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-ahupwén

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v. hold (food) in a leaf (as do circumcised boys while in seclusion), shield so as not to pollute

-akise

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v forbid, put a stop to

-akw(i)

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v 1. strike, hit (especially with a stone or rifle), have an effect on something; 2. tie together, bring together

-amás

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v intr suckle, nurse

-arkarekɨr

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

-arou(i)

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v reach out, reach in, extend an arm

-arɨgi

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v 1. singe, burn (as hair off a pig), warm, dry by a fire; 2. cook (on a fire)

-atapár

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v cheer, jeer (as a football team)

-árihi

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v whip, strike with a rope or stick

-ásuke

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v swing, oscillate

api

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v. to stick with a knife or spear

Arwerang

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v. open

(Bislama) openem

atiamtɨr

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v. to make twine, by twirling between the fingers

awan meiwaiyio

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v. intransitive walk downhill

Futuna

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Futuna

hasi

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[hasi] n. they are smoking

iaku meia

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kind of turtle

Ianuwao Point

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Ianɨkɨr

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Lenakel

ianɨr

ianɨr
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mullet (fish)

kaha

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grandparent

kakros

Periplaneta americana https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82231-Periplaneta-americana
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American Cockroach

Example: Photo by buggirl13 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

kamkariamkari

Nephila pilipes https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68390-Nephila-pilipes
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Giant Golden Orbweaver

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

karwarwar

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n. thunder

kasusu

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

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

ken

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pig pen

keno

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n cicada

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.

konianaker

Epinephelus polyphekadion http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-polyphekadion.html
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Camouflage grouper (deep sea)

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

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis urodeta http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-urodeta.html
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Darkfin hind, flagtail grouper (deep sea)

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

krirɨm kahar

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num eight

kuanihinihy

Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5034)

Example: Stems can be used as a broom when tied in bunch. When a young woman does not want to have children, she can chew these leaves for one week, spit out fibers and swallow the leaf residue. If she chews four branches of leaves per treatment, two times a day, for one week, she will stay barren for 5-6 years.

kufe

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name of a star constellation

kwankureker

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baby food

kwankwesi

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

Example: Good for eating

kwanpenhɨ-

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chest

kwarisus

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

kwatɨpunaruveruv

Petroica multicolor
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Robin

kwekɨr

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box fish

lili

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n. kind of sugarcane, small, yellow in color

mak afuman

Chalcophaps indica
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Green winged ground pigeon

manhewao pitew

Caranx lugubris http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-lugubris.html
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Black jack (deep sea)

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

marao

Sargocentron tiere http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-tiere.html
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Bluelined squirrelfish, Tahitian squirrelfish

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

nakamako

Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5162)

Example: Fruits are edible, ripe, break open with hammer and eat seeds fresh. Stems for house posts. Stems for carving.

nakorengek

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n my ear

narami yasur

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n lava flow

nare

This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5039)

Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

nari ɨsien

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kind of small, white spider

naruru

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n. kind of tree (signals the taro harvest)

nasitov

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n. Indian coral tree

nasuaiou

Ficus
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[naswajoʊ] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3108)

natehi

The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.
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[nata he] n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4732)

Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.

natgamera

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

nawes

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree to 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nawhan

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. plant (to be identified)

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nawras

People use the fruits as medicine to treat diabetes, "cancer" and ulcers. Collect ripe fruits, put the juice in a bottle and drink. The bark can be boiled in water and consumed to treat diabetes, 1 handfull of bark to 1 liter of water. Drink 3x daily to treat diabetes. It was said that Sam’s wife’s HA1C score went from 14 down to 6 using this remedy.
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[narwas] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3072)

Example: People use the fruits as medicine to treat diabetes, "cancer" and ulcers. Collect ripe fruits, put the juice in a bottle and drink. The bark can be boiled in water and consumed to treat diabetes, 1 handfull of bark to 1 liter of water. Drink 3x daily to treat diabetes. It was said that Sam’s wife’s HA1C score went from 14 down to 6 using this remedy.

nek-ke-hmap

This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist
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n. herb to 2 m tall, growing on the edge of a homestead (collection: Michael J. Balick #4723)

Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist

nenha

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n. coconut fibrous leaf sheath (used to strain kava)

newou

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plant used to make grass skirt

nhewi

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n. kind of yam, edible, white color, used for frying, also in laplap

niemes

Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to  eat these fruits.
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[njiemis] n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 30 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4726)

Example: Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to eat these fruits.

Nihi yasur

Nihi yasur
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n volcanic ash plain

nikriakei

Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.
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[nɨkriakei] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

nimwa

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home

nisa

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machete

noukwerang

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area.

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nukwasighar

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sunlight

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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[nurap] 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.

nɨfaga

nɨfaga
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[nɨfaŋa] bow

nɨkaki-

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n. inalienable friut stem (as of an orange, mango, pumpkin, etc.)

nɨkava pwia

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n. kind of kava with smooth outer bark

nɨkovakava

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n. driftwood

nɨpregɨn

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n navel (belly button)

Pawpawuk

Arcte coerula https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/356216-Arcte-coerula
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Ramie Moth

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

pawpawuk

Vagrans egista https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244221-Vagrans-egista
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Tailed Rustic

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Pawpawuk apusan

Psamatodes abydata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/228899-Psamatodes-abydata
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Dot-lined Angle

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

penesu

Scarus ghobban http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-ghobban.html
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Blue-barred parrotfish

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

penesu

Scarus spinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-spinus.html
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Greensnout parrotfish

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

penesu

Scarus xanthopleura http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-xanthopleura.html
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Red parrotfish

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phumha pitew

Pterocaesio tile http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-tile.html
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Dark-banded fusilier, bluestreak fusilier

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

raiari min ~ rariari min

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n. when something is given

ramerouk ia karwatereii

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throw the stone

(Bislama) sakem stone

rapɨk

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grandparent

rayai

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

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rikao

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something not straight

(Bislama) kruket

rukwemakwa

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evening star

sakhan

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second (unit of time)

takwu

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yam mound

taparwarewa

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n my liver

tapatou

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barracuda (general name)

tupa

tupa
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kind of crab that lives in the black rock or in the coastal area

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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[tuwai] 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.

tɨnɨrup

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basket

tɨpunaku

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kind of fish trap

ume

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

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uritonga

uritonga
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wind direction from the northeast (note that Lindstrom 1986 lists this as "south wind")

vir-viry

Introduced species, no use known.
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n. herb, 40-60 cm tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3252)

Example: Introduced species, no use known.

yakapri

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I sleep

(Bislama) mi silip

yangbu

yangbu
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Blue fly

yapha

Naso unicornis http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-unicornis.html
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Bluespine unicornfish