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-amɨna

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v work, produce, enlarge or improve (as one’s resources)

-aparɨs

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v intr have diarrhoea

-apena

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v 1. order, set in order; 2. clean up, police, collect leavings of food (for fear of sorcery)

-arefa

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v cough

-arei

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v tr warm, dry by fire

-arukwɨpahar

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v intr var. of akwɨpahar

-arupwɨtér

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v intr abut, join with, stand on

akwsɨrup

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to weave (a basket)

aosi puka

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kill pig

ataring

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you listen

boki ia-yaku

boki ia-yaku
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turtle shell

ia-kamawengin

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v I eat

ia-kawrani taik

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I pick banana

(Bislama) mi karem banana.

kakwasia

Todirhamphus chloris
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collared kingfisher

kapri iapri

To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5109)

Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.

karasari

karasari
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kind of seashell

karasari

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white meat of clam

karuarua

Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
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n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

karwaterei apanapan

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n. hot rocks

khaw khawisel

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

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

Kina

Kina
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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.

konkamun

Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.
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[kwankamun] n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3002)

Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.

konparɨm

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[konparɨm] arrow

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.

kuankuma

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

Example: No use disclosed.

kwanarai

Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

kwankwikwa

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n lava bomb

kwankwá-

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n. inalienable fruit, offpsring

kwankɨpu

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with reddish flesh. The tuber can be up to 2 meters long and very hard inside, taking a long time to boil. It is easy to grow

Example: During boiling, the water is said to turn red in color and then changes to whatever the color is of what it is being cooked with

kwanmasivur

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n. kind of tree

kwanuni-

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n. seed

kwaruvinari

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club, used for dancing

kwasave

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spear becket

kwataikwataik

kwataikwataik
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half beak fish

kwonhim

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n. penis

kɨnikɨni

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plant name: kind of weed

mainfap

noun a dried leaf used to ceremonially wrap kava root

marao

Myripristis berndti http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-berndti.html
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Blotcheye soldierfish, bigscale soldierfish

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

murukmuruk

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kind of insect, wood boring

nakhour

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

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nakúr

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n. kind of tree (bark used as rope)

Nap sei yasur

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n lava

narek

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n. my penis

nari muru

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animal

nawhan

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. plant (to be identified)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nekes kes

When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.
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[nakɨskɨs] n. parasite on fallen ficus branch, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3136)

Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.

nesɨn

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when?

niemis

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n. kind of tree with edible leaves and fruit (species of fig)

nikovakava

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n. 1. kava, 2. driftwood

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.

nikuhma

People use the wood of this plant to make arrows. When hunting flying fox, people cut a 2’ pieces of the stem to throw at the animal and catch it.
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n. small tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3240)

Example: People use the wood of this plant to make arrows. When hunting flying fox, people cut a 2’ pieces of the stem to throw at the animal and catch it.

nimewae

Use stem to build roof rafters. Before people had matches, this plant was used to light fires by rubbing one stem of this against another piece of the same tree.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5061)

Example: Use stem to build roof rafters. Before people had matches, this plant was used to light fires by rubbing one stem of this against another piece of the same tree.

nimhiro

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n. tree used for house posts

nimrekin

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n. fern

nipakau

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n. lower part of coconut leaf stem

nipangi nakwak

nipangi nakwak
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n my palate (of mouth)

nirɨs

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n. kind of tree with stinging leaves (Semecarpus vitiensis)

noufoua

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered  one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.
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[nəfua] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.

nukumeou

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n. charcoal

nukwanɨm

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your hair

nukwanɨn

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his hair

nóropɨg

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

nɨfua

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digging stick

nɨkenaku jerin

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his heart

nɨkwaraka

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name of a star constellation

nɨkɨrakiri

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branched coral

nɨmarɨ

nɨmarɨ
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n. kind of laplap made from bananas and coconut

nɨmrekɨn

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n. kind of fern, can be used to clean kava root

nɨmɨtuak

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n. kind of high prestige yam

Nɨpari kwarwaterei

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n boulder

nɨpatu

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cliff, escarpment edge

nɨsko

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

nɨsuvás

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n. kind of tree with edible seed in a hairy pod

paha

paha
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axe

pan

Egretta sacra
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Pacific Reef Heron (dark)

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

parangi pshir

Acanthurus maculiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-maculiceps.html
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White-freckled surgeonfish

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

Pawpawuk

Arcte coerula https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/356216-Arcte-coerula
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Ramie Moth

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

pawpawuk

Luthrodes cleotas https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472288-Luthrodes-cleotas
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t.o Gossamer-winged Butterfly

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

pawpawuk

Thyas coronata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121948-Thyas-coronata
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t.o. Owlet Moth

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

pawpawuk

Theretra nessus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52004-Theretra-nessus
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Yam Hawk Moth

Example: via inaturalist.org

penesu

Scarus globiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-globiceps.html
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Globehead parrotfish

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

penesu

Scarus dimidiatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-dimidiatus.html
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Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

piav-

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cousin (mother’s sister’s child, father’s brother’s child)

presi

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daughter

pwir

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edible grub, locust larvae

rawɨs

rawɨs
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n. woman’s or men’s grass skirt (women’s are longer, men’s shorter)

sadine sadine

Decapterus macarellus http://fishbase.org/summary/Decapterus-macarellus.html
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Mackerel scad

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

sarawei

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kind of plantain, a roasting plantain with a curved shape

sɨmir

Gymnothorax javanicus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnothorax-javanicus.html
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Giant Moray

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

takurei nusuk

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n my ankle

tikismares

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

timiun

1. The inner bark is used to prepared a medicine to relieve upset stomachs. First, the inner bark is scratched until a handful is produced. Then the bark is squeezed with water until a small glass is filled. The decoction is consumed to relive upset stomachs. 2. The leaves are used to fashion a poultice to heal sores and boils.
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n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4246)

Example: 1. The inner bark is used to prepared a medicine to relieve upset stomachs. First, the inner bark is scratched until a handful is produced. Then the bark is squeezed with water until a small glass is filled. The decoction is consumed to relive upset stomachs. 2. The leaves are used to fashion a poultice to heal sores and boils.

toura

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rope

toutou

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small bat

Tukosmera

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Mountain

twe twe

Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5090)

Example: Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles

uriv

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kind of tick

yaknawhi

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baby

yapesu

yapesu
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kind of crab that live only in the beach