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-aias

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v. sweep, clear away garden debris

-akupwɨn

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v 1. precede, go first, go before (particularly when walking); 2. do something first

-akwekwái

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v var. of -akwai(akwai)

-akwsén

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v 1. crumble, break into pieces; divide, rip in half (as bread, biscuit)

-ap

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v intr leave, exit, escape, run away

-arfái

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v drop (as a box or stone), let go of

-arisi

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v 1. edge, weave a border (of a basket or mat); 2. be full (as a container of liquid), come up to the edge of a container; 3. conclude (as a discussion), reach an agreement; 4. whip, strike with a rope or stick

-arkarekɨr

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v 1. wrestle, struggle, throw a tantrum (as a child on the ground); 2. scratch (as a hen)

-aruái

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

-arɨku

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v buy, pay a salary, pay someone for something

-ateti

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v connect, bring together (as two fire logs), box (as two men)

-atiamtɨr

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v make twine, twirl between fingers

-árɨgɨn

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v fill, stuff (as tobacco into a pipe), insert (as food into a bamboo section to bake)

apa

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alone

Fira

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Port Vila

ia-kamapri

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I sleep

ia-kasipao ia kurimatao me

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v I watch the cows

Iatukwei

Iatukwei
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Iatukwei village

kapen

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cricket

kapherɨs apusan

kapherɨs apusan
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kind of shell

kapɨrápɨra ~ kaprapra

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n. coconut leaf basket

kareikɨpwier

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stone wall

kasimi

Tyto javanica delicatula
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Eastern Barn Owl

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

katiaitukros

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kind of sugarcane

kereiri

kereiri
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traditional woven fan

kerupwun

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n type of woven mat

konambre

To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5153)

Example: To make tattoo, draw design and then take youngest emerging stem and rub along design. Follow design and it will burn a design in your skin. Birds eat fruits as do fruit bats.

konuwak sara phisir phisir

Plectorhinchus vittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-vittatus.html
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Oriental sweetlips

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

kumesen

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n. God

kusan

kusan
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kind of sea snail, edible

kwanaroti

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club, with serrated edges

kwankwesi

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n. kind of taro

kwarisus

Sterculia banksiana
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5165)

kwawerin

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n baking stones in earth oven

kwekao

Hemidactylus frenatus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51940-Hemidactylus-frenatus

Asian House Gecko

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

kɨmkɨn

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n. pumpkin

(Bislama) kƗmkƗn

kɨta

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n horsefly

lastik

lastik
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n slingshot (Bislama?)

mafe

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planet name

makhum

Scarus rubroviolaceus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-rubroviolaceus.html
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Ember parrotfish, redlip parrotfish

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

makwa sa rukwai nui

makwa sa rukwai nui
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n waning crescent (moon phase)

manapuei

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n. coconut leaf roof thatching

manhewao sarariman

Caranx melampygus http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-melampygus.html
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Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)

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

murukmuruk

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kind of insect, wood boring

mɨrɨris

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kind of fish

nafeiruan

Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5089)

Example: Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.

nakwa

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ghost

Nakwai Makwa

Nakwai Makwa
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n moon crater

nakwai nei

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fruit

namarinuian

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peace

Example: peace between two peoples or two tribes

namirau

Construction: The wood of this tree is strong and considered a choice wood for house construction. Fuel: The wood of this tree is used as an excellent firewood.
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[nami̤rew] n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3042)

Example: Construction: The wood of this tree is strong and considered a choice wood for house construction. Fuel: The wood of this tree is used as an excellent firewood.

napar

napar
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bamboo wall of house

nare

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leaf worn on head

Narougen-ian

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during fight

narɨp

narɨp
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knot made of vine and holding together posts of cyclone house

Nasorian

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n my waist

natigamera

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

naurám

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n. kind of wild yam

neiapsan

Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)

Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

neni

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goat

newou pitov

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black newou plant

nifeag

1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.
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n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)

Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.

niknapus

Young boys make bows from the stems of this plant, and use them for hunting as the wood is hard and strong. If a boy needs a bow urgently, to hunt, he can use this.
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n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3067)

