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-akeki

v scrape out, spoon out

-akwái

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v. cut bush for a garden, scratch (one’s head)

-akɨk

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v 1. slide on, slip, strip off (as leaves); clean (as kava with coconut fibre), clear away debris, clear one’s throat; 3. sober up (from alcohol or kava) by clearing one’s throat with food or water; 4. massage

-amhaku

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v fight with a club, wield a club

-amhua

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v deflect an object (as a football), cast off, shake off one’s body, abandon one’s supporters (as a leader)

-ami

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v intr urinate

-amtér

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v life up, stand up (from a prone position), arise, life something which is on the ground

-apena

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v 1. order, set in order; 2. clean up, police, collect leavings of food (for fear of sorcery)

-apwor

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

-araka

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v 1. drop, let go of, throw away, discard; 2. stop doing, leave, die, no longer exist; 3. dodge (as a thrown stone)

-aruagɨn

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v intr make war, fight (as local groups)

-arupwararini

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v turn aside, turn back (as a person), block

-pitov

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black

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v forget, leave behind, not take, not want

amaɨ

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chew

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don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

apeki

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v. to clear away bush or brush, to scratch, claw, or carry away

Apri atan

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n camp

arukwinhum

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v. to wear a penis wrapper

ia-kerii nouk

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I dig yam

(Bislama) dikim yam

iamnameta

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n. kind of coconut with reddish fibre

iapwás

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n. small coconut, coconut fruit bud

imam pakou

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where is your village?

(Bislama) ples blo yu wea.

Iramaga

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Erromango

karikao

eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire
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kind of sea shell; droga

(Bislama) Droka

Example: eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

karuarua

Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
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[kawəwə] n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

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.

karwarwar

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n. thunder

karwerew

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brown

katiham

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traditional dance

kaviatameta

Myzomela cardinalis
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Cardinal Honeyeater

kijirimani

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her brother

kipori ia tasiapen

Phyllidia varicosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49735-Phyllidia-varicosa
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Varicose Wart Slug

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

kofetatea

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n morning star

konianaker

Epinephelus cyanopodus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-cyanopodus.html
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Speckled blue grouper, speckled grouper (deep sea)

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

konpir

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. liana growing on coconuts and ficus trees

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

kumwer

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ankle

kutumer

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last born child

kwankwún

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n. kind of banana with small fruit

kwaraterei pisir

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n comet

kwarua

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n door, doorway

kwipehe

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cyclone house

kɨrorat

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n. a fruit with yellow skin and red seeds, edible, grows on low vines

lastik

lastik
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n slingshot (Bislama?)

mai-nɨfara

mai-nɨfara
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plant to be identified used for basketry

mainop

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n. leaf

makhum

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

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

makwa sa rukwai nui

makwa sa rukwai nui
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n waning crescent (moon phase)

Makwa wi

Makwa wi
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n waxing crescent (moon phase)

mantocary

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kind of cassava, has yellow flesh—the name means “yellow curry”

marao

Sargocentron violaceum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-violaceum.html
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Violet squirrelfish

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

mɨrɨris

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kind of fish

nalalas

Bislama
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plant (to be identified)

(Bislama) nalalas

narak

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kind of yam, has tubers with two colors in the same root—both white and red and is sweet and soft

Example: Is a special yam for paying dowry

nariram

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n. kind of banana

narrer

People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.
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n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3111)

Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.

nasiapu-a-nasiapu

This plant can be used to tell the sex of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the stem and tear it. If three threads from the corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if all 4 corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from both sides of the cut stem.
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3168)

Example: This plant can be used to tell the sex of an as yet unborn baby. Two people hold the stem and tear it. If three threads from the corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a boy; if all 4 corners of the stem come off, the baby will be a girl. Two people start tearing the stem from both sides of the cut stem.

natuan

The wood of this plant smells bad. It is locally called a type of "stink wood." When young children get circumsized in kastom ways, to change the leaves for their bandage, take off the bark of this stem, take the inside part and scrape it--mix a handful of the scrapings with grated coconut, put it together in a leaf, put it on the fire, heat it, when the coconut is browned, squeeze it together to get the "milk"  that is yellow in color. When young children swim in saltwater to dry the cut from the circumcision, squeeze this on that area to help heal it.
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[natuwan] n. large tree, 10-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3124)

