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v 1. walk, move, be in motion, go, come; 2. combined with the interrogative prefix -ɨf-, implies how, in what manner; 3. with interrogatie prefix and transitive postclitic, implies where

-ahi

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v. bite, chew

-akwekwái

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v var. of -akwai(akwai)

-anuanu

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v nod (as one’s head)

-ara

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v intr live, stay at, exist at

-arukwakurira

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v overtake, bypass

-arukwanɨpwun

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v warm, light a fire to warm a sick person, newborn baby, or new house

araii narek

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cut my penis( circumsision)

asúm

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v. to garden

atirap

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v. look down! (imperative)

awsi

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v. to kill

berkrawɨn

berkrawɨn
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grave

ia-kakwaii nimaii

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v I brushed the new garden

(Bislama) brasem new garen

ia-kawrani taik

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I pick banana

(Bislama) mi karem banana.

ia-kawsini nakukua

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v I read a book

(Bislama) mi ridim book

iepe

Naso brevirostris http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-brevirostris.html
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Spotted Unicornfish

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

kaha raraha

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old grandparents

kamhau

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star pattern

kamkariamkari

Cyrtophora moluccensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120520-Cyrtophora-moluccensis
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Dome Web Spider

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

kaprihapry

To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5109)

Example: To treat strong fever or flu, boil one handful of stem and leaves in 1 liter of water for 5 minutes. Drink this liquid warm, one cup a day for two days.

karaiafinapeck

To reduce the pain of labor, squeeze double handful of leaves into 1 cup of cool water and give to the mother to drink.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5028)

Example: To reduce the pain of labor, squeeze double handful of leaves into 1 cup of cool water and give to the mother to drink.

kararing

kararing
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kind of mushroom

kiri

Zanclus cornutus http://fishbase.org/summary/Zanclus-cornutus.html
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Moorish idol

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

kirianóu

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n. kind of yam

koiameta

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n social moiety

konkamun

Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.
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[kwankamun] n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3002)

Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.

konkriakey

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n. tree. mature green fruit with an abundant white latex, edible (collection: Laurence Ramon #321)

koutkout

Petroica multicolor septentrionalis
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Pacific Robin

Example: Photo by Paul Balfe / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

krawasi

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[krawasi] n. we (two) are smoking

krirɨm krirɨm

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num ten ("five five")

kuanmasekum

1. The inner skin of the stem is used to weave grass skirts and nambas. 2. Pidgeons eat the fruits.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4233)

Example: 1. The inner skin of the stem is used to weave grass skirts and nambas. 2. Pidgeons eat the fruits.

kusan itoga

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n green snail

kuvnpaha

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pearl shell

kwanare

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egg

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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[kwenasənas] 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.

kwanasuaprana

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

kwanfara

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n. pandanus fruit

kwanig

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backbone

kwɨmtákahau

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n. kind of edible legume

Kɨnɨwi

Tenodera australasiae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207783-Tenodera-australasiae
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Purple-winged Mantis

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

makhum

Scarus longipinnis http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-longipinnis.html
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Highfin parrotfish

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

marao

Myripristis pralinia http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-pralinia.html
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Scarlet soldierfish

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

marpan phisir

Cetoscarus ocellatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cetoscarus-ocellatus.html
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Spotted parrotfish (deep sea)

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

nakua tanna

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[nakua tanna] riverbed

namtɨgei

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mud

nanen

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

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

napuei pamrɨmera

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n. species of coconut with green nuts

natatau

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tattoo

natigamera

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n. 1. moss, algae. 2. kind of seaweed

navan

Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5144)

Example: Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.

nawirek

When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5080)

Example: When there are too many rats in house, put a layer of leaves underneath a piece of food in the corner of the house. When the rat steps on the leaf, as the underside is itchy, it will swell the leg of the rat, making it hard for him to move so you can find them in the morning and kill them easily.

nep

nep
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pig killing stick

nimiraia

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n. kind of thick grass

nisae

For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menstruation), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)

Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menstruation), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).

nuas

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[nuas] island cabbage

nuk

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fat

nukwai rangɨk

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n my thumb

nupawir

To treat Dengue Fever, take the leaves, stems flowers and roots, e.g. the whole plant, and squeeze the juice from it, enough to produce 1 cup of liquid. Boil down that liquid until it has color and drinke the whole cup 2 times daily for 3-4 days. This is said to help get rid of pain from the illness.
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n. shrub, 0.8-1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3156)

Example: To treat Dengue Fever, take the leaves, stems flowers and roots, e.g. the whole plant, and squeeze the juice from it, enough to produce 1 cup of liquid. Boil down that liquid until it has color and drinke the whole cup 2 times daily for 3-4 days. This is said to help get rid of pain from the illness.

nurap

Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3039)

Example: Fuel: Dried wood of this plant is used as firewood. Not: This plant is considered the mountain form. There is another form, Nowaripen, found near the sea.

nurkakunien

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beginning

nuvia

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n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

nuviru

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n. kind of banyan with small leaves, Ficus sp.

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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kind of cone shell

nɨfara

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n. kind of pandanus

nɨfata

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n. bed, copra bed

nɨkakiser

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coconut fruit stalk

nɨkatirev

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n. hibiscus

nɨkeghup

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n. wild kava

nɨkoraku

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n. small plant with variegated leaves

nɨmpen

Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger,  take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5076)

Example: Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger, take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.

nɨparom

nɨparom
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n. edible root plant type

nɨsuaio

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n. kind of banyan tree, bark used for tapa cloth

nɨvirákw

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n. tree with stinging leaves, devil nettle, (Dendrocnide sp.)

(Bislama) nangalat

paraha

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East (cardinal direction)

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

pasuwa

Tridacna maxima https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50589-Tridacna-maxima

Small Giant Clam

Example: via inaturalist.org

Pawpawuk

Nyctemera baulus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/202263-Nyctemera-baulus
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Asian Magpie Moth

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

pawpawuk

Lampides boeticus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121993-Lampides-boeticus
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Pea Blue

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

pawpawuk pitew

Hypolimnas bolina

Great Eggfly

penesu

Chlorurus bleekeri http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-bleekeri.html
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Bleeker’s parrotfish

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

penesu

Scarus psittacus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-psittacus.html
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Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pepheer pitew

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

punesu

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n parrotfish (general)

(Bislama) napoleon

rakniaken

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[ʰrakniaken] footpath

reia

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[ʰreja] chicken

reiai

Acanthurus guttatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-guttatus.html
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Whitespotted Surgeonfish

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

rerin

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always

riuwiru

This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding
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n. tree growing in house area in village (collection: Michael J. Balick #4719)

Example: This tree is planted by people around household areas to hold embankments and prevent soil from eroding

ruaran

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daylight

(Bislama) delaet

ruenhi

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bag

rɨgim

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arm

sivur

sivur
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coconut lorikeet

sukapak

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honey

tekɨ kusan

tekɨ kusan
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kind of seashell

tukraus

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.
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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

The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.
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n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

warakou pirei

Taeniura lymma http://fishbase.org/summary/Taeniura-lymma.html
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Ribbontail stingray

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

yaren ia nui

yaren ia nui
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river lobster, kind of prawn

yasur riar makwapahar

yasur riar makwapahar
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n volcanic eruption

yesu

Parupeneus heptacanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-heptacanthus.html
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Cinnabar goatfish

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