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-aghi

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v var. of -agihi

-akei

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v 1. play with, make faces at, coo at (a child); 2. welcome, greet; 3. ask something of, beg something from

-akeki

v scrape out, spoon out

-akwsén

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v 1. crumble, break into pieces; divide, rip in half (as bread, biscuit)

-amás

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v intr suckle, nurse

-apwe

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v. plant (certain plants such as taro, papaya, kava, sugarcane, manioc)

-apɨti

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v kick, stub one’s foot

-arakarak

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v/a 1. shake (as a tree); 2. shaky, loose, slack

-arap(i)

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v knead, mx by hand, grope

-arukwesi

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v tickle

-arukwáu

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v intr intersect, cross, lie across

-árpɨsu

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v rinse one’s face, pour water over one’s head

ia-kasipao ia kurimatao me

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v I watch the cows

ia-kesi-napuai

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I pick a coconut

iakunouihi

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boy children

Iakunwis

Iakunwis
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Iakunwis, home of Nipikinwan tribe

irɨs irɨs

Canthidermis maculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Canthidermis-maculata.html
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Rough triggerfish, poisonous

Example: A poison fish which can sometimes be eaten. Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kaha

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grandparent

Kamsiwi

Diplacodes haematodes https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/157759-Diplacodes-haematodes
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Scarlet Percher

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

kanapaji sei mimi

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n antenna of insect

kapɨrápɨra ~ kaprapra

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n. coconut leaf basket

karwase

When parents go away to a feast or garden, children take a pile of soil 12 in. diameter, put this flower on top, surround wth some ashes and then hide in the house to wait to see if the dwarf spirit appears (Karwase Haruase). Sometimes the spirit will come and then scare the children. Ancestors used these spirits and games to teach children to stay together and not wander alone. As the dwarf spirit will take you.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5120)

Example: When parents go away to a feast or garden, children take a pile of soil 12 in. diameter, put this flower on top, surround wth some ashes and then hide in the house to wait to see if the dwarf spirit appears (Karwase Haruase). Sometimes the spirit will come and then scare the children. Ancestors used these spirits and games to teach children to stay together and not wander alone. As the dwarf spirit will take you.

kataga

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n. body oil, coconut oil used for adornment

katipa

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kind of basket (carried on woman’s back)

kaunáun

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middle vent in Iasur crater

kesiesi

kesiesi
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footbridge made of wood and bamboo

kipori ia tasiapen

Phyllidia picta https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207581-Phyllidia-picta
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Painted Phyllidia

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

konapit

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.

konfare

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n. pineapple

konianaker

Epinephelus fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-fasciatus.html
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Blacktip grouper (deep sea)

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

konphar

Lutjanus rivulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-rivulatus.html
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Blubberlip snapper

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

krefi

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kind of breadfruit, produces a long breadfruit that tastes very good

Example: The stem of the tree is good for making a canoe

kuaniapit

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n. shrub (1 to 1,5 m) (collection: Laurence Ramon #322)

kumhar

kumhar
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string game (cat’s cradle)

kupan

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beginning

kusan

kusan
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kind of sea snail, edible

kutpor ia nirak

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n my testicle

kwafetatea

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n morning star (see kofetatea)

kwanarukwás

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n. kind of taro

kwaniere

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n. 1. Garcinia pancheri, 2. kind of introduced fruit tree with elongated, green fruit

kwankwesi

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n. kind of taro

kwatigɨs

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a stage of coconut development

kwera

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n my brain

kɨmisak

Pachycephala pectoralis
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Golden Whistler

kɨrkɨr

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n. kind of plant, used to make ropes

lili

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

manhewao pitew

Caranx lugubris http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-lugubris.html
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Black jack (deep sea)

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

meri-ruta

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n sunrise

moripako

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n. kind of wild yam (see namhu)

mwatuk

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penis

nafáu

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n canoe-shaped kava bowl

nakua tanna

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[nakua tanna] riverbed

nakur

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n. plant (to be identified)

(Bislama) nalalas

namatamai

Lethrinus erythracanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-erythracanthus.html
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Orange-spotted emperor, yellowtail emperor

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

napwin

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time

(Bislama) time

napɨk

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[napɨk] kind of tree

natey

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kind of cassava, yields roots in 6 months after planting

