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ahco

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v.a. reach summit; also "eliaujai"

aijujaimi

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v.a. to come up, or come east

ak

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pro. you

algaunyi

v.n. to cross over or above, as over a fence, or tree in a path, or on stones through a river

algauwaig

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v.n. to cross over or through a river, as by wading, or in a boat.

alm̃ui

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v. see

amlep

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conj. and

am̃

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conj. and

anpeke aranma

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n. island of breadfruit

aso

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v. cover up

atpu

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v hide

awaiñ

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v. plant

ehlou

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v. to fish (by torchlight)

ek amjengina

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[ek amʤeŋina] phr. I am sleeping

et emda an

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[et emθan] phr. he is strong

gras

n. Oplismenus hirtellus L.

Example: shoot: chewed against cough

igcapahai

adj. inland

incaceñ upni

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n. "good" (domesticated) kava (RPV #133)

inceihuri

1. Flying foxes are known to eat the fruit. Accordingly, when hunters desire the flying fox, they gather near this species.
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n. large tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4073)

Example: 1. Flying foxes are known to eat the fruit. Accordingly, when hunters desire the flying fox, they gather near this species.

inhalav imtinjap

n. wind-related term; no definition provided. Possibly referring to "inhalav" ’child’.

inhapli kuri

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[inhapli kuri] n. puppy (lit. small dog)

inhar

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n. kind of fish

inhos

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n. kind of fish

inja

Zanclus cornutus http://fishbase.org/summary/Zanclus-cornutus.html
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n. Moorish idol

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

ink

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.
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n. vine, growing in disturbed forest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3470)

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.

inlepei u inpoded atamaiñ

Phlegmariurus squarrosus
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n. epiphyte on main trunk (near base) of large tree, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4060)

inlobot

n. croton plant

inmaefata

n. kind of breadfruit

inman anjap

n. sea bird

inmereijcil

n. kind of breadfruit

inmoijeuv ahcil

n. false star

inmowad itouga

The word itougo means from a different country or place outside of Aneityum. The plant was introduced by the first missionaries who came to Port Patrick. Calendar plant – sea cost people see this flower in the forest and they know it is time to go into garden and harvest taro or make new gardens– see GMP 3263. This is also good firewood.
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n. vine climbing on Geissois denhamii (GMP #3522), growing in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3524)

Example: The word itougo means from a different country or place outside of Aneityum. The plant was introduced by the first missionaries who came to Port Patrick. Calendar plant – sea cost people see this flower in the forest and they know it is time to go into garden and harvest taro or make new gardens– see GMP 3263. This is also good firewood.

inpad

n. kind of palm

inpci

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n. kind of fish

intas aneijom

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[intas anejʧom] n. Aneityumese language

intate a nelgo waj

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. seat on canoe

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

intohou ataheñ

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n. kind of shellfish

inucai

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n. kind of bush

inwowityuwun

Cassytha filiformis
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n. parasitic vine hanging off the side of a cliff, growing along coast. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4147)

kapou

n. gun

korari

Put the leaf in seawater for two months, this will rett t he fibers. Then collect the fibrous strings and dry them in the sun, and use them for weaving. In the past this plant fiber was  used to make rope but not at present.
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n. herb growing to 2 m tall, flower white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4974)

Example: Put the leaf in seawater for two months, this will rett t he fibers. Then collect the fibrous strings and dry them in the sun, and use them for weaving. In the past this plant fiber was used to make rope but not at present.

meret

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v. like

nace

Photo by J.E Randall, Fishbase: CC BY-A-NC 3.0
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n. Roundjaw bonefish

Example: Photo by J.E Randall, Fishbase: CC BY-A-NC 3.0

naerum̃an

Leucaena forsteri
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n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3725)

naevas

1. Wood is used for carving as it is a nice black wood. 2. Also used for house posts. 3. Use sapwood – cut a piece of wood,  long one 1-2 m. Put it in front of the house or take a smaller piece on top of the entrance door – protects against bad spirits.
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n. sparsely to moderately branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3220)

Example: 1. Wood is used for carving as it is a nice black wood. 2. Also used for house posts. 3. Use sapwood – cut a piece of wood, long one 1-2 m. Put it in front of the house or take a smaller piece on top of the entrance door – protects against bad spirits.

nafakeka

n. coconut spathes

nahoya

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n. kind of shellfish

najam

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n. kind of fish

najañ

Used to make small poles for house rafters.
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3613)

