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-akunán

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v curse

-akupwɨn

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v 1. precede, go first, go before (particularly when walking); 2. do something first

-akwmhera

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v snack on, eat (coconut wrapped in fig leaves, for example)

-amemha

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v intr be sick

-arukwɨpin

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v 1. set a date, summon, send a message (about a debate, ceremony, etc.); 2. assemble, gather; 3. hurry, speed, go too fast

-ápwahi

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v var. of -apwaha

-árahi

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v 1. carry (as a baby), nurse; 2. bear, provide a descendent

-árihi

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v 1. tie up, attach, bind, wrap in leaves (as food to bake), wear (something tied on); 2. carry on a pole with a man taking each end, carry on one’s back

ataring

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you listen

eiwhi neii

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pull the plants

gongong

Leiognathus fasciatus, Aurigequula fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Leiognathus-fasciatus.html
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Striped ponyfish

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

iaku meia

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kind of turtle

iamnameta

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n. kind of coconut with reddish fibre

kahág

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n. kind of banana

kamkari ~ jamkari

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type of spider

kapajiko

Lutjanus fulvus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-fulvus.html
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Blacktail snapper

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

kapuapu

This is a "calendar plant," tied to the sea. When it flowers, it is time to harvest sea urchins. The dry wood is used to mke a fire when a person has no matches.
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n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3226)

Example: This is a "calendar plant," tied to the sea. When it flowers, it is time to harvest sea urchins. The dry wood is used to mke a fire when a person has no matches.

karuarua

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thunder

kaunáun

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middle vent in Iasur crater

keipeipie iasuck

Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)

Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

kera

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skull

kesi

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n. pawpaw, papaya

kipori ia tasiapen

Phyllidiella pustulosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49728-Phyllidiella-pustulosa
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Pustulose Wart Slug

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

kiswup, kɨsɨp

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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[kisɨp] n. conch shell; type of seashell (triton shell) can be sounded to summon people for a meeting

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

konkamun

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall; adlay millet

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

kri

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agreement

kuankuma

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

Example: No use disclosed.

kuatiapas

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kind of coconut, produces the smallest coconut, with an oblong shape

Example: It is said that when children play in the bush they like to find this coconut to eat. The local name refers to children—small in size, just like a child. It is not considered a good variety for an adult to eat

kurgen

Epinephelus tauvina http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-tauvina.html
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Greasy grouper (reef fish)

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

kwanavikɨr

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n fish species: possibly lung fish? (is this attested in Vanuatu?)

kwanfara

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n. pandanus fruit

kwankwaikwai

Finschia chloroxantha
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5036)

kwankwerɨn

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n. my kidney

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n. kind of yam

kwánkuru

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n. bird trap (pyramidal structure made of wild cane)

kɨkir

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hook

Kɨnɨwi

Tenodera australasiae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207783-Tenodera-australasiae
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Purple-winged Mantis

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

kɨrorát

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n. kind of vine with edible fruit

mafiji

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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh, that are soft and sweet

Example: Only used in soup. The origin of this variety is thought to be Fiji, and the local name means “From Fiji”

manhewao sarapiran

Caranx papuensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-papuensis.html
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Brassy trevally (female) (reef fish)

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 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

menari

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[menari] jungle

mwɨramwɨra

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ant

nafwerouk

Drinking nut (with soft meat and effervescent water)
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coconut development stage 2

Example: Drinking nut (with soft meat and effervescent water)

nage

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n. almond, Canarium indicum

nakannakan

People use this to treat boils on the skin. Squeeze the "juice" of the leaf on the boil, and it will soften it so that the liquid inside the boil comes out. If you chew an amount of leaves first, then they will cover and stick to the boil so it will heal faster.
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[nakanakan] n. terrestrial herb, 0.5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3069)

Example: People use this to treat boils on the skin. Squeeze the "juice" of the leaf on the boil, and it will soften it so that the liquid inside the boil comes out. If you chew an amount of leaves first, then they will cover and stick to the boil so it will heal faster.

nakau

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n cliff

namatamai

Lethrinus miniatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-miniatus.html
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Trumpet emperor, red throat emperor

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

namɨr

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kind of cycad (?)

