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-akur

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v dir come from (especially by walking)

-amás

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v intr suckle, nurse

-an

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v hang oneself or another

-arpakáu

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v 1. construct, build (a house, table, canoe), repair; 2. specialise, make well, have knowledge of, be wise in

-asasás

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v intr fall, drop (numerous objects)

-asivur

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v intr babble (as a child)

-atakɨr

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v stare, glare at

-árupwi

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v 1. spear, stick, pierce, throw (an elongated object); 2. put down, insert, stick something into the ground, plant (as a tree), join; 3. clap, applaud, pat, ringbark (as to kill a tree); 4. be proud, sassy, disrespectful, preen (because of praise)

-ɨkwahi

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fruit

aosi kuri

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kill dog

arpasuk

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v. bend down (imperative)

fakók

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n. Tahitian chestnut

fatu

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vatu (currency unit)

ia-kayawii

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I am fishing with a canoe or boat...

iapou

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child

iesukwrúr

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n. type of sprouting coconut the sprout of which grows along the body of the nut

imwarɨm

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exchange ground; place of exchange

iokokekei

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n. love

iuan u miuan u

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twenty

iérupwun

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caterpillar, millipede

jihi flower

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n flower stamen

kahimaregi

Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication
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n. coconut development stage 3

Example: Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication

kapapu

People use this plant for firewood
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)

Example: People use this plant for firewood

kapen, kapenkapen

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n cricket

kapherɨs apusan

kapherɨs apusan
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kind of shell

karaiafinapeck

To reduce the pain of labor, squeeze double handful of leaves into 1 cup of cool water and give to the mother to drink.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5028)

Example: To reduce the pain of labor, squeeze double handful of leaves into 1 cup of cool water and give to the mother to drink.

keusakeusa

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kind of breadfruit, medium-sized

Example: Cooked on a low fire as it has very soft flesh. Good tasting variety

keva

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how many? how much?

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

konkamun

Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.
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[kwankamun] n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3002)

Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.

kumhar

kumhar
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string game (cat’s cradle)

kurpas- ia nusouk

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n my heel (of foot)

kusan

kusan
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kind of sea snail, edible

kwanapuirahakw

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initial stage of coconut development

Example: Coconut fruit bud

kwankouru

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kind of bird trape ( triangle shape)

kwanuasikum

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n. kind of tree (bark used in the production of tapa cloth)

kwanuvekɨr

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n. Barringtonia edulis (Cut Nut Tree)

kwarei fwe napwɨs

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n. kind of sweet potato

kwaruisiur

Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
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[kwarwisiwir] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. Flowers yellow-orange to bright orange. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3047)

Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.

kwonhim

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[ganhɨm] your penis

kásuke

kásuke
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n. swing, rope swing

manuapen

Ducula melanochroa
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Black Imperial Pigeon

Example: Illustration by Joseph Smit / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via es.wikipedia.org

mark kwakwa

Chalcophaps longirostris sandwichensis
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Pacific Emerald Dove

Example: Photo by mdekool / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

minin pitew

Acanthurus mata http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-mata.html
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Elongate surgeonfish

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nafwerouk

Drinking nut (with soft meat and effervescent water)
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coconut development stage 2

Example: Drinking nut (with soft meat and effervescent water)

nahua

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n month name (archaic, corresponding to January)

nakamako

Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)

Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.

nakwai nei

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fruit

namatamai

Lethrinus erythropterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-erythropterus.html
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Longfin emperor

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

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

namɨr

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kind of cycad (?)

