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aihon
v. to spit on leaves; to chew leaves for sickness
bookmarkaiyu
adj. sweet; shady
bookmarkeblaamnem
adj. adjacent
bookmarkereinmerei
n. the clear part of the moon when first seen
bookmarkincauinja
inharedej
inhupnan
n. first fruits
bookmarkinhuterau
n. a rainbow
bookmarkink
n. vine, growing in coastal forest. Fruits purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3556)
Example: A man named Johnnie (Reuben’s grandfather) brought this vine to Aneityum to use it as a rope to tie objects. The ripe fruits are used to paint the face and hands and children make drawings from this dye.
bookmarkinlidija
n. summer, autumn
bookmarkinmal acujitai
n. a collection of plantations
bookmarkinman anjap
n. sea bird
bookmarkinmauwad
n. a convolvulus
bookmarkinmejcop
inp̃al
n. treelet or shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3204)
Example: To treat a headache, people traditionally would make a small cut ¼ inch long with a bamboo or piece of glass around the eyebrows where it is soft and then drip juice of the crushed leaves in the cut to take away the pain. Let the cut bleed first and then put the juice in it and it will stop the pain. The bleeding will stop the pain and the leaf juice will stop the bleeding – sometimes the pain will go away immediately and sometimes it takes a few minutes. So this technique is used to treat a very strong headache like a migraine.
bookmarkintinan mese
n. dry land planted
bookmarkintisiancai
n. blossom (open)
bookmarkinwai
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinyehec
n. tree to 7 m, dbh 20 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4968)
Example: The fruits are edible when they are red. If a person has been drinking kava and the next morning feels hung over, they can take a handful of the leaves of this plant, crush them in cool water, and wash their face with this. This treatment will help the kava feeling to disappear. At the same time, if a person eats the fruit of this tree a few hours in advance of planning to drink kava, they cannot drink kava as it will reduce the effects of the kava. The trunk of this tree can be used to build temporary houses and also it is good for firewood. When the plant is in flower, flying foxes and birds come to drink the nectar and hunters know this so they hunt near this tree.
bookmarkkateupen
n. kind of taro
bookmarkkopilkopil
n. kind of taro
bookmarklawog
m̃orom̃ora
[ŋmoroŋmora] n. ants
bookmarknabudwä
nadoni
n. prickly shrub
bookmarknaha
n. Crinum asiaticum; variation asiaticum L.
Example: from leaves taken internally as a laxative to treat ciguatera and against asthma
bookmarknahmas
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknai
n. a plant with red leaves
bookmarknaledmot
nalvimtinjap
n. a light wind; the beginning of a wind
bookmarknamehe
n. kind of taro
bookmarknamou
naparap
n. epiphytic fern on main tree trunk, growing in dry forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3504)
Example: This is a medicine to treat fresh cuts. Take the leaf of this species, macerate it and add 1 tablespoon of water and wrap in a Macaranga leaf, and then heat it on a fire. After heating, puncture the side of the Macaranga leaf and drop the hot juice on the fresh cut. This is said to be good before going to see the Dispensary or if you do not have access to a health care professional.
bookmarknapuleman
n. kind of banana
bookmarknarasinipjin necsei nupu afrika
narijo
nasahas
n. a small water-plant
bookmarknau-hos
n. bamboo to 5 m, sterile. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4940)
Example: Used to build walls of local houses. The outer skin is stripped off, stems cut in half then smashed flat, the inside is stripped clean and woven into walls. The cut pieces of entire stems can be filled with food and used for cooking that food. Cover both ends with leaves and cook. If a person has skin that becomes infected, use sharpened stem as a local knife to remove the infected area of skin. Use as a local water pipe to move water from one place to another (nobol). Either split the stem in half or punch the nodes out throughout the entire tube and use as a pipe.
bookmarkneaig
n. the kernel of a coconut; the coconut tree
bookmarknecsap
n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3534)
Example: This tree has very hard wood. 1. Use the small stems to plant dry land or swamp taro, sharpening the end and pushing it into the ground to make a hole. 2. It also is useful for fence, posts for houses. 3. Small stems are also used to make a comb for the hair. 4. Plant pole for taro kava. 5. A branch is shaped and used to husk coconut. 6. The wood is hard and in ancient times people would take a forked piece and put string on one side of it, sharpen the other side and use with the string as a fish hook – need to keep rope tight until it is in the canoe. Do not give it slack – strong use AAM 17.
bookmarknefitan nedoon nedoon
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknehivaing
nejev
neka
nekro
nemit
n. kind of tree
bookmarknesgan nevig
n. a fresh coconut
bookmarknetemu or nidwumnumu
netet
n. the name of a tree
bookmarknidid
n. Ambon emperor
Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknidintaueuc
n. new coconut leaves
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 7-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3587)
Example: 1. If the preferred banana leaves are not available to wrap food for cooking, then use young leaves of this species and tie taro and fish for cooking. 2. Use leaves to wrap fresh water prawns and fresh water fish and cook them on charcoal. Use as a cup by making funnel out of leaf and drink from it. 3. Used for unspecified ritual activities.
bookmarknijman
nimtinjap par alau
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknipji nelaneayñ
nipjin nirintal
nohu itai
n. fruit trees
bookmarknomoj
n. cycad to 3 m tall, 25 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #5010)
Example: In the past there were no toys for the children, so people made toys from the seed of this plant. They peeled the fruit, took the seed, removed the inside, punched one hole on each side, put a string through each of the holes and twisted the string to spin the seed such that it would make a whistling sound as the fruit spun faster and faster. On Palm Sunday, people use this leaf in Church. People plant this cycad around their homes and use it as an ornamental. Some people believe that having this plant around their homes will keep the bad spirits away.
bookmarknuput, noho’ich
n. cultivated anthropogenic landscape (lawn and planted trees). (collection: Keith E. Clancy #6655)
bookmarktarere
adv. near; inshore; near the shore
bookmarktilaconai
n. first quarter of the moon
bookmarkumnad
adj. rotten, applied to fruit
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