anaclelen
n.
forecast
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 152
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ehgin
adj.
afar
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 121
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ereuc
v.
to shake a branch; to make fruit fall. pl: "ereucereuc"
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 78
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incei huri u inman
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tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4108)
Scientific name: Cupaniopsis leptobotrys, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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incetcanalaeñ
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terrestrial sedge, c. 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3496)
Example: Children pull out the young shoots of this plant and play with them as a spear to throw.
Scientific name: Gahnia aspera, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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incetevak
incipiñti
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4072)
Example: 1. The flower and bark are known to reek a foul smell.
Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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inciñyiñpa
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tree to 15 m, dbh 75 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #5006)
Example: The stems of this tree are used to make temporary houses and for firewood. This is one of the leaves that is used in an unspecified mixture to put in a rough sea to calm th ewaters.
Scientific name: Syzygium richii, Speaker: Tony Keith
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inga
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n.
Purple Swamphen
Example: Photo by Bernard Spragg, License: Public domain via Flickr
Scientific name: Porphyrio porphyrio, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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inhalav imtinjap
n.
wind-related term; no definition provided. Possibly referring to "inhalav" ’child’.
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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inlepei u inpoded
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epiphyte, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4104)
Example: 1. This plant is considered bad luck when hunting or fishing. When doing these activities, do not decorate your hair with them. 2. This plant is used to weave the sheath portion of "nambas". First the stems are retted, then the inner portion of the plant removed. Once removed, the sheath is woven with the blanched fiber. 3. This is considered the male version of this plant. See GMP #4105, Phlegmarius sp. for the female version.
Scientific name: Phlegmariurus phlegmaria, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inmathethi
n.
Tabernaemontana padacaqui
Example: leaf used for for wounds; cold maceration taken internally against "skin cancer" (severe wounds?). Stalk, chewed, influences sex of an embryo in favor of a girl.
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 440
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inmoijeuv natpoig
n.
a comet
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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inpig
n.
today
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 88
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inp̃al anhas
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tree to 8 m tall, dbh 1 m (collection: Michael J. Balick #4994)
Example: The flowers are used for decoration, in the yard or cut and brought into the house. The stem of this tree is good for firewood.
Scientific name: Bauhinia monandra, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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inran
n.
a branch
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 88
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intekes ~ inrowod
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treelet, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4085)
Example: 1. The green leaves of this plant are used to cover fish, when cooking them in a fire.
Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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intidin
n.
a crop, but not the first ripe
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89
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intiklan cai
n.
tops of branches
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89
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intiklancai
n.
sprig
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 188
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inyebec
kiliek nahpu
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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kitlel
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[kitlel]
n.
teapot (probably loanword from "kettle")
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
Speaker: Osiani Nerian
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lakasia
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shrub, 0. 5-0. 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3565)
Example: The leaves are used to feed livestock. The large timbers are used for house posts, and the small wood for other types of posts such as for fences.
Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nadej
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4797)
Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nadiat
n.
day
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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nadiat meto
n.
the middle of the forenoon
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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nafan
n.
the name of a species of seaweed
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94
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nagereta
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herb to 1 m tall, flowers red (collection: Michael J. Balick #4952)
Example: The tubers are edible when peeled and boiled in water for 1 hour. Alternatively, they can be peeled, soaked in water for 30 minutes, and then ground to make lap-lap.
Scientific name: Canna indica, Speaker: Tony Keith
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nahaijcai
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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naheñ
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tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4066)
Example: 1. Young saplings are used to prepare a fishing spear. First a straight sapling is chosen and sized. Then it is heated over a fire to render it pliable. After the length is straightened, it is decorticated. Once cooled, a portion of wire can be affixed to an end to aid in spearing fish.
Scientific name: Pavetta opulina, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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naho
n.
a plant, the fruit of which is prepared like arrowroot, and used as a food for sick people
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94
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nakli pece
n.
isle, island
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 160
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nalad iran
n.
seed of a fig
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 150
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nalau inja
nalgaj
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shrub to 1. 5 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #5005)
Example: In areas such as this, where more traditional leaves used to wrap lap-lap are scarce, this leaf can be used as it is quite large.
