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-afafáu

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v wear a hat, cover (something)

-akwmakwmwi

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v gum (as one’s food)

-amame

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v/a immobile, confined to a mat or bed

-arouarou

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v waste, expend, use up

-arparetik

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v intr rustle, swish, rasp, scrape

-arupwararini

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v turn aside, turn back (as a person), block

-arágaha (pukpuk)

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v intr move, act, stand or leave simultaneously

akwaku

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n. a type of traditional exchange ceremony

iaku iaku

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

kamkari ~ jamkari

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type of spider

kankapa ramamisa

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he, her, him have a headache

(Bislama) hed blo hem i so.

kapuapu

Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.
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[kəkwapu] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

kararɨg

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fungus, small white

kareng reng

Gerres oyena http://fishbase.org/summary/Gerres-oyena.html
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Common silver-biddy

Example: Photo by Andrey Ryanskiy / FishBase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kareng reng

Gerres filamentosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Gerres-filamentosus.html
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Whipfin silver-biddy

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

karharhi

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n. 1. small taro roots, 2. garden (metaphorically)

karkarepa

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vine use to tie houseposts

karuarua

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thunder

karuarua

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, small

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

karwarwar

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[karwarwar] thunder

kasusu

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

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

kaunáun

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middle vent in Iasur crater

kavitnavit

Myiagra caledonica
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Broadbilled Flycatcher

kenasenas

The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.
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n. epiphytic orchid on tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4219)

Example: The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.

kesiesi

kesiesi
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footbridge made of wood and bamboo

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

kitkit

kitkit
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n. round basket made of coconut leaves

konquaequae

Young plants for roof rafters, larger plants used for house posts. Women who get pregnant with someone else besides husband use this to abort. Boil a double handful of scraped stem in water and drink 1 cup four times daily to abort. Fruits are edible. Cut it open and eat what’s inside.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5036)

Example: Young plants for roof rafters, larger plants used for house posts. Women who get pregnant with someone else besides husband use this to abort. Boil a double handful of scraped stem in water and drink 1 cup four times daily to abort. Fruits are edible. Cut it open and eat what’s inside.

krirɨm krirɨm

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num ten ("five five")

kurarurar

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n month name (archaic) corresponding to September

kwanare reia

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egg of chicken

kwanasanas

Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.
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n. epiphyte growing on neonauclea forsteri trunk, about 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2977)

Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used to decorate one’s face during kastom ceremonies. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

kwankwikwa

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n larva

kwankwikwa

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n lava bomb

kwanpapa

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n. fruit of the niemis tree

kwataikwataik

kwataikwataik
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half beak fish

kwatɨpunaruveruv

Petroica multicolor
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Robin

kweiei

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rudder fish

kweiei

Ctenochaetus striatus
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Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth, small silver scaled fish

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

kɨrkɨr

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n. kind of plant, used to make ropes

kɨrukɨru

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type of fish spearing arrow with two barbs

lili

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n. kind of sugarcane, small, yellow in color

mai nakukua

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n. paper

mimináu

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volcanic glass shards (Pele’s hair)

minin tonga

Siganus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-lineatus.html
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Golden-lined spinefoot, lined rabbitfish

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

murukmuruk

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kind of insect, wood boring

Mwatiktiki

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culture hero name

mwirmwir

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twins

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.

nakous sei karkarepa

nakous sei karkarepa
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plant material used to bind cyclone house posts

nakwarawkwara

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n star constellation

namatamai

Lethrinus erythropterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-erythropterus.html
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Longfin emperor

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

namatamai

Lethrinus ornatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-ornatus.html
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Ornate emperor

Example: Photo by Digital Archives of Taiwan / via catalog.digitalarchi License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namatamai

Lethrinus nebulosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-nebulosus.html
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Spangled emperor

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namnamug

Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5155)

Example: Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.

