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-ki

affix in this direction; here; this

ahtaredei

v.n. go though, as the land

arafara

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v. to prepare pandanus leaves for making mats or baskets

arahed

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[araheθ] n. round

ared numta

v. to plant taro

arinji

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[arinʤi] adj. very strong (?)

asalgii

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v. open

asvii intal

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[asvintal] phr. break taro

ato

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adj. straight

etti

v. to split leaves

garohos

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n. kind of bird

ijiñis

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prep. up

imraig

n. tomorrow

inhalau u napa

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n. kind of fish

inhatatga

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n. kind of shellfish

inhosamu

n. kind of sugarcane

inlepei u inpoded

Phlegmariurus carinatus
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n. pendent lithophyte, growing on rock in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4036)

inma

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n. breadfruit

inmapoded

n. kind of breadfruit

inpa u natmas

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 inpoutnatmas, 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. This plant is special and people grew it – use it after burial of a chief – wash hands with these leaves and water to cleanse the people who buried the chief. 3. Name means belongs to the spirit
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n. tree. Growing near village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #13)

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 inpoutnatmas, 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. This plant is special and people grew it – use it after burial of a chief – wash hands with these leaves and water to cleanse the people who buried the chief. 3. Name means belongs to the spirit

intisian

n. a flower

intowosjei

Calanthe chrysantha
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n. terrestrial orchid, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3708)

itac acen

adj. afar

iñcapeñ

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n. Elattostachys falcata (RPV #112)

karu uwaruwa

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

keamu

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n. Aneityum

kiliek nahpu

n. kind of taro

lelohos

n. a garden of bananas

maprum

This grass is planted to protect a person’s farm from being affected by evil spirits.
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n. grass to 1 m, flowers purplish (collection: Michael J. Balick #4935)

Example: This grass is planted to protect a person’s farm from being affected by evil spirits.

muri muri

The fruit of this species are poisonous. In ancient times the ancestors used the "fork" (branch growing out of main stem) of this wood to catch lobsters between the two parts of the stem.  v
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n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3539)

Example: The fruit of this species are poisonous. In ancient times the ancestors used the "fork" (branch growing out of main stem) of this wood to catch lobsters between the two parts of the stem. v

nacas

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n. kind of crab

naceijo

n. half tide when rising

nadeipikad

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n. kind of shellfish

nadiat

n. day

nafanu

This plant grows in coastal areas, and is a good source of firewood. It can be used for house posts. The leaves are used as an unspecified medicine. There is a belief regarding the black and white sea snake, that represents a seawater spirit. Mix this with other unspecified leaves, mash together, squeeze into a bamboo tube and fill it. Give it to a woman to drink to keep the evil snake spirit away. The same preparation can be used to treat toothache, caused by the seawater spirit. "The spirit can trick you into going to fish every day."
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n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3570)

Example: This plant grows in coastal areas, and is a good source of firewood. It can be used for house posts. The leaves are used as an unspecified medicine. There is a belief regarding the black and white sea snake, that represents a seawater spirit. Mix this with other unspecified leaves, mash together, squeeze into a bamboo tube and fill it. Give it to a woman to drink to keep the evil snake spirit away. The same preparation can be used to treat toothache, caused by the seawater spirit. "The spirit can trick you into going to fish every day."

naha

1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4 young leaves of nafanu and mash and squeeze the juice into a small bamboo (1-1.5 inch diameter) The nafanu is important because it is a plant that connects to the sea. Use wildcane leaves cover the bamboo closed. Go to the sick person and unwrap the snake from her. Start from the top and let the woman drink a small part of the potion then wash her with the mixture, making sure to wash head, elbows, knees, feet, and belly. Then take a leaf of naha and break it over the woman’s belly button to break the snake off. Smash the bamboo vessel to pieces. Leave the woman there until the wash dries on her. This takes one whole day and the ceremony in the evening so she can sleep and she must not eat. This ritual is performed by men. 2. Wrap leaf around fish to cook it on fire, tie with pandanus or any bush, vine. Also used to bake Cyrtosperma merkusii in same way as AAM 1 because it has thick watery leaves. 3. For a person who has been burned by the fire, cut the leaf and drip the sap on the burn to cool it – stops burning feeling. 4. If your joints – elbow, wrist, knee, ankle – feel so cold that they are painful, then heat the leaf on both sides and lay it on painful area. It will take the cold and pain away.
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n. lily. Cultivated grows in village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #3)

Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4 young leaves of nafanu and mash and squeeze the juice into a small bamboo (1-1.5 inch diameter) The nafanu is important because it is a plant that connects to the sea. Use wildcane leaves cover the bamboo closed. Go to the sick person and unwrap the snake from her. Start from the top and let the woman drink a small part of the potion then wash her with the mixture, making sure to wash head, elbows, knees, feet, and belly. Then take a leaf of naha and break it over the woman’s belly button to break the snake off. Smash the bamboo vessel to pieces. Leave the woman there until the wash dries on her. This takes one whole day and the ceremony in the evening so she can sleep and she must not eat. This ritual is performed by men. 2. Wrap leaf around fish to cook it on fire, tie with pandanus or any bush, vine. Also used to bake Cyrtosperma merkusii in same way as AAM 1 because it has thick watery leaves. 3. For a person who has been burned by the fire, cut the leaf and drip the sap on the burn to cool it – stops burning feeling. 4. If your joints – elbow, wrist, knee, ankle – feel so cold that they are painful, then heat the leaf on both sides and lay it on painful area. It will take the cold and pain away.

