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-ahiapwun

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v light up

-aias

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v. sweep, clear away garden debris

-akweiái

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v sit on, sit astride (as on a horse)

-arimi

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v. husk, skin (as a coconut)

-arár

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v. 1. dig (as with a spade), 2. sprout

-árupwi

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v 1. spear, stick, pierce, throw (an elongated object); 2. put down, insert, stick something into the ground, plant (as a tree), join; 3. clap, applaud, pat, ringbark (as to kill a tree); 4. be proud, sassy, disrespectful, preen (because of praise)

-ɨkwahi

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fruit

apa-nasak ian

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don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

apara naosian yaknawhi

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enough hurt or killed children

Apri atan

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n camp

hamvani nuk

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name of a star constellation

iakwiér

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n. small tubercles which grow on kava root

iapou

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child

imam pakou

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where is your village?

(Bislama) ples blo yu wea.

kafa

Cypraea tigris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84107-Cypraea-tigris
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Tiger Cowry

Example: via inaturalist.org

kaies

kaies
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n. rake

kaipwipi keikwau

When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)

Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.

kakurai iakurai

Myiagra caledonica marinae
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Melanesian Flycatcher

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

kameru

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n. kind of basket made of coconut leaves

kamkariamkari

Nephila pilipes https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68390-Nephila-pilipes
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Giant Golden Orbweaver

Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

kamti

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n. kind of taro

karukwau

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n. interior house cross post

kasanimen

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n my eyelid

katia

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n. kind of taro

kawitaring

kawitaring
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keipeipie iasuck

Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)

Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

konianaker

Epinephelus corallicola http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-corallicola.html
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Coral grouper, coral rock grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konianaker

Epinephelus spilotoceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-spilotoceps.html
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Foursaddle grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konianaker

Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0
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Red-tipped grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

konuwak sarariman

Diagramma pictum http://fishbase.org/summary/Diagramma-pictum.html
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Painted sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Dr. Dwayne Meadows / NOAA, License: Public Domain via Fishes of Australia

kwankupwé

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n. inalienable small side tubers off a main root tuber; small yam tubers

kwankureker

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baby food

kwankwikwa

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n lava bomb

kwanɨtara

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n. semi-inalienable strip of coconut frond used as a rope

kwarei iataku

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n. sweet potato that is planted close to yams

kwɨmtákahau

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n. kind of edible legume

káurapɨg

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n. kind of tree, variety of niemƗs

kɨmkɨn

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n. pumpkin

(Bislama) kƗmkƗn

mai nakukua

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n. paper

mak inherɨp

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kind of ground dove

Makwa wi

Makwa wi
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n waxing crescent (moon phase)

makwa-nawta

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n moonrise

nakahak

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dawn

nakeian

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gladness or hug

Example: hug your mother if longtime no see her

nakhour

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub or small tree; shield aralia, or plum aralia

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

namhu

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n. small, round wild yam

napitew ian sei nesan

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n rain shadow

napw

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n fire

napɨk

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[napɨk] kind of tree

nari aprumun

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wild animal

narukwas

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kind of taro, has white flesh. The leaf petiole is dark red

Example: Only used for roasting

Naskao

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village betwen yatukwei and tapir

naties

To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5024)

Example: To treat a cut or sore, collect leaves, bruise by rubbing in hand and apply directly to the sore. Whole plant dried and used as a broom.

naurám

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n. kind of wild yam

nawirok

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nefeng

Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5067)

Example: Stem to make house posts. Put fruits in with sweet potato when planting to enable the sweet potato to yield a good crop.

nekira

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[nikere] n. tree to 3 m tall, dbh 10 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4739)

Example: Local medicine, secret use.

nemrapep

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
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n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

nep

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club

nhawi

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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers

Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all

niamɨs

Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

niangɨn

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n. forest with big trees, growing closely together

nipina

Take 1 double handful of leaves, mix with dry coconut, roast in fire -- cover w/ banana leaf, tie up roast in fire for 5-10 min, take it down to the sea and the boys who have been circumcised 2 weeks before wash the sore with it. Dries up sore faster and wash skin and adds a fragrance to it. To treat strong fever, take knife and squeeze stem and put shavings on a leaf take 1 handful and mix with water and fill up a cup and pout into 1 bottle -- in morning and afternoon and consume 1 liter/day repeat for second day fever will do down in a few days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5015)

Example: Take 1 double handful of leaves, mix with dry coconut, roast in fire -- cover w/ banana leaf, tie up roast in fire for 5-10 min, take it down to the sea and the boys who have been circumcised 2 weeks before wash the sore with it. Dries up sore faster and wash skin and adds a fragrance to it. To treat strong fever, take knife and squeeze stem and put shavings on a leaf take 1 handful and mix with water and fill up a cup and pout into 1 bottle -- in morning and afternoon and consume 1 liter/day repeat for second day fever will do down in a few days.

nukuk

Prosaptia contigua
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n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2619)

Nukune Nauparew

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mountain beetwen imaki and high hill

nukwai nusouk

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n my toe

nukwanɨn

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his hair

nurak

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n my shoulder

nuvre

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n. kind of taro with yellow flesh

nwera

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coconut stage, large sprout

nɨfregi

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n. kind of vine

nɨkafai

Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5046)

Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

nɨkava itoga

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alcoholic drink

nɨkiatu

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canoe parts: outrigger spar, boom

nɨkriakéi

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n. kind of tree, with edible green fruit with sweet milky white flesh, collected wild and eaten on Tanna

nɨkɨpisi

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n. sandalwood

nɨmatagi asori

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cyclone

nɨmirɨki taru irama

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n moustache

nɨmnave, nemnave

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n. a type of sugarcane, with brown skin, very sweet, planted in gardens

pawpawuk

Luthrodes cleotas https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472288-Luthrodes-cleotas
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t.o Gossamer-winged Butterfly

Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

pranawhi sei piak sarawihi

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my younger brother’s daughter (my niece)

prea-

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cousin (older mother’s sister’s child, older father’s brother’s child)

purɨk

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bull

rarai

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v cut

(Bislama) katem

Example: cut hood, or something

sarouei

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kind of banana

takiew se tasi

Phyllidiopsis xishaensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/136327-Phyllidiopsis-xishaensis
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Striped Phyllidopsis

Example: Photo by eschlogl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

tasiapen

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html
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Three-Stripe Fusilier

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

tasɨnfara

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roots of pandanus

tehmian

Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.
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n. shrub, 3-3.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3245)

Example: Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.

tiki nau

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[tiki nau] n. bamboo bench

tipurpai

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.
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n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2980)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.

trakwakwi

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tomorrow

tui-tui

The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.
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n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

tukraus

Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.
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[təkrowus] n. once-branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3139)

Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.

tuwai

The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.
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n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

tɨpwesin

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n tidal pool, salt evaporation pool

yakwapenun

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yapesu

yapesu
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kind of crab that live only in the beach

Yapkapen

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yarman

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kind of yam, has white flesh, soft and sweet, with a very large tuber, and is easy to grow

Example: If it grows in good conditions, the tubers are so large that it takes two people to carry it on a pole