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aelan panadol
ahtaredei
v.n. go though, as the land
bookmarkaiyu
adj. sweet; shady
bookmarkatga alep
v.n. go alone
bookmarkdapanan ja jai et lok sto em̃ikope stoi lok
dawarivi
ecetaig jai
v. to come out, as banana fruit
bookmarkincauinja
incetevak
n. Sabre squirrelfish
Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkindinbev
n. Blue-spotted large-eye bream
Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarkinhinid
n. kind of banana
bookmarkinjañad
inlepei u inpoded
inmerisiahau
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarkinmohoc onubidou
inta
intaetled
intal yag
n. kind of taro
bookmarkintas
[intas] language
bookmarkinteses
n. parasite in tree, flowers orange with reddish base. Growing in secondary forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5000)
Example: This plant is said to have a type of magical use. Young men take one node of the stem of this plant and use it in an unspecified way to attract young women.
bookmarkintijgancedo
n. prostrate herb growing on ground in open or partly shaded area next to banana tree. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3207)
Example: 1. The plant is named after a "rat"s ear.’ Eat 4 fresh leaves every morning to clear the brain and help remember things. 2. This plant is an indicator of rich soil--a good place for growing vegetables. 3. Very useful plant, food and medicine. Name means rat ear. Take 5 leaves, wrap in INROWOD (Cordyline fruticosa) and cook for 15 minutes, remove it hot (be sure you do not burn it) squeeze out 1 tablespoon and give to baby to drink to treat a flu. 1x morning for 5 days.
bookmarkintop̃ asiej
invid
n. two days ago or two days hence
bookmarkinyitupau
n. kind of tree
bookmarkitac a nelgo waj
laulau
adj. long, applied to time
bookmarkmedipmedip
n. kind of breadfruit
bookmarknadi adiat upni
nahojcei
nahrarin nepig
n. early morning; around 3 o’clock
bookmarknaijema
n. cotton
bookmarknamakapasi
nanec
n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3633)
Example: To cook Alocasia (wild taro), use the dry wood of this plant as firewood. The leaves of this plant are also used to line the earth oven on top of the food and on bottom of the food to insulate it from the high heat of cooking.
bookmarknarijo
nariko
n. lentils
bookmarknatapin
n. hedge
bookmarknatereuc
n. kind of banana
bookmarkneandel
necrakiti
n. herb, growing at edge of garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3601)
Example: This is a "calendar plant". In winter months, if a person sees this plant in flower it is confirmation that the sea turtle has plenty of grease or fat and is good to eat. As a medicine for a cut, collect some leaves, mash them and squeeze the juice on a cut or sore on the body. Do this treatment 3x daily until the sore dries up or the cut heals.
bookmarknehlan
n. a shrub, a plant, a sucker
bookmarknejeg tau
nekrei
n. Sailfin tang
Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarknethokin
n. a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"
bookmarknetvo
n. a species of fruit
bookmarkneuled
n. kind of sugarcane
bookmarkniditau
nigehagid
n. kind of banana
bookmarknigyi neto
n. the chewed fiber of sugarcane
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4061)
Example: 1. When cooking "Naura" (freshwater prawns), the leaves are used to wrap them before they are roasted in a fire. 2. When making lap-lap (a traditional dish made of grated root crops), and the lap-lap leaf is unavailable (Heliconia sp.), use the large leaf of this species to wrap the taro.
bookmarknijcel
n. tree, 7-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3587)
Example: 1. If the preferred banana leaves are not available to wrap food for cooking, then use young leaves of this species and tie taro and fish for cooking. 2. Use leaves to wrap fresh water prawns and fresh water fish and cook them on charcoal. Use as a cup by making funnel out of leaf and drink from it. 3. Used for unspecified ritual activities.
bookmarknimtac
n. kind of tree
bookmarknipjid
n. the orange tree (117); an orange, a lime, a lemon (102)
bookmarkniprij
nipʧin njelas
nokoko
n. large well branched tree, 18-20 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3216)
Example: 1. The trunk of this plant is used to make canoes. 2. It is also a good timber for the inside part of houses. 3. Mix the sap from the stem with other unspecified leaves and rub them into dreadlocks. 4. To attract shells in the sea, scrape a branch and drop in the sea where shells are attracted to the branches and they can be collected for sale to the Island’s visitors. 5. Seeds are used to make beautiful black necklaces. Said to be a lot of work as it is difficult to remove the seed. Rub with sandpaper or soak in water and then make the hole in the seed. 6. Fruit is a children’s toy – used as a whistle to make a nice sound.
bookmarknomropom
n. shrub to 2 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4874)
Example: This plant is an indicator of rich soil, especially up on the hills from the coast. Therefore, this is where people choose to do their gardens. This specimen is in red soil that is not rich so it does not grow tall, but in the mountains it does grow tall and that is where gardens are planted. Wood from the tree is used for carving.
bookmarknumnyac
n. a kind of bulbous root
bookmarknupsin
n. seed
bookmarkrap̃ad
[rak͡pad] n. black hawk
bookmarktatau
n. Bigeye barracuda
Example: Photo by Philippe Guillaume, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia
bookmarktilcenayi
n. full moon
bookmarkuleme
adj. sour, applied to the water in coconuts
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