Example: To make a tabu sign for your land, crops or to block access to the sea, meaning that this area is blocked from fishing and diving, cross two of the leaves in an “X” shape and stick in the soil or sand. People will know to stay away

nanɨmek

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n my eye

napa

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n. kind of tree, Alphitonia zizyphoides, bark used as medicine to encourage the growth of pigs

napoti

Macolor macularis http://fishbase.org/summary/Macolor-macularis.html
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Midnight Snapper

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

nari-noien

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n. something to do

naring

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n. tree, 5-6 m h (collection: Laurence Ramon #318)

narisien

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n. to laugh

Naskao

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village betwen yatukwei and tapir

nauaua

1. Flying foxes are attracted to the flowers. 2. The bole is used to make end posts of western style houses known as nimah itoga. 3. Wood is used to make axe handles.
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4226)

Example: 1. Flying foxes are attracted to the flowers. 2. The bole is used to make end posts of western style houses known as nimah itoga. 3. Wood is used to make axe handles.

nauri

Melicope
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[ne̤wri] n. understory tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3134)

navisaien

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argument

nawaprien

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[narwaperien] lightning

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

neparum

Before there were many root crops such as taro and cassava, people would use the roots of this plant as a food, after roasting it in the fire. The roots are said to be very large and edible.
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[ne̤pa̤rɨm] n. vine, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3103)

Example: Before there were many root crops such as taro and cassava, people would use the roots of this plant as a food, after roasting it in the fire. The roots are said to be very large and edible.

nepeka

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kind of coconut, has the largest fruit of any coconut and the fruit is more oblong in shape

Example: The fiber from this variety (from the sheath base) is used for kastom ceremonies to cover kava when the young boys are coming out from their circumcision houses. This fiber is also wrapped around the middle of a bow to give it strength and help prevent it from cracking. The fiber can also be used to make a sleeping hammock as it is strong and clean

nesiapuasiapu

Cyperus
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5081)

nhawi

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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers

Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all

nikrah

If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.
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n. small tree, 2.5-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)

Example: If a person has a sore body or headache, someone else chews the leaf of this plant and spits the chewed leaf on the specific part of the person where the pain is found. The herb should stick to that part of the body and be applied 1x in the morninig and 1x in the afternoon, leaving the plant on the person as long as it stays.

niskaiian

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the power or the strongest

nukmihia’

1. Ripe fruits are used by children in a game to imitate the devil. 2. It is considered tapu to make firewood from this tree. It tis thought the yam stems will dry and the fruits will be sub-par as a result.
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n. shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4213)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used by children in a game to imitate the devil. 2. It is considered tapu to make firewood from this tree. It tis thought the yam stems will dry and the fruits will be sub-par as a result.

nukwai nanɨn

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n nipple

nukwai payan

nukwai payan
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pine cone

nuvás

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n. Hibiscus, species with edible leaves, ’island cabbage’

Nɑgɨaŋien

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happiness

nɨkatireu

Ornamental plant.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5129)

Example: Ornamental plant.

nɨkiatu

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canoe parts: outrigger spar, boom

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.

nɨmai nari

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n. bush

nɨmatagi asori

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cyclone

nɨpun

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fish net

nɨrien

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n. kind of tree with white bark, used for bows

nɨsesa

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n. kind of tree (bark used for tapa cloth)

penesu

Scarus oviceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-oviceps.html
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Dark capped parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus laticaudis http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-laticaudis.html
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Grass emperor

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

pirawa ~ firawa

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

pirei pirei

Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.
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n. herb growing along stream in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers blue. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3254)

Example: Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.

pusanpusan

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kind of fish

ruareng

To treat constipation, squeeze a handful of leaves into a half cup of room temperature water, and 10 minutes later the bowel will move. It is said to taste nasty.
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n. shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3155)

Example: To treat constipation, squeeze a handful of leaves into a half cup of room temperature water, and 10 minutes later the bowel will move. It is said to taste nasty.

saprouwait

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

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

siwir ~ sivur

Photo by Martial Wahe
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Coconut Lorikeet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

suatouk sei kamahao

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n star path

tanapɨn

To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5047)

Example: To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.

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.

tapatou

Sphyraena qenie http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-qenie.html
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Blackfin barracuda

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

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.

tikinao

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

tɨpunaku

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kind of fish trap

ume tasiapen

Naso hexacanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-hexacanthus.html
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Sleek unicornfish (deep sea)

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

yapha

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Bluespine Unicornfish, silver color with horn