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aj
[aj] v. fly
bookmarkarijai
v.n. to go ashore, to go from sea, to arise or overflow, as sea over land.
bookmarkatcatcaiyu
v. to emit sound from a bottle or coconut
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hogelcou
n. royal albatross
bookmarkhui asan
v. trees; fruit
bookmarkinceimu
n. shrub to treelet, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3265)
Example: Used as a leaf compost for planting taro, layered on the bottom of the hole and covering the taro as well.
bookmarkinlah
n. light
bookmarkinlidija
n. summer, autumn
bookmarkinmadidi
inmaefata
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmoijeuv natpoig
n. a comet
bookmarkinranwai
n. a brook that is dry in summer
bookmarkinrowod
n. shrub. Found along village pathways and in gardens. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #15)
Example: 2. To cure headaches casued by bad spirit - Take one top from Nelmaha and one from inrowod (white stripe variety) Combine and chew these then spit them out and apply to the sick persons forehead.
bookmarkintaig apig
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinwaj
Reef needlefish, Reef longtoms
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinweriwei
inwou apeñ
inyade
n. kind of banana
bookmarkitounga
iñec
[iŋec] n. Mystery Island
bookmarklelceije
v.n. to walk abroad
bookmarknadeij
nagag ~ nacag
nagai
n. the name of a tree with fruit like almonds
bookmarknahanemek
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknahed u paralecei
nahoijcei
n. the name of a species of creeper
bookmarknahtancai upunupun
n. thorn
bookmarknairo
n. sapling, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4106)
Example: 1. Sapling wood is used to make fishing spears. A straight sapling is first heated in the fire to render it pliable. The sapling is further straightened and then decorticated. Once cooled, wire can be added a prong to the end of the spear.
bookmarknake
nala
nametreyeñ
namrad
napun nitai caig
n. the skin or rind of food
bookmarknarakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknarasitai
n. chaff
bookmarknarayag
n. tree. Growing in village garden. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #20)
Example: 1. To cure toothache when pregnant - Take the inner bark from Intejed and boil it in a pot of seawater (about 1 liter) along with 2 leaves from each of inpounatmas, narayag, nahayag, and nelmaha. Boil until juice is visibly leaving the plants. Put this water into your mouth and hold it there for 2-3 minutes. Do this this with one cup in the morning, 1 cup in the afternoon, and 1 cup in the evening. 2. Plant used to check with fish has ciguatera, in same way as other collection – GMP #4768. Stick white – OK to eat. Stick black or brown – not good.
bookmarknaupiñiña
n. terrestrial fern, growing in secondary forest along the river. Leaves c. 2. 25 m long. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3656)
Example: Put several leaves of this species together to wrap food, especially the fresh water eel, and to carry plants of taro, kava, holding the leaves over one’s shoulder to carry these crops.
bookmarknaurakiti
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknauram
n. kind of banana
bookmarknecemas
n. fern to 30 cm, cones green (collection: Michael J. Balick #4919)
Example: Use this plant to send a message to someone that another person has died. Take 1 dried leaf, to pass message to another village/tribe or people. Hold it in your hand and walk past a person, then they know that someone has died.
bookmarknecsap
n. shrub to 2 m, flowers white. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4887)
Example: The stem makes a good digging stick to plant taro. Also branches of this tree are cut to tie the canoe to the outrigger. Used for the small sticks that sit at the base of the larger sticks that hold the outrigger (see photos).
bookmarknekeiatimi
n. terrestrial fern, growing on rocky area in secondary forest above the river. Leaves c. 3 m long. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3654)
Example: The leaf is wrapped around the head as an adornment by both men and women. If a person gets burned by a fire, scrape the petiole of this plant and squeeze juice on the wound to cool and heal it. Use as long as needed. The ancestors are said to have cooked the stump of this plant in an earth oven, over 2-3 nights, and then ate it. It is said to have no taste but was more of a famine food during periods of drought.
bookmarknekiko
n. kind of taro
bookmarknemdaj
n. Little spinefoot, scribbled rabbitfish
Example: Photo by Kathleen Kresner-Reyes / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknese
n. herb to 4 m tall, male flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4977)
Example: The fruits are edible and eaten when ripe. To soften beef or octopus, or other meat that is tough, chop green fruit and put in a bowl with meat/fish and then add some water. Allow to sit for 30 minutes or if the food needs to be softer, then leave it in longer. The leaves are used to feed lobsters that are being kept in cages underwater, following their harvest. The leaves are used to cover stones on the earth oven. To treat a person with Ciguatera illness, wash many very gren fruits of papaya, the smallest ones that form at the top, and eat these to help relieve symptoms.
bookmarknididao
nidwunitei
nijcel
n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4061)
Example: 1. When cooking "Naura" (freshwater prawns), the leaves are used to wrap them before they are roasted in a fire. 2. When making lap-lap (a traditional dish made of grated root crops), and the lap-lap leaf is unavailable (Heliconia sp.), use the large leaf of this species to wrap the taro.
bookmarknijilah
n. kind of tree
bookmarknimtinjap par alau
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknipjinecei vanteigin
nipʧinite
nisil
n. the center rib of the coconut leaflet; wire
bookmarknitato naretou
nofowai
n. river
bookmarknohlaig
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknohos yau
nuh
n. a yam
bookmarknumrauad
n. a halo around the sun or moon
bookmarknumta
n. shoots of taro for planting
bookmarknupsinhodaeñ
nämdokai
suko
adv. downwards or westwards
bookmarkupasin
n. first shoots of old roots
bookmarkuriicai
adj. made of branches
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