Example: Used to make small poles for house rafters.

nake

The very young leaves of this plant are edible.
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n. terrestrial fern, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3712)

Example: The very young leaves of this plant are edible.

nalgaj

Cyrtandra cf. aneiteensis
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4107)

namop

n. kind of tree

namou

The young stems of this tree are used to make bows and arrows. Cut the young, straight stems, dry them and use to carve the bow.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3578)

Example: The young stems of this tree are used to make bows and arrows. Cut the young, straight stems, dry them and use to carve the bow.

namu atam̃eñ

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n. kind of shellfish (m)

nam̃ete

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n. kind of bush

napauwa

n. kind of taro

napojev

The leaves of this plant are used in cooking, particuarly with the earth oven. Use a fire to heat stones, then when the fire burns down and the stones are hot, pile these leaves on top of the hot stones and then place the food being cooked--taro, fish, pig, cassava, banana or other foods--on top of the leaves. Then pile more of these leaves on top of the food and then place additional hot stones on top of that pile of leaves. While the food is cooking--each type of food takes a different amount of time--the leaves give off a very nice smell and help flavor the food.
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n. sparsely branched tree, growing in open (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3477)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used in cooking, particuarly with the earth oven. Use a fire to heat stones, then when the fire burns down and the stones are hot, pile these leaves on top of the hot stones and then place the food being cooked--taro, fish, pig, cassava, banana or other foods--on top of the leaves. Then pile more of these leaves on top of the food and then place additional hot stones on top of that pile of leaves. While the food is cooking--each type of food takes a different amount of time--the leaves give off a very nice smell and help flavor the food.

napojev

The leaves are used to cover meat when baking it in a stone oven (inmawum). This will soften the meat and keep it moist. Used when other species of this genus are not available, for example if you are in the bush.
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n. tree to 5 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4889)

Example: The leaves are used to cover meat when baking it in a stone oven (inmawum). This will soften the meat and keep it moist. Used when other species of this genus are not available, for example if you are in the bush.

napuke

n. a mound or hillock for yams

naravi

n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts

natapin

n. hedge

nau

n. high mountain

nauaneig

n. a reed

naurakiti

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nauram

n. kind of banana

nausecrai

n. a species of thorn

nauyan

n. dawn of day

nauyerop̃

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. Edible fruits, when ripe or green, does not taste when green, but sweet when ripe. 3a. Leaves (young) are edible, for example wrap around coconut meat and eat or cook with island cabbage and other leaves, boil and add coconut milk and eat. 3b. The young leaves are edible, after boiling for 5 minutes. A piece of coconut and a pinch of salt is wrapped in the leaves and eaten. The mature leaves are used to wrap food such as pig or cow meat and cooked in an earth oven. Tie this bundle with a piece of Pandanus fiber to secure it before putting in the earth oven. 4. During big feast, use this a lot – circumcison or wedding feast, harvest leaves and wrap around meat and bake on earth oven – sometimes we cut down a whole tree to gather leaves. 5. To make men’s custom belt – split stem, peel outer bark off to take inner bark and peel it, tear end to make strap that can be tied. Dry in sun but not direct sunlight. 6. Older large trunks were burned by ancestors to keep fire going – did not need matches (lefre(?) matches) because embers would stay for days and when make a fire add smaller branches to make a flame.
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n. tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3487)

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. Edible fruits, when ripe or green, does not taste when green, but sweet when ripe. 3a. Leaves (young) are edible, for example wrap around coconut meat and eat or cook with island cabbage and other leaves, boil and add coconut milk and eat. 3b. The young leaves are edible, after boiling for 5 minutes. A piece of coconut and a pinch of salt is wrapped in the leaves and eaten. The mature leaves are used to wrap food such as pig or cow meat and cooked in an earth oven. Tie this bundle with a piece of Pandanus fiber to secure it before putting in the earth oven. 4. During big feast, use this a lot – circumcison or wedding feast, harvest leaves and wrap around meat and bake on earth oven – sometimes we cut down a whole tree to gather leaves. 5. To make men’s custom belt – split stem, peel outer bark off to take inner bark and peel it, tear end to make strap that can be tied. Dry in sun but not direct sunlight. 6. Older large trunks were burned by ancestors to keep fire going – did not need matches (lefre(?) matches) because embers would stay for days and when make a fire add smaller branches to make a flame.

