acesare
adj.
sun just down
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 48
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ehnat aiek
v.n.
go before
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 154
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eloah
v.
to blossom, as reeds; also "elwa"
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 77
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inceimohos
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tree to 8 m, dbh 5 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4896)
Example: The young stems of this tree are used to make spears, either by sharpening the end or attaching several wires to the tip.
Scientific name: Alangium vitiense, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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inceslum
n.
vegetables; herbs, as taro, bananas; every vegetable planted for food
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 85
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incuwukava
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liana climbing on Fagraea tree (8 m tall), growing in secondary forest (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3663)
Scientific name: Piper macropiper, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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inhakli kwori
inhetisjopoig
n.
kind of breadfruit
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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inmahe
n.
the pandanus leaf
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 170
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inmohtan nohos
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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inmoijeuv natpoig
n.
a comet
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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inmusji nupul
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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intal eref nein
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coconut grating bench
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
Speaker: Romario Yaufati
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intareihok
intinan tal
n.
a plantation of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89
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intisian
n.
a flower
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89
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intowosjei
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terrestrial orchid, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3708)
Scientific name: Calanthe chrysantha, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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inya
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Pacific ironwood, horsetail tree (RPV #26)
Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Romario Yaufati
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inyiciñpa
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tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4143)
Scientific name: Syzygium richii, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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inyuc
n.
the name of a plant
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 90
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kopilkopil
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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kulio
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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mako amyiñ
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tree to 5 m, fdby 35 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4979)
Example: The fruits are edible and ripen during November-December. The leaves can be boiled as a medicine. If a person has a hoarse voice, boil 4 or or a few more leaves in 1 liter of water. Cool the mixture and drink once daily until the voice returns to normal. The trunk of this tree is good for timber, as it is a very hard wood. But a productive tree is not cut for timber--only the wild mangos that have flowers and small fruits that do not ripen; these trees are cut for timber. This particular tree, "Mango Amgie" bears fruit with a great deal of fiber, so the name refers to the "mango that you drink." Amgie means "drink" in the Aneityum language. There is another variety of mango, "Mango Cig" that means the mango that you eat. It has a little fiber but good fleshy fruits. This species is introduced from outside of Aneityum.
Scientific name: Mangifera indica, Speaker: Tony Keith
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nadiat meto
n.
the middle of the forenoon
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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nadoni
n.
prickly shrub
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 184
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nahas alaig imi yin
n. p.
taro for the dead
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94
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nahtancai
n.
shrub; small plant
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94
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nakautefa
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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nakweiwei
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treelet to 1 m, sterile. In transition zone from pine forest to scrub forest. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4981)
Example: The wood is used to make a fishing spear. Cut the straight stems, heat it in fire, straighten it as much as needed, cool the stem, peel the bark off of the stem and let it cure for 1 month. In the past, the end of the spear was carved into a sharp point and used for fishing. Now steel rods are placed on the tip to catch the fish. This is used in shallow water (fresh water or sea water) as the wood is heavy and can sink. People making these spears go to older forests that are higher up to collect the wood.
Speaker: Tony Keith
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namumuatamag
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epiphyte on fallen tree, growing in disturbed forest. Fruit. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3474)
Example: When children feel weak, this is a good medicine for them. Squeeze the leaves and give the child (3-5 years of age) one tea spoon of the juice and it is said to make them strong again.
Scientific name: Appendicula reflexa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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napoijec
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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napudve
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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naraki
n.
a calm, a smooth sea
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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nared
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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.
Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nariko
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shrub to 3 m, flowers yellow with red outer coverings (appearing red when closed) (collection: Michael J. Balick #4957)
Example: This plant is used to fertilize fields, especially by growing it in fields that have been used for other crops for a very long time. The seeds can be cooked when dry and hard, boiled in water, or eaten directly without preparation when green and soft.
Scientific name: Cajanus cajun, Speaker: Tony Keith
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nariko cei
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fence-forming shrub, 1. 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3206)
Example: 1a. Cultivated in gardens. Cook seeds of this species or eat them raw before they are fully ripened. The green pods can also be cooked in a fire and eaten. 1b. Cultivated plant for its edible seeds, can be prepared in a pot of bamboo. OR could take branches w/ seeds and put directly on the earth oven for cooking. 2. Planting this species adds nitrogen to the soil--grow it on soil that is said to be "tired."
Scientific name: Cajanus cajan, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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narutu matoga
n.
the north-east wind
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 96
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natarau
n.
a bamboo flute
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 151
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natimihas
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kind of fern (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4780)
Scientific name: Adiantum hispidulum, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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natisiyeg
natuun
n.
kind of banana
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118
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nau inwai
n.
channel of a stream
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 134
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naupiñiña
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terrestrial fern, growing in secondary forest along the river. Leaves c. 2. 25 m long. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3656)
Example: Put several leaves of this species together to wrap food, especially the fresh water eel, and to carry plants of taro, kava, holding the leaves over one’s shoulder to carry these crops.
