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algauwaig

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v.n. to cross over or through a river, as by wading, or in a boat.

anaclelen

n. forecast

dethi nadimi

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[ditij nadimi] phr. one man (there is)

Et elwa nieg

phr. the reeds blossom.

et haklin an

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[et haklin an] phr. he is small

ethi

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[itij] num. one

han

v.n. to go

incaceñ aleg

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n. wild kava (RPV #133)

incai er hegaig

n. a tree for food; a fruit tree

incap

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[inɣap] adj. red (?)

incet edwa

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. type of seashell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

incetevak

Sargocentron tiereoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-tiereoides.html
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n. Pink Squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

indruwp̃at

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n. kind of crab

inhac

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n. kind of shellfish

inhamesei

n. the name of a native plant

inhoam̃a

Flowers put in hear as an ornament that has power because it is so beautiful. Leaves are burned and added to a bamboo pipe and mix with a foam that forms in fresh water, when people go to a traditional dance, men paint part of their face eyebrows  and beard to attract attention, hence the name, pone part of which "am̃a" means "staring", because it will cause people to stare at the one wearing it.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3441)

Example: Flowers put in hear as an ornament that has power because it is so beautiful. Leaves are burned and added to a bamboo pipe and mix with a foam that forms in fresh water, when people go to a traditional dance, men paint part of their face eyebrows and beard to attract attention, hence the name, pone part of which "am̃a" means "staring", because it will cause people to stare at the one wearing it.

inhurei

n. kind of tree

inhus

n. stump of a tree; shaft of a candlestick

injedete anawanarin

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[iɲeθite anawanariɲ] n. a sand drawing

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

inlelitai

n. bush land; uncultivated land

inmadeded

n. kind of tree

inmadineto

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n. kind of fish

inmehei

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. kind of cabbage or leaf

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

inmeʧihap̃

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[inmeʧihap̃] n. kind of bird

inmopoñ

The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.
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n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3516)

Example: The young stems are used to make fishing spears. These stems are also used to make the poles that connect an outrigger to a traditional canoe, as they are light and strong. The large trees have extensive roots and stumps and are used as a pen for pigs by making a fence from these.

inrowod

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n. good luck plant (RPV #14)

intaji

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[intaʧi] n. notches carved into a tree, used as footholds for climbing tree to harvest coconut

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

intakedou

Sargocentron violaceum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-violaceum.html
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n. Redface Squirrrelfish

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

intinan

n. a bed, a foundation, a plantation

intohou atam̃ai

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n. kind of shellfish

invid

n. two days ago or two days hence

isji ariko

v. to gather beans

kiamu

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[kijamoʊ] n. Aneityum island (Polynesian loanword)

lop̃ot lop̃ot

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n. kind of fish

nada

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n. kind of crab

nahca

n. a burden of pandanus leaf

nahed u paralelcei

Ophioderma pendula
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n. epiphyte on main trunk of large mango tree, growing in secondary forest above river. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3657)

nahtau

n. kind of sugarcane

nala

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.
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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.

nalas

Pittosporum
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4755)

nalefpei

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n. kind of bird

name cedo

1. The roots of this plant are used to make "Nopoy"--a traditional trap used to catch fish and lobster.  The outer bark of the roots are removed and sun-dried. The roots are then split into several pieces and they are woven in an open fashion similar to a "noporapora"--a type of market basket fashioned from coconut leaflets.
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n. epiphytic liana climbing up several canopy trees, growing on slope in primary forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4023)

Example: 1. The roots of this plant are used to make "Nopoy"--a traditional trap used to catch fish and lobster. The outer bark of the roots are removed and sun-dried. The roots are then split into several pieces and they are woven in an open fashion similar to a "noporapora"--a type of market basket fashioned from coconut leaflets.

namou

The young stems of this tree are used to make bows and arrows. Cut the young, straight stems, dry them and use to carve the bow.
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n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3502)

Example: The young stems of this tree are used to make bows and arrows. Cut the young, straight stems, dry them and use to carve the bow.

nanad

Fertilizer, take fresh leaves and put in area where plant taro.
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[nanaθ] n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3455)

Example: Fertilizer, take fresh leaves and put in area where plant taro.

nariko

n. bean

nariramteh

n. kind of banana

natau atam̃eñ

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n. kind of shellfish

nauintin

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[naʊintin] n. bowels

naujijwa

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n. Phrynium giganteum (RPV #158)

nauram milmat

n. kind of banana

nauwau

n. a bulrush; a flag

nauyan

n. dawn of day

nauyerop̃

The fruit is edible when ripe and when it is younger can be eaten with salt. The young leaves are eaten raw, after being rubbed with coconut meat and salt. Cover pork to be cooked in the oven with the leaves of this plant, tie them on with a rope made from Pandanus leaf and put taro on the fire as well. The oily part of the pig will mix with the taro and enhance its flavor.
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n. sparsely branched small tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3209)

Example: The fruit is edible when ripe and when it is younger can be eaten with salt. The young leaves are eaten raw, after being rubbed with coconut meat and salt. Cover pork to be cooked in the oven with the leaves of this plant, tie them on with a rope made from Pandanus leaf and put taro on the fire as well. The oily part of the pig will mix with the taro and enhance its flavor.

