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-akit

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v intr hoot, screech, call (as a bat), creak

-akwmakwmwi

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v gum (as one’s food)

-amtér

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

-apri

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

-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)

-arkini

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v 1. stir (as with a spoon), crank; 2. swing one’s arms (as in a nupu dance)

-aruiri

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v hold it

-ati

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v intr hop (on one foot)

-atɨgái

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v swallow

-árupwun

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v see erupwun

akwsɨrup

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to weave (a basket)

amak makwata

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sleep and look up

apusan

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white

ataring

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you listen

eunan

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v. intransitive to bud or come into leaf

figka

Bislama
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lady finger bananas

Hrayumene

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tribe name, lives at Iatukwei

ia-kamregi namisaian ia nupurak

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v I feel a pain in my body

iamnameta

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n. kind of coconut with reddish fibre

ieri

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friend

kanieri

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brother in law, brother-in-law

kapa

Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0
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Blackspot snapper

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

kapajiko

Lutjanus malabaricus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-malabaricus.html
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Malabar blood snapper, saddletail snapper, large-mouthed nannygai

(Bislama) Red Snapa

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

kapkapeki

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kapofe

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head

kapuapu

This is a "calendar plant," tied to the sea. When it flowers, it is time to harvest sea urchins. The dry wood is used to mke a fire when a person has no matches.
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n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3226)

Example: This is a "calendar plant," tied to the sea. When it flowers, it is time to harvest sea urchins. The dry wood is used to mke a fire when a person has no matches.

kararɨg feimanu

House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

karorat

Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)

Example: Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.

kasen

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a children’s game

kaukieri

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my brother in law, my brother-in-law

kaumeg

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shelled coconut

kaviatameta

Myzomela cardinalis
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Cardinal Honeyeater

khaw khawisel

Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0
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Snubnose dart

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

konsun awhi

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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kind of shell. Possibly genus Conus.

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

kɨpiesi

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boy (uncircumsized)

kɨrorat

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

kɨsumwi

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n barn owl (Tyto alba)

mainfap

noun a dried leaf used to ceremonially wrap kava root

makhum

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

marao

Myripristis adusta http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-adusta.html
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Shadowfin soldierfish

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

mare

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adj ripe (for example, a pineapple or banana)

minin akwes

Acanthurus nigrofuscus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-nigrofuscus.html
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Brown surgeonfish

Example: Photo by David Burdick / via guamreefli License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nagaimafu

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.
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[naŋema:fu] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3018)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a wood to construct the posts of a house. It is also used to fashion paddles as an accessory to a canoe.

nakannakan

People use this to treat boils on the skin. Squeeze the "juice" of the leaf on the boil, and it will soften it so that the liquid inside the boil comes out. If you chew an amount of leaves first, then they will cover and stick to the boil so it will heal faster.
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[nakanakan] n. terrestrial herb, 0.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3069)

Example: People use this to treat boils on the skin. Squeeze the "juice" of the leaf on the boil, and it will soften it so that the liquid inside the boil comes out. If you chew an amount of leaves first, then they will cover and stick to the boil so it will heal faster.

namatamai

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

namitɨg

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coconut development stage 4

Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens

nape

Branches used to make bow and arrow for hunting. Stem used for fence posts and houses. To treat a strong cough, take a branch of 20 leaves, toss in water, boil 10-20 minutes, drink warm liquid 2 cups a day for 1 week or until cough is gone.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5043)

Example: Branches used to make bow and arrow for hunting. Stem used for fence posts and houses. To treat a strong cough, take a branch of 20 leaves, toss in water, boil 10-20 minutes, drink warm liquid 2 cups a day for 1 week or until cough is gone.

napuga

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coral

napur

Medicine for gonnorhea. Collect two plants and clean their roots, boil whole in 2 liters water, boil 20-40 minutes, drink the mixture hot,  2 cups a day, 3 weeks. This condition presents as a burning in the penis, along with other issues. For heavy cough, take  double handful leaf, boil 10-15 minutes in 1 liter water, 2 cups day warm, for 5 days. Pods used to calm children by shaking as rattle, when they are crying.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5128)

