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-afwi

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v. unwrap (as a tuber pudding), open (as an earth oven)

-aghagha

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v intr call fowls, cluck

-amás

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v 1. flatter, praise; 2. talk duplicitously, act hypocritically, change one’s side in a dispute

-an

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v intr 1. go, walk, be in motion; 2. be unmarried; 3. shine (as the sun)

-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

-arkahu

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v tr wear a shirt

-arsin

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v duck, dodge, evade

-arukwɨpin

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v 1. set a date, summon, send a message (about a debate, ceremony, etc.); 2. assemble, gather; 3. hurry, speed, go too fast

-arɨs

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v 1. flow (as water), blow, push before (as the wind); 2. feel the need to urinate or defecate

-ata

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v see, look, regard, understand, meet

-atia(i)

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v 1. grate (tubers); 2. treat with traditional medicine (by spitting grated or masticated ingredients on the patient’s head)

aice

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snow

ganhɨk

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[ganhɨk] my penis

iakuniarmen

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child orphans

ierupwun

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caterpillar, millipede

ikeiamu

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Aneityumese

iou iti

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friend

jikisjin

jikisjin
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wheeled toy

kafete

kafete
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n. traditional broom

kaha raraha

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old grandparents

kaies

kaies
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n. rake

kamhau

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star pattern

kanieri

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brother in law, brother-in-law

kapkar

Zosterops vellalavella
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Vella Lavella White-Eye

karharhi

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n. 1. small taro roots, 2. garden (metaphorically)

kauas

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kava (metaphorically), kava root which is ceremonially exchanged

keioun

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whirlpool, whirlwind

kieri

Ducula pacifica
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Pacific Imperial Pigeon

Example: Photo by Jake Osborne, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

kipori ia tasiapen

Phyllidia elegans https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119872-Phyllidia-elegans

Elegant Phyllidia

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

konapwit

If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted,  it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5045)

Example: If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted, it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.

konianaker

Epinephelus chlorostigma http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-chlorostigma.html
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Brownspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

koniapit

Desmodium intortum
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[kwanjapɨp] n. weedy vine growing over boulders in dry streambed. Corolla pink turning bluish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2794)

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

kouveh

kouveh
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bamboo tongs to pick up hot rocks from earth oven

kuaneker

Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. This is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5041)

Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. This is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).

kwani kumɨn

Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5149)

Example: Used to paint face for kastom ceremony before other colors were available from store--original color.

kwanig

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backbone

kwanuainɨfweiag

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n. kind of yam

kwareren akuang

The stem of this plant is a hollow tube, its local name means "inside out." When a person sings a kaostum song, they chew the stem and it is said to give the person a "big" voice. It also helps a person shout and sing loud as it helps to clear the throat.
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[kwarenem akwaŋ] n. herb growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3114)

Example: The stem of this plant is a hollow tube, its local name means "inside out." When a person sings a kaostum song, they chew the stem and it is said to give the person a "big" voice. It also helps a person shout and sing loud as it helps to clear the throat.

mango

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kind of mango, regular mango for eating

mimi

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bug

mwirmwir

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twins

mɨtiro

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kind of fish

nakongar

This plant has an aroma, and people are said to take the leaf and squeeze it on them in a shower or while bathing with the purpose of keeping evil spirts away. In particular, this can be used when a person is doing a Toka dance, or when that person is visiting a cemetary, burying a person--to avoid having a problem with the spirits. This can also be used with Euodia hortensis (Plunkett et al. 3077) or alone.
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[nako̤ŋhar] n. tree, 7-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3100)

Example: This plant has an aroma, and people are said to take the leaf and squeeze it on them in a shower or while bathing with the purpose of keeping evil spirts away. In particular, this can be used when a person is doing a Toka dance, or when that person is visiting a cemetary, burying a person--to avoid having a problem with the spirits. This can also be used with Euodia hortensis (Plunkett et al. 3077) or alone.

namatamai

Lethrinus lentjan http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-lentjan.html
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Pink ear emperor

