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-agkiari

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v speak, talk, debate

-akeki

v scrape out, spoon out

-aruagɨn

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v intr make war, fight (as local groups)

-arukwakurira

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v overtake, bypass

-arukwevur

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drown

-arukwɨpahar

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v intr var. of akwɨpahar

-asás

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v intr drop, let drop (as leaves or fruit), fall

-ataki

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

akwararen

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adj. slippery

awehi

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v. take! or hold! (imperative)

fatu

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vatu (currency unit)

Green Point

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ia-kamapri

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I sleep

ia-kawapur

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v I run with speed

iaiaia

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n. lichen

iakrés

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thief

iamɨnier

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n. kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

iaran

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day

iepe

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

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

jereme

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devil

kapajiko

Lutjanus fulviflamma http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-fulviflamma.html
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Dory snapper

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef life Survey, License: CC-BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

karuarua

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, small

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

kasoso

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[kasoso] small devil

katarauia

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n kind of shellfish, possibly abalone

kaukieri

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my brother in law, my brother-in-law

kaumeg

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n. coconut which has been shelled leaving intact its meat

kavitnavit

Myiagra caledonica
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Broadbilled Flycatcher

kipori

kipori
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kind of sea cucumber

kisup

Charonia tritonis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/121741-Charonia-tritonis

Triton’s Trumpet

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

kon

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n. corn

(Bislama) kon

koniere

The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.
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[kwanjere] n. tree, 12-13 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3089)

Example: The nut inside of the fruit contains sap. Cut a fruit in half and stick it to a person’s arm, and then take it off, put earth on the place where the sap is, and it makes a temporary tatoo that lasts for 3-4 days. This fruit is the best flying fox food, and when the tree has ripe fruits many flying foxes go there to feed, and hunters know this. The fruits are eaten by people as well.

konkori

Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5099)

Example: Fruits edible and sold in market to earn money.

kopreki

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type of laplap

korkwao tanna

Oceanodroma matsudaira
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Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

kueria ia natom

Accipiter hiogaster
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Variable Goshawk

Example: Photo by olanuxer / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr

kurukuru

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n small stones, pebbles

kwajia

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n. one

kwanakurakura

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n. secondary forest growth (e.g., over a garden site)

kwanatis

The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.
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n. herb to 75 cm tall, flowers purple (collection: Michael J. Balick #4731)

Example: The stems of this plant are bound together to make a local broom.

kwanig

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backbone

kwankouru

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kind of bird trape ( triangle shape)

kwanmatau

kwanmatau
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fish hook

kwansun-awihi

kwansun-awihi
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kind of seashell

kwansuvas

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n. seed of nƗsuvás

mai-nɨfara

mai-nɨfara
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leaf used to wrap kava roots for ceremonial purposes

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

makopou

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kind of breadfruit, produces a very round fruit, that is good for eating

Example: After roasting it on the fire, peel it and toss it into the sea for 2 minutes, then it can be eaten. If not tossed into the seawater, it does not taste very good. The stems are not useful to make canoes

makwa pam

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n waning gibbous (moon phase)

makwa wi

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n new moon (moon phase)

mantri

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n. mandarin orange, tangerine

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

minin akwes

Acanthurus nigrofuscus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-nigrofuscus.html
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Brown surgeonfish

Example: Photo by David Burdick / via guamreefli License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

minin tonga

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

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

nakongar

This plant has an aroma, and people are said to take the leaf and squeeze it on them in a shower or while bathing with the purpose of keeping evil spirts away. In particular, this can be used when a person is doing a Toka dance, or when that person is visiting a cemetary, burying a person--to avoid having a problem with the spirits. This can also be used with Euodia hortensis (Plunkett et al. 3077) or alone.
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[nako̤ŋhar] n. tree, 7-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3100)

Example: This plant has an aroma, and people are said to take the leaf and squeeze it on them in a shower or while bathing with the purpose of keeping evil spirts away. In particular, this can be used when a person is doing a Toka dance, or when that person is visiting a cemetary, burying a person--to avoid having a problem with the spirits. This can also be used with Euodia hortensis (Plunkett et al. 3077) or alone.

