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-afaga

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v soar, circle (as a bird)

-akrés

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v 1. steal; 2. copy, take (a photograph), record (with a tape recorder)

-akwakwus

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v hang onto, perch (as a bat), hang up (as a kerosene lantern)

-akwase

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adj. be spoiled, rotten, stink (as food)

-akwái

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v. cut bush for a garden, scratch (one’s head)

-apwini

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v 1. strive, work at and succeed, go where there is no road, beat through the bush or heavy seas; 2. persevere, go ahead with anyway, pester

-arhi

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v remember, recall, think about, ponder

-arimi

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v. husk, skin (as a coconut)

-arouaráu

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

-asevur

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v 1. open (as a door), open up (as a trunk or other closed object); 2. clear or empty out (as dirt from a hole), reveal

-atakina

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v bathe a child ritually for the first time

akwaku

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n. a type of traditional exchange ceremony

araii narek

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cut my penis( circumsision)

arukwinhum

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v. to wear a penis wrapper

Basis

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n harbor, port

boki ia-yaku

boki ia-yaku
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turtle shell

ia-karai rangek

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v I cut my hand

Iakunwis

Iakunwis
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Iakunwis, home of Nipikinwan tribe

iepe

Naso brevirostris http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-brevirostris.html
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Spotted Unicornfish

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

iraku

iraku
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stonefish

Iramaga

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Erromango

kapa

Lutjanus adetii http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-adetii.html
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Yellow-banded snapper, hussar

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

karkarepa

Fresh vine is collected and used to tie parts of the house together. Can drink water from stem. Fruits-seed used as necklace especially for kastom dance.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5164)

Example: Fresh vine is collected and used to tie parts of the house together. Can drink water from stem. Fruits-seed used as necklace especially for kastom dance.

karuarua

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thunder

karɨmkarɨm

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kind of insect (large, sucks nectar)

kataren

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n named rock formation on Yasur volcano

kawga ia-puka

kawga ia-puka
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pig jawbone for ceremonial use

kera

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skull

koupa se puka

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n. pigsty

kwanapa

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kind of yam, has a round root, with white, soft, sweet flesh

Example: Only used for making lap-lap

kwanasitov

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

kwanei awou

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grass skirt fibres

kwankun

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kind of banana

Example: Eaten ripe; children love this cultivar as it is very sweet

kwarua

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n door, doorway

magru

Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5151)

Example: Houseposts. Straps used to tie wood to roof during thatching.

marawta

Sargocentron violaceum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-violaceum.html
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Violet squirrelfish

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

mariveia

Siganus vulpinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-vulpinus.html
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Foxface

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nagus nanikiri

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[nakwas naniki:ri] n. rope with round green fruits. (collection: Laurence Ramon #326)

nahnen

The stems of this plant are one of the best firewoods; use the embers to light a person’s tobacco pipe. People know that when this plant has ripe fruit, it is time to hunt the flying fox near this tree.
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[na̤:nɨn] n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3086)

Example: The stems of this plant are one of the best firewoods; use the embers to light a person’s tobacco pipe. People know that when this plant has ripe fruit, it is time to hunt the flying fox near this tree.

nakaw ia nirak

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n my rib

nakwatɨna

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creek

Nap sei yasur

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n lava

napai

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n. coral wall

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.

napugov

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n. palm, Veitchia sp.

napui tɨna

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n. variety of coconut with short trunk

naramɨk

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n my tongue

nare

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. taro (Colocasia)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nari

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n thing, object, being

natatau

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tattoo

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.

naukwasikar

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daylight, sunshine

naván

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n. kind of tree used for house posts

nawes

Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.
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n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)

Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.

nehi yasur ~ nɨhi yasur

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Yasur volcano black smoke and ash

neirapin

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leaf bundle of concoction used in sorcery, allows a person to become invisible, etc.

nekavai

Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.
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[nəfkafa:i] n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3009)

Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.

nemer

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n. breadfruit

neni

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goat

newou

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plant used to make grass skirt

newou pitov

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black newou plant

nhawi

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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers

Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all

nimiri

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n. part of the lemon tree or mandarin tree, a bean pod?

nkhaourakou

Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5083)

Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

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.

nukwai nanɨmek

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n my pupil (of eye)

nukwasikar

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afternoon

nuvia

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n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

nɨfwiri

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flat coral

nɨkakri-nurak

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n my clavicle

nɨkoraku

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n. small plant with variegated leaves

nɨmai nukwanen

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n. his/her hair

nɨpihín

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n. kind of banana

nɨpiien

nɨpiien
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bait for fish

nɨpunɨpun

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spider web

nɨsuaio

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

nɨteipranmi

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n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

pasuwa

Tridacna maxima https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50589-Tridacna-maxima

Small Giant Clam

Example: via inaturalist.org

pawpawuk

Lampides boeticus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121993-Lampides-boeticus
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Pea Blue

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

pawpawuk

Vagrans egista https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244221-Vagrans-egista
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Tailed Rustic

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

presi

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daughter

puka purumun

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wild pig

punuár

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n. kind of tree with small, compound leaves, used for firewood

pusi

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cat

rafo

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what

rukwanu

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home

sap sap

For an earache, take a double handful of leaves, mash, and squeeze in your ear.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5093)

Example: For an earache, take a double handful of leaves, mash, and squeeze in your ear.

Suatouk

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n road

tapaka

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n. tobacco

(Bislama) tapaka

tarouk

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n my lips

tata

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father

tekin

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skin

(Bislama) skin

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

tipurpai

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Tramsumɨs

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culture figure name, an ogre

tukraus

The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.
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[tukrawus] n. unbranched tree, growing next to Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3153)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.

tupwa

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kind of land crab

tɨkiov

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n slug species, snail species

tɨkurakák

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n Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater, a.k.a. mutton bird

yaku

Chelonia mydas https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39659-Chelonia-mydas

Green Sea Turtle

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

Yapkapen

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