Scientific name: Cyrtandra, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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namaunirij
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herb to 30 cm, fruits green. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4934)
Example: Take the leaves, squeeze out the juice in a cup of water, drink 3x daily for 3 days to treat dengue fever--use one handful of leaves in a cup of water and drink cool. The fruits are edible. Peel the outer part off and eat like a tomato.
Scientific name: Physalis angulata, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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namesei
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terrestrial orchid, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4116)
Scientific name: Macodes sanderiana, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nam̃caca
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vine climbing in understory, growing in rainforest along river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4057)
Example: 1. This plant is named in relation to a winged fish. The leaves are rough and resemble the body the fish. 2. The leaves of this plant are used to wrap grated taro or manioc. After it is fastened with rope and boiled or baked.
Scientific name: Joinvillea plicata, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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naop yi atmas
n.
a small whirlwind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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natau anyiyi
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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natiñpece
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herb, growing on roadside in open disturbed area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3607)
Scientific name: Ischaemum muticum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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naurakiti
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nauras
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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nawitoga
nawod
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tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3641)
Example: 1. The wood of this tree is used to make temporary houses, for example, when making a garden by the river. 2. The wood can be sawn into timber. 3. People collect red leaf and put under tongue when want to talk about conflicted issues such as a dispute to make their argument stronger.
Scientific name: Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nedouyatmas
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small, sparsely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3463)
Example: This is considered a sacred plant. People do not use this plant as it is considered "of the devil."
Scientific name: Delarbrea paradoxa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nejecjec
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epiphyte c. 1 m above forest floor, growing in secondary forest above river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3650)
Example: The younger,soft leaves are used to wrap local foods, for example bananas. To prepare a type of "local cheese," made from fermented breadfruit and fermented banana, mix a bit of coconut milk and wrap these two fruits in the leaves and cook under ground. Not clear about the way the food is fermented.
Scientific name: Asplenium australasicum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nejeg tau
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tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3518)
Example: People plant this tree near the coast, specifically as small fish and shellfish hide in it to breed and people know this.
Scientific name: Rhizophora samoensis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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netethae
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shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3604)
Example: The fruits are edible when ripe--eating them turns the tongue purple. 1. To cure headaches - Someone other than the woman must prepare this. Break the top branch of netethae and remove leaves for use. Combine with the top leaves of the top branch of nelmaha. Chew the leaves and drink the juice. Do this when the sun is setting on the horizon. The woman gives the leftover fibers to the person who prepared the medicine and that person goes and throws the fibers in the direction of the setting sun. 2. Ancestors 4 top branches and chew and spit out remaining fiber will destroy the effects of a love potion that is too strong – meaning that the husband or wife will miss the other person too much so that they become mentally ill. 3. Edible fruits: eating them turns tongue black/purple.
Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nicasau
n.
the castor-oil plant
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102
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nidei
n.
kind of sugarcane
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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nikwunitei
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small tree-fern, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3269)
Scientific name: Cyathea, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nimlidin
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4776)
Scientific name: Polyscias schmidii, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nirom̃gei
nisasi
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4760)
Scientific name: Polyalthia nitidissima, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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niseaig
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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nohoanma
n.
breadfruit; also "nohwanma"
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 104
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nohor
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n.
Woodford’s Rail
Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific name: Nesoclopeus woodfordi, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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nohwan ajimta
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nopwag
[nopwañ]
n.
Far Eastern Curlew
Example: Photo by Graham Winterflood, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr
Scientific name: Numenius madagascariensis, Speaker: Jack Keitadi
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nouras
n.
Morinda citrifolia L.
Example: Fruit: eaten raw, constipation
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 444
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nowo
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4749)
Scientific name: Dysoxylum bijugum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nucije
n.
Sirius, the Dog Star
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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nuden
n.
coconut leaves in the middle of the cluster, neither old nor new
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 104
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numuyehec
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tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3624)
Example: Use the wood of this plant for roof rafters.
Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nälmaha
n.
Ficus septica var. cauliflora
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 443
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tatau