Example: Young boys make bows from the stems of this plant, and use them for hunting as the wood is hard and strong. If a boy needs a bow urgently, to hunt, he can use this.

niknapus

Acalypha wilkesiana
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[nikinapas] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)

nimeaw

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering plant

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nimituak

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n. high prestige yam

nimreki

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n. root fibre

niér

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n. casuarina

nokekeien

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v. to love

nuak

When women go to the garden and have a backpack or basket, they tie it up with this vine--the vine makes an excellent rope overall. When a person catches a bird, climb a tree and put sap from this vine in its eye to blind him so he does not fly away. Apply this to small chicks in their nest. Birds then will grow to eating size and not fly away. When children have an ear infection that yields pus, chew the young leaves of this plant and spit into their ear to stop the pus that is coming out. If a person wants to drink from a pool of dirty water, put the vine in it to help purify the water.
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n. vine climbing up ficus wasa tree to a height of 5 m above ground, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers purplish-blue with white throat. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3242)

Example: When women go to the garden and have a backpack or basket, they tie it up with this vine--the vine makes an excellent rope overall. When a person catches a bird, climb a tree and put sap from this vine in its eye to blind him so he does not fly away. Apply this to small chicks in their nest. Birds then will grow to eating size and not fly away. When children have an ear infection that yields pus, chew the young leaves of this plant and spit into their ear to stop the pus that is coming out. If a person wants to drink from a pool of dirty water, put the vine in it to help purify the water.

nukune

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horizon

nɨfaga

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bow

nɨferinfwemamas

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n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

nɨkava nɨkovrariki

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n. kind of kava with many small branches

nɨkweto

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n. 1. fern tree (black palm), 2. barbed arrow (made of nɨkweto wood)

nɨkɨrhanekin

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

nɨmaha

nɨmaha
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reef, growing coral

nɨmɨmis

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n. kind of sugarcane (see -mƗmis)

Pawpawuk

Tirumala hamata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/197078-Tirumala-hamata

Blue Wanderer

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

pawpawuk

Cepora perimale https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/368130-Cepora-perimale
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Caper Gull

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

penesu

Chlorurus japanensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Chlorurus-japanensis.html
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Palecheek parrotfish, Japanese parrotfish

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

prea-

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cousin (older mother’s sister’s child, older father’s brother’s child)

puka purumun

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wild pig

punesu

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n parrotfish (general)

(Bislama) napoleon

purɨk

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cow

rehwiir

Acanthurus triostegus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-triostegus.html
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Convict surgeonfish, convict tang

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

rerin

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always

rinak

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my mum, my mother

ringkai

Fregata minor
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[rigai ~ ringgai] Great Frigatebird

Example: Photo by Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

taik pani kuau

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n. type of banana, largest kind, used to make laplap

tapu

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grave

tehmian

Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.
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n. shrub, 3-3.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3245)

Example: Children eat the ripe fruits of this plant. If a person has a sore, mash the leaves and put it on the sore to heal it. To ease delivery of a child, squeeze juice from many leaves into a 1.5 l bottle and drink all at once. This will facilitate delivery.

temɨn

temɨn
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canoe parts: outrigger float (also denotes people who live close to the sea, as opposed to people who live inland)

teperpei

Unspecified, secret medicinal use.
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n. tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3227)

Example: Unspecified, secret medicinal use.

tera

If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5116)

Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

tonu

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n fish species: possibly a type of grouper

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.

tuai

1. Pidgeons ear the fruits. 2. The wood, being pliable, is used to fashion the limbs of hunting bows. 3. The bole is used as posts in western style houses.
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4236)

Example: 1. Pidgeons ear the fruits. 2. The wood, being pliable, is used to fashion the limbs of hunting bows. 3. The bole is used as posts in western style houses.

tɨpwesin

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n tidal pool, salt evaporation pool

yesu

Upeneus taeniopterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Upeneus-taeniopterus.html
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Finstripe goatfish

Example: Photo by Robert Pillon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia