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-afunu

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v. eat food after drinking kava

-akwmɨni

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v 1. feed (as a child or animal); fill (as a hole)

-akwresi

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v pet, rub (as a dog), tickle

-amwhenumw

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v/a 1. drown, sink; 2. deep, under water

-apwah

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v 1. refuse, not want, choose not to, leave, stop (doing), not care, give up; 2. with ra, denotes state of sufficiency: plenty, enough

-apwas(i)

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v 1. lick, kiss; 2. bring together, close up

-arakarak

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v/a 1. shake (as a tree); 2. shaky, loose, slack

-atakina

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v bathe a child ritually for the first time

-avegɨn

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feast

-ɨkwahi

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fruit

akunekune

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v. poison (for example a fish)

angka

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n anchor (of boat)

araii naren

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cut his penis

fafau

fafau
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axe (of stone, for traditional canoe carving)

ia-kapi namu

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I catch a fish

iao- ia-

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me

(Bislama) mi

irah kahar

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the day before yesterday

jihi flower

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n flower stamen

kafete

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n. mat (woven of pandanus leaves)

kahar

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num three

kaipaip sei kuekau

Children take the inflorescence of this plant and use it to find and poke lizards hiding in the bush. For treatment of an unspecified spiritual sickness, chew 2, 2" pieces of the stem to get rid of the sickness, spitting the material on the hair and body of an ill person; use only 1 time.
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n. sprawling herb, with erect flowering stems (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3237)

Example: Children take the inflorescence of this plant and use it to find and poke lizards hiding in the bush. For treatment of an unspecified spiritual sickness, chew 2, 2" pieces of the stem to get rid of the sickness, spitting the material on the hair and body of an ill person; use only 1 time.

kamumu

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n. 1. kind of tuber pudding baked with edible leaves (nuvas), 2. cup made from rolled young banana leaves, 3. respect, friendship, fellowship

kapnumnum

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n. mushroom

kapri iapri

Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5110)

Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.

karsapag

karsapag
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n. terrestrial; uncommon. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2610)

kasusu

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[kasusu] n. type of mushroom

kataren

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n named rock formation on Yasur volcano

kawitnawit

Myiagra cyanoleuca
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Satin Flycatcher

Example: Photo by David Cook, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Flickr

kipori

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n beche-de-mer, sea slug

kiswup, kɨsɨp

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kisɨp] n. conch shell; type of seashell (triton shell) can be sounded to summon people for a meeting

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

Kopintata

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tribe name

kotauiruan

This plant is used as a source of fiber to make grass skirts. Gather a lot of stems, place in seawater with a stone on top (the process known as retting) for one month. Collect the stems, pull off the bark and remove the fiber, allowing it to dry in the sun until it bleaches white, when it can be woven into the traditional grass skirt.
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n. subshrub, 75 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3236)

Example: This plant is used as a source of fiber to make grass skirts. Gather a lot of stems, place in seawater with a stone on top (the process known as retting) for one month. Collect the stems, pull off the bark and remove the fiber, allowing it to dry in the sun until it bleaches white, when it can be woven into the traditional grass skirt.

krefi

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n. kind of breadfruit

kusán

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n kind of shellfish

kwanareiaku

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n. kind of taro

kwanarkwayaɨ

kwanarkwayaɨ
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n pumice

kwankwikwa

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n volcano bomb

kwankɨnhi

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n. inalienable the remnant of the planted taro form which a new tuber has developed (at the base of the harvested root)

kwatigɨs

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a stage of coconut development

kwatinɨvirakw

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kind of seaweed

kwenakwa

Ptilinopus greyii
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Red-bellied Fruit Dove

kwánkuru

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n. bird trap (pyramidal structure made of wild cane)

makhum

Scarus quoyi http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-quoyi.html
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Quoy’s parrotfish

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

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

Makwa

Makwa
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n waxing gibbous (moon phase)

mangoprupu

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kind of mango, the fruit of this variety is round and has a very nice smell

marao

Myripristis vittata http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-vittata.html
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Whitetip soldierfish

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

mwɨtikaro

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worm

namanu

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n my scalp

namarinuian

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peace

Example: peace between two peoples or two tribes

nanemenmeta

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kind of coconut, characterized by a round fruit with a reddish color on the top of the fruit

nare

This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5039)

Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

Narougen-ian

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during fight

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.

nawa ia nirak

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n my tendon

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.

nei apsan

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kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5063)

nemar

Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5030)

Example: Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.

nenhɨnien

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dry season

nenɨs

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fog, ground fog

nepar nepar

Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.
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[napurnapur] n. small sapling, 1.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3029)

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

newahu

Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

newou asori

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large grass skirt plant

neyiagian

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n my breath

nimriki taruk

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n my beard

niveia

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n. canoe oar, paddle

nkwai nanimem

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n the white of my eye

noua

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artery

nukune-nig

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kind of taro, might be another genus of “taro”. It has a special stone that is specific to this variety

Example: Roasted or boiled for eating

nɨfaga

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coconut leaf sheath fibre

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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kind of cone shell

nɨkeghup

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n. wild kava

nɨkiskis

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n. mistletoe

nɨkɨsi-

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n. inalienable small offshoot tubers

nɨmerian

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n moonlight

nɨmu kwatia tasiapen

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html
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Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

nɨmwa asori

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big fish

nɨteta

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boat

Pawpawuk

Tirumala hamata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/197078-Tirumala-hamata

Blue Wanderer

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

pawpawuk

Papilio fuscus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/496560-Papilio-fuscus
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Fuscous Swallowtail

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

pia

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beer

raptasi

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salt sea water

rararouk

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n high tide

rehwiir

Acanthurus triostegus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-triostegus.html
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Convict surgeonfish, convict tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

rinhem

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his/her mum, his/her mother

sapág

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fork (as in a tree)

sɨmɨke

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clam

taik pani kuau

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

Takiaew sei tasi

Chromodoris annae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119434-Chromodoris-annae
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Anna’s Chromodoris

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

takiew

Lissachatina fulica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/502885-Lissachatina-fulica

African Giant Snail

Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

tarigiaván

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kind of seaweed

tata

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father

teki kafha

teki kafha
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kind of shell

teperpei

Unspecified, secret medicinal use.
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n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3227)

Example: Unspecified, secret medicinal use.

terag

Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.
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n. shrub re-growing from fallen tree, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)

Example: Medicine: This plant is used to relieve itchiness. Green leaves are rubbed on an area to reduce the sensation.

tikinau

tikinau
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n. bamboo, smallest type used for weaving house walls

Tukwusmera

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place name: the highest mountain on Tanna Island

yakamayawi ia-string

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I am fishing with a line

yaknamapri

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I will sleep soon

(Bislama) mi stap silip nao.

yarman

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kind of yam, has white flesh, soft and sweet, with a very large tuber, and is easy to grow

Example: If it grows in good conditions, the tubers are so large that it takes two people to carry it on a pole