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-akw(i)

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v 1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together

-akwagase

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v intr yawn

-apɨti

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v kick, stub one’s foot

-arhi

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v remember, recall, think about, ponder

-ariri

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v/a greasy, oily, shiny and sleek with hair pomade, grease, oil

-arkaua

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v mispronounce, misspeak, speak differently

-arou(i)

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v reach out, reach in, extend an arm

-arukwáu

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v intr intersect, cross, lie across

-aráu

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v reach out, grab, punch at, swim the crawl, shadow box

-asaua

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v use a pillow, sleep on a traditional wooden pillow

apɨrapɨra

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v. to sprout or send up shoots

berkrawɨn

berkrawɨn
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grave

hirɨr

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maggot

iamha

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n. kind of seaweed

Ianuwao Point

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kafete

kafete
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n. traditional broom

karat

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[karat] carrot

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.

kausɨrɨp

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kind of spider

kipori ia tasiapen

Phyllidia varicosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49735-Phyllidia-varicosa
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Varicose Wart Slug

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

kiri

Zanclus cornutus http://fishbase.org/summary/Zanclus-cornutus.html
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Moorish idol

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

kirikapóu

Collocalia esculenta
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Glossy Swiftlet

konianaker

Epinephelus miliaris http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-miliaris.html
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Netfin grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Molly Varghese / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konuwak

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

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

korpra

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copra

kostrog

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[kostron] lemon

kuankuma

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

Example: No use disclosed.

kwanakur

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n. 1. kind of tree (bark used for rope), 2. cool season

kwanakurakura

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

kwanmasivur

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n. kind of tree

kwanviru

Stem to build house posts. Can be used to make pipe. Ripe fruits, remove nut and eat food.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5137)

Example: Stem to build house posts. Can be used to make pipe. Ripe fruits, remove nut and eat food.

kwanwekɨr

Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5041)

Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).

kwarisus

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

kwarɨgerɨg

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n. garden clearing (marked by dead, leafless trees)

kwasɨrɨs

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n. red pepper, hot pepper

kwatuku-

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n. inalienable sprout, shoot, small branch

Kɨnɨwi

Tenodera australasiae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207783-Tenodera-australasiae
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Purple-winged Mantis

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

kɨpiesi

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boy (uncircumsized)

kɨpwiai

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beetle

magko

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n. mango

(Bislama) magko

mapwár ~ iapwár

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mythological pygmy

marao

Myripristis vittata http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-vittata.html
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Whitetip soldierfish

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

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chicken

nahpao phisir

Canthidermis maculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Canthidermis-maculata.html
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Rough triggerfish, spotted oceanic triggerfish, oceanic triggerfish

Example: Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namatamai

Lethrinus olivaceus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-olivaceus.html
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Longface emperor

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

namatamai

Lethrinus ornatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-ornatus.html
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Ornate emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namatamai

Lethrinus miniatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-miniatus.html
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Trumpet emperor, red throat emperor

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

napɨr

Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)

Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.

napɨti

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n. kind of tree

nari afafa

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n secret

nasar

Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5074)

Example: Used for food. Boil the leaves for 15-20 min, fry them, or put them in the earth oven to eat. They taste very good.

nase

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n adopted child

Nasipmeni

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tribe name

natehi

Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.
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n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3125)

Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.

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.

navahagien

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advice

neapsan

Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)

Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

nefeg

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.
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[nəfwe:ŋ] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2985)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.

neisei naikwasin

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n. washing board

nemreken

For counting, for example tallying the number of people invited for kava or food, each person can be represented by a pinnae. When done marking each pinnae for a person, take off the rest. Then you’ll be able to return and see the number of pinnae remaining on the rachis if how many people will be coming. Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018) The fern fibers are rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Then remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. The
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5018)

Example: For counting, for example tallying the number of people invited for kava or food, each person can be represented by a pinnae. When done marking each pinnae for a person, take off the rest. Then you’ll be able to return and see the number of pinnae remaining on the rachis if how many people will be coming. Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018) The fern fibers are rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Then remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. The

nesen

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n. rain

nesory

Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out, and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5145)

Example: Cut branches, dry in the sun until the leaves fall out, and then tie branches together to make broom. Stem used for canoe outrigger.

nevisaien

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fight, dispute, argument

nevo

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algae

nimhiro

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n. tree used for house posts

nisei

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall

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niveia

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n. canoe oar, paddle

nopweien

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menstruation

nororipen

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n. kind of vine

noukwerang

People use the seeds and stem of this tree for fish poison. Pound the seed and wood and put it in a pool in the ocean at low tide. Fish are stunned and can be harvested.
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[nukwe:raŋ] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3109)

Example: People use the seeds and stem of this tree for fish poison. Pound the seed and wood and put it in a pool in the ocean at low tide. Fish are stunned and can be harvested.

nuai nukori

nuai nukori
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n. large tree root

nui

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water

nukune

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n. trunk of tree

nukwai nusouk

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n my toe

nurepa

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clay

nɨkoraku

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n. small plant with variegated leaves

nɨkovakava

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n. driftwood

nɨmerian

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n moonbeam

nɨmrhin

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his face

nɨsesatákw

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n. kind of tree (wood used for small canoe outrigger or house posts)

pangkor

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. soursop tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

penesu

Scarus psittacus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-psittacus.html
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Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish

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

peragi

Acanthurus auranticavus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-auranticavus.html
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Orange-Socket Surgeonfish, Ringtail Surgeonfish

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

pranawhi sei piak sa namritaik

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my elder brother’s daughter.

pɨsasori

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thumb

ramaha

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n low tide

riginimwa

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n. small house posts that support thatch

rukwasikar

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afternoon

ruoto

ruoto
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wind direction from the southwest

taik

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banana (general term)

Takiaew sei tasi

Chromodoris willani https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119429-Chromodoris-willani
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Willan’s Chromodoris

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taku

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string game (bed shape)

Tametasi

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n ocean

tapatou

Acanthocybium solandri http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthocybium-solandri.html
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Wahoo

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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.

tɨnɨrup

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n womb

tɨsi ramher

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phrase the sea is calm

vɨraku

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kind of stingray

waɨsaisa

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[waɨsaisa] small devil with big penis

yasur riar makwapahar

yasur riar makwapahar
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n volcanic eruption