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-akupwɨn

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v 1. precede, go first, go before (particularly when walking); 2. do something first

-akwmwi

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v suck on, savor (as candy), keep in one’s mouth

-akwmɨni

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v 1. feed (as a child or animal); fill (as a hole)

-apregov

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

-apwor

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v intr boil, toss (as the sea), fizz (as soda), bubble

-arukwáu

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v intr intersect, cross, lie across

-pitov

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black

ataring

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you listen

averi

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v. to peel skin or husk

awan meiwaiyio

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v. intransitive walk downhill

basangi

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n. house vertical support posts

duea

The leaf can be used to wrap food for carrying, for example, wrapping up crabs.
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n. well branched tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3091)

Example: The leaf can be used to wrap food for carrying, for example, wrapping up crabs.

ia-kasua ia kunu

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v I paddle a canoe

(Bislama) mi baddle le kenou

iapwás

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n. small coconut, coconut fruit bud

ik kuwehe kurira ~ kaiwa ia tah mek kehn

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adj late

ik wani nerei

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you cooked taro

(Bislama) yu kukum taro.

Imaki

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Irepnow

Irepnow
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kamkapati

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horns

kanɨspéin

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kind of stick bug

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

kaprapra

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n. long basket made of coconut leaves

kareng reng

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Slender silver-biddy

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

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

The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).
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[kwanpir] n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees, at edge of disturbed agro-forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3087)

Example: The fiber from the stem is used to make a local rope used to tie thatch on the house. Also used to make an armband to put on the Nisei (Euodia hortensis) leaves (Plunkett et al.#3077).

konsun awhi

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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kind of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

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

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis sexmaculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sexmaculata.html
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Sixblotch hind, saddle grouper (deep sea)

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

kuanihinihy

Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)

Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.

kurarurar

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n month name (archaic) corresponding to September

kuvipehe

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n traditional house

kwaniapwít

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n. plant with sticky leaves and seed pods

kwankwerɨn

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n. my kidney

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n. kind of yam

kwarua

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n door, doorway

kwasave

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spear becket

kwopun

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place or destination

kɨnikɨni

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plant name: kind of weed

lata

lata
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ladder (Bislama)

(Bislama) lata

marao

Sargocentron cornutum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-cornutum.html
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Threepot squirrelfish

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

marao

Myripristis vittata http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-vittata.html
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Whitetip soldierfish

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

minin tonga

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

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miriaki

miriaki
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lizard

nakannakan

People use this to treat boils on the skin. Squeeze the "juice" of the leaf on the boil, and it will soften it so that the liquid inside the boil comes out. If you chew an amount of leaves first, then they will cover and stick to the boil so it will heal faster.
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[nakanakan] n. terrestrial herb, 0.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3069)

Example: People use this to treat boils on the skin. Squeeze the "juice" of the leaf on the boil, and it will soften it so that the liquid inside the boil comes out. If you chew an amount of leaves first, then they will cover and stick to the boil so it will heal faster.

nakonɨmɨn

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n flint stone (for making fire)

nakwsakweien

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death

namatamai

Lethrinus genivittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-genivittatus.html
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Longspine emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namatamai

Lethrinus variegatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-variegatus.html
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Slender emperor

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

namritajɨk

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older brother

napitew ian sei nesan

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n rain shadow

naruvaruv

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evening

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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[nate̤hi̤j] 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.

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.

nathan

Timber. Birds are known to eat this fruit so people can hunt near the tree. Unspecified medicine.
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n. sparsely branched tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3232)

Example: Timber. Birds are known to eat this fruit so people can hunt near the tree. Unspecified medicine.

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.

nefararota

The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.
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[nafare rota] n. tree, 5 m tall with 3 branches (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3097)

Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.

nek-ke-hmap

This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist.
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[neke hmup] n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)

Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist.

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.

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.

nenime-

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eye

nepar nepar

Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.
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[napurnapur] n. small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

nesen

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n. rain

nhewi

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n. kind of yam, edible, white color, used for frying, also in laplap

nikinapus

A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3258)

Example: A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.

nimwa

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home

nisei

For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menustration), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)

Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menustration), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).

niséi

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n. aromatic shrub (Evodia?), the leaves of which men and women wear during ceremonial events

nuhak

Leaves gathered to feed pigs.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5094)

Example: Leaves gathered to feed pigs.

nukune

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n. trunk of tree

Nukune Nauparew

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mountain beetwen imaki and high hill

nukwesi

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n. kind of fig tree with edible leaves

nuviavia

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

(Bislama) nuviavia

nɨkehiáp

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n. tree fork

nɨminari

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bush

nɨmnɨmu

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coconut parasite

nɨmrekɨn

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

nɨmɨrhi

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n. orange (tree)

nɨsɨme

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who? (singular)

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 akwes

Acanthurus dussumieri http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-dussumieri.html
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Eyestripe surgeonfish

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

pawpawuk

Yoma sabina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/358951-Yoma-sabina
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Australian Lurcher

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penesu

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

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perepere

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n rudder (of boat)

peyeii pitew

Plectorhinchus gibbosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-gibbosus.html
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Harry hotlips, blubberlip

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piawni

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his brother

pirawa ~ firawa

Gymnocranius grandoculis http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-grandoculis.html
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Blue-lined large-eye bream

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus genivittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-genivittatus.html
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Longspine emperor

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pugaifi

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kind of fish

rares pehe tukw ik

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v. ?? s/he asks you

rewhɨk

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n my molar (tooth)

rinak rwamah

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my mother died

(Bislama) mami blo mi det

Rukwinao-ia-nɨrak

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n my esophagus

sakhan

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second (unit of time)

sar

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salt

Takiaew sei tasi

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

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tapatou

Sphyraena qenie http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-qenie.html
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Blackfin barracuda

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

teki tagarua

Nautilus pompilius https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123467-Nautilus-pompilius
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Emperor Nautilus

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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.

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.

tupa

tupa
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kind of crab that lives in the black rock or in the coastal area

tɨpisi

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n a type of sea worm