Scientific name: Pronephrium rubrinerve, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nauyerop
n.
species of sycamore (117); a sycamore fig (97)
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 97, 117
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nauyerop̃
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tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3487)
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. Edible fruits, when ripe or green, does not taste when green, but sweet when ripe. 3a. Leaves (young) are edible, for example wrap around coconut meat and eat or cook with island cabbage and other leaves, boil and add coconut milk and eat. 3b. The young leaves are edible, after boiling for 5 minutes. A piece of coconut and a pinch of salt is wrapped in the leaves and eaten. The mature leaves are used to wrap food such as pig or cow meat and cooked in an earth oven. Tie this bundle with a piece of Pandanus fiber to secure it before putting in the earth oven. 4. During big feast, use this a lot – circumcison or wedding feast, harvest leaves and wrap around meat and bake on earth oven – sometimes we cut down a whole tree to gather leaves. 5. To make men’s custom belt – split stem, peel outer bark off to take inner bark and peel it, tear end to make strap that can be tied. Dry in sun but not direct sunlight. 6. Older large trunks were burned by ancestors to keep fire going – did not need matches (lefre(?) matches) because embers would stay for days and when make a fire add smaller branches to make a flame.
Scientific name: Ficus scabra, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nawod
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tree, 12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3641)
Example: 1. The wood of this tree is used to make temporary houses, for example, when making a garden by the river. 2. The wood can be sawn into timber. 3. People collect red leaf and put under tongue when want to talk about conflicted issues such as a dispute to make their argument stronger.
Scientific name: Elaeocarpus angustifolius, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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necna
neducai inhujid
n.
kind of tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117
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nedwonomo
nekrei
n.
a large bat; the flying fox
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99
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nerophat
netet
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kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4792)
Scientific name: Excoecaria agallocha, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nididao
n.
Ficus adenosperma
Example: Stalk: chewed, agaist headache
Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma, Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 443
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nijcel
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tree, 8-9 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3655)
Example: 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. Take 4-5 leaves and wrap the food with the leaves. Tie a rope around the food and tie them all together using any strong vine. They can then be cooked over an open fire.
Scientific name: Dillenia neoebudica, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nijisei
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herb to 1 m, flowers white with red bracts (collection: Michael J. Balick #4912)
Example: To treat high blood pressure. Take a half liter of water, mix a handful of roots in it, boil, drink one cup 3 times daily, warm, for three days. This is to treat high blood pressure when diagnosed in the clinic. The leaf is woven for grass skirts--dry in sun, weave into skirts.
Scientific name: Zingiber zerumbet, Speaker: Natu Kenneth
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nijwou
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vine climbing up a macaranga tree, growing in open disturbed area. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3588)
Example: 1. To build a cyclone house, take the vine of this species to tie pieces of the house. To prepare the vine for use as rope, collect many feet of it, put it in a fire, roll it in a figure 8, wait until it softens and then use for tying. This vine is hard and needs to be heated to a high temperature in the fire to make it soft; the person preparing this must use gloves to tie it to the posts and rafters while it is still warm. When it cools, it is very strong. Rope made from this vine will last a long time--perhaps 10-15 years. It can also be used to make a regular house. However, it is not as strong as GMP #3589. 2. For men who want rasta in hair, take a few leaves and dry them, burn with some other plants to rub on the rasta and keeps it healthy, keep from splitting.
Scientific name: Geitonoplesium cymosum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nipjid
n.
the orange tree (117); an orange, a lime, a lemon (102)
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102, 117
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nirac intam henain
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stick for coconuts
Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
Speaker: Romario Yaufati
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nohor
n.
kind of taro
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119
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nohos itooga
nohu itai
n.
fruit trees
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 104
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nokoro vai cai oho
n.
orchard
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 169
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noweitopgat
nuarin abras
n.
cliff
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 135
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numalpau
n.
wind-related term; no definition provided
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 113
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numta
n.
shoots of taro for planting
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 105
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numujced
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terrestrial fern, 0. 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3577)
Example: Join two of the inrolled fronds together at the part where the frond is opening (the tip that is curled) such that the leaves are held together by their unfolding growing tips. Place this along the path that is frequented by a wild pig (they travel along paths) and when the pig passes these two leaves, and is chased by a hunter’s dogs, these leaves in this formation are said to sap some of the pig’s energy and thus allow the dogs to catch up with it. This was explained to Tony by another person who mentioned it as a sort of magical power possessed by this type of fern.
Scientific name: Blechnopsis orientalis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep
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nuripapa
n.
wind-related term; no definition provided
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114
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nwujvaeñ
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vine climbing on Myristica fatua, growing in primary rainforest. Fruits green. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3615)
Example: This vine is used to make rope. Collect the stem, roll it in a figure 8, heat it on a fire and tie it on a house while the vine is still hot. Weave a ?? net to catch fish.
Scientific name: Smilax vitiensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman
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nässäi
n.
Drynaria rigidula
Example: Leaf: ashes rubbed onto head against getting bold
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 443
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tedtedwaleg
n.
kind of plant, grass, or fern
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120
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uagas
n.
Sida rhombifolia L.
Example: Leaf: infusion taken internally against diarrhea
Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 442
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wametec
weite
adj.
perennial (applied to water); also "etweite", "inweite"
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 171
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wud yi encreucaig
v.a.
beat so as to shake a tree
Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 127
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