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-ahagi

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v shake, blow about (as the wind)

-ahiapwun

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v light up

-akw(i)

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v 1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together

-apwupwu

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v gargle, rinse one’s mouth

-apɨtin

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v strike down, kill at a blow

-arei

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v tr warm, dry by fire

-arkarekɨr

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v 1. wrestle, struggle, throw a tantrum (as a child on the ground); 2. scratch (as a hen)

-arukwuvsini

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v var. of -rukwuvsini

-arukwáu

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v intr intersect, cross, lie across

-arér

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v 1. stand, stand on; 2. remain, be like, be at, be in office (as an elected official); 3. stop at (as a bus, or truck)

-árɨfe

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v roll (as a cigarette), roll up (as a mat)

apenapena

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anywhere

ganhɨk

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[ganhɨk] my penis

ianɨr

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mullet

iatir

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n. kind of banana

isouni

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n. kind of sweet potato with dark flesh

Kamukuwa

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n buttocks

kanapaji sei mimi

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n antenna of insect

kaprapra

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n. long basket made of coconut leaves

kapweris

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kind of sea snail

karuapeï

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n. shrub. fruits and flowers directly on the stem or short inflorences. mature fruits white (about 1,5 cm l). Leaves with short petioles (about 1 to 3 cm) (collection: Laurence Ramon #331)

karuarua

Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)

Example: Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.

kaumeg

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n. coconut which has been shelled leaving intact its meat

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.

konianaker

Epinephelus lanceolatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-lanceolatus.html
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Giant grouper (deep sea)

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

koniere

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree with a dense crown and edible fruit

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

konkamun

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall; adlay millet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

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 leopardus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-leopardus.html
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Leopard hind, leopard grouper (deep sea)

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

kuri

kuri
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dog

kusenpwi

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n. type of impromptu basket made of fern leaves

kwafetatea

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n morning star (see kofetatea)

kwanapugɨm

Break endocarp with knife and eat it. Children eat young green seeds. Mature endocarp cleaned and used to play marbles. Split stem and use for floor of house. Leaf used to wrap cassava for roasting in ground oven or dried on fire. Young seedlings pulled up and meritsem eaten as food (Nanimen) palm heart of young tree.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5104)

Example: Break endocarp with knife and eat it. Children eat young green seeds. Mature endocarp cleaned and used to play marbles. Split stem and use for floor of house. Leaf used to wrap cassava for roasting in ground oven or dried on fire. Young seedlings pulled up and meritsem eaten as food (Nanimen) palm heart of young tree.

kwanatis

The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.
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[kwana:tɨs] n. herb to 75 cm tall, flowers purple (collection: Michael J. Balick #4731)

Example: The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.

kwankureker

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baby food

kwanɨmrɨt

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n. kind of vine

kwatapatu

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n house component (ridge pole)

kwatiuvtiuv

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n. drinking straw (made from immature banana leaves)

kwotpitasi

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

lata

lata
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ladder (Bislama)

(Bislama) lata

mai napuei mhia

mai napuei mhia
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n. dry coconut leaf wall

makhum

Scarus rivulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-rivulatus.html
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Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

makopu

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n. kind of breadfruit tree

manarum

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kind of breadfruit, produces a large fruit with a smooth skin and very sweet flesh

Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky

mariveia

mariveia
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butterfly fish

mimi

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bug

mɨriaki

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[mɨriaki] small lizard or salamander

mɨtiro

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kind of fish

nanina-awihi

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n my small intestine

nanumi

To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5154)

Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.

Nariamaramera

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n my vertebrae

nasitov

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n. Indian coral tree

Naskao

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village betwen yatukwei and tapir

natís

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n. kind of plant with small purple flowers

navegɨnien

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food

nawa ia nirak

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n my vein

neiv

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yesterday

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.

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.

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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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.

niemes

Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to  eat these fruits.
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n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 30 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4726)

Example: Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to eat these fruits.

niemhis

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. type of flowering plant

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nisai-apran

The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant ...
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[nisi apram] n. tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant ...

nisei

This plant is used as a fiber; dry the leaves in the sun, and use them to make a grass skirt or other type of dress. Person in photo with this fiber on his arm is Narau Nasiv.
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[nisej] n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3077)

Example: This plant is used as a fiber; dry the leaves in the sun, and use them to make a grass skirt or other type of dress. Person in photo with this fiber on his arm is Narau Nasiv.

nkirkiri

nkirkiri
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blue coral

nukwesy

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.

numpéin

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n. smelly herb, basil and other imported herbs

nuvivi-

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n. inalienable stems with leaves of plants such as cane or banana

nuákw

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n. morning glory

nɨgak

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n my gums (of mouth)

nɨkenaku jeria

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their heart

nɨkoraku

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n. small plant with variegated leaves

nɨkoukau

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bridge

nɨmɨrhi

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n. orange (tree)

Nɨpari kwarwaterei

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n boulder

nɨpitoga

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foreigners, Europeans

nɨpitovien

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darkness

nɨpɨk anan

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n. kind of banyan tree

penesu

Scarus psittacus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-psittacus.html
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Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

penesu

Scarus prasiognathos http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-prasiognathos.html
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Singapore parrotfish, greenthroat parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

peraha

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seawards

peyeii apusan

Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-flavomaculatus.html
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Lemonfish, gold-spotted sweetlips

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

phuma phisir

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html
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Three-stripe fusilier

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pol

pol
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small cube shaped toy ball of woven coconut leaves

punuár

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n. kind of tree with small, compound leaves, used for firewood

rares pehe tukw ik

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v. ?? s/he asks you

riminik

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n. father (my)

Rukwinao-ia-nɨrak

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n my esophagus

rukwinɨmu

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eel, morray (general)

ruwei-nɨpasengɨk

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n my nostril

sirosiro

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n whirlwind

tasi

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n. sea

teki narerea

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shell of egg

tera

If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5116)

Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

tikinau hasori

Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)

Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

turlmata

The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.
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n. vine in hibiscus tiliaceus tree, growing on rocky roadside cut along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3163)

Example: The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.

ume tasiapen

Naso lopezi http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-lopezi.html
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Elongate unicornfish, slender unicornfish (deep sea)

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ume tasiapen

Naso caesius http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-caesius.html
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Gray unicornfish (deep sea)

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uvni

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cockroach

yesu

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goatfish, small red or silver