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aj
[aj] v. fly
bookmarkapig
adj. black
bookmarkauhorohos
v. to weed; to clear land
bookmarkehlili
v. to burn ground for planting
bookmarkeloah
v. to blossom, as reeds; also "elwa"
bookmarkelumai
n. cloth (related to nelmai)
bookmarkelwa nieg
v.n. to blossom as reeds
bookmarkigcapahai
adj. inland
bookmarkigcapok
n. seaward
bookmarkincowos up̃utap̃
indinbev
n. Blue-spotted large-eye bream
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkindroumu
inharisihau
inhetelga
n. a runner, the fruit of which is round like a cake
bookmarkink
n. vine, growing in disturbed forest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3470)
Example: A man named Johnnie (Reuben’s grandfather) brought this vine to Aneityum to use it as a rope to tie objects. The ripe fruits are used to paint the face and hands and children make drawings from this dye.
bookmarkinmauwad picad
n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad ahi"
bookmarkinp̃al cap̃ nesgin
n. shrub. Found in the village, Unames. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #31)
Example: 1. To cure when the anus falls out - Pound together 1 braches worth of inpalcapnesgin leaves and of both inloptiri (2-4 leaves, any age) , also take the inner bark of nekeaitimi and nakhe. Put this into your hand, or another leaf and give it to the person to use it. This should be applied to the anus whenever the anus comes out. USed to use a clam shell to extract the bark but not anymore.
bookmarkintal i Santo
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintidin
n. a crop, but not the first ripe
bookmarkintucjip
n. bush land; also "inteucjip"
bookmarkinwaj
Reef needlefish, Reef longtoms
Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinwowityuwun
inyehec
n. mandrake
bookmarkkaraka
n. kind of tree
bookmarkkatupinmi
n. kind of taro
bookmarknabudwä
nadi adiat upni
nafanu
n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3530)
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."
bookmarknahaigjopdak
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknake
nakli pece
n. isle, island
bookmarknalak ahod
n. kind of plantain
bookmarknapayu
n. kind of tree
bookmarknapupwi
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarknared
n. vine to 3 m, sori brown. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4930)
Example: Take a handful of the vine, twist it into rope with many stems of the vine, and use it to tie bundles of sugar cane. It can also be used to tie wild canes (Miscanthus) to the roof of the house. Take a handful of the vine, twist it into rope with many stems of the vine, and use it to tie bundles of sugar cane. It can also be used to tie wild canes (Miscanthus) to the roof of the house.
bookmarknariko
n. bean
bookmarknarutu arari
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknatora
nauhoig yi amud
n. break of day
bookmarknauram aged
n. kind of banana
bookmarknecñopod
n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3512)
Example: This plant is used as fertilzer to place on bottom of the taro patch in the same way as GMP #3456 to help "feed the ground" for next year. The leaves are used to wrap food. When a person is chewing kava, pile the chewed kava roots on the young leaves of this species. Also, an unspecified medicinal use.
bookmarknedaugatmas
n. kind of tree
bookmarknednaeñ
nefelelicai has
n. tares
bookmarknegejwaj
nehpan
n. a wing, a sheath, a covering of bananas
bookmarknehpan neaig
n. kind of plant, grass, or fern
bookmarknekrei
n. Sailfin tang
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknekrou
n. Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass
Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkneri itai
n. leaves; grass
bookmarknerophat
n. Yellowspotted trevally, Turrum
Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Fishes of Australia, License: CC BY-A 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknetehmu
n. kind of banana
bookmarknethedwoleg
n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3557)
Example: For treatment of a stomach ache, or if your stomach "complains", take very young stems, break off the leaves and chew the stems and swallow the juice. Use a 3-5 cm pieces of stems, chew, and then it clears your intestines and will make you go to the toilet.
bookmarknilec
niri atga
nitschatimi
n. Cordyline fruticosa L.
Example: Leaf: chew (leprosy in mouth). Whole plant: planted for several Kastom purposes; many important Kastom-bound uses as magical or ornamental plant throughout Melanesia.
bookmarknohmun wai
n. bank (of a river)
bookmarknohwan nuputu
n. kind of taro
bookmarknuhialeg
n. the morning
bookmarknuhihialeg
n. the early morning
bookmarknumuyehec
nupnyineuc
n. another name for masoa; arrowroot
bookmarksepam
adv. down here
bookmarkubutpotet
adj. adjacent
bookmarkucsalad tiklai cai
v.a. to lop off small branches
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