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-akwresi

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v pet, rub (as a dog), tickle

-amwhén

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v/a 1. equal, the same, similar; 2. enough, sufficient, acceptable, fitting; 3. desirous of, needful of

-amás

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v intr suckle, nurse

-arou(i)

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v reach out, reach in, extend an arm

-aroui

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v 1. singe, burn slightly; 2. have a fever

-asighi

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

-asás

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

-ate

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v 1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk)

aiapun ro kiri

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shine flying fox

amaɨ

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chew

argahi

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v. bite out or scrape with teeth

awaii ro yiao

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can you squeeze me or massage me

(Bislama) tra skwisim mi.

en masi

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go fart

erpot

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n airport

iag

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fly

iapwas

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a stage of coconut development

ieremeveis

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[jarmaveis] big devil

ieri

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cousin (mother’s brother’s child)

ikeiamu

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Aneityumese

jarerin

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duck (native)

kakeakei

Used as a medicine to treat children who cannot walk. Rub smashed leaves on the knee of a child, "he will walk." For a child about 1 year old, rub the leaves on the knee and underside of the foot. This will make the child walk "easily and quickly." and will make the leg "lighter."
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n. terrestrial fern growing in weedy patch with other herbs at edge of open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. Leaves dimorphic. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3253)

Example: Used as a medicine to treat children who cannot walk. Rub smashed leaves on the knee of a child, "he will walk." For a child about 1 year old, rub the leaves on the knee and underside of the foot. This will make the child walk "easily and quickly." and will make the leg "lighter."

kakurenihi-

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buttocks

kapapu

People use this plant for firewood
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)

Example: People use this plant for firewood

kapuapu

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[kapuapu] n. green salamander

kapuapu

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n. kind of tree with edible leaves

karari

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kind of shellfish

kasoso

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[kasoso] small devil

kasusu

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[kasusu] n. type of mushroom

kavitnavit

Myiagra caledonica
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Broadbilled Flycatcher

kipori

kipori
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kind of sea cucumber

kosɨmainari

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n. kind of wild yam

kuankumah

Psychotria milnei
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n. understory treelet, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4210)

kumeta

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n sea anemone

kumhar

kumhar
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string game (cat’s cradle)

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

kwanuarɨs

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n. kind of vine

makawa kurira

makawa kurira
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n last quarter (moon phase)

makwa sa rukwai nui

makwa sa rukwai nui
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n waning crescent (moon phase)

mangoamramera

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kind of mango, can be eaten when the skin is green

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

manuapen

Ducula melanochroa
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Black Imperial Pigeon

Example: Illustration by Joseph Smit / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via es.wikipedia.org

marao

Myripristis amaena http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-amaena.html
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Brick soldierfish

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

marimari

To treat indigestion, take 5 roots from 5 different plants, clean, grate into 600mL bottle of water. Drink one bottle twice daily. In Tanna, people use this plant to make rain, thunder, or to stop the rain. To make rain, take a big pile of this plant’s leaves, tie them in a bundle with a rope, and put into the sea. When the leaves start rotting, usually after one week, the rain will come.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5078)

Example: To treat indigestion, take 5 roots from 5 different plants, clean, grate into 600mL bottle of water. Drink one bottle twice daily. In Tanna, people use this plant to make rain, thunder, or to stop the rain. To make rain, take a big pile of this plant’s leaves, tie them in a bundle with a rope, and put into the sea. When the leaves start rotting, usually after one week, the rain will come.

minin

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surgeonfish, small with curly pattern

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.

nakua tanna

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[nakua tanna] riverbed

namatamai

Lethrinus xanthochilus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-xanthochilus.html
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Yellowlip emperor

Example: Photo by Anthony Pearson / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

namás

namás
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n. 1. tapa belt (used to hold up penis wrappers, exchanged during nakwiari dances)

nanas

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n. small plant with red flowers

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.

