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-akahák

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v/a be daylight, dawning

-akarakar

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v gossip, tell on, betray, tell tales behind one’s back, inform about

-akiri

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v 1. weigh, scale, measure, measure out; 2. hook down (as a coconut with a bamboo pole)

-ap

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v intr leave, exit, escape, run away

-arukwakwus

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v hang, hang up, tie up

-arukwapitov

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v shadow, shade, eclipse, block light

-atapár

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v cheer, jeer (as a football team)

-atɨgase

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v/a be brave, have courage, not fear

akwás

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adj. old

apusan

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white

eiwhi neii

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pull the plants

iapwis

iapwis
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cephalopods

iraku

iraku
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stonefish

isouni

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n. kind of sweet potato with dark flesh

kaokapa ramamisa

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my headache (pain)

(Bislama) hed blo mi so.

kararɨg

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a type of mushroom, grows on ground or tree

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

karuarua

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thunder

karuarua

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, small

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

karuarua

Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5143)

Example: Use this plant to stop the rain, take 4 tips of the plant’s branch and place them in a cross formation, with the tips pointing N, S, W, E, wash them in sea water, and then call for the rain to stop. Hang these tips in a tree with rope for five days. Stem used to weave roof rafter to attach coconut fronds to stick. Young men hunting in bush with slingshots, when run out of stones, use these young fruits to hunt birds.

kasitu

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n house component (vertical poles supporting thatching)

kayap amtameta

Myzomela sclateri
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Sclater’s Myzomela, Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela

kirepine

Leaf mixed with Malaxis sp. (MJB 5154) to treat broken bone. Conjunctivitis (pink eye) drip juice from the stem into the eye 2x day 3 days. Fertility: To cleanse womb squeeze on stem into bottle with water and drink 1L  a day for four days to get pregnant.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5161)

Example: Leaf mixed with Malaxis sp. (MJB 5154) to treat broken bone. Conjunctivitis (pink eye) drip juice from the stem into the eye 2x day 3 days. Fertility: To cleanse womb squeeze on stem into bottle with water and drink 1L a day for four days to get pregnant.

konapit

If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted,  it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5045)

Example: If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted, it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.

kostrog

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[kostron] lemon

kurukuru

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n small stones, pebbles

kwanarai

Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

kwanei

Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5115)

Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).

kwankurkur

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n. wild cane stalk used in the construction of trellises

kwanuá-

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n. inalienable root

kwaruviru

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n. kind of banyan tree (var. of ruviru)

kwatigɨs

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a stage of coconut development

kwatiuvtiuv

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n. drinking straw (made from immature banana leaves)

kwatɨsi-

kwatɨsi-
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n. inalienable aerial root

kwonhim

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n. penis

kɨri

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n. type of manioc with a yellowish flesh (i.e., curry)

kɨtir

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anyone

mak afuman

Chalcophaps indica
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Green winged ground pigeon

makhum

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

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

makhum

Scarus rivulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-rivulatus.html
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Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

matag

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cyclone

nakogar

Use with Euodia (MJB 5031; Nisei) when a young girl gets her period to reduce the odor. Put this plant under the skirt. When planting yam, dig the hole, and burn the leaves of this with coconut. Put this flaming concoction into the hole and cover it with soil. Then place the yam in. This will help kill any pathogen, like a virus, that will harm the yam.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5048)

Example: Use with Euodia (MJB 5031; Nisei) when a young girl gets her period to reduce the odor. Put this plant under the skirt. When planting yam, dig the hole, and burn the leaves of this with coconut. Put this flaming concoction into the hole and cover it with soil. Then place the yam in. This will help kill any pathogen, like a virus, that will harm the yam.

nakogár

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n. kind of tree

nakwarawkwara

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n star constellation

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

napai

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n. coral wall

napkapki

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree with green sweet-smelling flowers

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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

nare

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n. taro (Colocasia)

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nari afafa

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n secret

naruakiri

To make a strap to hold the ornamental fiber "Nisei" (Plunkett et al #3077) on a person’s arm. Dry the stem, remove the fibers, and weakve into a strap. There is a legend that is told about this plant, concerning a rat and a fox. The rat and fox stole a banana from the Devil’s garden. The Devil caught the fox and told him not to come back. The rat said "lets go to the garden" and the fox said no. The rat said "go take these leaves, and tie the leaves with coconut fiber--and he told the fox to lie down and the rat sewed the leaves on the fox. ...
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[naruwakiri] n. herb, 2.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3082)

