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-akur

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v dir come from (especially by walking)

-akw(i)

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v 1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together

-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

-apwas(i)

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

-arupwɨtér

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v intr abut, join with, stand on

-arár

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v. 1. dig (as with a spade), 2. sprout

-aráu

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v reach out, grab, punch at, swim the crawl, shadow box

-arɨg

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v dir sense (hear, fell, touch, taste)

-asén

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v intr slide (as land), cave in

-atata

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v see -ata

-atate

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v 1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk); see -ate

-ateri

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v lead by the arm, support by the arm, hold up someone

finger

Musa spp.
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kind of banana, a small banana; very sweet

fwaga

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1. light colored volcanic stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives, 2. big man, wise man

ia karpesu nima

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I build a house

(Bislama) mi stap workem aos.

kaiapomus

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a kind of shellfish

kapen, kapenkapen

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n cricket

kapkapeki

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stage of coconut development

kapweris

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kind of sea snail

kareng reng

Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0
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Slender silver-biddy

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

karkarepa

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. type of flowering plant; box bean or St. Thomas’ bean

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

kasimi

Tyto javanica delicatula
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Eastern Barn Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

kataren

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n named rock formation on Yasur volcano

keipeipie iasuck

Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)

Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

kesi

To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in  2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)

Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.

Kina

Kina
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kiri

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Moorish idol fish

kiri ramiwa

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n. flying fox flying

koiameta

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n social moiety

konakutanian

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last born child

koniapit

Desmodium intortum
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n. weedy vine growing over boulders in dry streambed. Corolla pink turning bluish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2794)

kuanihinihy

Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)

Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.

kurapou

Monotaxis grandoculis http://fishbase.org/summary/Monotaxis-grandoculis.html
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Humpnose big-eye bream

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

kwanakur

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n. 1. kind of tree (bark used for rope), 2. cool season

kwanare-yaku

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kind of taro, has reddish-white flesh

Example: Good for cooking and making lap-lap

kwanarkwayaɨ

kwanarkwayaɨ
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n pumice

kwanuá-

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n. inalienable root

kwarumrum

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n. kind of small plant with fragrant leaves

kwánkuru

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

káurapɨg

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n. kind of tree, variety of niemƗs

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

marmeri

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n. mulberry

(Bislama) marmeri

moripako

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n. kind of wild yam (see namhu)

murieki

murieki
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kind of skink

mwɨtikaro

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worm

nakgar

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. species of magnolia tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nakéi Fiti

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n. kind of banana

namatamai

Lethrinus obsoletus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-obsoletus.html
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Orange-striped emperor

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

nanes

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n. 1. kind of tree, 2. small plant with red flowers (var. of nanas), the sap is dangerous it can cause a rash

nanghervk

When this plant flowers, people hunt flying fox as they like to chew on this flower. When you see it in flower, people know that taro is ready to be harvested.
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[nakne̤ruk] n. tree, 12-14 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3131)

Example: When this plant flowers, people hunt flying fox as they like to chew on this flower. When you see it in flower, people know that taro is ready to be harvested.

napuga

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coral

napui tɨna

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n. variety of coconut with short trunk

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.

narofenua

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n. kind of yam (high prestige)

natgamera

(moss)
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n. petrophyte, growing in deep shade (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3115)

nauri

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering.
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[newri] n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2989)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering.

nauáit

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n. kind of plant (leaves used in medical preparations)

naván

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n. kind of tree used for house posts

nikinapwes

To treat anemia, known as low blood, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 cup water, and drink 1 cup daily 5 days. Leaves also fed to pigs to help them grow faster.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5032)

Example: To treat anemia, known as low blood, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 cup water, and drink 1 cup daily 5 days. Leaves also fed to pigs to help them grow faster.

nikweto

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n. fern tree

Nipikinwan

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tribe name

nkhaourakou

When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.
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n. shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)

Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.

nuas

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[nuas] island cabbage

nurabup

When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts
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n. very well branched tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3054)

Example: When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts

nusua

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with a white flesh and red skin. It is easy to grow

Example: Soft when cooked

nɨkava apusan

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n. white kava

nɨkava pwia

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n. kind of kava with smooth outer bark

nɨkwaruvinari

nɨkwaruvinari
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kind of fish hook

nɨmiraia

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n. kind of thick grass

nɨmwaktakéiv

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name of a traditional road linking villages in South-East Tanna

nɨmɨk

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n. coals

nɨpɨg

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hole, burrow, cave

nɨvír

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n. kind of liana

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

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

phumha tasiapen

Caesio caerulaurea http://fishbase.org/summary/Caesio-caerulaurea.html
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Blue and gold fusilier, scissortail fusilier (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Dennis Polack / Fishwise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

punuár

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n. kind of tree with small, compound leaves, used for firewood

rangɨk maower

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n my left hand

rarai

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v cut

(Bislama) katem

Example: cut hood, or something

rini

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mum, mother

Rukwinao ia nirak

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n my vocal chords

sakhan

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second (unit of time)

serser

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n. 1. firefly, (according to Lindstrom 1986, 2. phosphorescent sea algae or fungus)

Takiaew sei tasi

Chromodoris lochi https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201640-Chromodoris-lochi
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Loch’s Chromodoris

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

takwɨr

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hill

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.

tapang ia nusouk matuk

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n my right foot

tarur

Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.
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n. terrestrial orchid, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3035)

Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.

tauparsiur

People use this to cover or wrap banana and cassava prior to cooking in a boiling pot; when the food is cooked the leaf is discarded. Flowers used for decoration. This is an imported cultivated plant.
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[topasiwɨr] n. large herb, growing at edge of garden. Bracts red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3071)

Example: People use this to cover or wrap banana and cassava prior to cooking in a boiling pot; when the food is cooked the leaf is discarded. Flowers used for decoration. This is an imported cultivated plant.

teara

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 worth), 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 worth), and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

tikismares

Schefflera neoebudica
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n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4208)

tipurpai

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, 6 m tall

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tɨputɨm

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echo

uapu, kuapuapu

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kind of skink

uritoga natoga

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wind direction: south-east wind

utu apusan

Aphareus furca http://fishbase.org/summary/Aphareus-furca.html
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Small toothed jobfish

Example: Photo by @perigor2000 / www.whatsthatfish.com/fish, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

whilpara

whilpara
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wheelbarrow

wipin pitew

Carangoides ferdau http://fishbase.org/summary/Carangoides-ferdau.html
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Blue trevally (female) (deep sea)

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yanarao

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Yanmerai

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village between itapua and kwaraka