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adala

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v.n. go forth

adap̃oi

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v. cover

ahlau ijo

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v.n. go out

amñi kava

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[amŋi kava] phr. drink kava

araparap

n. sunset

cauwan

n. tendrils; small branches

ehteleceinayi

n. full moon

ehyiyihi

v. to teaze, as cotton; also "ehyeiyihi"

elwa nieg

v.n. to blossom as reeds

eriseris

v.a. to climb

ero

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[eroʊ] num. two

fotyofo

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n. kind of crab

hal

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det. some

ham

v.n. to come

imehei

n. pandanus leaf

inara

Gliciphila notabilis
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[iɲara] n. Honeyeater, grey and orange (Vanuatu Honeyeater)

incetceianalañ

Children pull up the new young shoots and eat them. You eat the white soft part at the base of the part that comes off when you pull it. See photo.
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n. sedge to 1 m, flowers brown (collection: Michael J. Balick #4883)

Example: Children pull up the new young shoots and eat them. You eat the white soft part at the base of the part that comes off when you pull it. See photo.

incetevak

Sargocentron spiniferum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-spiniferum.html
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n. Sabre squirrelfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

indruwp̃at

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n. kind of crab

inga

Porphyrio porphyrio
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[inŋa] n. Purple Swamphen

Example: Photo by Bernard Spragg, License: Public domain via Flickr

inhen owuh

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. taro patch

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

inhulec ~ iɣleɣ

Zosterops metcalfii
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[inhuleɣ] n. Yellow-throated White-eye

Example: Illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

inlobot

n. croton plant

inlopot jap

When making a taro patch, and removing soil, add the leaves of this plant to the soil to fertilize the taro, and prevent the bottom part of the taro from rotting. Put a layer of leaves on the bottom of the patch before planting taro and covering with soil.
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n. shrub to 1 m, flower white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4866)

Example: When making a taro patch, and removing soil, add the leaves of this plant to the soil to fertilize the taro, and prevent the bottom part of the taro from rotting. Put a layer of leaves on the bottom of the patch before planting taro and covering with soil.

inmadidi

This plant is used for spiritual purposes. When fruits are young, the children take the fruit, cut it open and take coconut leaf midribs, impaling the seeds on the midribs and painting themselves with the fruit.
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n. tree to 7 m, dbh 30 com (collection: Michael J. Balick #4870)

Example: This plant is used for spiritual purposes. When fruits are young, the children take the fruit, cut it open and take coconut leaf midribs, impaling the seeds on the midribs and painting themselves with the fruit.

inmauwad

n. a convolvulus

inmenyau

Accipiter fasciatus
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[inmenyau] n. Brown Goshawk

Example: Brown Goshawk juvenile. Photo by Graham Winterflood, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

inmeranauunse

n. kind of breadfruit

inmerimri

n. kind of breadfruit

inmeʧihap̃

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[inmeʧihap̃] n. kind of bird

inmorantejed

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n. kind of fish

inm̃adiatooga

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n. kind of fish

inpa

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[inpuah] n. type of fish

intate a nelgo waj

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2018, Aneityum island.
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n. boards for people to sit on

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

intisiancai

n. blossom (open)

inyiciñpa

Syzygium richii
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n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4143)

inʧatamain

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[inʧatamaɪjn] n. rooster

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

itaho

adj. inland

iñhatacei

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n. Homalium aneityense (RPV #105)

kaliteg

Cerbera manghas
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4772)

murimuri

Tree is a good source of firewood. Children use the "Y" of a branch to make sling shot for hunting birds and flying fox.
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n. tree to 5 m, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4924)

Example: Tree is a good source of firewood. Children use the "Y" of a branch to make sling shot for hunting birds and flying fox.

na elmai

n. cloth (related to nelmai)

nagag ~ nacag

Tringa hypoleucos
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[nagag ~ naɣag] n. Sandpiper

Example: Photo by Frans Vandewalle, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

nahrarin nepig

n. early morning; around 3 o’clock

najañ

Used to make small poles for house rafters.
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3613)

Example: Used to make small poles for house rafters.

nakai

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n. kind of banana (short fruits)

naklakla adimi

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n. dwarf (North dialect)

nalak

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n. plantain

naledmot

Tyto longimembris
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[naleθmot] n. Australasian Grass Owl

Example: Photo by Geoff Whalan, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

nametreyeñ

This plant is used to make head garlands as it smells very fragrant.
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n. scandent shrub, growing along strand in coastal forest. Flowers purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3688)

Example: This plant is used to make head garlands as it smells very fragrant.

namp̃owei

This is a sacred plant, it will keep crops, such as foods, in good condition and protect people from famine and loss of crops. It grows wild along the river and people leave it there and also move the plants to the house along with Terminalia fruiticosa and other unspecified plants for use in protecting their crops. For example, when people go to the garden, they take their planting stick and place it near these plants for a while, and being near it will help protect the garden as a person then works with their planting stick to plant the garden.
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n. terrestrial fern, growing in secondary forest along the river. Fronds dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3644)