Example: To make a strap to hold the ornamental fiber "Nisei" (Plunkett et al #3077) on a person’s arm. Dry the stem, remove the fibers, and weakve into a strap. There is a legend that is told about this plant, concerning a rat and a fox. The rat and fox stole a banana from the Devil’s garden. The Devil caught the fox and told him not to come back. The rat said "lets go to the garden" and the fox said no. The rat said "go take these leaves, and tie the leaves with coconut fiber--and he told the fox to lie down and the rat sewed the leaves on the fox. ...

narukwás

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n volcanic clay used for body painting/adornment

naurie

House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5072)

Example: House posts, rafters, good for building in Tanna. Scrape stem in cup and squeeze with water into a glass to give someone with heavy menstrual bleeding. 1 stem to fill a cup, mix with water, 1 liter /day for 7 days. Shark causes bleeding, maybe the person ate too much shark. This will solve that. This plant is called "medicine of the shark".

nawa ia nirak

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n my vein

nawamta

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. plant; giant fern

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nefaga

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n. bow and bowstring

nefweng

The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.
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n. damaged tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers pale-yellowish tan. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3234)

Example: The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.

neik

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n. Coleus sp.

nemar

Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5030)

Example: Fruits cooked and eaten. Young leaves can be fried or boiled and eaten as a vegetable, like a mix with vegetable and meat and cooked in earth oven. Stem to make canoe, very long lasting wood 5-12 years, very tight wood. Older stems good for house posts.

netwar

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Netwar language, spoken on Tanna Island

nifeag

1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.
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n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4247)

Example: 1. Pidgeons (small local birds) eat the fruit. 2. When in flower the kava is considered weak and not distrubed. After flowering passes, the kava stems (known as hands) are considered strong again.

nimwa purupuo

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[nima purupuo] n. chief’s round house

ninhum

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penis wrapper

nipasengek

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n my nose

nisai-apran

The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant ...
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[nisi apram] n. tree to 3 m, dbh 4 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can make you sick, a person can bathe with the leaves of this plant ...

nisai-arman

The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can mak
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n. shrub to 1.5 m, flowers white (collection: Michael J. Balick #4728)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to make a women’s grass skirt. Men use these leaves to put in a band around the arm as decoration. These leaves are also used to tie a kava root for a ceremony in the nakamal. For kastom ceremony, take coconut endosperm, chew with this leave and covery body. It makes the body smell very nice. When a person has a fever, mix this leaf with other leaves including Annona muricata and Citrus species. Then the person sits over a steaming pot and inhales it to reduce the fever and symptoms. If you need to go to a "tabu" place, where the spirit can mak

nurepa

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clay

nuviru

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n. kind of banyan with small leaves, Ficus sp.

nɨkava

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n. kava

nɨkinhapus

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n. kind of tree (used for bows to hunt flying fox, and for traditional medicine), Goats like to eat the leaves.

nɨkovakava

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n. driftwood

nɨminari

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bush

Nɨpari kwarwaterei

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n boulder

nɨpavi-

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n. inalienebale leaf stalk (as of taro, banana, etc.)

nɨpun

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fish net

nɨpunɨpun

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spider web

nɨtumwi

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n. tree (Pometia pinnata)

(Bislama) nantao

parangi

Acanthurus auranticavus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-auranticavus.html
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Orange-socket surgeonfish

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

parei

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West (cardinal direction)

penesu

Scarus quoyi http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-quoyi.html
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Quoy’s parrotfish

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

penesu

Scarus rivulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-rivulatus.html
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Rivulated parrotfish, surf parrotfish

Example: Photo by Rick Stuart-Smith / Reef Life Survey, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

penesu

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

pitu-pitu

pitu-pitu
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popawɨk

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n. butterfly

pukuri

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Ficus sp. (kind of nukwesi)

rerenakuang

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

roua ~ tapou

roua ~ tapou
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hole for house post

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.

takwu

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yam mound

tamɨp

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n. kind of plant with large leaves used to wrap tuber puddings for baking

Tanarɨp

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n my stomach

taoura ia nipeka

taoura ia nipeka
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braided coconut husk rope

tarigiaván

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kind of seaweed

teki kwonhim

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n. foreskin

toupar toupar

Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5132)

Example: Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu

toutou

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bat, flying mammal

toutou

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small bat

yakokeikei rinak

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I love my mum

(Bislama) mi likem mami blo mi

yanar

Crenimugil crenilabis http://fishbase.org/summary/Crenimugil-crenilabis.html
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Fringelip mullet

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

yesu

Parupeneus barberinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-barberinus.html
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Dash-and-dot goatfish

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