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-akwái

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v. twine (by rolling on one’s leg), file, rub out, hone

-anunu

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v suckle, nurse

-aparɨs

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v intr have diarrhoea

-aregi

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v push aside, scoop out (as coconut meat), dig, bulldoze

-arɨrér

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v stand (implies more than one person)

-atipa

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v carry on one’s back, carry on a truck bed

agero

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angel

amriamen

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put in order

apa-nasak ian

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don’t cry

(Bislama) no cry

ewhan mapri

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v go sleep

(Bislama) go silip

faga

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type of sea urchin

hasi

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[hasi] n. they are smoking

ia-kajia nerei

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v I scratch taro

ia-kapaii nikawa

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v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

iamɨnier

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n. kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

ianɨr

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mullet

ikɨnan

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tabu place, taboo place

Irepnow

Irepnow
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jereme

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devil

kankapa ramamisa

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he, her, him have a headache

(Bislama) hed blo hem i so.

kaperis apusan

Nerita plicata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/328512-Nerita-plicata
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Plicate Nerite

Example: via inaturalist.org

kapkapeki

kapkapeki
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kaprapra

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rectangular coconut basket

kareia

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kind of shellfish

katia

katia
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grater for taro

katipa

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kind of basket (carried on woman’s back)

kaviatameta

Myzomela cardinalis
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Cardinal Honeyeater

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis sexmaculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sexmaculata.html
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Sixblotch hind, saddle grouper (deep sea)

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

kourun

kourun
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kind of banana

kuankuma

No use disclosed.
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[kwanokuma] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2976)

Example: No use disclosed.

kuankumah

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

kwanaroti

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club, with serrated edges

kwanfara

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n. pandanus fruit

kwarwaterei

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n rock

kwenakwa

Ptilinopus greyii
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Red-bellied Fruit Dove

kwotpitasi

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n. kind of plant, not edible, long strands that float in the sea, causes painful skin irritation

mainɨfregiesukw

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kind of shellfish, mother-of-pearl

makwa

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n. moon

mangoamramera

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

marao

Myripristis vittata http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-vittata.html
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Whitetip soldierfish

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

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

mwɨtikaro

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worm

nage

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n. almond, Canarium indicum

nakefiji

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kind of plantain from Fiji

Example: Used for cooking

nakwaragfam

Stem for house building. Young leaves are very strong and used as plates during large kastom ceremonies. Sap can be used to cover sores from flies in order to protect it. Stem good for firewood as does not give much smoke--does not bother eyes as much as other wood.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5133)

Example: Stem for house building. Young leaves are very strong and used as plates during large kastom ceremonies. Sap can be used to cover sores from flies in order to protect it. Stem good for firewood as does not give much smoke--does not bother eyes as much as other wood.

namakahak

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dawn

namari ~ nɨmɨri

The wood of this tree is hard and people use it to make a bow. Cut the stem, heat it over a fire to make it stronger and then carve it to the size desired.
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[na̤məri] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3106)

Example: The wood of this tree is hard and people use it to make a bow. Cut the stem, heat it over a fire to make it stronger and then carve it to the size desired.

namatamai

Lethrinus erythropterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-erythropterus.html
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Longfin emperor

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

nanimek

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my eyes

Nanimwhin

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spirit

nape

Branches used to make bow and arrow for hunting. Stem used for fence posts and houses. To treat a strong cough, take a branch of 20 leaves, toss in water, boil 10-20 minutes, drink warm liquid 2 cups a day for 1 week or until cough is gone.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5043)

Example: Branches used to make bow and arrow for hunting. Stem used for fence posts and houses. To treat a strong cough, take a branch of 20 leaves, toss in water, boil 10-20 minutes, drink warm liquid 2 cups a day for 1 week or until cough is gone.

napkapi

Feed pigs with the bark of this tree, and mix it with pig food as well. When eaten, this bark will help make the pig grow fat. When the fruits are ripe, they get sticky and this can be used to trap birds. Put these fruits around a cut up papaya, and put that in a clear place--when the birds come to eat the papaya they get stuck by the fruits and can be caught.
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n. tree, 6-8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3262)

