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-afwini

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v var. of -fwini

-akur

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v start, be surprised by something

-akwmakwmwi

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v gum (as one’s food)

aosi kuri

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kill dog

apɨrhi

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v. to clean brush, sweep or weed a garden, to clean for preparation, like kava

aruwai nerei

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peeled taro (skin out)

(Bislama) skinimtaro

awaii ro yiao

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can you squeeze me or massage me

(Bislama) tra skwisim mi.

hoia

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n. marigold

ia-kakwaii nimei nari

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I rake (brush) or weed the herb

(Bislama) go weed

ia-kamawengin

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v I eat

Ianɨkɨr

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Lenakel

Imarkak

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kamhau

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star pattern

Kamkari

Nephila tetragnathoides https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68396-Nephila-tetragnathoides
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t.o Golden Silk Orb-weaver

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

kapajiko

Lutjanus gibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-gibbus.html
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Humpback red snapper, paddletail

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

kararɨg feimanu

House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

karɨmkarɨm

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kind of insect (large, sucks nectar)

koniere

The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.
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[kwanjere] n. tree, 12-13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3089)

Example: The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.

konpir

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

kri

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agreement

krirɨm krirɨm

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num ten ("five five")

kuayei

Kyphosus cinerascens http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-cinerascens.html
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Blue sea chub, snubnose chub, topsail drummer

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

kwanarkwayaɨ

kwanarkwayaɨ
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n pumice

kwanig

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backbone

kwarumrum

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n. kind of small plant with fragrant leaves

kwarumun

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n parrot finch

kwatiuvtiuv

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n. drinking straw (made from immature banana leaves)

kwatmaseka

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coconut leaf spine

kwɨmtákahau

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n. kind of edible legume

kɨpwiai

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beetle

manpeken

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type of woven pandanus mat with thick strands

mantocary

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kind of cassava, has yellow flesh—the name means “yellow curry”

minim

Siganus corallinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-corallinus.html
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Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

minin tonga

Siganus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-lineatus.html
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Golden-lined spinefoot, lined rabbitfish

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

miriaki

miriaki
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lizard

murieki

murieki
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kind of skink

murup

Falco peregrinus
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Peregrine falcon

nakur

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n. plant (to be identified)

(Bislama) nalalas

namap

To make rain, take four branches, mixed with Zingiber zerumbet (5078). Leave for one week until it rots and smells bad. Move it to the land and it will rain. Leaf is used to stop lightning and thunder. Take four leaves mash, cut a forked stick of  Natchy (5019) take outer bark off, put in fire to warm it, wrap with leaf, put in ffront of you in ground and when lightning is coming break off the fork and the thunder will stop. Children eat the fruits.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5112)

Example: To make rain, take four branches, mixed with Zingiber zerumbet (5078). Leave for one week until it rots and smells bad. Move it to the land and it will rain. Leaf is used to stop lightning and thunder. Take four leaves mash, cut a forked stick of Natchy (5019) take outer bark off, put in fire to warm it, wrap with leaf, put in ffront of you in ground and when lightning is coming break off the fork and the thunder will stop. Children eat the fruits.

namhakwien

namhakwien
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fog

namás

namás
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n. 1. tapa belt (used to hold up penis wrappers, exchanged during nakwiari dances)

Napanapanian

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n drought, lack of rain

napɨti

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n. kind of tree

nare

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. taro (Colocasia)

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narhuatov

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n. kind of large fern

nas

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type of coconut leaf sheath with thick fibres used to strain kava (see nenha)

nasiapu-a-nasiapu

This plant can be used to tell the sex of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the stem and tear it. If three threads from the corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if all 4 corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from both sides of the cut stem.
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3168)

Example: This plant can be used to tell the sex of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the stem and tear it. If three threads from the corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if all 4 corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from both sides of the cut stem.

naskou

The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.
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n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)

Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.

nauri

Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)

Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.

naveginien asori

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big food festival

(Bislama) bigfala kakae

nei apsan

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kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5063)

nekira

Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

nemar

Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5030)

Example: Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.

niamɨs

Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

nikwanaha

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n. fruit of nikwa

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.

nukuainahi

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n vegetable

nukuk

To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5064)

Example: To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.

nura

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kind of taro

Example: Good for roasting in an earth oven and has a very nice taste

nurepa

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clay

nurur

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n. circumcision

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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kind of cone shell

nɨfaiafe

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reef passage, channel

nɨkapnaiva

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n. kind of tree, used in traditional medicine

nɨkatirev

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n. hibiscus

nɨkava pitov

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n. black kava (stems are black color)

nɨkoukau

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bridge

nɨkɨsi-

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n. inalienable small offshoot tubers

nɨmrakw

nɨmrakw
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n. ashes for cleaning, ashes after fire

nɨpokpokai

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fruit stalk (as on a banana)

nɨpregɨn

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n navel (belly button)

nɨsan

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meat

nɨserserien

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n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

pagaivii amramera sarapiran

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

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

pampu

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bamboo (used to refer to several introduced species)

(Bislama) pampu

paupauk

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butterfly

penesu

Leptoscarus vaigiensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Leptoscarus-vaigiensis.html
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Marbled parrotfish, seagrass parrortfish

Example: Photo Philippe Bourjon / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

penesu

Hipposcarus longiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Hipposcarus-longiceps.html
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Pacific longnose parrotfish

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

penesu

Chlorurus japanensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-japanensis.html
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Palecheek parrotfish, Japanese parrotfish

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

penesu

Chlorurus microrhinos http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-microrhinos.html
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Steephead parrotfish

Example: Photo by charlie20 / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pos

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n. house post outside (

(Bislama) pos

pusukuni

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n. lightning at sea that stuns fish, making them easy to catch

rakwakwi

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following day

rariari mio

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my bad luck (1st person poss.)

ravera

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n. the first shoot of any young plant

rewuk

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n my bicuspid (tooth)

rinhem

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his/her mum, his/her mother

riuwiru

This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding
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n. tree growing in house area in village (collection: Michael J. Balick #4719)

Example: This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding

rukwasikar

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afternoon

takiew

Lissachatina fulica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/502885-Lissachatina-fulica

African Giant Snail

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tapaka

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n. tobacco

(Bislama) tapaka

tara

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father

tikinao

Pogonatherum crinitum
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[tikinaʊ] n. small grass growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3113)

tumien

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.
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[tʰãmijen] n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2984)

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

tɨnaprau

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club, used for dancing

tɨpaha

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boiled coconut milk

waeniwa

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kind of plantain, has large fruits

Example: Used for cooking

warakou pshir

Aetobatus ocellatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Aetobatus-ocellatus.html
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Ocellated eagle ray

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

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

Yapkapin

Yapkapin
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Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe