Aneityum

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 48

v.a.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

v.n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[ak] pro.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

[araheθ] n.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

[arinʤi] adj.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

v.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 66

v

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

v.a.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 73

v.n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 154

phr.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 99

pre.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 77

[itij] num.

Speaker: Chris Nevehev

v.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 80

n.

Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica, Speaker: Romario Yaufati

v.n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 81

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 81

v.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 81

v.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 81

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 85

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Example: This plant is gathered for firewood. It is said that the fragrance of the flowers is not nice.

Scientific name: Geniostoma rupestre, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 85

n.

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[inhat auɪɲet] n.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n. Mahi Mahi

Example: Photo by Alex Kerstitch / Shorefishes of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus via FishBase, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

n.

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 86

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

n.

Example: People use the leaves of this plant to wrap lap-lap for cooking on the earth oven or when boiling foods. The leaves can also be used as serving plates and to cover the stones on the earth oven.

Scientific name: Heliconia indica, Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Example: Edible fruits, very well liked.

Scientific name: Eugenia rariflora, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 172

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 118

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117

n.

Scientific name: Calophyllum neoebudicum, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 89

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114

[kuratehen] n.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

[maja gaʔo] phr.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Example: The fruit of this species are poisonous. In ancient times the ancestors used the "fork" (branch growing out of main stem) of this wood to catch lobsters between the two parts of the stem.

Scientific name: Ochrosia elliptica, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

[naɣiŋaɣas] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 94

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

n.

Example: When a person is walking a long way, put pieces of the branches in your basket to make the journey shorter (easier). Leaves used for unspecified traditional medicine.

Scientific name: Croton insularis, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Scientific name: liana, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Scientific name: Cardiospermum halicacabum, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 119

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 95

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

n.

Example: 1. The name refers to a crustacean and also to the spines of bamboo.

Scientific name: Prosaptia contigua, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: People use the leaf of this plant to tie over grated banana, taro or other foods for cooking in an earth oven or boiling in a pot. The root of this species is edible. Cook it for 2-3 nights in an earth oven and then chew and squeeze the juice into your mouth, spitting out the fiber.

Scientific name: Cordyline fruticosa, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 193

n.

Example: This tree has very hard wood. 1. Use the small stems to plant dry land or swamp taro, sharpening the end and pushing it into the ground to make a hole. 2. It also is useful for fence, posts for houses. 3. Small stems are also used to make a comb for the hair. 4. Plant pole for taro kava. 5. A branch is shaped and used to husk coconut. 6. The wood is hard and in ancient times people would take a forked piece and put string on one side of it, sharpen the other side and use with the string as a fish hook – need to keep rope tight until it is in the canoe. Do not give it slack – strong use AAM 17.

Scientific name: Halfordia kendack, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 157

[nefiaŋ] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 114

n.

Example: 1. The wood is strong and good to make house posts. People use these for this purpose on the coast as salt water does not bother this wood. 2. People eat fruit, split fruit in half, carefully scrape the inner part into a pot of water, keep over night – next day rinse, fry or cook with coconut milk and can add tinned tuna for example, very hard work.

Scientific name: Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

[nepiŋ θoʊ] n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

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.

Scientific name: Vernonia cinerea, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 140

n.

Example: The leaves and stems are boiled in water to make tea. The base of the leaves (the whitish part) is used to cook foods that have a strong odor, such as goat or shark. The base is sliced and put in the soup and this helps to keep the smell of the goat or shark from infusing through the rest of the food and making it less palatable. In some areas of Aneityum, such as in cassava fields, there is a fungus that kills the crops. This species is interplanted with the crops to kill that fungus and protect the crop plants.

Scientific name: Cymbopogon citratus, Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 120

n.

Example: The fruits of this species are edible when ripe (black) and are very sweet. It grows in the white grass area in the open. It is "numba one" fruit. If a person eats a lot of these it turns their tongue reddish-purple.

Scientific name: Vaccinium macgillivrayi, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 101

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 102

n.

Example: As a tonic medicine, collect a full handful of leaves, boil in one liter of water until fully cooked, then drink 1 cup 3x daily, warm, to treat a person who has worked too much, who is tired, to help their stomach and to help make them strong. For children and adults. Child’s dose is 1/2 cup, 3x daily until the child feels stronger.

Scientific name: Bidens pilosa, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 130

[ninɛhɛn nʊmʊ] n.

Speaker: Ruben Nerian

[nipʧin niri] n.

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

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Example: This grass is used to thatch the roof of a traditional house. Tie bunches of the grass on a stick ca. 2 m long, using string from Pandanus or other vines. Lay these on the roof and tie these sticks with grass on crossbars to secure them. The flowers of this grass are harvested and put in bags to make pillows. The flowers are soft and easy to gather and make a nice pillow.

Speaker: Tony Keith

n.

Example: Photo by Richard Ling / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Neotrygon kuhlii, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

Example: 1. There are kinds of this plant. This is considered the white one. See GMP # 4100, textit{Cyathea sp}, which is considered the black one.

Scientific name: Cyathea

n.

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.

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 442

n.

Example: 1. Dried leaves are used to make the thatch roofs of traditional houses. The same leaves are woven to make the walls of traditional houses. 2. When a large torch is required, many dried stems are bundled to form a flambeau. 3. The leaves of this plant are used to demarcate tabu areas. Further information about the practice withheld.

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 103

[nohopɣop] n.

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

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta, Speaker: Jack Keitadi

[nomrɪn diʧinan] n.

Speaker: Osiani Nerian

n.

Example: Photo by zsispeo / Flickr.com, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthurus bariene, Speaker: Chris Nevehev

n.

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

Speaker: Romario Yaufati

n.

Speaker: David Nasauman

n.

Example: This is a foreign tree, rare on Aneityum

Scientific name: Chrysobalanus icaco, Speaker: Wina Nasauman

n.

Example: 1. The vine is use to lash roof rafters to house posts. The vine is collected from the forest and coiled ina figure 8 pattern. It is then heated over a fire before fastening the rafter to the post. 1 minute of heat is sufficient, before one immediately uses the vine.

Scientific name: Smilax vitiensis, Speaker: Titiya Lalep

n.

Example: flower ovary taken internally against ciguatera

Speaker: Bradacs 2011, p. 441

[ovan] adj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

conj.

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

adj.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 110

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 111

Speaker: Kirk Keitadi

n.

Example: If a person has the flu, collect the fruits and chew and swallow them. Chew 3 fruits in the morning for 3 days. Take a handful of leaves, still on branches, and boil them in a half liter of water, for 15 minutes. Drink 1 cup daily for 5 days or until the sickness "goes down."

Scientific name: Sida rhombifolia, Speaker: Natu Kenneth

n.

Speaker: Inglis 1882, p. 117