nahleuco yag

n. kind of taro

nahoijcei

n. the name of a species of creeper

nalauba

Chalcophaps indica
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[nalauba] n. Emerald Dove

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nalgaj

Can be used to stop pain from toothache. Break of the top growth of a branch and remove all leaves. Chew on the green stem at the site where there is a toothache. Keep the juice from chewing in your mouth for 2-5 minutes then spit the juice out. Leave the stem fibers in your mouth at the site of pain for about 20 minutes then remove. Then repeat 2 more times. This makes the tooth thinner so it breaks more easily.
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n. small treelet, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3682)

Example: Can be used to stop pain from toothache. Break of the top growth of a branch and remove all leaves. Chew on the green stem at the site where there is a toothache. Keep the juice from chewing in your mouth for 2-5 minutes then spit the juice out. Leave the stem fibers in your mouth at the site of pain for about 20 minutes then remove. Then repeat 2 more times. This makes the tooth thinner so it breaks more easily.

nam̃ou

liana
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4778)

nam̃ut

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n. kind of bush

nanedauyan

Lethrinus atkinsoni http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-atkinsoni.html
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n. Pacific yellowtail emperor

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naounoan

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[nawʊnoan] n. neck

napitcejip

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n. kind of crab

napod

n. kind of tree

napudve

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

napupwi a darumea

n. kind of sugarcane

nariko

n. lentils

nasahas

n. a small water-plant

natau

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n. kind of shellfish

natoga ahrei

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

natoga matahau an jap

natoga matahau an jap

n. the north-east-east wind

naupitcat

Phyllanthus myrianthus
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4773)

nausakrai

n. thorn

nauun

n. a stem

nauwatamu

n. kind of sugarcane

nauwau

n. a bulrush; a flag

neaig aged

n. a spotted coconut

neaig auyag

n. kind of palm

necye

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n. yellow star

neducai inhujid

n. kind of tree

nelcau udeuc

n. kind of taro

nepjen epjen

Antrophyum plantagineum
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n. lithophyte, growing on rock in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4038)

nerero

n. calabash

nesga nemtan numu

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[ɲɛsŋa nɛmtan nʊmʊ] n. fish eye

nethokin

n. a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"

neuled

n. kind of sugarcane

niau

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[nijaʊ] n. March (lit. a kind of plant like bamboo but smaller)

nidi cai

n. frankincense

niditau

1. This plant is an indication of good soil. 2. Dry wood is used as a firewood.
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n. shrub to small tree, growing in clumps among rocks in open area along river. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4064)

Example: 1. This plant is an indication of good soil. 2. Dry wood is used as a firewood.

nigpet

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n. kind of bush

nijmanyahao

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnothorax-flavimarginatus.html
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n. Yellow-Edged Moray

Example: Photo by Bernard Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nipatunanin

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[nipatunanin] n. goat horns

nipʧinite

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nipʧinite] n. cooking pot

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nisasi

Polyalthia nitidissima
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3627)

nispev

n sea snake

nitai auanipin upene

n. frankincense

nitatel (a nelco)

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[nitaʔtel (a nelʝo)] n. seat (for a canoe)

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nohos

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n. banana (gen.)

nohos umangi

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[nohos umangi] n. kind of banana (big, from somewhere else)

nokoro vai cai oho

n. orchard

nombren niʧinin

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[nombrɛ niʧinin] n. hair

nomo

Syzygium nomoa
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3703)

nomrop̃om̃

The wood from this species is  used to make the main crossbar of a roof, and also for house posts. Considered a good firewood.
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n. tree, 10-15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3673)

Example: The wood from this species is used to make the main crossbar of a roof, and also for house posts. Considered a good firewood.

nononhat

Gymnocranius grandoculis http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-grandoculis.html
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n. Blue-lined large-eye bream

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nowo

Arytera neoebudensis
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3626)

noyei

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n. manioc, cassava

nugnas iran

n. a bunch of taro

numujced

Join two of the inrolled fronds together at the part where the frond is opening (the tip that is curled) such that the leaves are held together by their unfolding growing tips. Place this along the path that is frequented by a wild pig (they travel along paths) and when the pig passes these two leaves, and is chased by a hunter’s dogs, these leaves in this formation are said to sap some of the pig’s energy and thus allow the dogs to catch up with it. This was explained to Tony by another person who mentioned it as a sort of magical power possessed by this type of fern.
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n. terrestrial fern, 0. 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3577)

Example: Join two of the inrolled fronds together at the part where the frond is opening (the tip that is curled) such that the leaves are held together by their unfolding growing tips. Place this along the path that is frequented by a wild pig (they travel along paths) and when the pig passes these two leaves, and is chased by a hunter’s dogs, these leaves in this formation are said to sap some of the pig’s energy and thus allow the dogs to catch up with it. This was explained to Tony by another person who mentioned it as a sort of magical power possessed by this type of fern.

nupjin hodaig

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[nupʧin hoθaiŋ] n. star in the west

nupsupsi adimi

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n. dwarf (South dialect)

pahai

adj. inland

pik pik

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

puke

adv. seaward

telainei

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[t̚elajnej] phr. they cry now

ucsiligei

v.a. to pare off rind

ugnyiv

adj. rich; good, as applied to fruits

upreupre

n. tough; a kind of coral

äminäkäi

n. Marattia smithii

Example: Frond: bathe in infusion, neurodermatitis and infantile eczema