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atause
v.n. to go ashore
bookmarkategnaijaig pok nelcau
v.n. sail from shore
bookmarkelum
v. to begin to form, as fruit
bookmarkesei cai
n. forest trees
bookmarkilihilo
adj. soft, as an infant’s foot, or new leaves.
bookmarkincejev ataheñ
inceslum
n. vegetables; herbs, as taro, bananas; every vegetable planted for food
bookmarkincipiñti
inhulec ~ iɣleɣ
[inhuleɣ] n. Yellow-throated White-eye
Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
bookmarkinjupki
n. afternoon
bookmarkinlapnan
n. a plantation
bookmarkinmehtas
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmopoñ
n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3516)
Example: The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.
bookmarkinmouwat
inpan
n. kind of banana
bookmarkinrosi
n. a clearing of bush or reeds
bookmarkintaig apig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintapin
n. a hedge; a shelter
bookmarkinteijid
n. species of pine
bookmarkintesjao
intesyanam̃a
intoutau
n. tree. Growing near village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #5)
Example: 1. To cure spirit sickness of the niteitau. Use plants that also end with "au" : niditau, intoutau, naoyerop. Go to the top of the plant to get the soft leaves of the plants niditau, intoutau, naoyerop, also take the bark. The person making the medicine should be holding the these leaves with a piece of nelmaha. Nelmaha means go away. The sick person chews the leaves and bark and swallows the juice spitting out the fiber into the nelmaha the medicine maker is holding. The medicine person then takes the spit out fiber in the nalmaha leaf and throws it into the sea in front of the village. 2. For a baby that is not doing well, as with malnourished, take 4-5 leaves, put in warm water and wash baby – 1x day for 3 days. 6. Use to make temporary house.
bookmarkinwae
n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3563)
Example: Children like to eat the fruit of this plant. It is said to taste like pineapple/mango. It must be very ripe to be eaten. Peel and discard the skin. The fruit is most sweet when it is on the ground for a few days. Some children eat the seeds of this fruit but it has a strong oily taste--too many cause vomiting and if a person eats 1-2 seeds it can cause diarrhea.
bookmarkinwah
n. food or seed of all sorts; the juice of any plant
bookmarkinwouasan
n. liana climbing on Syzygium, growing along ridge in dense rainforest. Latex white (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4079)
bookmarkinwoudec
n. liana climbing on large Dillenia tree, growing in primary forest at edge of river. flower white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3677)
Example: If a person is building a temporary house and has no other way of attaching the poles, collect the vine of this species, roll it a bit to break the fiber, heat it in a figure 8 form and then use for tying poles while warm.
bookmarkinyidjighos
n. the center rib of the coconut leaf
bookmarkitounga
mako amyiñ
n. tree to 5 m, fdby 35 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4979)
Example: The fruits are edible and ripen during November-December. The leaves can be boiled as a medicine. If a person has a hoarse voice, boil 4 or or a few more leaves in 1 liter of water. Cool the mixture and drink once daily until the voice returns to normal. The trunk of this tree is good for timber, as it is a very hard wood. But a productive tree is not cut for timber--only the wild mangos that have flowers and small fruits that do not ripen; these trees are cut for timber. This particular tree, "Mango Amgie" bears fruit with a great deal of fiber, so the name refers to the "mango that you drink." Amgie means "drink" in the Aneityum language. There is another variety of mango, "Mango Cig" that means the mango that you eat. It has a little fiber but good fleshy fruits. This species is introduced from outside of Aneityum.
bookmarkmedipmedip
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkna elmai
n. cloth (related to nelmai)
bookmarknafanu
n. tree. Growing on the coast. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #23)
Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4 young leaves of nafanu and mash and squeeze the juice into a small bamboo (1-1.5 inch diameter) The nafanu is important because it is a plant that connects to the sea. Use wildcane leaves cover the bamboo closed. Go to the sick person and unwrap the snake from her. Start from the top and let the woman drink a small part of the potion then wash her with the mixture, making sure to wash head, elbows, knees, feet, and belly. Then take a leaf of naha and break it over the woman’s belly button to break the snake off. Smash the bamboo vessel to pieces. Leave the woman there until the wash dries on her. This takes one whole day and the ceremony in the evening so she can sleep and she must not eat. This ritual is performed by men. 2. Firewood, house post for bush house.
bookmarknagagnit
n. Harlequin sweetlips, many-spotted sweetlips
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknahar
n. species of pine
bookmarknahojcei
n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3436)
bookmarknahtau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknakoaha
n. kind of taro
bookmarknalgaij
n. kind of sugarcane; also "inhelegaij"
bookmarknapijelcau
n. kind of banana
bookmarknapuke
n. a mound or hillock for yams
bookmarknaridjai o un
n. east
bookmarknatcai
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknaualha
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknauhoig yi amud
n. break of day
bookmarknecjop̃dak
n. low-growing, creeping vine growing in grassy area just inland from coastal strand. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3223)
Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat stomach ache. Take a handful of leaves and mix with 1/2 liter of water, crush the leaves in the water and drink the entire amount when your stomach hurts. Alternatively, this can also be consumed 1x a week as a tonic drink for the stomach and system.
bookmarknepig upni
neri itai
n. leaves; grass
bookmarknerinabod
n. Brassy chub, lowfin drummer
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknidiape
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknidnaiñ
nighincai
n. the stump of a tree
bookmarknilbuthou
nimtahuged
n. the holes in a coconut
bookmarknipjin nirintal
nohos yau
noporo pora
nowat
n. Convict surgeonfish, convict tang
Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknucije
n. Sirius, the Dog Star
bookmarknupsin itai
n. seed
bookmarkpudvel
ridiau mayi
n. kind of taro
bookmarktatalaha
n. kind of taro
bookmarkucsiligei
v.a. to pare off rind
bookmarkyecreig
adj. beginning to be ripe, as fruit
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