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-afwi

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

-akeikei

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v 1. must, have to, be obligated to, ought; 2. ask, request; 3. insist on, continue (in doing), demand, do anyway, proceed against advice, strive, try hard

-akwata

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v intr look upwards, face upwards (as a playing card)

-akwresi

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v pet, rub (as a dog), tickle

-apri

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v sleep, close (as one’s eyes, or the leaves of a plant at night), blink

-apɨna

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v spread, spread out

-arparetik

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v intr rustle, swish, rasp, scrape

-arukwevur

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drown

-arukwáu

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v intr intersect, cross, lie across

-árupwun

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v see erupwun

aosi kuri

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kill dog

apa

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alone

arihii ringringi nima

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v tie a house post

(Bislama) taetem ol pos blo aos.

awehi

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v. take! or hold! (imperative)

berkrawɨn

berkrawɨn
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grave

Fira

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Port Vila

ia-keri tapou sei nerei

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v I dig taro’s bed for planting

(Bislama) mi tikim hol blo taro

iermɨnu

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chief

ihis

ihis
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octopus

iraku

iraku
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stonefish

jarerin

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duck (native)

karkarepa

This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.
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n. vine, to 4 m off forest floor (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3260)

Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.

karwarwar

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n. thunder

katia

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n. kind of taro

kesy

To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in  2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)

Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.

kiri

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n. flying fox

kitkit

kitkit
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kind of basket woven with young coconut leaves.

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis miniata http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-miniata.html
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Coral hind, coral grouper (deep sea)

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

kwaninihi

The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to  make a local broom.
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[kwani̤ni̤] n. herb to 1 m, flowers yellow (collection: Michael J. Balick #4730)

Example: The entire plant is pulled up, the stems bound together and used to make a local broom.

kwankɨnhi

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n. inalienable the remnant of the planted taro form which a new tuber has developed (at the base of the harvested root)

kwanɨtara

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n. semi-inalienable strip of coconut frond used as a rope

kwarei iataku

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n. sweet potato that is planted close to yams

kwataratara

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flute

kwatasɨn

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roots of pandanus

kwatpi-

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bladder

kwotpitasi

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n. kind of plant, not edible, long strands that float in the sea, causes painful skin irritation

kɨkɨtɨn

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n. baked vegetable food eaten along with meat, food baked in an earth oven (other than tuber puddings)

kɨniwɨ

Tenodera australasiae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207783-Tenodera-australasiae
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Purple-winged Mantis

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

lili

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n. a type of sugarcane, very thin and long, yellow or light green color, very sweet, planted in gardens

mainapuiramaga

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type of woven coconut frond mat

makhum

Cheilinus trilobatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-trilobatus.html
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Tripletail wrasse

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

nakwie en

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n hail

Namagrahian

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dream

(Bislama) dream

napuei

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n. coconut

napuer

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

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

narhuatov

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n. kind of large fern

nari neis

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two days ago

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.

narɨp

narɨp
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knot made of vine and holding together posts of cyclone house

nasar

Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5111)

Example: Use leaf to line earth oven on top of stones to protect lap lap from burning. If you’re building a bush house in the forest, children can sleep on these leaves in a temporary house.

naskou

Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5071)

Example: Stem used for stick for Toka dance, due to it’s "hook" shape. Axe handles and bows are made from this tree, very hard wood

nasár

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n. kind of fern

nauropang

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

naveginien asori

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big food festival

(Bislama) bigfala kakae

nawaprien

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[narwaperien] lightning

nawes

Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.
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[nawes] n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)

Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.

nawes

When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and dri
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5091)

Example: When the fruit is ripe, it is put in a pot with water. Fill half of a large bag (2 liters) with fruit, add this to 2 liters of water and macerate the fruit in the water. Drink 2 cups/day of this extract, morning and afternoon, for one week to make skin oily when it is too dry. This is necessary, for example, when a person drinks too much kava and thir skin dries out. Eat young fruits as a protection from someone who wants to do you harm. It is said that the fruit has 10 eyes, and can watch after you. Cover fish with leaves to cook in a fire. Crush and boil pieces of the stem and leaves and dri

neapar

This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.
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[nijæpər] n. sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

nemrapoep

1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes it’s nest with the leaves.
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4240)

Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes it’s nest with the leaves.

nias

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canoe parts: bailer

nikirhanekin

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n. traditional medicine

nkhaourakou

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nkirkiri

nkirkiri
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blue coral

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.

nukuk-arman

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

Example: Unspecified secret medicine

nukunene

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[nukunene] n. tree stump

nukwai payan

nukwai payan
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pine cone

Nusuaian ia niangen

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n clearing in the forest

nusun riwan

nusun riwan
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plant part to be identified used for tying

nuvia

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n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

nɨfaga

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bow

nɨkatirev

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n. hibiscus

nɨkweto

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n. 1. fern tree (black palm), 2. barbed arrow (made of nɨkweto wood)

nɨkɨpisi

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n. sandalwood

nɨmai nukwanek

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n. my hair

nɨmnave

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n. kind of sugarcane, small with brown color, very sweet

nɨmɨtɨk

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kind of red soil found in south Tanna

nɨparapu

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wind direction: west-northwest wind

nɨsakwa

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foam

nɨsuvás

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

nɨtuán ~ natuán

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n. kind of tree with scented bark, can be used for timber

pampu

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bamboo (used to refer to several introduced species)

(Bislama) pampu

pawpawuk

Vagrans egista https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244221-Vagrans-egista
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Tailed Rustic

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peha

peha
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traditional stone axe

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 flavipectoralis http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-flavipectoralis.html
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Yellowfin Parrotfish

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

popawɨk

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n. butterfly

punuwas

Ptilinopus viridis lewisii
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Claret-breasted Fruit Dove

pusi

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cat

(Bislama) pusi

rawɨs

rawɨs
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[ʰrawɨs] grass skirt

Rukwinao-ia-nɨrak

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n my esophagus

rɨhɨ

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n. kind of thorny beach vine with purple flowers

taktak

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duck

tamakao

Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.
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Red Jungle Fowl (male)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.

tangarua

Laticauda colubrina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68343-Laticauda-colubrina

Banded Sea Krait

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

tapang ia nusouk matuk

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n my right foot

tiapin

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n fish species: jackfish, wahoo

tonu

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n fish species: possibly a type of grouper

tɨpwesin

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n tidal pool, salt evaporation pool

yakaryakar

Siganus spinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-spinus.html
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Little spinefoot, scribbled rabbitfish

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