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apig
adj. black
bookmarkared numta
v. to plant taro
bookmarkcap
adj. red (color)
bookmarkehla
adj. unripe; also "ehlai"
bookmarkethanethan
adj. at a distance; on the other side of the road.
bookmarketjo itac
v.n. to fall behind; to come late
bookmarkincei imtaig
n. the heart wood of a tree
bookmarkincejev ataheñ
incuwukava
inhus u miliaig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinlepei u inpoded
inman anjap
n. sea bird
bookmarkinmoupog
n. tree to 8 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4927)
Example: The wood of this tree is used as firewood. Children collect the dry fruits and use them for decorations and toys, for example playing with a fruit on the beach, driving it as if it were a toy truck or boat (photo).
bookmarkinp̃al anhas
inranwai
n. a brook that is dry in summer
bookmarkintaig cap
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintaji
intal athunwai
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintelopse atamaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkintiklancai
n. sprig
bookmarkinwoapeñ
inyat
n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3645)
Example: The ripe fruits of this plant are edible and said to be delicious as well as smell very good. When the fruits turn brown and soft you can open it and there will be a shell like an upsidedown turtle shell. You can eat the fruit out. As the fruit smells good, people put a basket of ripe fruits in their homes to give it a good smell. The unripe fruits can be eaten, but only when cooked in an earth oven so it is not sticky. The tree can be used for sawn timber. Can be used for building house, specifically the house posts. Number one timber.
bookmarkinyihev
n. kind of tree
bookmarkinyipei
n. the flour, as of arrowroot
bookmarkkatupinmi
n. kind of taro
bookmarknafan
n. the name of a species of seaweed
bookmarknaheñ
nalad iran
n. seed of a fig
bookmarknaledmot
name cedo
namou
napapotan
napauwahpa
n. kind of taro
bookmarknarijo
n. epiphytic fern on decaying log, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4088)
Example: 1. Considered the same as Narijo. When it grow in good soil it takes the form of GMP 4087. In cold and rocky soil it this form.
bookmarknauram aged
n. kind of banana
bookmarknecna p̃a
n. Largescale mullet
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknefelelicai acen
n. hemlock
bookmarkneiang
neijis ieg
n. a bundle of reeds for a torch; a torch
bookmarknelcau udeuc
n. kind of taro
bookmarknepig upni
nepnou
neroa
netcetas
n. well branched tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4084)
Example: 1. The name means "explosion". Further information about the plant withheld.
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.
bookmarknidei
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknididao
nihivaeñ aeyec
n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3213)
Example: 1. When a person has a headache from being out in the sun too long, scrape the outer bark off of the stem of this tree, take scrapings of the inner bark, wrap with a leaf of breadfruit and put in a fire for 15-20 minutes. Not a hot fire, but only in the flame. Squeeze the water out of the bark when it is warm and rub all over the forehead and face to help the headache go away. 2. Use the stems of this tree as a stick to carry taro from the field, as the stick is strong but not too heavy. The taro is tied to each end to balance on a person’s shoulders. 3. Leaf used for wrapping local medicines. This is the best leaf and put it on the charcoal to heat it. 4. Good firewood.
bookmarknihivai
n. Macaranga dioca
Example: Inner bark: bathe in cold infusion, wounds. Mix heated over fire and taken out during sunset. Healer clenches the package in his fist, then gently punches the patients left, then right knee, then his forehead and finally squeezes over his head, migraine a
bookmarknimtinjap
n. wind
bookmarkninja
nipjinecei vanteigin
niprij
nipʧin niri
nipʧin njelas
nisil
n. the center rib of the coconut leaflet; wire
bookmarkniʧin neiang
nomotmot mese
n. hay
bookmarknowanu
n. Longfin African conger, moustache conger
Example: Photo by Patrick Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknowyeyang
n. shrub to 2 m tall, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4955)
Example: The tubers of this variety are sweet, not bitter and are eaten after cooking. The young leaves are eaten after boiling in water until they are soft, either plain or cooked in soup. It is important to only harvest and prepare the young leaves in this way, as the older leaves will not get soft even after cooking. The young leaves are used to cover the top layer of the earth oven, on top of the stones that comprise the upper layer of the earth oven.
bookmarknucije
n. Sirius, the Dog Star
bookmarknucsei
n. kind of taro
bookmarknumurumu
nupsi itai
n. corn
bookmarkupuhasin
n. sprouts
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