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ahtowan
v. to weed
bookmarkapuhod pan nathut an nadiat
n. near morning
bookmarkategnaijaig pok nelcau
v.n. sail from shore
bookmarkdaute
n. kind of banana
bookmarkdawarivi
ereinmerei
n. the clear part of the moon when first seen
bookmarketuko, cai
v. to split wood
bookmarkheto
v. to grow again, as hair, feathers, plants; to come out, as teeth
bookmarkidahod
v. to sprout largely; also "ujipsotan"
bookmarkincetcai
n. a bundle of wood for fire
bookmarkinciñpiñti
ingidyinyat
n. sandalwood
bookmarkinlepei owonp̃oded
inlepei u inpoded ataheñ
n. epiphyte on dead log, growing in dense rainforest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4105)
Example: 1. This plant is considered bad luck when hunting or fishing. When doing these activities, do not decorate your hair with them. 2. This plant is used to weave the sheath portion of "nambas". First the stems are retted, then the inner portion of the plant removed. Once removed, the sheath is woven with the blanched fiber. 3. This is considered the female version of this plant. See GMP #4104, Phlegmarius sp. for the male version.
bookmarkinleuc nipji nakevai
n. a bolt of pandanus leaf
bookmarkinmauwad ahi
n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad picad"
bookmarkinmauwad picad
n. a convolvulus with white flowers; also "inmauwad ahi"
bookmarkinruwu
n. Humphead wrasse
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkintijganeno
n. shrub. Found in the village Unames. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #33)
Example: name = "stonefish ears" 1. To treat rashes - boil 4 leaves in water ad wait until it cools. Wash in this once a day until rash goes away. 2. Stonefish sting – very painful: 1 handful of leaves with squeezed coconut juice – coconut water – from green coconut. Mix the leaves and water and then make a cut in the wound to enlarge it and pour this juice into the wound. In 5-10 minutes the pain will stop, use 1x, very powerful. 3.If a person such as a mother touches the stonefish while preparing it for food, then does not wash hands, can infect a child – and the child will get sores. Take a small branch and boil it in the water and wash the baby with it to make pain go away. 4. Stonefish is a greatly appreciated food that must be prepared carefully by holding the fish by the mouth and not touching the body. Boil the fish to inactivate the poison and then prepare it as a normal fish for cooking. Poison is found in top spine of fish.
bookmarkintisiancai
n. blossom (open)
bookmarkintucjip
n. bush land; also "inteucjip"
bookmarkinwai
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkinya
n. large tree, 16 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3222)
Example: 1. As a child’s game, some times children put the segments of the needles together to see who can make the largest one. 2. A "calendar plant"--when the needles are brown, it is an indication that people should not work hard, but should rest or they will not feel well. If they try to work they will feel sleepy--an indication of the season of higher heat. 3. Wood is used as firewood. 4. Firewood, inner bark good for ciguatera poisoning, scratch the inner bark and squeeze juice into a cup of water and give to the sick person to drink – very effective. Use the largest most mature part of the stem.
bookmarkisji ariko
v. to gather beans
bookmarkjigkom
[ʧiŋkum] n. chewing gum
bookmarkmurimuri
nadiat meto
n. the middle of the forenoon
bookmarknaha
n. herb to 1 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #5003)
Example: The leaves are used to wrap fish for cooking in an open fire. If you eat a bad fish and begin to feel the effects of it a few hours later, such as with Ciguatera illness, cut the base of the stem of this plant and let the sap drip into a half coconut shell with coconut water in it, drink the shell and it will make the person vomit out the bad food. It does not taste good but is very effective in making a person vomit as it contains a toxic compound.
bookmarknahod
nahrin nij
n. kind of taro
bookmarknahtancai
n. shrub; small plant
bookmarknairek
naledmot
namaka
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.
bookmarknametreyeñ
namlau
namñiañia
napaeicei
naporkos
n. kind of taro
bookmarknapun nitai caig
n. the skin or rind of food
bookmarknap̃at
naravi
n. a gathering of inmops or horse-chestnuts
bookmarknatoga ahrei
n. wind-related term; no definition provided
bookmarknedeij
n. a small gray berry used as beads
bookmarknegna
n. Bluespot mullet
Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkneiang mesei
nejev
n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3214)
Example: This tree makes good wood for canoes as well as timbers that are cut for building houses. A decoration that is placed around the head, known as salu-salu is made from these leaves. If you wear it, people know you are from Aneityum. In the early 1950’s-1960’s, Aneityum was the main place for logging this species. Now it is rare and in need of replanting. A project from New Zealand planted pine trees in its place and they have thrived here. In the same way, the sandalwood tree was overharvested and is rare now. Timber, very resinous so good to start fire – branches good for fire. They are the ones that have the sap, if a person in in the bush and finds young tree – sapling – they will make headdress from the leaves to show they came from the bush. Also, this is a Kastom name.
bookmarknekro
nekro
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.
bookmarknepat
n. kind of banana
bookmarknesgin
n. the pith
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.
bookmarknidnaiñ
nigie
n. shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3537)
Example: This plant is an aphrodisiac. Eat with coconut meat to make the body strong. Take 1/2 handful of leaves and mix with coconut leaves, use as needed. Mostly men eat this combination. It is best to eat with dry coconut that has no water in it. Eat it any time you wish.
bookmarknilcasau
n. the castor-oil plant
bookmarknispev
n sea snake
bookmarknobom
n. Bigeye scad
Example: Photo by J.E. Randall / Fishbase, License: CC BY-A-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknohoijam
nohos esjig inwai
n. a banana
bookmarknohwan ajimta
n. kind of taro
bookmarknoporo pora
nourasjohou
simi
adv. down here; also "sime"
bookmarktar ~ [introduced tamprem]