Example: This is a sacred plant, it will keep crops, such as foods, in good condition and protect people from famine and loss of crops. It grows wild along the river and people leave it there and also move the plants to the house along with Terminalia fruiticosa and other unspecified plants for use in protecting their crops. For example, when people go to the garden, they take their planting stick and place it near these plants for a while, and being near it will help protect the garden as a person then works with their planting stick to plant the garden.

nam̃ap

Maesa aneiteensis
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4777)

napat irenmejup

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[napat irenmeʤup] n. smooth, small cloud

napitcejip

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n. kind of crab

napujatha

People use this for an uspecified medicine.
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n. herb to 0. 75 m, fruits brown. Growing in cultivated area near village. (collection: Michael J. Balick #5011)

Example: People use this for an uspecified medicine.

napupwi

n. kind of sugarcane

narakiraki

n. a whirlwind

narasitai

n. chaff

narutu umlai

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

nau inwai

n. channel of a stream

nauwatamu

n. kind of sugarcane

neau

n. a small water-plant

nedeij

n. a small gray berry used as beads

nedouyatmas

This is considered a sacred plant. People do not use this plant as it is considered "of the devil."
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n. small, sparsely branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3463)

Example: This is considered a sacred plant. People do not use this plant as it is considered "of the devil."

nefelelicai

n. grass; weeds; thistle

nefetijgan

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n. kind of shellfish

nehei

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n. taro, a type that is more bitter, must be twice cooked (RPV #146c)

nehpan neaig

n. kind of plant, grass, or fern

nejeg

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.
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3514)

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.

nekei atimi

1. To cure when the anus falls out - Pound together 1 braches worth of inpalcapnesgin leaves and of both inloptiri (2-4 leaves, any age), also take the inner bark of nekeaitimi and nakhe. Put this into your hand, or another leaf and give it to the person to use it. This should be applied to the anus whenever the anus comes out. USed to use a clam shell to extract the bark but not anymore.
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n. fern. Growing in a village back path. (collection: Ashley A McGuigan #28)

Example: 1. To cure when the anus falls out - Pound together 1 braches worth of inpalcapnesgin leaves and of both inloptiri (2-4 leaves, any age), also take the inner bark of nekeaitimi and nakhe. Put this into your hand, or another leaf and give it to the person to use it. This should be applied to the anus whenever the anus comes out. USed to use a clam shell to extract the bark but not anymore.

nelm̃ai

This plant is used to make fishing line, perhaps moreso in the past than today. Collect young shoots form the sides of the tree, peel off the bark, soak the stem in salt water or fresh water for 1-2 weeks to ret the stems then separate the fibers, dry in the sun and use to make string for fishing. The leaves are used for feeding pigs.
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n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 8 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #5004)

Example: This plant is used to make fishing line, perhaps moreso in the past than today. Collect young shoots form the sides of the tree, peel off the bark, soak the stem in salt water or fresh water for 1-2 weeks to ret the stems then separate the fibers, dry in the sun and use to make string for fishing. The leaves are used for feeding pigs.

nemelmat

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n. kind of bush

nem̃tepek

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n. kind of bush

nepiloan

n. tender shoots

nese

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

neseuinman

Murraya paniculata
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n. kind of flowering plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4763)

nesjau

Cyathea vieillardii

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

neta

n. cane (sugar)

niaga a nupsijman

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[niaŋa a nʊpsiʤman] n. fingernail

nijhen

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[niʧɛn] n. tooth

nijhinga

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.
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n. shrub, 1-1. 25 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3591)

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.

nilbuthou

n. Bidens pilosa L.

Example: shoot -- cold maceration taken internally against cough

niri atga

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.

nirinat erefera ran

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[nirinɣat erefera ran] n. pandanus leaf rolled for the preparation of mats and baskets

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

niroun

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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[ɲiroʊn] n. basket

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

nisvahaijom

n. tree from which petticoats or skirts are made

nohos

Photo by K. David Harrison, April 2016.
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n. kind of banana

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

nohos atimi

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n. kind of banana (sweet)

nosjacai

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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n. Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nuhu

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[nuhu] n. floating rock from the volcano

numalpau

n. wind-related term; no definition provided

numusgan

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n. non-fish creatures in the sea

nupsi itai

n. corn

pakpakoa

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n. kind of breadfruit (old kind no longer known)

pejadi

v.n. get off the reef

rohalrohal

adj. rough, applied to sugarcane-leaf thatch

telainei

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[t̚elajnej] phr. they cry now

ucsiligei

v.a. to pare off rind

umnad

adj. rotten, applied to fruit

yap

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adj. done; cooked