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-ami

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v intr urinate

-amtiv

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v intr smack lips (as to call a dog)

-an

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v hang oneself or another

-anás

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v intr splatter, scatter, spread, disperse

-aragha

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v intr see -aragaha

-aripun

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v err, make a mistake

-arupwɨtér

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v intr abut, join with, stand on

-ataren

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v look off, look to the side

faga

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type of sea urchin

ia-kaosi puka

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v I killed the pig

(Bislama) mi kilim pig

ia-kregi raraha

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I am sad

ik kuwehe kurira ~ kaiwa ia tah mek kehn

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adj late

kataga

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n. body oil, coconut oil used for adornment

kausɨrɨp

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kind of spider

kavitnavit

Myiagra caledonica
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Broadbilled Flycatcher

kieri

Ducula pacifica
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Pacific Imperial Pigeon

Example: Photo by Jake Osborne, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

konamret

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 coeruleopunctatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-coeruleopunctatus.html
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Whitespotted grouper (deep sea)

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

koniapit

Desmodium intortum
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n. weedy vine growing over boulders in dry streambed. Corolla pink turning bluish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2794)

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.

koniere

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n. tree, h= 15 m. young brown elongate fruits with a greyish green fleshy calyx. Thick branchlets with the leaves at the top. White latex. For the locals it is the main kind of burckella obovata (round fruits). (collection: Laurence Ramon #332)

konuwak arwerew

Plectropomus oligacanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-oligacanthus.html
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Highfin coralgrouper

Example: Photo by David R / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis sonnerati http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sonnerati.html
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Tomato hind, tomato grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kuaniapit

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n. shrub (1 to 1,5 m) (collection: Laurence Ramon #322)

kurapu

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n snapper fish

kusan itoga

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n green snail

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n my testicle

kwanakwus

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n. rope, vine, genealogical line

kwankwesi

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

Example: Good for eating

kwatigɨs

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a stage of coconut development

mak apwasiteg

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brown pigeon

Makwa

Makwa
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n waxing gibbous (moon phase)

manari-ianupag

Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.
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[manariən nəʔpəŋ] n. shrub, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2971)

Example: Cultural: After a young boy is circumcised, a special kava (“Tapuga”) is prepared. The leaf of this tree is then tied to each branch of the tree to signify the ceremony.

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

manpeken

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type of woven pandanus mat with thick strands

marao

Sargocentron cornutum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-cornutum.html
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Threepot squirrelfish

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

minim

Siganus corallinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-corallinus.html
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Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

minin

Acanthurus mata http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-mata.html
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Elongate surgeonfish (sea)

Example: Photo by Paddy Ryan / www.ryanphotographic.com, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nakahak

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dawn

nakwiari

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type of ceremony

namhuien

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garden

nanemenmeta

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kind of coconut, characterized by a round fruit with a reddish color on the top of the fruit

napa

Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Agricultural: A mushroom (“Karareg”) grows on the deadwood of this plant and is consumed.
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[na:pa] n. tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2998)

Example: Construction: The timber of this plant is used as a hardwood for any part of a house. Agricultural: A mushroom (“Karareg”) grows on the deadwood of this plant and is consumed.

napaneien

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protective magic

napuei sanmwun

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n. his or her coconut

neai

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sky, heavens

nefara

The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.
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[nafare] n. tree growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3095)

Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.

neiv

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yesterday

nepikesy

Root is sold to earn money, as perfume and oil is from this. Grandparents used to dry the wood over a cooking fire in a kitchen when a person would get the flu. To help, they’d take dried and heated wood, scrape one cup’s worth into hot water, and then breathe over the steam bath. Drink water afterwards. Do thhis once a day for three days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5035)

Example: Root is sold to earn money, as perfume and oil is from this. Grandparents used to dry the wood over a cooking fire in a kitchen when a person would get the flu. To help, they’d take dried and heated wood, scrape one cup’s worth into hot water, and then breathe over the steam bath. Drink water afterwards. Do thhis once a day for three days.

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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[narɨr] 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.

nevau

Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

ngarehma

This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.
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n. shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

niar

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree to 30 m

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

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.

Nipikinwan

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tribe name

nui

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water

nukuk

People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.
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[nukwuk] n. epiphyte growing on a main branch of a glochidion tree, 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3073)

Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.

nukune

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n. trunk of tree

numeiau

The stem of this tree makes good firewood, it is a light wood so easier to carry. People use it to start a fire, by using 2 sticks of this plant with chopped stem fragments, if there are no matches
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n. well branched tree, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3075)

Example: The stem of this tree makes good firewood, it is a light wood so easier to carry. People use it to start a fire, by using 2 sticks of this plant with chopped stem fragments, if there are no matches

nurap

For toothaches, take inner bark, scrape it into water and use to rinse mouth--pain will go away. Stem for house posts. Birds like this flower.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5167)

Example: For toothaches, take inner bark, scrape it into water and use to rinse mouth--pain will go away. Stem for house posts. Birds like this flower.

nwera

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coconut stage, large sprout

nátahi

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n. kind of tree, Bislama: ’milk tree’

nɨkeghup

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n. wild kava

nɨkɨsi-

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n. inalienable small offshoot tubers

nɨmai

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n. 1. leaf, foliage 2. sheet, leaf (of paper)

nɨmrɨki nanimek

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n my eyebrows

nɨmé-

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n. inalienable leaves (usually indicates plurality): plants, plantation, trees, etc.

nɨmɨri

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n. An orange tree (wood used for bows) See kwanɨmɨri

nɨsakwa

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foam

nɨsikɨr

nɨsikɨr
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bird trap of woven vines; woven bird or fish trap

nɨteta

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boat

pangkor

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. soursop tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

pawpawuk

Hypolimnas antilope https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199968-Hypolimnas-antilope
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Spotted Crow Eggfly

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

penesu

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

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

piawni

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his brother

pirawa ~ firawa

Gymnocranius grandoculis http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-grandoculis.html
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Blue-lined large-eye bream

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pranema

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caterpillar

prea-

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

prigsiwir ~ marasaw

Acanthurus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-lineatus.html
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Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish ~ marasaw (Port Resolution dialect)

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

punuwas

Ptilinopus viridis lewisii
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Claret-breasted Fruit Dove

reiái

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Tang fish

rukwinɨmu

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eel, morray (general)

ruvero

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kind of orchid

Ruwei Nakorengek

Ruwei Nakorengek
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n my ear canal

taik pani kuau

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

tamekin

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n. cicatrix, mark

tata

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father

taurkava

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kava bowl

tiapin

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n fish species: jackfish, wahoo

tovrirua

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n. kind of flowering shrub with prickly seed pods

tuitúi

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n. castor bean tree

tukrós

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cordyline

turaimien

Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5122)

Example: Peel stem and chop pieces of stem and pieces of stem of Pipturus argenteus (MB 5121), add fresh water, squeeze in hair, rub head in one direction, do this for one month then hair will turn blond color (for Toka dance) and will also help dreadlocks.

uvtuvt

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kind of centipede

wayu

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kind of yam, thought to be from Wallis and Futuna, considered a “traveling yam” that has gone to many islands. The flesh is somewhat hard and not sweet

Example: Used to make lap-lap to guests and family to welcome them

winta

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window in traditional house (Bislama)

Yanarbon

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yapha

Photo by wahe Martial
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Humpback unicornfish

Example: Photo by wahe Martial

ɨsiuan

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v. to whisper