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-aki

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v push down, poke down

-akunán

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v curse

-amhaku

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v fight with a club, wield a club

-amtiv

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v intr smack lips (as to call a dog)

-apiuan

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v intr heal (as a sore), feel better, calm, become quiet

-apri

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v sleep, close (as one’s eyes, or the leaves of a plant at night), blink

-apwe

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v. plant (certain plants such as taro, papaya, kava, sugarcane, manioc)

-apɨti

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v kick, stub one’s foot

-arhiápw

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v warm oneself, sit near a fire

-arukwanhɨn

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v intr stop raining, clear

-arɨp

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v compress, tighten, close up, weave tightly

-aspen

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v mix together (foods), eat two foods at one

-atakina

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v bathe a child ritually for the first time

-ateti

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v connect, bring together (as two fire logs), box (as two men)

arihii ringringi nima

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v tie a house post

(Bislama) taetem ol pos blo aos.

erupwun

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answer

ewhan mapri

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v go sleep

(Bislama) go silip

hasi

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[hasi] n. they are smoking

Hrayumene

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tribe name, lives at Iatukwei

iesukwrúr

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n. type of sprouting coconut the sprout of which grows along the body of the nut

ikeiamu

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Aneityumese

kapa

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

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

kapuapou

Emoia cyanogaster https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38568-Emoia-cyanogaster
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Teal Emo Skink

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

karasari

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white meat of clam

karorat

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.

karuapeï

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n. shrub. fruits and flowers directly on the stem or short inflorences. mature fruits white (about 1,5 cm l). Leaves with short petioles (about 1 to 3 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #331)

kauiehe

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n. kind of high prestige yam

kauyei

Kyphosus bigibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-bigibbus.html
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Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

kiri

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bat (flying fox)

kofi

kofi
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coffee beans (Bislama)

konianaker

Epinephelus cyanopodus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-cyanopodus.html
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Speckled blue grouper, speckled grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by John Turnbull / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konkamun

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall; adlay millet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

konpir

To tie the wall of a house, strip off leaves and tie fresh to house.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5136)

Example: To tie the wall of a house, strip off leaves and tie fresh to house.

kosu

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condom

kukureakurai

Lalage leucopyga
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long tailed thriller

kwaniapwít

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n. plant with sticky leaves and seed pods

kwaninihi

The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to  make a local broom.
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[kwani̤ni̤] n. herb to 1 m, flowers yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4730)

Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

kwankwikwa

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n lava bomb

kwansun-awihi

kwansun-awihi
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kind of seashell

kwanuá-

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n. inalienable root

kwatarimakwa

kwatarimakwa
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part of sea shell, (snail operculum), Pacific cat’s eye

kɨmkɨn

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n. pumpkin

(Bislama) kƗmkƗn

kɨrhir

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upraised coral

mai napuei kireii

mai napuei kireii
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woven coconut mat

mainfap

noun a dried leaf used to ceremonially wrap kava root

mamataring

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marao

Myripristis amaena http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-amaena.html
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Brick soldierfish

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

maris-maris

People toss sticks made from the stem of this plant at flying fox to tear their wing so they can’t fly and are caught.
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[marəs marəs] n. understory tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3133)

Example: People toss sticks made from the stem of this plant at flying fox to tear their wing so they can’t fly and are caught.

mimináu

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volcanic glass shards (Pele’s hair)

nakwa numun

nakwa numun
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[nakwanumɨn] rock earth oven

nakwatɨna

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creek

namakahak

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dawn

Namhinian

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gathering

(Bislama) meeting

nare

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leaf worn on head

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.

nasar

Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5111)

Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.

navahagien

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advice

nawirok

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nefara

The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.
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[nafare] n. tree growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3095)

Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.

niagɨn

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n. primary forest

niamaha napi yiao

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I am angry

nikrah

If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.
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n. small tree, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)

Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.

nmeheu

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.
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[nme̤hu] n. tree growing along ridge track in disturbed forest, next to garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2979)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

nokwai nɨfaga

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[nokwai nɨfaŋa] arrow and bow

nur

When young baby is loosing weight, give young tops--cooked-- to mother to eat for one month to help increase milk. You can also scrape a handful of inner bark of Ficus kajewskii (5163) into small pieces with a knife, mix with a handful of the young tops of (5157) in 1L of water and cook it, and squeeze the juice into a bottle. Drink one cup twice daily  for one month to help a mother who is not providing enough milk for her baby. Kids put inflorescences in hair as a sort of rasta fashion.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5157)

Example: When young baby is loosing weight, give young tops--cooked-- to mother to eat for one month to help increase milk. You can also scrape a handful of inner bark of Ficus kajewskii (5163) into small pieces with a knife, mix with a handful of the young tops of (5157) in 1L of water and cook it, and squeeze the juice into a bottle. Drink one cup twice daily for one month to help a mother who is not providing enough milk for her baby. Kids put inflorescences in hair as a sort of rasta fashion.

nurap

Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)

Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.

nóropɨg

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n. kind of tree, leaves used to set chewed kava on, bark infusions for treatment of coughs

nɨgak

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n my gums (of mouth)

nɨkava maregmarɨg

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n. kind of kava with short branches

nɨkovakava

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n. driftwood

nɨmwaktakéiv

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name of a traditional road linking villages in South-East Tanna

Nɨpari kwarwaterei

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n boulder

nɨparpar

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yam trellis

nɨsesatákw

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

nɨsko

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n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bent staff or stick used by toka dancers

pan

Egretta sacra
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Pacific Reef Heron (dark)

Example: Photo by Arthur Chapman, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

penesu

Scarus prasiognathos http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-prasiognathos.html
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Singapore parrotfish, greenthroat parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

perepere

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n rudder (of boat)

prigsiwir ~ marasaw

Acanthurus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-lineatus.html
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Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish ~ marasaw (Port Resolution dialect)

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

ramasan ia nɨpnɨpɨn

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good morning

reia

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[ʰreja] chicken

ruaran

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daylight

(Bislama) delaet

ruwama narisian

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died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

sapág

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fork (as in a tree)

serser

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n. 1. firefly, (according to Lindstrom 1986, 2. phosphorescent sea algae or fungus)

suoruenhi

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my bag

taeck itonga

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kind of plantain from Tonga

Example: Used for cooking

tanapɨn

To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5047)

Example: To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.

tangarua

Laticauda colubrina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68343-Laticauda-colubrina

Banded Sea Krait

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

tekin

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skin

(Bislama) skin

Example: skin of something like banana, taro...

tikismares

Schefflera neoebudica
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n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4208)

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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[tɨpurpaɪ] 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.

tomu

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n. mangrove

trawasi

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[turawasi] n. you (two) are smoking

táhapwar

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plant with large banana-like leaves used to wrap for baking laplap, taro, fish (Heliconia sp.)

tɨriv

tɨriv
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n slingshot

uvtuvt

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kind of centipede

yaknamapri

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I will sleep soon

(Bislama) mi stap silip nao.

yanar

Liza vaigiensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Liza-vaigiensis.html
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Squaretail mullet

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

Yasur

Yasur
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Yasur volcano