namramiri

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create any part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Hunting: Pidgeons are attracted to this plant for their fruit. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the pidgeon.
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[namrami:ri] n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3001)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create any part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Hunting: Pidgeons are attracted to this plant for their fruit. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the pidgeon.

napkapi

Feed pigs with the bark of this tree, and mix it with pig food as well. When eaten, this bark will help make the pig grow fat. When the fruits are ripe, they get sticky and this can be used to trap birds. Put these fruits around a cut up papaya, and put that in a clear place--when the birds come to eat the papaya they get stuck by the fruits and can be caught.
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n. tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3262)

Example: Feed pigs with the bark of this tree, and mix it with pig food as well. When eaten, this bark will help make the pig grow fat. When the fruits are ripe, they get sticky and this can be used to trap birds. Put these fruits around a cut up papaya, and put that in a clear place--when the birds come to eat the papaya they get stuck by the fruits and can be caught.

napkapki

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree with green sweet-smelling flowers

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nasasa

The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.
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[nasasa] n. banyan growing next to house along main path. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3150)

Example: The bark of this tree is used to make a kastom strap, particularly worn in the Toka Dance, where people have different ranks, and the kastom belt of this bark shows a person’s rank.

nekes kes

When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.
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[nakɨskɨs] n. parasite on fallen ficus branch, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3136)

Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.

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)

nenes

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n. heat

nerer

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.
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[narɨr] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2972)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.

nimimis

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n. a kind of sugarcane, small

nitata

nitata
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coconut shell for drinking

nokekeien

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v. to love

noufoua

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered  one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.
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[nəfua] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3010)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. It is considered one of the finest woods for this purpose. Ornamental: Branches of this tree are used to create carvings.

nua popo

When a person is stung by a jellyfish, take 5-6 leaves and whip the sore for 5-10 minutes and this will reduce the soreness of the wound.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5158)

Example: When a person is stung by a jellyfish, take 5-6 leaves and whip the sore for 5-10 minutes and this will reduce the soreness of the wound.

nuapupu

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n. kind of beach vine

nuckuck

To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5064)

Example: To treat burns, take 8 tips of this fern, chew it and put on as a poutltice on burn itself, leaving it for 2 days. This will dry the sore faster and heal it faster.

nuksuka

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n. kind of yam, sweet, edible, white color

nukuk-arman

Unspecified secret medicine
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n. epiphyte on trunk of ficus tree, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3128)

Example: Unspecified secret medicine

nunu

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breast

nɨkava mɨsinsinier

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n. kind of kava with variegated leaves

nɨmakeke

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coral

nɨmwaktakéiv

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

nɨpunɨpun

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[nɨpunpun] n. spider web

nɨpunɨpun

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spider web

nɨpɨk anan

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n. kind of banyan tree

nɨpɨn rapwanapwan

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hot, rainy season

nɨsese

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sweat

nɨsɨmesɨme

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who? (plural)

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

pagaivii amramera sarariman

Cheilinus undulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-undulatus.html
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Humphead wrasse (male)

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

pawpawuk

Hypolimnas antilope https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199968-Hypolimnas-antilope
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Spotted Crow Eggfly

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

pawpawuk

Luthrodes cleotas https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/472288-Luthrodes-cleotas
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t.o Gossamer-winged Butterfly

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

pawpawuk

Thyas coronata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121948-Thyas-coronata
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t.o. Owlet Moth

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

pawpawuk pitew

Hypolimnas bolina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70174-Hypolimnas-bolina
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Great Eggfly

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pitupitu

pitupitu

grass hopper

pusanpusan

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kind of fish

rerenakuang

Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
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[rerenakwaŋ] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

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

saisai

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n. arrow

sasave

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n. kind of sugarcane

tamtamku

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n month name (archaic, corresponding to November)

taparwarewa-ia-nirak

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n my lung

tautau

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n. small flying fox

trakwakwi

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tomorrow

tui-tui

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.
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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.

ɨprɨpre

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v. transitive to strip like leaves, or pinch off