Example: Used to prepare all types of food

natgamera

(moss)
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[natnə̤mi̤ra] n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

nauan/ nawan

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n. tree, dbh about 30-40 cm (collection: Laurence Ramon #329)

naurám

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n. kind of wild yam

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.

newahu

Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

newou asori

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large grass skirt plant

nhewi

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

nimigi paha

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n. handle of axe

Nimiruen

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life

nipina

Take 1 double handful of leaves, mix with dry coconut, roast in fire -- cover w/ banana leaf, tie up roast in fire for 5-10 min, take it down to the sea and the boys who have been circumcised 2 weeks before wash the sore with it. Dries up sore faster and wash skin and adds a fragrance to it. To treat strong fever, take knife and squeeze stem and put shavings on a leaf take 1 handful and mix with water and fill up a cup and pout into 1 bottle -- in morning and afternoon and consume 1 liter/day repeat for second day fever will do down in a few days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5015)

Example: Take 1 double handful of leaves, mix with dry coconut, roast in fire -- cover w/ banana leaf, tie up roast in fire for 5-10 min, take it down to the sea and the boys who have been circumcised 2 weeks before wash the sore with it. Dries up sore faster and wash skin and adds a fragrance to it. To treat strong fever, take knife and squeeze stem and put shavings on a leaf take 1 handful and mix with water and fill up a cup and pout into 1 bottle -- in morning and afternoon and consume 1 liter/day repeat for second day fever will do down in a few days.

nmeheu

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.
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n. tree growing along ridge track in disturbed forest, next to garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2979)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

nui

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water

nui rametum

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pond of water

nuk

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[nuk] wild yam

nukuk

Prosaptia contigua
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n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2619)

nukune nai

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[nukune nai] n. tree stump

nukunene

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[nukunene] n. tree stump

nupawir

To treat Dengue Fever, take the leaves, stems flowers and roots, e.g. the whole plant, and squeeze the juice from it, enough to produce 1 cup of liquid. Boil down that liquid until it has color and drinke the whole cup 2 times daily for 3-4 days. This is said to help get rid of pain from the illness.
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n. shrub, 0.8-1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3156)

Example: To treat Dengue Fever, take the leaves, stems flowers and roots, e.g. the whole plant, and squeeze the juice from it, enough to produce 1 cup of liquid. Boil down that liquid until it has color and drinke the whole cup 2 times daily for 3-4 days. This is said to help get rid of pain from the illness.

nurapw

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n. kind of tree with yellow flowers and small inedible fruit that is red when ripe

nuri-nanipuka

This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3169)

Example: This plant is used by dogs who have an upset stomach. They go to eat this grass and then their stomachs feel better. Pigs feed on this grass.

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.

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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[nɨfaŋa] bow

nɨkava riki

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n. kind of small kava with variegated leaves

nɨkenaku jenirak

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my heart

nɨkɨrakiri

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branched coral

nɨpikáu

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n. Xanthosperma, Bislama: Fiji Taro

nɨrfwerɨg

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n. dry banane leaf (used to roll tobacco)

pahasua

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giant clam

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

penesu

Chlorurus spilurus http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-spilurus.html
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Pacific bullethead parrotfish

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

pepheer pitew

Plectorhinchus lessonii http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-lessonii.html
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Lesson’s thicklip, stiped sweetlips

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

phumha tasiapen

Caesio caerulaurea http://fishbase.org/summary/Caesio-caerulaurea.html
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Blue and gold fusilier, scissortail fusilier (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / Fishwise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

rikao

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something not straight

(Bislama) kruket

ruoto merai

ruoto merai
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wind direction from the west

takiew se tasi

Phyllidiopsis xishaensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/136327-Phyllidiopsis-xishaensis
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Striped Phyllidopsis

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

tapatou

Acanthocybium solandri http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthocybium-solandri.html
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Wahoo

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

tesagi

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n. house central post

tiki napuei

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n. coconut shell (used as bailer or for other purposes)

tɨpuk

tɨpuk
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n. wall

wipin iariman

Carangoides chrysophrys http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-chrysophrys.html
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Longnose trevally (male)

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

wipin iariman

Carangoides fulvuguttatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-fulvuguttatus.html
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Yellowspotted Trevally (male)

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

yakaryakar

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

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