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ehtele cei nai
n. full moon
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n. cloth (related to nelmai)
bookmarkfara
n. pineapple
bookmarkheto
v. to grow again, as hair, feathers, plants; to come out, as teeth
bookmarkigcapok
n. seaward
bookmarkincetcanalaeñ

inhen owuh

inhenid
n. kind of sugarcane
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inhupnan
n. first fruits
bookmarkinma
n. a breadfruit tree
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intate a nelgo waj

intoutau

n. tree. Growing near village. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #5)
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. For a baby that is not doing well, as with malnourished, take 4-5 leaves, put in warm water and wash baby – 1x day for 3 days. 6. Use to make temporary house.
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.
bookmarkkaleteug
n. kind of tree
bookmarkkava
n. a plant from which an intoxicating drink is prepared
bookmarkkitlel

lakasia

nahojcei

nahojcei

n. scrambling vine, growing in coastal strand vegetation. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3436)
bookmarknaiji elcau
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknakli pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknala

n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3217)
Example: 1a. When traveling past a community you can place these leaves in a basket or walk with it in your hand. In this way people in the community know that you are traveling in peace and will cause no harm to people in that village. 1b. Message plant – if you go to visit someone and they are not there, you leave a branch of this on the door or somewhere they can see it and they know that some relatives have come and tried to visit them.
bookmarknalak mideuc
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknalgaij
n. kind of sugarcane; also "inhelegaij"
bookmarknameleahpu
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknamlau or nida

napaeicei

nared

n. vine climbing on trees, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4090)
Example: 1. The rachis of an old plant is braided as a rope to tie sugar cane, house posts, and fences. The rachis is used when green, and as it dries in form, it remains functional and lasts for a long time (10-12 years).
bookmarknaualha
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknauanavig
n. quicksands
bookmarknauram milmat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknegainohos
n. bunch of bananas; also "nigainohos"
bookmarknegrecreipek

nejev

neka
nelgo waj

nemered

nemtanla

n. herb to 1 m, flowers yellow. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4892)
Example: If a person is coming to a "new" village, e.g. not their own, and they have a branch in their hand, it means that they are coming in peace and not trying to harm anyone else in the new village. Or if they are asking for something that might be found in the new village, they hold the branch of this species and pass it to a person from that village so they will accept you.
bookmarknepigpig
n. before daylight
bookmarknetemu

netopdecraiñ

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.
bookmarkneusjai
n. a fern tree
bookmarknigirid

n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3503)
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.
bookmarknihivaeñ p̃ap̃

n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3517)
Example: 1. The leaves of the young plant are used to wrap food for cooking on a fire. 2. The wood is used for temporary houses, for making rafters that are said to last a long time. 3. The wood is strong and used to carve paddles for the canoe. 4. It is also grown and used for firewood. 5. Firewood, (6) use as local plate. 7. On west side of island, take old coconut, fill with water, put lead into hole on end, take out and give to baby to drink and it will help the baby talk.
bookmarknilam
n. seaweed
bookmarknilupau
n. a species of seaweed
bookmarknimtinjap
n. wind
bookmarknipjin
n. branch (tender)
bookmarkniseuc
n. kind of taro
bookmarknisiug
n. a tree, the leaves of which have no center rib
bookmarknititidei

nodieg
n. a bundle of reeds; also "nohudieg"
bookmarknohun
n. stem
bookmarknohwan yag
n. kind of taro
bookmarknuarin abras
n. cliff
bookmarknuden
n. coconut leaves in the middle of the cluster, neither old nor new
bookmarknumta
n. shoots of taro for planting
bookmarknup inceen
n. the rib of a leaf
bookmarknätiädäl
n. alstonia vitiensis var. neo ebudica
Example: young leaf--cold maceration used as contraceptive in mixture with Apulda mutica, Cyclosorus truncatus, and Dioscorea bulbifera or alone.
bookmarktehtehin
n. an open blossom
bookmarkugnis
v.a. to take off sprouts of taro
bookmarkupsahu
n. the seed of breadfruit that is not firm
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