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-ahatata

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v 1. lean against; 2. believe in, depend on

-akwrigi

v wring, wring out (as kava from a strainer), squeeze by hand

-ani

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v tr eat, consume

-arukwáu

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v intr intersect, cross, lie across

-asighi

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v lead (as an animal), tie a rope around to lead, drive, drive on

-ataka

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v flee, become a refugee

-ataki

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v 1. prepare, make ready (implies secrecy?); 2. act alone or anti-socially, avoid agreement

-ásuke

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v swing, oscillate

argahi

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v. bite out or scrape with teeth

arukwinhum

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v. to wear a penis wrapper

averi

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v. to peel skin or husk

Fira

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Port Vila

ia-kregi raraha

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I am sad

iaku-iaku (iaku-iaku)

Portulaca oleracea
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n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

ianɨr

Chanos chanos http://fishbase.org/summary/Chanos-chanos.html
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Milkfish

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

iapwas

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a stage of coconut development

Ikinan- rumunan

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holy place

karuarewa

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kind of breadfruit, produces small round fruits with small projections (described as small needles) on the outside of the fruit. The tree is very tall

kaupa

kaupa
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n gate (made of bamboo)

konianaker

Epinephelus corallicola http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-corallicola.html
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Coral grouper, coral rock grouper (deep sea)

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

konianaker

Epinephelus merra http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-merra.html
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Honeycomb grouper (deep sea)

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

konianaker

Epinephelus hexagonatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-hexagonatus.html
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Starspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

krirɨm krirɨm

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num ten ("five five")

kuayei pitew

Kyphosus cinerascens http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-cinerascens.html
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Blue sea chub, snubnose chub, topsail drummer

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

kwanakur

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n. 1. kind of tree (bark used for rope), 2. cool season

kwanapuirahakw

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initial stage of coconut development

Example: Coconut fruit bud

kwanare reia

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egg of chicken

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).

kwatafa

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club, with rounded head

kwataikwataik

kwataikwataik
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half beak fish

kwatigɨs

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a stage of coconut development

kwawerin

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n baking stones in earth oven

kweiei

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rudder fish

kɨtkɨt

kɨtkɨt
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basket, flat with two handles

mak apomus

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brown pheasant dove

makwa sa rukwai nui

makwa sa rukwai nui
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n waning crescent (moon phase)

marangmarang

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kava type

mark apamus

Macropygia mackinlayi
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Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove

Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

mwatuk

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penis

nakefiji

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kind of plantain from Fiji

Example: Used for cooking

nakéiv

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n. kind of banana

namakuian va takouar

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cloudy in the mountain

namitɨg

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coconut development stage 4

Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens

Nanimwhin

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spirit

napoti sarapiran

Plectorhinchus gibbosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-gibbosus.html
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Harry hotlips (female)

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

napuei tafa

napuei tafa
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n. stage 1 in the development of coconuts, very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

natahi

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

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.

natɨmi

Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5066)

Example: Stem used for sawn timber. Eat the nut inside the large fruit. To do this, peel skin off nut and eat raw.

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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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.

nefeg

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.
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[nəfwe:ŋ] n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2985)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.

nehev

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valley, ravine

nekeinap

When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3248)

Example: When people chew the kava root for processing, they spit it on this leaf. It is sort of a magic leaf for picking up a person--put 4 leaves together, 2 per side and then lift the person up.

nekira

Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5060)

Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

nenouenoueien

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nevo ɨkɨrakiri

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Hibiscus tiliaceus

newou

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plant used to make grass skirt

niemhis

Young leaves are edible fresh or can be boiled for 5 min in pot.  Can roll young leaves around coconut pieces and eat it with salt. Green fruits edible. Red fruits boiled, salted and eaten.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5123)

Example: Young leaves are edible fresh or can be boiled for 5 min in pot. Can roll young leaves around coconut pieces and eat it with salt. Green fruits edible. Red fruits boiled, salted and eaten.

nimwheiov

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n. tree used for house posts

ninikiri

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kind of taro, has dark red flesh. It might be a different genus

Example: Used to make lap-lap

nipirey

Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5017)

Example: Collect young leaves and boil in water or fry it and eat as a cabbage. To cover fish for cooking, take petiole with many leaves and bend to cover fish and put in sauce pan. When cooked eat fish and leaves.

nisei

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

noukwetao

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

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nukune nai

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[nukune nai] n. tree stump

nukunenap

Gallus gallus
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Red Jungle Fowl (female)

Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

nurapw

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n. kind of tree with yellow flowers and small inedible fruit that is red when ripe

nurha

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n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bark container used to wrap baked food

nɨfara

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n. kind of pandanus

nɨkeghup

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n. wild kava

nɨkoukau

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bridge

nɨmnave, nemnave

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n. a type of sugarcane, with brown skin, very sweet, planted in gardens

nɨperɨm

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n. kind of liana

nɨpɨk rerin

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n. kind of banyan tree with large leaves and fruit

nɨsuaio

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

pagaivii phisir sarariman

Cheilinus trilobatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-trilobatus.html
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Tripletail wrasse (male)

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

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 niger http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-niger.html
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Dusky parrotfish, swarthy parrotfish

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peraha

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seawards

punwar

punwar
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n. tree that has seed pods (to be identified)

pusi

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cat

(Bislama) pusi

rangho

Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus http://fishbase.org/summary/Tylosurus-crocodilus.html
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Hound needlefish, crocodile long-tom

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

reia

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[ʰreja] chicken

rihing-keu

This tree is poisonous to goats, cattle-if they eat it they will die. The wood is used to make rafters for houses as well as burned as firewood.
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[rɨŋkew] n. understory tree growing in area of Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3154)

Example: This tree is poisonous to goats, cattle-if they eat it they will die. The wood is used to make rafters for houses as well as burned as firewood.

rimini

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n. father, dad

ros

Ornamental plant
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[tras] n. shrub to 1 m tall, flowers red. Ornamental plant in homestead garden. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4735)

Example: Ornamental plant

sakhan

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second (unit of time)

sap sap

The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.
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[sap sap] n. herb, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3146)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used as a styptic, to reduce blood flow from a wound and promote faster healing of a sore. If a person has a sore or fresh cut that is oozing, the leaves are mashed and their "juice" is put directly on the affected area, twice daily until the wound is healed.

suatouk sei kamahao

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n star path

sɨkɨnmantóu

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n. kind of large taro, from Aneityum

tafha, nafwerouk, kahimaregi, namitɨg , napuei mhia, kormahak, nwera

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n. coconut stages, one through seven

tamarua

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n youth, circumcised boy up to the age of marriage (i.e., approx. 5 to 18 years of age)

tarheináu

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n panpipes

tihí

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n. inalienable flower

turlmata

The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.
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n. vine in hibiscus tiliaceus tree, growing on rocky roadside cut along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3163)

Example: The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.

tɨpuk

tɨpuk
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n house component: side wall of house made of wild cane and bamboo

tɨsi-

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n. inalienable 1. classifier word for supporting aerial roots (as of a banyan, pandanus), 2. thorn

uapu, kuapuapu

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kind of skink

uvtuvt

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kind of centipede

yatir

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kind of plantain, a small plantain

Example: Used for cooking (boiling)

yéung

Hermetia illucens https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82177-Hermetia-illucens
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Black Soldier Fly

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