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-afɨri

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

-ahiápw

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v light, illuminate, shine (as the sun), glitter

-akwsén

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v 1. crumble, break into pieces; divide, rip in half (as bread, biscuit)

-amtér

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

-arɨgi

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v scrub, manipulate

-arɨp

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v compress, tighten, close up, weave tightly

-asaua

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v use a pillow, sleep on a traditional wooden pillow

amahán ~ amasan

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adj. good, beautiful, useful

apa-nasak ian

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don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

eihi

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for the ( hern him...)

(Bislama) fakem

fwaga

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1. light colored volcanic stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives, 2. big man, wise man

ia-kapaii nikawa

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v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

iarumanu

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[iarumanu] chief

iermɨnu

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chief

iuan u miuan u

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twenty

kaipaip sei kuekau

Children take the inflorescence of this plant and use it to find and poke lizards hiding in the bush. For treatment of an unspecified spiritual sickness, chew 2, 2" pieces of the stem to get rid of the sickness, spitting the material on the hair and body of an ill person; use only 1 time.
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n. sprawling herb, with erect flowering stems (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3237)

Example: Children take the inflorescence of this plant and use it to find and poke lizards hiding in the bush. For treatment of an unspecified spiritual sickness, chew 2, 2" pieces of the stem to get rid of the sickness, spitting the material on the hair and body of an ill person; use only 1 time.

kapri iapri

Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5110)

Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.

kapɨrápɨra ~ kaprapra

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n. coconut leaf basket

karharhi

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n. 1. small taro roots, 2. garden (metaphorically)

karorɨt

Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)

Example: Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.

karuarua

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thunder

karuarua

Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)

Example: Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.

karwaterei- kapiar

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n pebble

kasimi

Tyto javanica delicatula
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Eastern Barn Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

katɨmnumun

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kind of spider

kijirimak sa namritaik

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my elder sister

kijirimani

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her brother

kipori

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n beche-de-mer, sea slug

konianaker

Epinephelus coioides http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-coioides.html
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Orange-spotted grouper (deep sea)

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

konwarkar pitov

konwarkar pitov
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n. canarium nut fruit (variant 2)

kopwa

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fence

koupa se puka

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n. pigsty

kuankuanae

Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5085)

Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.

kuankuma

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

Example: No use disclosed.

kuansus

Sterculia banksiana
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)

kuatiapas

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kind of coconut, produces the smallest coconut, with an oblong shape

Example: It is said that when children play in the bush they like to find this coconut to eat. The local name refers to children—small in size, just like a child. It is not considered a good variety for an adult to eat

kurira

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after

kusan itoga

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n green snail

kwanapuirahakw

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coconut fruit bud

kwanarukwás

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n. kind of taro

kwankumah

A person would never use a food knife when cutting this tree as it will make that person hungry, which is also the name of the tree. So people do not like to cut this tree.
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[kwan kuman] n. shrub, 1-1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3130)

Example: A person would never use a food knife when cutting this tree as it will make that person hungry, which is also the name of the tree. So people do not like to cut this tree.

kwankureker

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baby food

kwanpenhɨ-

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chest

kwatɨpunaruveruv

Petroica multicolor
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Robin

kwatɨsi-

kwatɨsi-
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n. inalienable aerial root

kwonhim

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n. penis

mahk ~ mak

mahk ~ mak

[the spelling "mahk" was transcribed by Goerg Forster on Capitain Cook’s 1774 visit t] Tanna ground dove (extinct species)

mak apwasiteg

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brown pigeon

mak inherɨp

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kind of ground dove

mantopani mariyango

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kind of cassava, from Port-Vila

Example: The root of this variety is made into lap-lap used in certain ceremonies

minim

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spinefoot, rabbitfish (general name)

mwatuk

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penis

nahua

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n month name (archaic, corresponding to January)

nakwa numun

nakwa numun
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[nakwanumɨn] rock earth oven

namatamai

Lethrinus semicinctus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-semicinctus.html
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Black blotch emperor

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namatamai

Lethrinus laticaudis http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-laticaudis.html
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Grass emperor

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

namnamhu

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n. kind of fern, edible, often fried or boiled with milk

nan

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goat

napɨrapomus

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n. kind of fern

nari ɨsien

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kind of small, white spider

narofenua

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n. kind of yam (high prestige)

natehi

The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.
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[nata he] n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4732)

Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.

natgamera

(moss)
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n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

navan

Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5144)

Example: Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.

nawaprien

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[narwaperien] lightning

neapar

This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.
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n. sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

nekava kava

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their red fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
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[maka:rwa] n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3004)

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

nenes

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n. heat

nikweto

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n. fern tree

nimahan

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family

Ningkaris

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Mountain beetwen yatukwei and High hill

Nipikinwan

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tribe name

nisai-apran

The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant and can go anywh
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n. tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant and can go anywh

nouk

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year

nuwa

When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5168)

Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

nwera

nwera
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n. stage 7 of coconut development, sprouting coconut.

nɨkakiser

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coconut fruit stalk

nɨmatagi asori

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hurricane

nɨminari

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bush

nɨmirɨki taru irama

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n moustache

nɨmiuvien

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n earthquake

(Bislama) hedkwek

nɨmrhit

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my face

nɨperɨm

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n. kind of liana

nɨspos

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house parts: woven coconut mat used in thatching

parei

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West (cardinal direction)

pisiwɨr ia rangɨk

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n my fingernail

pranawhi sei piak sa namritaik

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my elder brother’s daughter.

pɨsaiov

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middle finger

rakwakwi

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following day

reia

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[ʰreja] chicken

Takiaew sei tasi

Chromodoris lochi https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201640-Chromodoris-lochi
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Loch’s Chromodoris

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

tasiapen

Megalops cyprinoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Megalops-cyprinoides.html
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Indo-Pacific Tarpon

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

tasiapen

Pterocaesio marri http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-marri.html
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Marr’s Fusilier, Twinstripe Fusilier

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

tekɨk

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n my skin

trakwakwi

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tomorrow

tukrawhus

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. type of woody, flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

tɨpwesin

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n tidal pool, salt evaporation pool

yakokeikei siao pran

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v I love my wife

(Bislama) mi laekem woman blo mi.

yanar

Mugil cephalus http://fishbase.org/summary/Mugil-cephalus.html
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Flathead grey mullet, sea mullet, grey mullet

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

Yanmerai

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village between itapua and kwaraka