necrakiti

This is a "calendar plant". In winter months, if a person sees this plant in flower it is confirmation that the sea turtle has plenty of grease or fat and is good to eat. As a medicine for a cut, collect some leaves, mash them and squeeze the juice on a cut or sore on the body. Do this treatment 3x daily until the sore dries up or the cut heals.
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n. herb, growing at edge of garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3601)

Example: This is a "calendar plant". In winter months, if a person sees this plant in flower it is confirmation that the sea turtle has plenty of grease or fat and is good to eat. As a medicine for a cut, collect some leaves, mash them and squeeze the juice on a cut or sore on the body. Do this treatment 3x daily until the sore dries up or the cut heals.

nefatpo

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[nefat̚po] n. November (lit. relax, don’t have to work)

nekei

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n. giant fern (RPV #223)

nekiko

n. kind of taro

nemlowoc

Astronidium aneityense
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n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3273)

nemtav

Dysoxylum
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n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3666)

nepahas

n. kind of tree

nepig u nausei

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[nepiŋ u nausej] n. dark clouds before the daylight breaks through

neriseris

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[neriseris] n. spider (house)

nerophat

Caranx melampygus http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-melampygus.html
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n. Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

neyaiñ

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. coconuts used for sea fermentation

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nida

Sharpen the end of a straight pole of this tree and use it to plant taro in a swampy area. For family planning. Scratch away the inner bark into your hand and mix with 1/4 cup salty water. Woman the uses (not specified how to use) it after her monthly period to protect her from getting pregnant.
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n. tree, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3685)

Example: Sharpen the end of a straight pole of this tree and use it to plant taro in a swampy area. For family planning. Scratch away the inner bark into your hand and mix with 1/4 cup salty water. Woman the uses (not specified how to use) it after her monthly period to protect her from getting pregnant.

nidin neaig

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[niθin neaiɣ] n. coconut milk

nigyi neto

n. the chewed fiber of sugarcane

nijin nedoon

n. brow of a hill

nijom̃kan

Name means smash tooth. 1. This is part of an unspecified mixture that can be used as a spell to give another person a toothache. 2. Toothache – chew leaves on the sore tooth and leave it there for a while and spit it out – it will break the tooth and you can take it out, leave on 20 minutes.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3491)

Example: Name means smash tooth. 1. This is part of an unspecified mixture that can be used as a spell to give another person a toothache. 2. Toothache – chew leaves on the sore tooth and leave it there for a while and spit it out – it will break the tooth and you can take it out, leave on 20 minutes.

nilpudou

To treat a headache, especially from the flu, boil a handful of leaves in 1 liter of water for a few minutes, let cool and drink 1 cup of liquid per day . Also can treat this type of headache by using the plant in a steam bath, by boiling 4 handfuls of leaves in a pot of water, covering the head with a towel and breathing in the steam from the pot.
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n. herb to 70 cm, florets yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4998)

Example: To treat a headache, especially from the flu, boil a handful of leaves in 1 liter of water for a few minutes, let cool and drink 1 cup of liquid per day . Also can treat this type of headache by using the plant in a steam bath, by boiling 4 handfuls of leaves in a pot of water, covering the head with a towel and breathing in the steam from the pot.

nipjin

n. branch (tender)

nipyipei

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nisasi

Polyalthia nitidissima
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4760)

nohon

n. kind of taro

nohos anhas

n. the Futuna banana

nohos kaletonia

n. the New Caledonian banana

nomoi

Xylosma guillauminii
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n. shrub to tree, 2. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3583)

nourasjohou

1. Considered to be a relative of Morinda citrifolia.
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n. large tree, 13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4052)

Example: 1. Considered to be a relative of Morinda citrifolia.

nuae

Use this to make rope. Cut the vine, heat over a low fire, when it is still warm, tie posts of the house--the heat makes the cord very strong and tying it while in that condition makes it really strong.
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n. vine to 2 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4939)

Example: Use this to make rope. Cut the vine, heat over a low fire, when it is still warm, tie posts of the house--the heat makes the cord very strong and tying it while in that condition makes it really strong.

numnava

n. kind of sugarcane

oujeiko

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prep. up there

pejadi

v.n. get off the reef

uleme

adj. sour, applied to the water in coconuts

upjira

n. a kind of tree

upuhas

v.n. to sprout