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-afafáu

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v wear a hat, cover (something)

-aka

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v carry piggyback

-amák

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v intr stay behind, remain, lie down

-araghár

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v spread to dry (in the sun)

-arefa

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v cough

-ataki

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v 1. prepare, make ready (implies secrecy?); 2. act alone or anti-socially, avoid agreement

-atata

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v see -ata

-avegɨn

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feast

amahán ~ amasan

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adj. good, beautiful, useful

apeki

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

arukwinhum

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v. to wear a penis wrapper

fatu

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vatu (currency unit)

hoia

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n. marigold

ia-kerii nouk

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I dig yam

(Bislama) dikim yam

ia-kregi raraha

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I am sad

ieremha

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n. ancestor

Iuea

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n. Port Resolution

kamkapati

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horns

kapa

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

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

karang

karang
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kind of crabe

karuapei

The stems of this plant are heated, the outer bark peeled off and the stems are used as a rope.
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n. liana growing into canopy of myristica fatua tree, growing in forest along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3093)

Example: The stems of this plant are heated, the outer bark peeled off and the stems are used as a rope.

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)

karwarwar

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n. thunder

kasusu

Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016
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n. fungus type

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Oct. 2016

kaukieri

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my brother in law, my brother-in-law

kaviameta ~ koiameta

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name of a moiety

kawasawas

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kind of breadfruit, similar to karuarewa but the fruits are larger and with the same small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit

Example: This variety is not good for making a canoe as the wood is too soft

kerupwun

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n type of woven mat

kitkit

kitkit
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kind of basket woven with young coconut leaves.

konawa

Sargocentron cornutum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-cornutum.html
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Threepot squirrelfish

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

konwarkar pitov

konwarkar pitov
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n. canarium nut fruit (variant 2)

korkwao tanna

Oceanodroma matsudaira
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Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

kotawɨr

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n. bowstring made from slender banyan tree aerial root

krawasi

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[krawasi] n. we (two) are smoking

krirɨm

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num five

kuanae

Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5115)

Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).

kwanaroti

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club, with serrated edges

kwanasuaprana

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n. kind of fungus, brown color when old or white color when young, can be fried and eaten

kwaniapwít

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n. 1. seedpod of niapwit, 2. glue, tree sap, sticky substances, 3. tag (children’s game)

kwarumrum

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n. kind of small plant with fragrant leaves

kwasɨrɨs

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n. red pepper, hot pepper

kwatiuvtiuv

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n. drinking straw (made from immature banana leaves)

kwonhi taik

kwonhi taik
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n. banana flower (lit. banana cock)

kwotpitasi

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

kwɨmtákahau

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n. kind of edible legume

marao

Sargocentron tiereoides http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-tiereoides.html
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Pink squirrelfish

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

moripako

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n. kind of wild yam (see namhu)

mɨkɨm

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blue fish

nafeiruan

Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5089)

Example: Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.

naik

If a tree is dying from fungal infection, this plant should be planted near one’s garden, near crops or that tree to help protect crops from that disease.
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[nejɨk] n. herb, growing as weed in kava garden. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3148)

Example: If a tree is dying from fungal infection, this plant should be planted near one’s garden, near crops or that tree to help protect crops from that disease.

nakefiji

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kind of plantain from Fiji

Example: Used for cooking

namritajɨk

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older brother

nanen

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, 3-4 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nanɨn

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n. kind of tree

napai

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n. coral wall

napuei

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n. coconut

napɨrapire

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n. kind of grass

naraufanua

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and red skin. It can grow long and large in good soil, but is not a sweet yam, more starchy than many others. It is easy to grow

Example: Locally known as a “Chief’s Yam” as it is given to the Chief as a gift because it is one of the original yam varieties grown on Tanna

nare

this plant is used to make the head lei, Kuanari, to welcome visitors. It is also used as an ornamental around local houses.
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n. herb to 2-3 m tall in secondary forest clearing, flowers white with yellow-red corolla. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4724)

Example: this plant is used to make the head lei, Kuanari, to welcome visitors. It is also used as an ornamental around local houses.

nare

Used during shaving ceremonies leaves mixed with Euodia and mashed coconut and used to oil the body of young man being shaved and the person doing the ceremony. Stems when mashed are very fragrant and also tied around head. Ceremony for young lady who has first menstruation, she goes away with her family, when she comes back cover her with same mixture of plants to make her nice. During her first period she is separated from her family. 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 alo
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5169)

Example: Used during shaving ceremonies leaves mixed with Euodia and mashed coconut and used to oil the body of young man being shaved and the person doing the ceremony. Stems when mashed are very fragrant and also tied around head. Ceremony for young lady who has first menstruation, she goes away with her family, when she comes back cover her with same mixture of plants to make her nice. During her first period she is separated from her family. 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 alo

natahi

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

natonga

natonga
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wind direction from the east

nayouk

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree; coleus

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.

nemrapep

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
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[nemra:pɨp] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

nemrapoep

1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes it’s nest with the leaves.
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4240)

Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes it’s nest with the leaves.

neper

Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5127)

Example: Medicinal use. For back pain, take double handful of leaf, mash it in 1/2 liter of water, squeeze into cup. Drink 2 cups / day, morning and afternoon for 5 days.

nesen

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n. rain

niag

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termite

nukuk

Davallia sessilifolia
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n. epiphyte. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2620)

nɨfaga

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bow

nɨfaga

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spiny sea urchin

nɨfregi

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n. kind of vine

nɨhi yesur

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[nɨhi yesur] riverbed

nɨkava nɨkovrariki

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n. kind of kava with many small branches

nɨkeghup

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n. wild kava

nɨkwesi

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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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.

nɨrhɨr

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n. kind of tree (used for house posts)

nɨsikɨr

nɨsikɨr
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bird trap of woven vines; woven bird or fish trap

pakau

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barracuda

parou meta

Plectropomus maculatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-maculatus.html
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Spotted coralgrouper

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

pawpawuk pitew

Hypolimnas bolina

Great Eggfly

pirawa ~ firawa

Gymnocranius microdon http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-microdon.html
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Blue-spotted large-eye bream

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pranawhi sei kijirimak sa namritaik

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my elder sisiter’s daughter

presi

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daughter

ruaran

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daylight

(Bislama) delaet

sadine sadine

Decapterus macarellus http://fishbase.org/summary/Decapterus-macarellus.html
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Mackerel scad

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

sarat

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n. green onions (English shallot)

(Bislama) sarat

skru

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coconut scoop

takiew

Bradybaena similaris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/215409-Bradybaena-similaris
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Asian Tramp Snail

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

tanak asori

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Thank you

tapuga

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n. kind of kava with small trunk and long roots, a special kava used in custom ceremony

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

tesereng

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and is said to be the original yam from this place on Tanna. It is harder to grow than many yams

Example: There is a story that an evil spirit stole this yam during the time of the ancestors, taking it from this area to the other side of the volcano. Because the spirit took the best part of the yam, leaving the worst part, this one became hard to grow

tihí

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n. inalienable flower

tikinau ~ talenau

tikinau ~ talenau
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bamboo pan flute

tɨsi nɨmɨrhi

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n. orange or lemon thorn

ume

Naso tonganus http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-tonganus.html
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Bulbnose Unicornfish, Humpnose Unicornfish

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yesu

Parupeneus cyclostomus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-cyclostomus.html
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Gold-saddle goatfish

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

ɨsiuan

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v. to whisper