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-amera

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adj. uncooked, raw, fertile (as land)

-amtiv

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v intr smack lips (as to call a dog)

-arakarak

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

-arupwufi

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v divide, separate, cut in half, come between (as two fighting men)

-ápwaha

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v forget, leave behind, not take, not want

angka

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n anchor (of boat)

apa

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alone

hasi

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[hasi] n. they are smoking

hirɨr

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maggot

Huapwa

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name of language spoken in South-west Tanna

ia-kamagien

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I am happy

ia-kapaii nuas

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phrase I planted the island cabbage

ia-kesi-napuai

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I pick a coconut

iakrés

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thief

iani nɨteta

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chief

iereme

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n. devil

ik kuwehe kurira ~ kaiwa ia tah mek kehn

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adj late

Ingris

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n. English

ita

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all right

kaimeregy

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kind of coconut, produces a medium-sized, round fruit

Example: When a person drinks the water from this fruit, it does not seem very sweet. The local name refers to “expired,” meaning that the fruit has expired and therefore the juice is not very sweet

Kamkari

Kamkari
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t.o Golden Silk Orb-weaver

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

kapɨrápɨra

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n. basket made of a woven coconut frond

kareng reng

kareng reng
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longtail silver-biddy

Example: Photo by Rainer Kretzberg, License: CC BY 3.0

karwarwar

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[karwarwar] thunder

kavnavini

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n. kind of plant with sticky seed pods, seeds used medicinally for many ailments, including stomach ache

kesiesi

kesiesi
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footbridge made of wood and bamboo

kiri

kiri
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Moorish idol

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

kufe

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name of a star constellation

kurapou arwerew

kurapou arwerew
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Redfin bream

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

kurimatao kariman

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n beef

kusenpwi

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n. type of impromptu basket made of fern leaves

kwanarukwás

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n. kind of taro

kwanatan

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n. interior house radial long post

kwanepit

kwanepit
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[kwanapwɨt] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers bluish-purple. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3164)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to treat diarrhea. Take a handful of leaves, chew them and suck out the liquid and swallow it, then spit out the fiber and all that remains in the mouth. Also known to be good as a cattle feed.

kwankwanéi

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n. almond tree (Terminalia catappa)

kwanmasivur

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n. kind of tree

kwatmaseka

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n. central spine of a coconut frond

kwera

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n my brain

kásuke

kásuke
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n. swing, rope swing

mafiji

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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh, that are soft and sweet

Example: Only used in soup. The origin of this variety is thought to be Fiji, and the local name means “From Fiji”

makmakɨ nap

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n spark (of fire)

Makwa

Makwa
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n waxing gibbous (moon phase)

makwa-nawta

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n moonrise

manhewao asori

manhewao asori
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Giant trevally (deep sea)

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

mantri

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n. mandarin orange, tangerine

nahavi

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n. kind of yam

nakefiji

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kind of plantain from Fiji

Example: Used for cooking

nakogár

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n. kind of tree

nakwiari

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type of ceremony

namiraou

namiraou
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[nami̤rou] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3074)

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

nanimek

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my eyes

napuei mhia

napuei mhia
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n. stage 5 in the development of coconuts, a ripe nut, dry and brown on outside, with developed flesh which falls from the tree, not good for eating but used for pressing coconut oil

napuer

napuer
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3013)

Example: Hunting: Birds are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt these birds.

napuk

napuk
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)

Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.

natimi

natimi
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n. hardwood and fruit tree; taun tree, island lychee

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nawaprien

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[narwaperien] lightning

nawes

nawes
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[nawes] n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)

Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.

nekaferang

nekaferang
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n. epiphyte growing on cyathea trunk, growing along garden trail. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3066)

Example: This plant is used to reduce the pain of toothache. Take the stem and peel it, remove the bark and place the bark against a sore tooth. Keep it is place, until the person feels better. Can use this treatment 2-3 times. It is said to "take the pain away." The tooth may rot away naturally, but this is good for the pain that accompanies toothache. The dried fruits and seeds of the plant can be mixed with pig food, such as coconut, and when the female pigs eat it, they will not have piglets. This is said to be used when a person has too many pigs.

nekaritang

nekaritang
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[naka̤ri̤təŋ] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3107)

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

ngarehma

ngarehma
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[nɨŋgare̤me] 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.

nhewi

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n. kind of yam, edible, white color, used for frying, also in laplap

niemhis

niemhis
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5123)

Example: Young leaves are edible fresh or can be boiled for 5 min in pot. Can roll young leaves around coconut pieces and eat it with salt. Green fruits edible. Red fruits boiled, salted and eaten.

nifua

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n. kind of parasitic plant

nikriakei

nikriakei
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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.

nipas

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n. vine with edible leaves

nisu manug

nisu manug
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5142)

Example: Children collect young leaves to decorate their exercise books in school. If a person does not want to get too drunk on kava, they will chew 3 leaves before drinking, and spit out remains while swallowing the juice. This plant has the power to reduce effects of Kava.

nitéi

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n. 1. spear, 2. kind of tree

nuirou

nuirou
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5163)

Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

nɨferinfwemamas

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n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

nɨmerian

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n moonlight

nɨmérupwun

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n. Mimosa sp., Bislama: ’Christmas tree’

nɨperɨm

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n. kind of liana

nɨpɨk ~ nepik

nɨpɨk ~ nepik
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n. banyan tree

nɨpɨn ivus

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n. the time after harvest when yam gardens are gradually consumed and replanted

nɨrái

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n. kind of tree with sticky fruit, fruit is not eaten by people, only by birds

nɨsikɨr

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

paopawǔk ia napɨn

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n moth

piak narmitaik

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my elder brother

purɨk

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cow

rangɨk maower

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n my left hand

rerin

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always

sola

sola
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solar panel

suka

suka
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kind of banana, a regular sized banana; very sweet

sɨkɨnmantóu

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n. kind of large taro, from Aneityum

tafha, nafwerouk, kahimaregi, namitɨg , napuei mhia, kormahak, nwera

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n. coconut stages, one through seven

Takiaew sei tasi

Takiaew sei tasi
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Anna’s Chromodoris

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

Takiaew sei tasi

Takiaew sei tasi
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Kuni’s Nudibranch

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

tanak asori

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[tanaka sori] thank you

tannapen

tannapen
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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.

tapinarewen

tapinarewen
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Golden spadefish

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

toti

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belt made of tapa, traditionally used to hold up men’s penis wrappers

tui-tui

tui-tui
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[twitwi] n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

tukraus

tukraus
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[tukrawus] n. unbranched tree, growing next to Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3153)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.

tuwai

tuwai
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n. tree, 15 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

yaku yaku

yaku yaku
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5141)

Yasur

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n volcano

yesu

yesu
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Doublebar goatfish

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

yesu

yesu
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goatfish; this example is possibly a Cinnabar goatfish

yesu

yesu
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Yellowfin goatfish

Example: Photo by John Turnbull, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yéung

yéung
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Black Soldier Fly

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