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-amasan

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beautiful, good

-amhu

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v. intransitive garden, work in a garden

-apena

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v 1. order, set in order; 2. clean up, police, collect leavings of food (for fear of sorcery)

-apɨti

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v kick, stub one’s foot

-arapinha

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v close (as a door)

-aruéi

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v go astray, lose one’s way, walk off a trail

-askwini

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v var. of -skwini

-árihi

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v whip, strike with a rope or stick

-árupwi

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v 1. spear, stick, pierce, throw (an elongated object); 2. put down, insert, stick something into the ground, plant (as a tree), join; 3. clap, applaud, pat, ringbark (as to kill a tree); 4. be proud, sassy, disrespectful, preen (because of praise)

apa

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alone

apa-nasak ian

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don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

arer

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v. stand (imperative)

ia-kanmi nui

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I drink water

iereme se witasi

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sea devil

jarman

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boy

kapajiko

Lutjanus gibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-gibbus.html
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Humpback red snapper, paddletail

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

kapuapou

Emoia cyanogaster https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38568-Emoia-cyanogaster
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Teal Emo Skink

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

kararɨg

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fungus, small white

kareapɨn

Leaf mixed with Malaxis sp. (MJB 5154) to treat broken bone. Conjunctivitis (pink eye) drip juice from the stem intp the eye 2x day 3 days. Fertility: To cleanse womb squeeze on stem into bottle with water and drink 1L  a day for four days to get pregannt.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5161)

Example: Leaf mixed with Malaxis sp. (MJB 5154) to treat broken bone. Conjunctivitis (pink eye) drip juice from the stem intp the eye 2x day 3 days. Fertility: To cleanse womb squeeze on stem into bottle with water and drink 1L a day for four days to get pregannt.

karkarepa

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vine use to tie houseposts

kaupa

kaupa
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n gate (made of bamboo)

kina

kina
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kiri ramiwa

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n. flying fox flying

kohi

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n my anus

konuwak

Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-coeruleopunctatus.html
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Whitespotted grouper

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

kowava

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kind of taro, has reddish-white flesh like a guava fruit, and has a reddish leaf petiole

kuankuanae

Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5085)

Example: Sawn timber. Open ripe seed with stone or hammer, eat nut inside.

kukureakurai

Lalage leucopyga
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long tailed thriller

kumwer

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ankle

kurɨgen

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n scorpion fish

kwanapuga

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brain coral

kwanare-yaku

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kind of taro, has reddish-white flesh

Example: Good for cooking and making lap-lap

kwanasuprana

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. parasitic epiphyte growing on roots of trees

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

kwankwesi

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kind of taro, has white flesh; this is the common taro

Example: Good for eating

kwawerin

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n baking stones in earth oven

kɨpkɨr

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bird name: kind of warbler?

kɨrha

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n. 1. kind of tree, 2. ladder made from a tree branch

mak apomus

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brown pheasant dove

mak inherɨp

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kind of ground dove

makhum

Scarus prasiognathos http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-prasiognathos.html
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Singapore parrotfish, greenthroat parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

makwa wi

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n new moon (moon phase)

mangopen

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kind of mango, the fruit of this variety has thin skin, sweet flesh; it comes from Fiji

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

miriaki

miriaki
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lizard

nakaw ia nirak

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n my rib

nakukua

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n. book

nakwiari

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type of ceremony

namás

namás
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n. 1. tapa belt (used to hold up penis wrappers, exchanged during nakwiari dances)

nanimek

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my eyes

napeɨn

napeɨn
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[napeɨn] n. machete marks on tree

nauan

Construction: The wood of this tree is used as timber wood. Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruits of this tree. If they are desired, hunters will gather near the tree when fruits are in season. Food: The ripe fruits (black) are consumed occassionally.
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n. well branched tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3032)

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is used as timber wood. Hunting: Flying foxes are known to eat the fruits of this tree. If they are desired, hunters will gather near the tree when fruits are in season. Food: The ripe fruits (black) are consumed occassionally.

