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affix yonder; away from

acal

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adj. crooked

achachadaliek

adj. tempestuous at sea

ad tasvii

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[aθ tasvi] v. break strong things (like a branch, etc.)

ages

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v. remove shell of horse-chestnuts by biting; to shell "inmop"

ahco

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v.a. reach summit; also "eliaujai"

anacanac

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n. forecast

anah

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v. to fish (with a net)

anhas

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n. Futunas (bad)

apos

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v.n. to steer, as a boat or a ship

ared numta

v. to plant taro

asvii

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v. break soft things (like bread, cassava, taro, etc.); cut in half

atcijaig pok nelcau

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v.n. sail from deep water

dala nadimi

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[dala nadimi] phr. five men (there are)

dapanan ja jai et lok sto em̃ikope stoi lok

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[t̚apanan ʤa ʤaj et lok sto eŋmikope stoi lok] phr. he went there but the store was closed

dethi nadimi

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[ditij nadimi] phr. one man (there is)

eda

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inter. where

evaiñ

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v. show

ham

v.n. to come

hogeco

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n. kind of bird

ilihilo

adj. soft, as an infant’s foot, or new leaves.

incejev ataheñ

This is known as "woman’s kauri". The timber from this tree is used for houseposts.
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n. stunted tree, 1-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3276)

Example: This is known as "woman’s kauri". The timber from this tree is used for houseposts.

incetevak

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n. kind of fish

inhatatga

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n. kind of shellfish

inhatmapig

n. kind of taro

inlolan niʧinandan

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[inlolan niʧinandan] n. forehead

inlopotjap

The young leaves are used to protect food as it is being cooked on an earth oven. To prepare the oven, pile hot stones, then put a layer of leaves on the stones, and then place hot stones on top of the leaves. To make a hot oven, the stones are lined in a pit, a fire lit, more stones placed on firewood and the top layer of stones gets very hot. Then, remove the stones from the top of the wood, and cook food o the bottom layer of stones, add a layer of leaves, place the food on top of this,  then cover with a layer of leaves and then pile the rest of the hot stones on top of the leaves.
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n. shrub to 2 m in height, flowers white. In agricultural field. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4951)

Example: The young leaves are used to protect food as it is being cooked on an earth oven. To prepare the oven, pile hot stones, then put a layer of leaves on the stones, and then place hot stones on top of the leaves. To make a hot oven, the stones are lined in a pit, a fire lit, more stones placed on firewood and the top layer of stones gets very hot. Then, remove the stones from the top of the wood, and cook food o the bottom layer of stones, add a layer of leaves, place the food on top of this, then cover with a layer of leaves and then pile the rest of the hot stones on top of the leaves.

inmadineto

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n. kind of fish

inmanpas

n. kind of tree

inmeg injupjupura

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[inmeg inʤupʤupura] n. night, night before the moon comes out

inmopon

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[inmopon] n. liver

inmorantejed

Cephalopholis miniata http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-miniata.html
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n. Coral hind, coral grouper (deep sea)

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

inpwain ~ inhwain

Egretta sacra
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[inpwain ~ inhwain] n. Pacific Reef Egret

Example: Photo by Arthur Chapman, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

intop̃asiej ura

In the past the ancestors learned to cook the leaves of this species with fish in an earth over and then eat the leaves as well as the fish. Today, fish are wrapped with small leaves and then covered with lap-lap leaf (Polyscias) and cooked in an earth oven.
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n. stoloniferous herb, 15 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3561)

Example: In the past the ancestors learned to cook the leaves of this species with fish in an earth over and then eat the leaves as well as the fish. Today, fish are wrapped with small leaves and then covered with lap-lap leaf (Polyscias) and cooked in an earth oven.

inwah iran

n. seed

inyac

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

inyapwit

n. kind of tree

inyehec

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n. Malay rose apple (RPV #82)

kava

n. a plant from which an intoxicating drink is prepared

kulio

n. kind of taro

lep

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conj. and

meto

adj. ripe; also "metto"

mure

adj. ripe, as arrowroot; also "murre"

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

nacal

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n. kind of bird

naha

n. a thistle

nahaigjopdak

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nahca

n. a burden of pandanus leaf

nahraren nepig

n. dawn of day

naijema

n. cotton

naijema

n. flax

nalad iran

n. seed of a fig

namlau

1. The wood is used to carve a bi-handle bowl from which chiefs would drink kava.
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n. well branched tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4081)

Example: 1. The wood is used to carve a bi-handle bowl from which chiefs would drink kava.

naop yi atmas

n. a small whirlwind

napat

n. a cloud, blackness, darkness

naporkos

n. kind of taro

napun nitai caig

n. the skin or rind of food

narasen

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[narasɛn] n. skin

narasen atini

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[narasɛn natimi] n. skin (human)

natisiyeg

Liza vaigiensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Liza-vaigiensis.html
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n. Squaretail mullet

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nau

n a plant, with upright clumping. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #25)

Example: 1. To cure the sea snake (nispev) curse that causes missed periods. First the husband must combine 4 young leaves of incispev and 4young leaves of nafanu and mash and squueze 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

nawa

1. Heat the leaves then place on the sore muscle. 2. Edible plant, cook young leaves until soft and then can eat, as a vegetable or soup, with any food. 3. Same use as AAM 3 to heat and put on body to heal pain. 4. On a reef when it is time to protect the reef to conserve it and bring more fish, you take this plant and put it in the hole in the reef – cut stem and put it in reef in several parts. People will know it is under protection and respect it.
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n. shrub. Village pathways. ornamental. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #7)