napui

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coconut

napɨk

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[napɨk] kind of tree

napɨk

This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)

Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.

narak

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kind of yam, has tubers with two colors in the same root—both white and red and is sweet and soft

Example: Is a special yam for paying dowry

narisien

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n. to laugh

narukwás

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n volcanic clay used for body painting/adornment

nauiri fum

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.
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[nari fem] n. sparsely branched tree, 4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3005)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to createany part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Medicine: This plant is used to treat muscle soreness. It can be prepared in tow ways. One way is to boil and branch of leaves and then bathe (“swim”) with the resulting water. Another way is to heat a branch over a fire and rub on sore area for approximately 1 minute, after showering. Note: This plant is recognized as similar to M. latifolia. However, the medicinal action of this plant is regarded as inferior to the former.

nava

Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5038)

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.

netwar

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Netwar language, spoken on Tanna Island

nikathireu

Ornamental plant.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5129)

Example: Ornamental plant.

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

niséi

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n. aromatic shrub (Evodia?), the leaves of which men and women wear during ceremonial events

nuah

When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5168)

Example: When a person becomes the chief, he embodies this tree, as this tree is considered the chief of all plants and always helps the community.

nuamera

This is used as a medicine to treat babies and children with fever. Take 1 handful of leaves and squeeze the "juice" from them into a cup, add a small amount of water, just enough to dilute the strong taste of the leaf liquid. Drink 3 or 4 times a day until fever is reduced. This liquid is also good for people who have done heavy work or who are old, as it is said to strengthen the veins. So, if a person is feeling week, they can drink a few cups of this preparation. The name "Nuamera" refers to "live veins," meaning that it will make your veins come alive and bec
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n. vine on pipturus tree, growing at edge between forest and garden of sweet potato and taro. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3147)

Example: This is used as a medicine to treat babies and children with fever. Take 1 handful of leaves and squeeze the "juice" from them into a cup, add a small amount of water, just enough to dilute the strong taste of the leaf liquid. Drink 3 or 4 times a day until fever is reduced. This liquid is also good for people who have done heavy work or who are old, as it is said to strengthen the veins. So, if a person is feeling week, they can drink a few cups of this preparation. The name "Nuamera" refers to "live veins," meaning that it will make your veins come alive and bec

nui

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water

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

numun

numun
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earth oven

nusua

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with a white flesh and red skin. It is easy to grow

Example: Soft when cooked

Nusuaian ia niangen

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n clearing in the forest

nɨfetafata

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n. shelf, yam bed

nɨpitovien

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darkness

nɨpɨk anan

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n. kind of banyan tree

nɨserserien

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n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

nɨsoro

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tuber pudding

pagaivii amramera sarariman

Cheilinus undulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-undulatus.html
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Humphead wrasse (male)

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

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

pepheer 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

pia

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beer

pusukuni

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n. lightning at sea that stuns fish, making them easy to catch

rakniaken

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[ʰrakniaken] footpath

ramasan ia nɨpnɨpɨn

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good morning

rinak rwamah

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my mother died

(Bislama) mami blo mi det

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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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.

sarat

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n. green onions (English shallot)

(Bislama) sarat

Skobak

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n honeycomb

Takiaew sei tasi

Hexabranchus sanguineus https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244849-Hexabranchus-sanguineus
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Spanish Dancer

Example: via inaturalist.org

taoura ia nipeka

taoura ia nipeka
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I am braiding coconut rope

tiaporo

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devil

tjintja

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ginger (Bislama, English)

tuwai

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, 15 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

twe twe

Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5090)

Example: Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles

tɨputɨm

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echo

whailu

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n. kind of yam, edible, yellow or white color, from New Caledonia

wipin sarapiran

Leiognathus equulus http://fishbase.org/summary/Leiognathus-equulus.html
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Common ponyfish (female)

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yapha

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

Yapkapin

Yapkapin
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Yapkapin village, home of Nawasu tribe

Yaruareng

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Yewao

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