necegcap

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n. large-leafed orange mangrove (RPV #93)

necye

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n. yellow star

necñanman

1. The name of this plant means birdfoot. Accordingly, portions of this plant are used when a fire is smoky, to abate the smoke.
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n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4026)

Example: 1. The name of this plant means birdfoot. Accordingly, portions of this plant are used when a fire is smoky, to abate the smoke.

necñanman

1. Wood used for roof rafters. 2. Leaves of this plant can be used to cover an earth oven while baking food. 3. Name means bird footprint.
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n. tree, 5-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3449)

Example: 1. Wood used for roof rafters. 2. Leaves of this plant can be used to cover an earth oven while baking food. 3. Name means bird footprint.

neduon yau

n. kind of banana

negna

Moolgarda seheli http://fishbase.org/summary/Moolgarda-seheli.html
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n. Bluespot mullet

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nehel

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nehel] n. paddle (for a canoe)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

nehgan

n. a stock; a bunch, as of fruit; also "negan" or "nigan"

neihon

n. a chewing of wood, and spitting it on sick people, to cure them; also "naihon"

nelna

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nɛlna] n. fish sp.

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nemnem

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n. home

nepelpei

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n. kind of bush

nepig upni

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[nepiŋ upni] phr. Good night. (greeting after sundown, last time to walk on the beach)

nese

n. the takoma or tekma, a tree with white flowers

nesga nemtan

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[ɲɛsŋa nɛmtan] n. eye

nesjau

Cyathea vieillardii

n. tree fern, trunk 2-2. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3693)

netethei

The fruits are edible when ripe--eating them turns the tongue purple. 1. To cure headaches - Someone other than the woman must prepare this. Break the top branch of netethae and remove leaves for use. Combine with the top leaves of the top branch of nelmaha. Chew the leaves and drink the juice. Do this when the sun is setting on the horizon. The woman gives the leftover fibers to the person who prepared the medicine and that person goes and throws the fibers in the direction of the setting sun. 2. Ancestors 4 top branches and chew and spit out remaining fiber will destroy the effects of a love potion that is too strong – meaning that the husband or wife will miss the other person too much so that they become mentally ill. 3. Edible fruits: eating them turns tongue black/purple.
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n. shrub. Uncultivated around the village disturbed areas. . (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #27)

Example: The fruits are edible when ripe--eating them turns the tongue purple. 1. To cure headaches - Someone other than the woman must prepare this. Break the top branch of netethae and remove leaves for use. Combine with the top leaves of the top branch of nelmaha. Chew the leaves and drink the juice. Do this when the sun is setting on the horizon. The woman gives the leftover fibers to the person who prepared the medicine and that person goes and throws the fibers in the direction of the setting sun. 2. Ancestors 4 top branches and chew and spit out remaining fiber will destroy the effects of a love potion that is too strong – meaning that the husband or wife will miss the other person too much so that they become mentally ill. 3. Edible fruits: eating them turns tongue black/purple.

neteukin

n. the name of a poisonous plant

nethokin

n. a poisonous plant used to stupefy fish; also "netokin"

nidou

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n. kind of shellfish

nijhen asga

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[niʧɛn asŋa] n. teeth (all)

nijom̃kan

Name means smash tooth. 1. This is part of an unspecified mixture that can be used as a spell to give another person a toothache. 2. Toothache – chew leaves on the sore tooth and leave it there for a while and spit it out  – it will break the tooth and you can take it out, leave on 20 minutes.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3484)

Example: Name means smash tooth. 1. This is part of an unspecified mixture that can be used as a spell to give another person a toothache. 2. Toothache – chew leaves on the sore tooth and leave it there for a while and spit it out – it will break the tooth and you can take it out, leave on 20 minutes.

nipjin nirintal

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. type of seashell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.

nipjinamesei

Epinephelus merra http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-merra.html
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n. Honeycomb grouper

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

niri atga

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n. kind of shellfish

nirinma

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. breadfruit leaf

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

niseuc

n. kind of taro

nisjau

n. kind of tree

nispahos

n. coconut leaves, plaited for covering ridge of roof

nohatag

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[nowataŋ] n. sky, universe, space

nohopcop

Collocalia esculenta
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[nohopɣop] n. Glossy swiftlet

Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

nohos futuna

n. the Futuna banana

nomoi

Xylosma guillauminii
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n. shrub to tree, 2. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3583)

noperihapu

noperihapu

n. the north-north-west wind

nopoi

n. species of vine runner; a basket net

noragidi

n. Ageratum conyzoides L.

Example: juice squeezed from leaves; wounds

nucsei

n. kind of taro

nucye

n. the red star, the "hand" in the constellation Orion; also "necye"

nuei

Melodinus glaber
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4762)

nugnas iran

n. a bunch of taro

nuhonwei

Aytha australis
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[nuhonwei] n. White-eyed Duck

Example: Photo by cuatrok77/Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

nujac

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nuʤaɣ] n. kind of shell

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.

numu yehec

1. Used to build houses. The wood of this tree is considered very hard and heavy, so it is used as posts in traditional houses.
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n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4027)

Example: 1. Used to build houses. The wood of this tree is considered very hard and heavy, so it is used as posts in traditional houses.

nupsin itai

n. seed

pok

adv. seaward

ritastas ara

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[ritastas ara] phr. they are talking

upreupre

n. tough; a kind of coral