Example: 1. Heat the leaves then place on the sore muscle. 2. Edible plant, cook young leaves until soft and then can eat, as a vegetable or soup, with any food. 3. Same use as AAM 3 to heat and put on body to heal pain. 4. On a reef when it is time to protect the reef to conserve it and bring more fish, you take this plant and put it in the hole in the reef – cut stem and put it in reef in several parts. People will know it is under protection and respect it.

nedoun

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[nɛθoʊn] n. mountain

neduwudu

adj. full of seeds, as the pawpaw apple

nefel

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n. kind of bird

nehgan

n. a stock; a bunch, as of fruit; also "negan" or "nigan"

nehpan neaig

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

neihon

n. a chewing of wood, and spitting it on sick people, to cure them; also "naihon"

neijiv

n. fir; pine

neijiv

n. species of pine

nekro

Children suck the nectar from the young flowers just as they open. Wood from this plant is used for poles for rafters as well as for firewood. Flying foxes drink juice from the flowers.
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n. tree, 18 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3667)

Example: Children suck the nectar from the young flowers just as they open. Wood from this plant is used for poles for rafters as well as for firewood. Flying foxes drink juice from the flowers.

nekro

This is a "calendar plant." When it flowers, people know that the taro is ready to harvest. It does not grow in the forest, but only along the coast in grassy areas. Use wood as posts for roof of house.
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n. tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3522)

Example: This is a "calendar plant." When it flowers, people know that the taro is ready to harvest. It does not grow in the forest, but only along the coast in grassy areas. Use wood as posts for roof of house.

nekrolas

1. The wood of this tree can be used as posts and rafters in traditional houses.
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n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4126)

Example: 1. The wood of this tree can be used as posts and rafters in traditional houses.

nenes

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[nenes] n. fiber for kava

nenis

n. cloth of coconut tree; anything useless. Ek idivaig nenis ainyak, I am quite useless

nerin

n. a leaf

nerin cat

n. green pandanus leaf

nese

n. the takoma or tekma, a tree with white flowers

nidiora

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n. kind of shellfish

nirinat erefera ran

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nirinɣat erefera ran] n. pandanus leaf rolled for the preparation of mats and baskets

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nispak

n. kind of sugarcane

nispev

n sea snake

nobot

n. a sago palm

nofar

n. a native pudding made with yam and coconut

noho

Ipomoea pes-caprae
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4793)

nohwan nefara

n. kind of taro

nopan

n. a season

nopou

The wood of this tree is used to make house-posts, it is strong. The leaves are used as a compost for the taro patch; line the hole with the leaves of this tree, then place soil over that and plant the taro. When the fruits are ripe, local people say that the hermit crabs are "fat" and ready to collect and eat. When a person is in the forest and there is no coconut fruit fiber to start a fire with, use a dry stick, shave it and use a match to start a pile of this tinder to make a good fire. The wood is said to be "oily." This gives it a nice aroma. To perfume coconut oil, drop the dry flowers in it--use 1 handful of dried flowers added to a pot of oil boiling on the fire while making it. Strain out flowers and the oil smells good. Flowers can also be added to the oil once it is bottled to perfume it.
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n. tree to 5 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4881)

Example: The wood of this tree is used to make house-posts, it is strong. The leaves are used as a compost for the taro patch; line the hole with the leaves of this tree, then place soil over that and plant the taro. When the fruits are ripe, local people say that the hermit crabs are "fat" and ready to collect and eat. When a person is in the forest and there is no coconut fruit fiber to start a fire with, use a dry stick, shave it and use a match to start a pile of this tinder to make a good fire. The wood is said to be "oily." This gives it a nice aroma. To perfume coconut oil, drop the dry flowers in it--use 1 handful of dried flowers added to a pot of oil boiling on the fire while making it. Strain out flowers and the oil smells good. Flowers can also be added to the oil once it is bottled to perfume it.

nosjacai

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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n. Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nowihit

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n. kind of fish (folk name)

nugep

Macropygia mackinlayi
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[nugep] n. Mackinlay’s cuckoo dove

Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

nugnyin jap

n. the ebbing tide

nupyihet

n. new moon

nusjau

n. kind of sugarcane

ubos

adv. by land; on land

ugnyiv

adj. rich; good, as applied to fruits

unasuandan

n. Stachytarpheta cayennesis

Example: Juice squeezed from leaves, wounds.

wakas

If a person has the flu, collect the fruits and chew and swallow them. Chew 3 fruits in the morning for 3 days. Take a handful of leaves, still on branches, and boil them in a half liter of water, for 15 minutes. Drink 1 cup daily for 5 days or until the sickness "goes down."
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n. herb to 0. 75 m, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4891)

Example: If a person has the flu, collect the fruits and chew and swallow them. Chew 3 fruits in the morning for 3 days. Take a handful of leaves, still on branches, and boil them in a half liter of water, for 15 minutes. Drink 1 cup daily for 5 days or until the sickness "goes down."

wametec ahii

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. white sweet potato

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widinahau

n. kind of banana