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-ko
affix yonder; away from
bookmarkahlaujai
v.n. go up
bookmarkahtaredei
v.n. go though, as the land
bookmarkauoc
adj. unripe
bookmarkecetaig jai
v. to come out, as banana fruit
bookmarkelgai
v.n. expand as a leaf
bookmarkEt elwa nieg
phr. the reeds blossom.
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incesmetaig
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinhujum
n. kind of taro
bookmarkinja
n. Moorish idol
Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinman anjap
n. sea bird
bookmarkinmayinpak
n. Peacock hind
Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY-A 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinmetla
intelopse
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkinyade
n. kind of banana
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.
bookmarkinyiivac
koliavan
n. kind of taro
bookmarkma
adj. ripe, as fruit; healed, as a wound; also "mah"
bookmarkmetagi asori
n. kind of taro
bookmarknaerumãn
nagdenayi
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahaigjopdak
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknahcai milmat
nahi ateuc
n. a plant with white flowers; a lily
bookmarknahoijcei
n. the name of a species of creeper
bookmarknahrarin nepig
n. early morning; around 3 o’clock
bookmarknama u niprij
n. herb, growing along garden area. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3595)
Example: 1. As a medicine for dengue fever, take a handful of stem apices of this plant, boil in 1-2 cups of water and drink this amount 3x daily, cold, until the fever goes away. This treatment is said to give a person strength during the course of the illness. 2. Take top branch – 2 leaves and put under baby’s pillow, baby will fall into a deep sleep.
bookmarknamaka
n. herb to 1 m,flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4893)
Example: To make rope, cut the stems, tie together in a bundle and place in the sea. Cover the bundle with rocks for about a week, then take it out, wash it, dry in the sun until the fibers bleach white and use to make grass skirts. This is the process of retting. When the cyclone season is finished, the plant has flowers and fruits--in May through July--this means no danger of cyclones.
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namotmot
n. grass; also "namutmut"
bookmarknam̃am̃a
narakiraki
n. a whirlwind
bookmarknasiaij
n. a native plant, the leaves of which are used as cabbage
bookmarknatu
n. grass; little bushes
bookmarknau
n. bamboo; a mountain
bookmarknejecjec
nelean takere
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknelgou waj
nelm̃ai
n. tree to 8 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4863)
Example: Fiber: Collect the stems of this plant, peel off the outer bark, soak (ret) in seawater for 1 week, then put stone on top of it-the fibers are loosened by the retting, peel them off and hang in the sun to dry and bleach. Weave small baskets, grass skirts and other things from this fiber. When sticks are placed in areas of the sea, shells are attracted to these sticks and people can collect the shells used for adornment--the animals in the shells like to eat the material on the sticks. Dried fruits of this plant are eaten by birds.
bookmarkneri
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarkneri itai
n. leaves; grass
bookmarknetopdecraiñ
n. herb to 45 cm, seeds brown. Red clay soil (collection: Michael J. Balick #4888)
Example: The name of this plant means "division" -- if someone wants to help to destroy your business or home, they put this plant in front of your business or your home and this will help to scatter out your family from where they are living.
bookmarkneuled
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknicasau
n. the castor-oil plant
bookmarknidin
n. sap
bookmarknihivaeñ aeyhec
nilpudou
n. herb to 50 cm, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4944)
Example: As a tonic medicine, collect a full handful of leaves, boil in one liter of water until fully cooked, then drink 1 cup 3x daily, warm, to treat a person who has worked too much, who is tired, to help their stomach and to help make them strong. For children and adults. Child’s dose is 1/2 cup, 3x daily until the child feels stronger.
bookmarknimtinjap par alau
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarkniriyau
n. Goldspotted spinefoot
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknisalau
n. blossoms on breadfruit
bookmarknisvahaijom
n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made
bookmarknohoaig wai
n. the duck (constellation), the Southern Cross
bookmarknohwan nuputu
n. kind of taro
bookmarknuhialeg upni
nuhihialeg
n. the early morning
bookmarknusjai um legad
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkpokmi
adv. seaward here
bookmarkuleme
adj. sour, applied to the water in coconuts
bookmarkwakas
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."
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