Example: Feed pigs with the bark of this tree, and mix it with pig food as well. When eaten, this bark will help make the pig grow fat. When the fruits are ripe, they get sticky and this can be used to trap birds. Put these fruits around a cut up papaya, and put that in a clear place--when the birds come to eat the papaya they get stuck by the fruits and can be caught.

narukwás

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n fumarole: an opening in a planet’s crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.

naturena

Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.
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[naturena] n. epiphyte growing in dense forest, along ridge. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3023)

Example: Ornamental: After one week of being sun-dried, men will place this plant in their arm band (“Tikinapuai”) during katom ceremonies.

navisaien

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argument

neiv

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yesterday

nesen asori

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n. heavy (big) rain

ni matag

ni matag
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wind

niagɨn

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n. primary forest

niknapus

Acalypha wilkesiana
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[nikinapas] n. shrub, 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3078)

nimwheiov

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n. tree used for house posts

niparhienien

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truth

(Bislama) truth

nirɨs

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n. kind of tree with stinging leaves (Semecarpus vitiensis)

niveia

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n. canoe oar, paddle

nkhaourakou

When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.
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[nəkora:ku] n. shrub, 6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3160)

Example: When a person is growing watermelons, you put a knife in the roots of the watermelon plants, and then cut a stick from this tree and drive it into the roots as well, to ensure greater numbers of watermelons will be grown.

nououa

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

nukwanɨm

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your hair

nuviru

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

nwera

nwera
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coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

nɨkapáu

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n. semi-inalienable 1. leaf stalk (of a coconut, banana, etc.), 2. leaf stalk scar (on coconut tree trunk)

nɨkava napenkaru

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n. Two day kava (one stays intoxicated for two days)

nɨkenaku jerin

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his heart

nɨkɨpisi

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n. sandalwood

nɨmaha

nɨmaha
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reef, growing coral

nɨpihín

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n. kind of banana

nɨsuvás

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n. kind of tree with edible seed in a hairy pod

paha

paha
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axe

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus genivittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-genivittatus.html
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Longspine emperor

Example: Photo by Museum of New Zealand / Te Papa Tongarewa, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pukuri

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Ficus sp. (kind of nukwesi)

rakwakwi

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following day

rerinitakuang

Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5026)

Example: Used to wipe yam for good luck when planting. Take leaves and wipe the yam tuber. Once this tuber is planted, it will grow better due to the luck blessing.

ringkai

Fregata minor
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[rigai ~ ringgai] Great Frigatebird

Example: Photo by Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

sakhan

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second (unit of time)

susap

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jaw harp made of coconut leaf

sɨkɨnmantóu

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n. kind of large taro, from Aneityum

tamtamku

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n month name (archaic, corresponding to November)

tangarua

Laticauda colubrina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68343-Laticauda-colubrina

Banded Sea Krait

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Tapir

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taputam

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n. gecko

tasi-nɨfara

tasi-nɨfara
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lattice window in traditional house

teki kafha

teki kafha
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kind of shell

tupa

tupa
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kind of crab that lives in the black rock or in the coastal area

tupwa

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kind of land crab

winta

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window in traditional house (Bislama)

yaku

Chelonia mydas https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39659-Chelonia-mydas

Green Sea Turtle

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

yaku yaku

To attract fish in the sea. Take the branches and mix with mashed coconut endosperm, put (throw) in sea and then use line and hook to catch reef fish there.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5159)

Example: To attract fish in the sea. Take the branches and mix with mashed coconut endosperm, put (throw) in sea and then use line and hook to catch reef fish there.

yanar

Mugil cephalus http://fishbase.org/summary/Mugil-cephalus.html
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Flathead grey mullet, sea mullet, grey mullet

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

yapha

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

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

yapha

Photo by wahe Martial
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Humpback unicornfish

Example: Photo by wahe Martial

Yaruareng

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