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

Nanimwhin

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spirit

napitew ian sei nesan

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n rain shadow

napuei mhia

napuei mhia
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n. stage 5 in the development of coconuts, a ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil

napur

Medicine for gonnorhea. Collect two plants and clean their roots, boil whole in 2 liters water, boil 20-40 minutes, drink the mixture hot,  2 cups a day, 3 weeks. This condition presents as a burning in the penis, along with other issues. For heavy cough, take  double handful leaf, boil 10-15 minutes in 1 liter water, 2 cups day warm, for 5 days. Pods used to calm children by shaking as rattle, when they are crying.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5128)

Example: Medicine for gonnorhea. Collect two plants and clean their roots, boil whole in 2 liters water, boil 20-40 minutes, drink the mixture hot, 2 cups a day, 3 weeks. This condition presents as a burning in the penis, along with other issues. For heavy cough, take double handful leaf, boil 10-15 minutes in 1 liter water, 2 cups day warm, for 5 days. Pods used to calm children by shaking as rattle, when they are crying.

napwin

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time

(Bislama) time

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.

natonga

natonga
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wind direction from the east

natís

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n. kind of plant with small purple flowers

nekafae

Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5046)

Example: Feed pigs with this leaf. Aerial roots are pounded, dried and used as strap for men in the Toka Dance. The roots are woven into a design that signifies the rank, such as a chief.

nekaritang

Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3107)

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

nekatirou

Hibiscus rosasinensis
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[nakatirew] n. shrub, 3-5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3157)

nevisaien

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fight, dispute, argument

niag

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termite

niepi

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n. 1. palm (Metroxylon warburgii), 2. kind of spear

nikiskes

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. parasitic epiphyte growing on upper branches of fagraea berteroana, in dense forest along ridge.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nima pupuo

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n. round house

nimapare

nimapare
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n. strongest type of traditional Nafe house, made of bamboo and coconut

nimwa

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home

niér

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n. casuarina

nkaferang

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 2 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nukuk-apran

Vittaria elongata
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n. epiphyte on main trunks of canopy-sized trees, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3120)

nukuk-arman

Unspecified secret medicine
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n. epiphyte on trunk of ficus tree, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3128)

Example: Unspecified secret medicine

nura

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kind of taro

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

nurap

Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.
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n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

Nɑgɨaŋien

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happiness

nɨkinhapus

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n. kind of tree (used for bows to hunt flying fox, and for traditional medicine), Goats like to eat the leaves.

nɨkwerɨg

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n. fish poison tree

nɨpeiaka

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[nɨpeiaka] n. dry coconut husk

nɨpiien

nɨpiien
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bait for fish

nɨpɨn ivus

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n. the time after harvest when yam gardens are gradually consumed and replanted

pagaivii amramera sarariman

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

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

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

pranema

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caterpillar

punwar

punwar
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n. tree that has seed pods (to be identified)

pɨsaiov

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middle finger

rakniaken

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[ʰrakniaken] footpath

rewhɨk

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n my molar (tooth)

riminik

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n. father (my)

roto

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car

suka

Musa spp.
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kind of banana, a regular sized banana; very sweet

susap

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jaw harp made of coconut leaf

tamarua

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n ceremonial circumcision exchange cycle

tamɨp

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n. kind of plant with large leaves used to wrap tuber puddings for baking

tasiapen

Euthynnus affinis http://fishbase.org/summary/Euthynnus-affinis.html
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Kawakawa

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

teki tagarua

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

Example: via inaturalist.org

tekɨ nari

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dish

tekɨ- ~ tiki

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n. inalienable skin, husk, covering, wrapping, shell, bark; empty shell

terɨg

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n. kind of tree

tikinao

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

tui-tui

The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.
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n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

wata put

wata put
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galoshes

wipin napiran

Alectis ciliaris http://fishbase.org/summary/Alectis-ciliaris.html
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African pompano (female)

Example: Photo by Bernie Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Yakumanerei

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yaren ia nui

yaren ia nui
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river lobster, kind of prawn