Example: Medicine for gonnorhea. Collect two plants and clean their roots, boil whole in 2 liters water, boil 20-40 minutes, drink the mixture hot, 2 cups a day, 3 weeks. This condition presents as a burning in the penis, along with other issues. For heavy cough, take double handful leaf, boil 10-15 minutes in 1 liter water, 2 cups day warm, for 5 days. Pods used to calm children by shaking as rattle, when they are crying.

naraian apa

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n planet

nare

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leaf worn on head

narrer

People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.
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[næhɨr] 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.

naskou

The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.
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[næskoʊ] n. tree, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3099)

Example: The wood of this plant is used for an important "kastom" dance known as Toka. The stem is said to have a curve in it. Sam noted that the people dancing get something in return, such as a pig or kava.

natahi

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

natatau

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tattoo

natehi

Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.
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n. well branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3125)

Example: Children from Tanna and throughout Vanuatu use this plant to make a slingshot. As a "medicine," when chickens are ruining your garden, if you plant this plant it will chase away the chickens.

natukian

1. During good weather it is considered taputo cut this plant. If one does do so, bad weather is expected to happen.
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n. epiphyte, growing in dense rainforest. sterile (with old inflorescences). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4221)

Example: 1. During good weather it is considered taputo cut this plant. If one does do so, bad weather is expected to happen.

nawha

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering tree

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nekeskes-apran

Asplenium cf. caudatum
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[nakəskəs apran] n. small fern growing on decaying log in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)

ngarehma

This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.
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n. shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

niar

Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5092)

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

niepur

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n. Croton sp.

nikriakei

Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.
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n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

nimiraia

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n. kind of thick grass

nukwanei menu

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exchange of birds

nukwaskwas

Hypolepis elegans
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n. terrestrial; leaves 1.0-1.5 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2626)

nukwetau

In ancient times during cyclone season when no food could be harvested, collect the stem and take the white flesh out of center, and bake in the ground oven. Young leaves cooked like island cabbage and eaten. 2 petiole put together and used to grate banana and fresh taro for cooking. Can split the trunk in pieces to make flooring for house. Nailed to joists/supports.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5086)

Example: In ancient times during cyclone season when no food could be harvested, collect the stem and take the white flesh out of center, and bake in the ground oven. Young leaves cooked like island cabbage and eaten. 2 petiole put together and used to grate banana and fresh taro for cooking. Can split the trunk in pieces to make flooring for house. Nailed to joists/supports.

nukwirum

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n. coconut spathe

Numuwian

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n tremor

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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kind of cone shell

nɨfamera

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n. kind of banana

nɨmwheiov

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n. kind of tree used for making house posts

nɨpwenhɨ-

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chest

nɨpɨn vi

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season of the year when yams are growing, before yam harvest (Oct. through March)

nɨsakwan

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n saliva

nɨteta

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boat

penesu pitew

Bolbometopon muricatum http://fishbase.org/summary/Bolbometopon-muricatum.html
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Green humphead parrotfish, bumphead parrotfish

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pusukuni

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n. lightning at sea that stuns fish, making them easy to catch

rarai

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v cut

(Bislama) katem

Example: cut hood, or something

rerin

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always

ret

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kind of mollusk

rɨhɨ

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n. kind of thorny beach vine with purple flowers

saprouáit

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n. kind of introduced legume with hairy beanpod

taik pani kuau

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n. type of banana, largest kind, used to make laplap

tapu

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grave

tapunga

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kava type

taupar taupar

Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5132)

Example: Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu

teki kusan

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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kind of shell. Possibly family Turbinidae.

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tekɨ- ~ tiki

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n. inalienable skin, husk, covering, wrapping, shell, bark; empty shell

trawasi

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[turawasi] n. you (two) are smoking

tupa

tupa
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kind of crab that lives in the black rock or in the coastal area

turaimien

Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

tɨpuk

tɨpuk
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n house component: side wall of house made of wild cane and bamboo

yakakusarɨp

yakakusarɨp
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I am plaiting coconut leaves

yakokeikei rinak

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I love my mum

(Bislama) mi likem mami blo mi

yaku

Eretmochelys imbricata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39672-Eretmochelys-imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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

yangbu

yangbu
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Blue fly

Yapkapin

Yapkapin
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Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe

yesu

Parupeneus barberinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-barberinus.html
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Dash-and-dot goatfish

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