nauropang

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nawes

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.
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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.

nei kamuptei

nei kamuptei
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n. ladder

nekaritang

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.
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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.

nekava kava

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their red fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
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[maka:rwa] n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3004)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their red fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

nekavai

Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.
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n. liana growing on trunk of hedycarya dorstenioides, in dense forest along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3009)

Example: Animal Feed: The green leaves of this plant are used to feed pigs. Hunting: The inner part of the long dry rhizome is woven to create a pidgeon trap.

nesen asori

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n. heavy (big) rain

niepi

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n. 1. palm (Metroxylon warburgii), 2. kind of spear

nikeferag

1. Ripe fruits are used to feed pigs. The food is considered to fatten the pigs and is fed to them accordingly.
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n. understory plant, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4209)

Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used to feed pigs. The food is considered to fatten the pigs and is fed to them accordingly.

nkhaourakou

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n. shrub, 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

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.

noukrewha

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n. shrub or bushy tree; parasol leaf tree

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nukune nai

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[nukune nai] n. tree stump

nukwanɨm

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your hair

nukwesi

Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5033)

Example: Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.

nukwetau

In ancient times during cyclone season when no food could be harvested, collect the stem and take the white flesh out of center, and bake in the ground oven. Young leaves cooked like island cabbage and eaten. 2 petiole put together and used to grate banana and fresh taro for cooking. Can split the trunk in pieces to make flooring for house. Nailed to joists/supports.
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n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5086)

Example: In ancient times during cyclone season when no food could be harvested, collect the stem and take the white flesh out of center, and bake in the ground oven. Young leaves cooked like island cabbage and eaten. 2 petiole put together and used to grate banana and fresh taro for cooking. Can split the trunk in pieces to make flooring for house. Nailed to joists/supports.

nurabup

When this tree grows with straight stems it is used for house posts
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[nurapap] 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

nurap

Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.
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n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

nusun riwan

nusun riwan
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plant part to be identified used for tying

nuvia

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n. Crytosperma, Bislama: ’wild taro’

(Bislama) nuvia

nɨfaga

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bow

nɨfrengɨk

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n my earlobe

nɨkava Pama

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n. Paama kava

nɨkava pitov

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n. black kava (stems are black color)

nɨkovakava

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n. driftwood

nɨkɨpisi

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n. sandalwood

nɨmrekɨn

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n. kind of fern, can be used to clean kava root

nɨpokpokai

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fruit stalk (as on a banana)

nɨpɨrak

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n my body

nɨsese

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sweat

peha

peha
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traditional stone axe

penesu

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

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pranema

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caterpillar

pɨsaiov

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middle finger

rewhɨk

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n my molar (tooth)

Ruitkini

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straight

suatuk

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exchange relation

tanak asori

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Thank you

tangarua

Laticauda colubrina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68343-Laticauda-colubrina

Banded Sea Krait

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tasiapen

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html
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Three-Stripe Fusilier

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tasɨnfara

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roots of pandanus

teprakaka

1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.
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n. branched tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4215)

Example: 1. When in flower, a local pidgeon, known as Tikurkak, prepares to lay its eggs. When the fruit dehisces its eggs are considered to have hatched.

tikinao

Pogonatherum crinitum
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n. small grass growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3113)

trimian

People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.
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n. liana growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3096)

Example: People use this plant to soften the hair, by taking the roots and stem, pounding them with a stone, and squeezing the juice into the hair--it is said to make it very soft.

tuburbeï

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n. tree, pale bark with vertical lines of lenticels. (collection: Laurence Ramon #330)

tuprepai

The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood
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n. understory tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3143)

Example: The wood of this tree makes good house posts and is also used as firewood

yakokeikei siao pran

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v I love my wife

(Bislama) mi laekem woman blo mi.

yesu

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goatfish, small and red

yesu

Upeneus vittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Upeneus-vittatus.html
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Yellowstriped goatfish

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