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-afɨri

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v paint (especially one’s face during ceremonial events)

-akerha

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v crawl, walk carefully (as on a narrow path or cliff edge)

-akise

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v forbid, put a stop to

-amasan

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beautiful, good

-amtér

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v life up, stand up (from a prone position), arise, life something which is on the ground

-apweua

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v avoid, draw back, shrink from

-aragha

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v intr see -aragaha

-arimi

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v. husk, skin (as a coconut)

-arpakáu

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v 1. construct, build (a house, table, canoe), repair; 2. specialise, make well, have knowledge of, be wise in

-arukwapitov

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v shadow, shade, eclipse, block light

-aruái

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v spit, spit out (as chewed kava onto a leaf to wait further preparation)

-ataka

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v flee, become a refugee

-ateri

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

-atɨgái

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v swallow

aice

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snow

amahán ~ amasan

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adj. good, beautiful, useful

aosi puka

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kill pig

en masou

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go dive

ia-kerip ia nɨfaga

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I shoot an arrow

iaku-iaku

Portulaca oleracea
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[jaku jaku] n. kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

ieremha

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n. ancestor

iou iti

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friend

itoga

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foreign, imported, from the east

jereme

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devil

kaepaepae kequahu

When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5108)

Example: When woman does not have period for 2-3 months and is pregnant, people say the lizard could eat the baby. To avoid this, boil a handful of stem shavings in 1/2 L water, for 6 minutes and give this drink to the woman twice a day for 5 days. Then the bleeding will stop. There are also dietary restrictions: no coconut, oil, salt, curry. The woman can also not swim in sea for 5 days. But the baby will be healthy if these instructions are followed.

kafete

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n. sleeping mat made of pandanus

kaiapomus

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a kind of shellfish

karuarua

Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
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[kawəwə] n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

karwarwar

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[karwarwar] thunder

kofi

kofi
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coffee beans (Bislama)

kohi

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n my anus

koka

koka
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Trigger fish

kostrog

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[kostron] lemon

kourun

kourun
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kind of banana

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

kreirai

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club, with star shaped head

kwankwá-

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n. inalienable fruit, offpsring

kwanuvekɨr

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n. Barringtonia edulis (Cut Nut Tree)

kwanwekɨr

Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5041)

Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).

kwawerin

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n baking stones in earth oven

kɨmkɨn

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n. pumpkin

(Bislama) kƗmkƗn

kɨpwiai

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beetle

makhum

Scarus globiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-globiceps.html
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Globehead parrotfish

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

menu

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bird

mɨtiro

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kind of fish

nakwiari

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type of ceremony

nakwie en

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n hail

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

namiraou

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

napɨk

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.
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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.

narami kari

1. Fowl sometimes lay their eggs in the center of these ferns.
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n. epiphyte; prominent ridge on abaxial surface of costa. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2614)

Example: 1. Fowl sometimes lay their eggs in the center of these ferns.

nare

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. taro (Colocasia)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nari neis

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two days ago

nari-noien

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n. something to do

naring

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n. tree, 5-6 m h (collection: Laurence Ramon #318)

natgamera

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

natís

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n. kind of plant with small purple flowers

neik

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n. Coleus sp.

neil

neil
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nail (Bislama?)

newou

Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.
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[ne̤wo] n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3079)

Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.

nikovahaien

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n. fork of a tree

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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[nəkora:ku] 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.

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.

noukwerang

People use the seeds and stem of this tree for fish poison. Pound the seed and wood and put it in a pool in the ocean at low tide. Fish are stunned and can be harvested.
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3109)

Example: People use the seeds and stem of this tree for fish poison. Pound the seed and wood and put it in a pool in the ocean at low tide. Fish are stunned and can be harvested.

nukumeou

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n. charcoal

nukune

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horizon

nurur

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n. circumcision

nɨfregi

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n. kind of vine

nɨkava apusan

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n. white kava

nɨkava itoga

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alcoholic drink

nɨkɨrhanekin

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n. traditional medicine, cure for illness caused by Mwatiktiki (culture hero responsible for yam growth)

nɨmarɨ

nɨmarɨ
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n. kind of laplap made from bananas and coconut

nɨmei raer

Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)

Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.

nɨpakau

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coconut leaf stalk

nɨsɨsauien

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storm

piak

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brother

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus harak http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-harak.html
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Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor

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

puta

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North (cardinal direction)

rafo

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what

Ramasikin

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hold or take something

Example: young people hold chew kava to drink. or old people walking with walking stick

rewi nɨmeri

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[ʰrewi nɨmeri] n. thorn

reyai

Platax orbicularis http://fishbase.org/summary/Platax-orbicularis.html
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Orbicular batfish

Example: Photo by Elias Levy / Flickr, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

riminhi

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dad

ruareng

To treat constipation, squeeze a handful of leaves into a half cup of room temperature water, and 10 minutes later the bowel will move. It is said to taste nasty.
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n. shrub, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3155)

Example: To treat constipation, squeeze a handful of leaves into a half cup of room temperature water, and 10 minutes later the bowel will move. It is said to taste nasty.

ruerau

Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used as a decoration. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.
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n. terrestrial orchid growing in open field next to disturbed forest along ridge track. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2987)

Example: Ornamental: The tiny seeds, appearing as a powder, are used as a decoration. The plant is used when the fruit is yellow.

ruwama narisian

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died laughing

(Bislama) det laf

suatouk sei nimarim

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n path joining village with nakamal

swatuk ~ swantuk

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n. pathway, footpath

Tamtam

Tamtam
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bamboo slit gong used to signal approach by woman to nakamal

taoura ia nipeka

taoura ia nipeka
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I am braiding coconut rope

tapang ia nusouk matuk

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n my right foot

tapatou

Sphyraena obtusata http://fishbase.org/summary/Sphyraena-obtusata.html
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Yellowtail barracuda

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

tapi

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planting hole (for banana, taro)

tasɨnfara

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roots of pandanus

tesereng

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh and is said to be the original yam from this place on Tanna. It is harder to grow than many yams

Example: There is a story that an evil spirit stole this yam during the time of the ancestors, taking it from this area to the other side of the volcano. Because the spirit took the best part of the yam, leaving the worst part, this one became hard to grow

tipurpai

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.
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[tɨpurpaɪ] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2980)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of house. It is considered a strong wood.

twe twe

Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5090)

Example: Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles

wipin napiran

Alectis ciliaris http://fishbase.org/summary/Alectis-ciliaris.html
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African pompano (female)

Example: Photo by Bernie Dupont, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

yangawhir ~ yaniawir

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

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

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