Example: The wood of this plant smells bad. It is locally called a type of "stink wood." When young children get circumsized in kastom ways, to change the leaves for their bandage, take off the bark of this stem, take the inside part and scrape it--mix a handful of the scrapings with grated coconut, put it together in a leaf, put it on the fire, heat it, when the coconut is browned, squeeze it together to get the "milk" that is yellow in color. When young children swim in saltwater to dry the cut from the circumcision, squeeze this on that area to help heal it.

naurapag

1. The fruits are eaten by flying foxes. 2. Dried wood are used as torches, and are considered long-lasting.
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n. well branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4249)

Example: 1. The fruits are eaten by flying foxes. 2. Dried wood are used as torches, and are considered long-lasting.

nauri nauri

The young stems are used to make rafter of the house. A "calendar plant," when this plant flowers it is a good time to hunt flying fox because during that season they have a great deal of fat. Leaves used in the treatment of male children who have been circumsized. Wrap pieces of coconut with these leaves,heat in fire for 5-10 minutes, squeeze the hot leaf-infused oil all over the body. Children are taken to the sea to bathe and this will help heal the sore when it is put all over the body. It also gives the child a nice smell.
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n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3246)

Example: The young stems are used to make rafter of the house. A "calendar plant," when this plant flowers it is a good time to hunt flying fox because during that season they have a great deal of fat. Leaves used in the treatment of male children who have been circumsized. Wrap pieces of coconut with these leaves,heat in fire for 5-10 minutes, squeeze the hot leaf-infused oil all over the body. Children are taken to the sea to bathe and this will help heal the sore when it is put all over the body. It also gives the child a nice smell.

nauropane

To treat constipation, take 1 handful of leaf, squeeze in water (small beer bottle size) drink the bottle all at once to loosen stool. Ripe fruits are eaten--as they are very sweet.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5069)

Example: To treat constipation, take 1 handful of leaf, squeeze in water (small beer bottle size) drink the bottle all at once to loosen stool. Ripe fruits are eaten--as they are very sweet.

nawawa

Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.
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n. well branched tree, 10 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2983)

Example: Agricultural: When in flower, taro (Nerei) is said to be ready for harvest.

nawirok

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

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.

nimigi paha

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n. handle of axe

nimwa

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n. house

ninhum

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penis wrapper

nisɨp

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n. 1. kind of tree (from which combs are carved), 2. comb

nkaferang

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 2 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nova

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n. Malay apple, (Syzygium malaccensis)

(Bislama) nakafika

nurap

Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)

Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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kind of cone shell

nɨmɨtuak

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n. kind of high prestige yam

nɨpɨk ~ nepik

nɨpɨk ~ nepik
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n. banyan tree

nɨteipranmi

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n. kind of tree (used for hosue rafters)

pagaivii amramera sarapiran

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

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

paraha

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East (cardinal direction)

parangi pitew

clown unicorn fish
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kind of fish with black color

pawpawuk pitew

Hypolimnas bolina

Great Eggfly

pepher pitew sarariman

Plectorhinchus picus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-picus.html
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Painted sweelip, dotted sweetlips (male)

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

pesu

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South (cardinal direction)

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus amboinensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-amboinensis.html
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Ambon emperor

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

puka

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[pukar] n. pig

pwei

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kind of fish: spiny puffer?

ramerouk ia karwatereii

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throw the stone

(Bislama) sakem stone

rini

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mum, mother

rous

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women’s bark skirt

tafha

Very small, not ready to eat or for any other use
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coconut development stage 1

Example: Very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

takwɨr

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hill

tamarua

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n ceremonial circumcision exchange cycle

taopir-taopir

Children shoot the small hard seeds through a bamboo tube at lizards and butterflies, as a sort of game.
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n. herb, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3250)

Example: Children shoot the small hard seeds through a bamboo tube at lizards and butterflies, as a sort of game.

tapu

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grave

tasɨnfara

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roots of pandanus

teki tagarua

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

Example: via inaturalist.org

tekɨ kusan

tekɨ kusan
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kind of seashell

teren

Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover boil. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5152)

Example: Leaf used to cover boils on skin. Mash leaf slightly and cover boil. Leaf pulls out liquid from boil. Use this for 3 days, changing the leaf 2x daily. Young plants (branch) for toothache to reduce pain. Boil in water and wash painful area. Use as needed until pain subsides. Also can collect insects in dried stems and use these to feed chickens. (Hymenoptera).

wipin napiran

Atule mate http://fishbase.org/summary/Atule-mate.html
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Yellowtail Scad (female)

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

yakokeikei siao pran

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v I love my wife

(Bislama) mi laekem woman blo mi.

Yasur

Yasur
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Yasur volcano

ɨmahan

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