrape the stem and take the green part off, tie strips together and put under stones in the sea for retting, let sit 5 days in sea, but check these on a daily basis. When the fiber becomes soft, that is the time to take it from under the stones, clean off the excess materials, and hang it in the sun to dry for 3 days--this will bleach it and give it a whitish color, at which point it can be woven into a skirt. 2. The fiber can be used to make a small rope that is tied with shells and used for custom dances. 3. When the stems of this tree are older, the wood is very hard and it can be used to make the main frame that is arched for a cyclone house. According to Reuben these houses are not made much anymore on Aneityum Island. 4. To cook the intestines of fish that are eaten, take several leaves and put them in a small pile, making a wrapping, then use a local fiber to tie this together and cook on charcoal for as long as needed to prepare the fish parts. 5. In this area, sometimes knowledge of the plants and flowering are used as a calendar to indicate the time for planting of specific crops. Reuben will provide more details on a future trip. 6a. This species is an important "message plant." If a person is not home and you are visiting from the East--e.g. an Eastern part of the Island--that person can leave a 12 inch piece of stick in front of the door of the house so that the inhabitant knows that an eastern visitor (from Anawonjei district) has come by your home. The reason that person has come to visit is to pass an important message to you--good or bad "luck". The bad luck message might be a death, and is not told directly to the person. The good luck message might be a birth, or conflict that has been resolved. These messages are communicated using sticks--each district has a different species of plant. Reuben’s is the hibiscus. 6b. Message plant for Eastern people. If someone dies, use this plant, clip it in front of hem, in front of home, they ask “who” and you can tell them. In Eastern culture you cannot tell them directly. 7. When a person is too drunk with kava, take a branch of this and brush him with it to help make the effects go away. 8. Traditional plates for food.
bookmarkinwai yah
n. brook
bookmarkitac a nelgo waj
karu uwaruwa
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarklakasia
medipmedip
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkmetagi asori
n. kind of taro
bookmarknagaihos
nahraren nepig
n. dawn of day
bookmarknahrin nij
n. kind of taro
bookmarknakoai
n. species of palm tree
bookmarknala
namlau
namlau
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3490)
Example: 1. The larger stems of this plant can be used to build houses, for rafters. 2. It is also a good source of firewood. 3. Ancestors, before go to chief’s canal and want to talk about a complicated issue – a person would cut a branch and bring it to the sea and tap the water surface and would say what he wants, ask that he would want that issue to be solved and that others would follow his ideas and then go back to the meeting place and take stick, keep wind at his back, moving stick in all directions and then he will convince the people of his ideas. This is done by the chief’s spokesman. Helps convince the opposition. Helps keep power in hands of parent(??) chief rather than subchiefs who might have other ideas.
bookmarknapijelcau
n. kind of banana
bookmarknariko
n. lentils
bookmarknasjiñao
natec
n. trees; palms; figs
bookmarknaupitcat
nauram aged
n. kind of banana
bookmarknautahos
n. herb, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3280)
Example: A "message plant". In ancient times, this plant was used for communicating. If you go to a person who composes songs and give this to them, they will know to compose a song for you. Name means "flowers on the ground".
bookmarknauwainapit
n. lightning
bookmarknecñanpaeñ
neka
nekiko
n. kind of taro
bookmarknelgo waj
nepig upni
nerinabod
n. Brassy chub, lowfin drummer
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknetto
n. sugarcane
bookmarknipʧin njelas
nisalau
n. blossoms on breadfruit
bookmarknisiug
n. a tree, the leaves of which have no center rib
bookmarknispev
n sea snake
bookmarknitatel (a nelco)
nitsichäi
n. Hornstedtia sp.
Example: Subterranean part: cold maceration, taken internally against "cancer", diabetes, or as tonic
bookmarknohwan ajimta
n. kind of taro
bookmarknomojced
n. terrestrial fern growing in rain forest on the mountain slope. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3285)
bookmarknoposeri
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3506)
Example: 1. The leaves of this plant are used in a kastom ceremony; crush the leaves and put in a head garland or on an arm band to release a pleasant odor during a kastom dance. The name of the plant is stated in a kastom song. 2. The leaf is a component for making "love magic." Crush these leaves as well as other unspecified leaves in a person’s hand while stating the name of the person you wish to fall in love with you, and it is said that they will. 3. Message plant – There are special people who compose traditional song about the person or legends, history, so the person who wants the song gives the composer this plant with other unspecified plants and the composer will have a dream that night and spirits will give song and melody and compose a song. Song is for Kastom ceremony singing while dancing.
bookmarknopropra (~ noporopora ?)
numlah
n. kind of tree
bookmarknupnyineuc
n. another name for masoa; arrowroot
bookmarkpahai
adj. inland
bookmarkrohalrohal
adj. rough, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch
bookmarksemi
adv. down hither
bookmarksepam
adv. down here
bookmarktedtedwaleg
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkwaleh
n. a sweet potato
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