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-ahatɨn

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v 1. point; 2. teach, instruct

-amemha

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v intr be sick

-amhua

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v deflect an object (as a football), cast off, shake off one’s body, abandon one’s supporters (as a leader)

-apakapak

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v gust (as the wind)

-arouaráu

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v leap, jump up to, fly off (as a bird), take off (as a plane)

-arukwɨpahar

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v intr var. of akwɨpahar

-asaprán

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v intr clear (as the sky), break up (as clouds) dawn

-asaua

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v use a pillow, sleep on a traditional wooden pillow

-askɨn

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v 1. wring, squeeze through a strainer (as kava); 2. walk with a cane

ia-kasua ia kunu

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v I paddle a canoe

(Bislama) mi badel lo kawenu

iakuiaku

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n. 1. sand fly, 2. sand crab

ik-

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you

(Bislama) yu

jikisjin

jikisjin
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wheeled toy

kahar

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num three

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

kapen, kapenkapen

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n cricket

kapnumnum

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n. mushroom

karɨmkarɨm

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kind of insect (large, sucks nectar)

kauas

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kava (metaphorically), kava root which is ceremonially exchanged

kaviatameta

Myzomela cardinalis
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Cardinal Honeyeater

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.

kereiri

kereiri
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traditional woven fan

kesy

To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in  2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)

Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.

kipori ia tasiapen

Phyllidia madangensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/784726-Phyllidia-madangensis
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t.o. Sea Slug

Example: Photo by tonydiver / 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

koiameta

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n social moiety

konianaker

Epinephelus hexagonatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-hexagonatus.html
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Starspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

konianaker

Epinephelus socialis http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-socialis.html
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Surge grouper (deep sea)

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

koniapit

Desmodium intortum
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[kwanjapɨp] n. weedy vine growing over boulders in dry streambed. Corolla pink turning bluish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2794)

koniere

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree with a dense crown and edible fruit

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

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.

kourun

kourun
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kind of banana

krirɨm kefa

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num nine

kuansus

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

kwafetatea

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n morning star (see kofetatea)

kwaji yerman sei piak sarawhi

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my younger brother’s son (my nephew)

kwanakur

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

kwanasitov

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n. magically treated stalk of wild cane used in kava fertility spells or to tabu a garden, road, etc.

kwanasuprana

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. parasitic epiphyte growing on roots of trees

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

kwani kumɨn

Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5149)

Example: Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.

kwanɨmɨk

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n. kind of plant (ginger?)

kwatarimakwa

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

kweiei

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rudder fish

kɨvinuán

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mantis

makhum

Cheilinus undulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-undulatus.html
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Humphead wrasse

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

manuri

Fishing poles. House walls. Fence for chickens.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5125)

Example: Fishing poles. House walls. Fence for chickens.

minin

Acanthurus mata http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-mata.html
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Elongate surgeonfish (sea)

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nakhour

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

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nakwatɨna

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creek

namatamai

Lethrinus xanthochilus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-xanthochilus.html
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Yellowlip emperor

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

namritaik

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first born child

napati

This is female type. MJB 5068 is male type. When person has diarrhea with blood (dysentry) take a double handful of leaves and mash them in  2 liter water, boil, drink warm 1 cup 3x day until the condition goes away. Stem used for roofing- attac hes to the rafters so thatching and leaves can be attached.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5156)

Example: This is female type. MJB 5068 is male type. When person has diarrhea with blood (dysentry) take a double handful of leaves and mash them in 2 liter water, boil, drink warm 1 cup 3x day until the condition goes away. Stem used for roofing- attac hes to the rafters so thatching and leaves can be attached.

Napatou

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n plateau

Narhák

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n White Sands language, spoken in East Tanna

narrer

People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.
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n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3111)

Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.

natahi

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

natgamera

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

naturan

1. The plant is used entirely to produce grass skirts, known as raus. First the plant is retted in hot water and left to sun dry. Then portions of the plant are sewn together or draped over a waist band to form an ankle-length skirt.
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n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2624)

Example: 1. The plant is used entirely to produce grass skirts, known as raus. First the plant is retted in hot water and left to sun dry. Then portions of the plant are sewn together or draped over a waist band to form an ankle-length skirt.

nawamta

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. plant; giant fern

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nawawa

Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.
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[nəwowa] n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2983)

Example: Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.

neis

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basalt

nemer itoga

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n. soursop

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.

nikariteng

Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of the Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018). The fern fibers are then rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. Then wrap the sap around the forked section of a Y-shaped stick (MB 5019, Tabernaemontana) followed by heating near a small fire (heat is blown from the fire to the part of the stick covered in sap). The sap then turns brown and gets stickier. Then the handle of the forked stick is put into a papaya that has alr
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5029)

Example: Used to make a bird trap. Bleed sap from cut on stem of this tree onto fibers of the Pneumatopteris sp. (MB 5018). The fern fibers are then rolled into a ball and used to soak up the sap from the tree. Remove the fern fibers once you have a ball of sap. These fibers are then discarded. Then wrap the sap around the forked section of a Y-shaped stick (MB 5019, Tabernaemontana) followed by heating near a small fire (heat is blown from the fire to the part of the stick covered in sap). The sap then turns brown and gets stickier. Then the handle of the forked stick is put into a papaya that has alr

nukune nai

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[nukune nai] n. tree stump

nuviavia

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n. decorative plant (Crinum sp.), Bislama: white lily. A kind of wild taro, eaten.

(Bislama) nuviavia

nɨkava pwia

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n. kind of kava with smooth outer bark

nɨkava riki

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n. kind of small kava with variegated leaves

nɨkoraku

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n. small plant with variegated leaves

nɨkouirum

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n. coconut spathe

nɨmnave

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n. kind of sugarcane, small with brown color, very sweet

nɨpunɨpun

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[nɨpunpun] n. spider web

nɨpɨrak

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n my body

pagaivii

Cheilinus chlorourus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-chlorourus.html
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Floral wrasse

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

pahasua

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giant clam

pavegɨn

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shark

pepheer pitew

Plectorhinchus lessonii http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-lessonii.html
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Lesson’s thicklip, stiped sweetlips

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

phumha pitew

Pterocaesio tile http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-tile.html
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Dark-banded fusilier, bluestreak fusilier

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

piak sarawihi

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my young brother

pran sei piak sarawihi

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my younger brother’s wife

purɨk

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bull

remɨn

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n. lemon (Bislama?)

(Bislama) remƗn

rerenakuang

Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
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[rerenakwaŋ] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

rerenakuang

Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

rewhi-yaknawhi

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n my baby teeth (deciduous teeth)

ringkai

Fregata minor
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[rigai ~ ringgai] Great Frigatebird

Example: Photo by Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

sarapsan

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egg white

swatuk ~ swantuk

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n. pathway, footpath

Takiaew sei tasi

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

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

tamakao

Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.
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Red Jungle Fowl (male)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.

tasi

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sea

teki tagharua ~ tikitagarua

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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n nautilus shell. Possibly family Nautilidae

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

tesagi

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n. house central post

trimian

People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.
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[trajmijen] n. liana growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3096)

Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.

tɨsi ramher

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phrase the sea is calm

uritonga

uritonga
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wind direction from the northeast (note that Lindstrom 1986 lists this as "south wind")

wata put

wata put
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galoshes

wipin iariman

Carangoides ferdau http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-ferdau.html
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Blue trevally (male)

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

wipin iariman

Caranx melampygus http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-melampygus.html
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Bluefin trevally (male); powerful fish, with the power of a young cow

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yerman sei kijirimak sa namritaik

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my elder sisiter;s husband