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-a

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v 1. walk, move, be in motion, go, come; 2. combined with the interrogative prefix -ɨf-, implies how, in what manner; 3. with interrogatie prefix and transitive postclitic, implies where

-agha

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v/a 1. glad, happy; 2. hug, hold (onto a person)

-akise

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v forbid, put a stop to

-amame

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v/a immobile, confined to a mat or bed

-apregov

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v lure (as fish with magical leaves floated on the sea)

-arupwíp

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v. stick magically treated wild cane around garden plants

-asisɨg

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v/a close, shut, closed (as a door)

-atampɨg

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v see -ata apɨg

-ásitu

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v help, assist

Basis

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n harbor, port

Fira

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Port Vila

hoia

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n. marigold

ia-karai narouk

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I cut a sugar cane

(Bislama) mi katem sugar can.

ieremha

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ghost

ieri

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cousin (mother’s brother’s child)

kafa

Cypraea tigris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84107-Cypraea-tigris
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Tiger Cowry

Example: via inaturalist.org

kafete

kafete
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sleeping mat of woven pandanus

kamiemie

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a small mushroom, grows only on trees, edible when fried, not pliable, difficult to break by hand

kantari

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n kind of locust

kapɨrápɨra ~ kaprapra

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n. coconut leaf basket

kasoria

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n. kind of sweet potato

keipeipwi yasuk

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.

kenasenas

The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.
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n. epiphytic orchid on tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4219)

Example: The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.

kiri

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flying fox

kiswup, kɨsɨp

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kisɨp] n. conch shell; type of seashell (triton shell) can be sounded to summon people for a meeting

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

konianaker

Epinephelus malabaricus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-malabaricus.html
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Malabar grouper (deep sea)

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

konkriakey

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n. tree. mature green fruit with an abundant white latex, edible (collection: Laurence Ramon #321)

konuwak

Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-coeruleopunctatus.html
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Whitespotted grouper

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

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis sonnerati http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sonnerati.html
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Tomato hind, tomato grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konuwak pitew

Plectropomus areolatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-areolatus.html
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Squaretail coralgrouper (deep sea)

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

konuwak sarariman

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kosu

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condom

kwamera

kwanarai

People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.
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n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

kwanare

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egg

kwankwikwa

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n lava bomb

kwankwikwa

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n volcano bomb

kwarwaterei

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n rock

kwarɨtu

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n barnacle

kwatarimakwa

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

kweiei

Ctenochaetus striatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Ctenochaetus-striatus.html
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Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth

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

kɨtir

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anyone

makwa sa rukwai nui

makwa sa rukwai nui
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n waning crescent (moon phase)

Malen

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Mountain

mangoamramera

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kind of mango, can be eaten when the skin is green

mangopen

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kind of mango, the fruit of this variety has thin skin, sweet flesh; it comes from Fiji

mapur

mapur
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damsel fish

miyahi

miyahi
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nakhour

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

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nani-

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n. flesh, internal parts, meat (as of a nut or fruit)

napeɨn

napeɨn
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[napeɨn] n. machete marks on tree

narer

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal.
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[nahrɨr] n. tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2993)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt this animal.

narukwás

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n fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

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.

nawa ia nirak

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n my tendon

nawras

People use the fruits as medicine to treat diabetes, "cancer" and ulcers. Collect ripe fruits, put the juice in a bottle and drink. The bark can be boiled in water and consumed to treat diabetes, 1 handfull of bark to 1 liter of water. Drink 3x daily to treat diabetes. It was said that Sam’s wife’s HA1C score went from 14 down to 6 using this remedy.
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[narwas] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3072)

Example: People use the fruits as medicine to treat diabetes, "cancer" and ulcers. Collect ripe fruits, put the juice in a bottle and drink. The bark can be boiled in water and consumed to treat diabetes, 1 handfull of bark to 1 liter of water. Drink 3x daily to treat diabetes. It was said that Sam’s wife’s HA1C score went from 14 down to 6 using this remedy.

nei akona

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n. poison tree, can be used as medicine, or to kill a person

nei apsan

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

neta

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blood

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.

nikirhanekin

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n. traditional medicine

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.

nipari makwa

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n first quarter (moon phase)

nisɨp

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n. 1. kind of tree (from which combs are carved), 2. comb

noua

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n. kind of tree, leaves used for penis wrapper (Related to nepek tree)

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.

nukwanɨn

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his hair

nukwesi

Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5033)

Example: Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.

nuvre

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n. kind of taro with yellow flesh

nykwesi

People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.
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[nukwe:si] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3105)

Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.

nɨfara

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n. kind of pandanus

nɨkava pitov

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n. black kava (stems are black color)

nɨkotufe

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n. blue water tree (Pterocarpus indicus)

nɨmarɨ

nɨmarɨ
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n. kind of laplap made from bananas and coconut

parapu

parapu
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wind direction from the north

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus amboinensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-amboinensis.html
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Ambon emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

purɨk

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cow

rehwiir

Acanthurus triostegus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-triostegus.html
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Convict surgeonfish, convict tang

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

rogorogo

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frigate bird?

ruenhi

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bag

sap sap

The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.
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n. herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3146)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.

saprouáit

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n. kind of introduced legume with hairy beanpod

Tamtam

Tamtam
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bamboo slit gong used to signal approach by woman to nakamal

tamuni

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kinds of yam. There are two types of this variety—with either red or white flesh

Example: When cooked, as with many yams, children love to eat this variety as it is soft and sweet

tapang ia nusouk

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n my sole (of foot)

tasɨnfara

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roots of pandanus

tautau

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n. small flying fox

teki kwonhim

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n. foreskin

tekɨ kusan

tekɨ kusan
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kind of seashell

tomu

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n. mangrove

tour

tour
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n. semi-inalienable aerial root

tukraus

Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.
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[təkrowus] n. once-branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3139)

Example: Stem used to plant kava (use it like a spade) but even when you have a spade, you should still use this to dig the hole. The leaf is used to make laplap, a food made from taro or yam with coconut and other foods added. Take the leaf and wrap the laplap and then roast the package on the fire or cook the leaf in a pot of water.

tupwa

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kind of land crab

tɨkurakák

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

yakokeikei rinak

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I love my mum

(Bislama) mi likem mami blo mi

yapha

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Bluespine Unicornfish, silver color with horn

yapha pshir

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

Yapkapin

Yapkapin
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Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe

yesu

Parupeneus barberinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-barberinus.html
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Dash-and-dot goatfish

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

yesu

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goatfish, small red or silver