namwapen

Acanthurus blochii http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-blochii.html
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Ringtail surgeonfish

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

nangai

Fruits have edible seeds. To prepare, sun dry the fruits, break kernal and roast or boil the nut inside. Is a common food plant. The wood makes good timber. The latex can be collected, put in a tin and then heated over a fire. It turns black and can be used as black paint. It also smells nice when heated.
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[naŋe] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3141)

Example: Fruits have edible seeds. To prepare, sun dry the fruits, break kernal and roast or boil the nut inside. Is a common food plant. The wood makes good timber. The latex can be collected, put in a tin and then heated over a fire. It turns black and can be used as black paint. It also smells nice when heated.

nanina-asori

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n my large intestine

nareg

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Food: The green leaf of this plant is used as a wrap when cooking fish over a fire. Clothing: The peeled inner bark of this plant is dried and then used as fastener or strap for other clothing during kastom ceremonies.
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[na:riŋ] n. tree, 10-12 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2997)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their fruits. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox. Food: The green leaf of this plant is used as a wrap when cooking fish over a fire. Clothing: The peeled inner bark of this plant is dried and then used as fastener or strap for other clothing during kastom ceremonies.

nasemer

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kind of breadfruit, produces a very long stem, the highest of any breadfruit, and then forms fruits when it becomes a very tall tree

Example: The wood is no good for making canoes as it is too soft

nawawa

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. well branched tree, 10 m tall

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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.

nemrapep

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
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[nemra:pɨp] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)

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

nerer

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.
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n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2972)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Fish Poison: To help catch fish, a bundle of leaves are squeezed and placed in a stream. After some time, the fish appear stunned and are caught.

netwar

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Netwar language, spoken on Tanna Island

nimai

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n. leaves

nimapare

nimapare
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n. strongest type of traditional Nafe house, made of bamboo and coconut

nimewae

Use stem to build roof rafters. Before people had matches, this plant was used to light fires by rubbing one stem of this against another piece of the same tree.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5061)

Example: Use stem to build roof rafters. Before people had matches, this plant was used to light fires by rubbing one stem of this against another piece of the same tree.

ning

When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.
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n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

nisa

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machete

nououa

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n. tree with spiky red and yellow flowers, not used for anything

numun

numun
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earth oven

nɨkenaku jeniram

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your heart

nɨkoraku

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n. small plant with variegated leaves

nɨmai nei

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n. forest

nɨmakwinari

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n. traditional ’leaf’ medicines (general term)

nɨmiraia

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n. kind of thick grass

nɨmirɨki taru irama

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n moustache

nɨmu awhu

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small fish

nɨpatakinuwak

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n my neck

nɨpunɨpun

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[nɨpunɨpun] spider web

nɨspos

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house parts: woven coconut mat used in thatching

Pawpawuk

Junonia villida https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/197079-Junonia-villida
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Meadow Argus

Example: Photo by obinfiji / 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

penesu

Scarus schlegeli http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-schlegeli.html
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Yellowband parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

penesu pitew

Bolbometopon muricatum http://fishbase.org/summary/Bolbometopon-muricatum.html
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Green humphead parrotfish, bumphead parrotfish

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

phuma phisir

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html
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Three-stripe fusilier

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

pranawhi sei kijirimak sa namritaik

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my elder sisiter’s daughter

rerenakuang

Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.
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[rerenakwaŋ] n. herb growing on roadside along coast road. Flowers yellow. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3166)

Example: Children are said to chew the branches of this plant to give them a "bigger (stronger) voice.

rini

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n. mother, mama

ruaran

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daylight

(Bislama) delaet

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.

suatuk

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exchange relation, exchange road

tanak asori

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[tanaka sori] thank you

teik itoga

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kind of banana, small ladyfingers

tui-tui

The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.
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[twitwi] n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

tɨmri

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n. cutting of leaves or top portion of taro or sugarcane stalk set aside for replanting

tɨpaha

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boiled coconut milk

yakamema

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v I am sick

(Bislama) mi sik

Yakwaraka

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yanar

Liza macrolepis http://fishbase.org/summary/Liza-macrolepis.html
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Largescale mullet

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