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-afɨri

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v paint (especially one’s face during ceremonial events)

-ahupwén

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v. hold (food) in a leaf (as do circumcised boys while in seclusion), shield so as not to pollute

-akwiri

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v mount, reach the summit of a hill, come out on top, be on top

-amtér

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v life up, stand up (from a prone position), arise, life something which is on the ground

-amɨna

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v work, produce, enlarge or improve (as one’s resources)

-an

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v intr 1. go, walk, be in motion; 2. be unmarried; 3. shine (as the sun)

-ani

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v tr eat, consume

-arkɨri

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v intr 1. start, be suprised by; 2. transplant, dig up (as a plant), scrape out (as used tobacco from a pipe)

-arpikou

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v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

-arukwahagɨn

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v var. of -rukwahagɨn

-arɨs

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v intr laugh

-asasás

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v intr fall, drop (numerous objects)

-asighi

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v lead (as an animal), tie a rope around to lead, drive, drive on

aosi kuri

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kill dog

awan meiwaiyio

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v. intransitive walk downhill

eri-tana

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dig the soil

ia-kanmi nikawa

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I drink kava

ia-kawsini nakukua

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v I read a book

(Bislama) mi ridim book

iamha

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n. kind of seaweed

Ianɨtim

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Aneityum

ierema se menari

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[jerema se menari] jungle devil

imwarara

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n. a minor kava drinking place, see imwarɨm

kamarwerew

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n my ass (buttocks)

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

kaperis apusan

Nerita plicata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/328512-Nerita-plicata
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Plicate Nerite

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karaga

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digging stick, taro planting stick

kareia

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kind of shellfish

karuapeï

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n. shrubs with long erect stems. white flowers on long pendulous hairy inflorescences (10-15 cm), white flowers with yellowish calyx and long peduncle. Leaves with long petioles (about 5 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #328)

karuarua

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, small

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kasasi

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n my spine

kaviatameta

Myzomela cardinalis
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Cardinal Honeyeater

kawga ia-nirak

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n my jaw

kayap amtameta

Myzomela sclateri
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Sclater’s Myzomela, Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela

ken

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section of house thatching

kirikapóu

Collocalia esculenta
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Glossy Swiftlet

koiameta

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n social moiety

konkori

Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5099)

Example: Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.

kuanihinihy

Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)

Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.

kuankuma

No use disclosed.
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[kwanokuma] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2976)

Example: No use disclosed.

kusán

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n kind of shellfish

kwanakurakura

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n. secondary forest growth (e.g., over a garden site)

kwanarai

People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.
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[kwanəraj] n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

kwanarai

Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

kwanasuaprana

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n. kind of fungus, brown color when old or white color when young, can be fried and eaten

kwansun-awihi

kwansun-awihi
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kind of seashell

kwarei

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n. sweet potato

kwatpiavikɨr

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n. kind of sugarcane

kwonhim

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[ganhɨm] your penis

makhum

Scarus oviceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-oviceps.html
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Dark capped parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

manari-ianupag

Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.
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[manariən nəʔpəŋ] n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2971)

Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.

marao

Sargocentron tiere http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-tiere.html
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Bluelined squirrelfish, Tahitian squirrelfish

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

marawta

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

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

menu

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chicken

meri-ruta

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n sunrise

nakéi Fiti

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n. kind of banana

nakúr

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n. kind of tree (bark used as rope)

namap

To make rain, take four branches, mixed with Zingiber zerumbet (5078). Leave for one week until it rots and smells bad. Move it to the land and it will rain. Leaf is used to stop lightning and thunder. Take four leaves mash, cut a forked stick of  Natchy (5019) take outer bark off, put in fire to warm it, wrap with leaf, put in ffront of you in ground and when lightning is coming break off the fork and the thunder will stop. Children eat the fruits.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5112)

Example: To make rain, take four branches, mixed with Zingiber zerumbet (5078). Leave for one week until it rots and smells bad. Move it to the land and it will rain. Leaf is used to stop lightning and thunder. Take four leaves mash, cut a forked stick of Natchy (5019) take outer bark off, put in fire to warm it, wrap with leaf, put in ffront of you in ground and when lightning is coming break off the fork and the thunder will stop. Children eat the fruits.

namnamug

Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5155)

Example: Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.

napesan

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n. tree, 6 m tall

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napuei

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n. coconut

napw fwe ieremha

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n. puffball

napwesen

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n. kind of tree with small white flowers

naruakiri

To make a strap to hold the ornamental fiber "Nisei" (Plunkett et al #3077) on a person’s arm. Dry the stem, remove the fibers, and weakve into a strap. There is a legend that is told about this plant, concerning a rat and a fox. The rat and fox stole a banana from the Devil’s garden. The Devil caught the fox and told him not to come back. The rat said "lets go to the garden" and teh fox said no. The rat said "go take these leaves, and tie the leaves with coconut fiber--and he told the fox to lie down and the rat sewed the leaaves on the fox. So, the rat an
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n. herb, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3082)

Example: To make a strap to hold the ornamental fiber "Nisei" (Plunkett et al #3077) on a person’s arm. Dry the stem, remove the fibers, and weakve into a strap. There is a legend that is told about this plant, concerning a rat and a fox. The rat and fox stole a banana from the Devil’s garden. The Devil caught the fox and told him not to come back. The rat said "lets go to the garden" and teh fox said no. The rat said "go take these leaves, and tie the leaves with coconut fiber--and he told the fox to lie down and the rat sewed the leaaves on the fox. So, the rat an

nasasa

The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.
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[nasasa] n. banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)

Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.

nava

Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5038)

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.

nemer

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n. breadfruit

nerer

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2972)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.

nesen

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n. rain

newou

Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.
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[ne̤wo] n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3079)

Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.

nifua

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n. kind of parasitic plant

nikinapus

A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3258)

Example: A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.

ning

When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.
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n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

nipirey

Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5017)

Example: Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.

nisa

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machete

nisu manug

Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5142)

Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.

nopweien

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menstruation

nukwasikar

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afternoon

nukweri pran

1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.
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n. terrestrial; leaves dimorphic, ca. 0.6-0.7 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2615)

Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.

numrukwen

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Numrukwen moiety

nɨkiatu

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canoe parts: outrigger spar, boom

nɨkouirum

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n. coconut spathe

nɨkwesi

People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)

Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.

nɨkɨrha

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n. kind of tree (var. of kƗrha)

nɨmatagi

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air

nɨpakau

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coconut leaf stalk

nɨperɨm

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n. kind of liana

nɨsuaio

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n. kind of banyan tree, bark used for tapa cloth

parangi pshir

Acanthurus maculiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-maculiceps.html
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White-freckled surgeonfish

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

pirawa ~ firawa

Gymnocranius euanus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-euanus.html
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Japanese large-eye bream

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pitoga

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alien (from another island, country)

pusukuni

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[posokoni] lightning that stuns or kills fish

rafo ia masana

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how are you?

(Bislama) osem wanem yufala oraet ?

ramerouk ia karwatereii

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throw the stone

(Bislama) sakem stone

rhurhu

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kind of skink (green)

sakhan

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second (unit of time)

tamekin

tamekin
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[tamekɨn] notches cut into tree trunk, either as marking or foothold

tuprena

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earth, soil

tupum ripnari

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your big belly

(Bislama) big bel

tɨputɨm

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echo

yakaryakar

Siganus spinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-spinus.html
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Little spinefoot, scribbled rabbitfish

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