Example: To make a tabu sign for your land, crops or to block access to the sea, meaning that this area is blocked from fishing and diving, cross two of the leaves in an “X” shape and stick in the soil or sand. People will know to stay away

nan

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goat

nare

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leaf worn on head

nare

This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5039)

Example: This is the female type of 5037. Leaf is used to cover the top ridge of a roof on a house. Lasts 5 or more years. Women use the leaf for grass skirts. Take leaves, twist, tie in a line, dry in sun and then use to make skirt. Leaves have a nice fragrance.

narhɨg

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n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

Nariamaramera

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n my vertebrae

nariram

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kind of plantain, a medium sized plantain, is ca. 6” long with green and yellow color on peel

Example: Eaten ripe

nekeimap

Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. One of many leaves used for this purpose.
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[makeihimap] n. small, sparsely branched shrub (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3033)

Example: Ceremonial: During kava preparation, chewed kava roots are placed on the green leaves of this plant before extracting. One of many leaves used for this purpose.

nekemap

When a person is sick put two of these large leaves together and use them to "carry" a person to the medicine specialist. If the sick person is a man, six people line up and put many leaves on the palm of their interwoven hands and then they carry the sick person while saying a special incantation. This is a very old practice. If a person has a stomach pain take 2 of the white inflorescences with the right hand and give them to the person to eat, twice a day (in the morning and eveing) for 4 days. The pain will go away. When kava is chewed to prepare the beverage, the roots are sp
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5016)

Example: When a person is sick put two of these large leaves together and use them to "carry" a person to the medicine specialist. If the sick person is a man, six people line up and put many leaves on the palm of their interwoven hands and then they carry the sick person while saying a special incantation. This is a very old practice. If a person has a stomach pain take 2 of the white inflorescences with the right hand and give them to the person to eat, twice a day (in the morning and eveing) for 4 days. The pain will go away. When kava is chewed to prepare the beverage, the roots are sp

nekes kes

When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.
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n. parasite on fallen ficus branch, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3136)

Example: When a person sees this in flower, they know that the taro is ready for harvest. Birds like the fruit and so boys like to hunt the birds near the plant.

nhewi

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n. kind of yam, edible, white color, used for frying, also in laplap

niamɨs

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.

niknapus

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

nikoaku

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n. copra bed

nikovahaien

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n. fork of a tree

nikriakei

Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.
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n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3019)

Example: Food: The ripe fruits (yellow or soft green) are consumed. Exudate: The yellow exudate of this plant is used as a light-duty glue.

nima pupuo

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n. round house

nimuien

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earthquake

nipar

Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open,  boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5082)

Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.

nmeheu

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.
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n. tree growing along ridge track in disturbed forest, next to garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2979)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood.

noukwerang

People use the seeds and stem of this tree for fish poison. Pound the seed and wood and put it in a pool in the ocean at low tide. Fish are stunned and can be harvested.
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[nukwe:raŋ] n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3109)

Example: People use the seeds and stem of this tree for fish poison. Pound the seed and wood and put it in a pool in the ocean at low tide. Fish are stunned and can be harvested.

nuk

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[nuk] wild yam

nuk suka

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n. kind of yam (’sugar yam’)

Nukune Nauparew

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mountain beetwen imaki and high hill

nukwesy

Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5033)

Example: Young leaves edible, boil with water or cook in coconut milk. Cook fruit in boiling water, then cook in coconut milk. Cook fruits for 6-10 minutes. He was taught this by his grandparents who showed him how to eat wild plants; his grandfather wasa historically significant person in the Port Resolution area, especially in reference to medicine.

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

Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.
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n. tree to 7 m tall, dbh 49 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4733)

Example: Wood from this tree is good for making house posts, as it is very strong. The wood is considered as excellent firewood. To restore energy when a person is tired, chew the leaf, swallow the juice, and spit out the leaf--it will make the person feel better.

nwera

nwera
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coconut development stage 7; sprouting coconut.

nɨmwaktakéiv

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name of a traditional road linking villages in South-East Tanna

nɨniien

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word, speech, talking

nɨsesatákw

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n. kind of tree (wood used for small canoe outrigger or house posts)

pakau

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barracuda

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus amboinensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-amboinensis.html
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Ambon emperor

Example: Photo by FAO / Fishbase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pirawa ~ firawa

Gymnocranius microdon http://fishbase.org/summary/Gymnocranius-microdon.html
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Blue-spotted large-eye bream

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

riminhik

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my dad

rini

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n. mother, mama

saprouáit

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n. kind of introduced legume with hairy beanpod

skru

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coconut scoop

takarouik i kami

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I fight you, you gonna pee

(Bislama) bae mi faetem you bae you pispis.

Tametasi

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n ocean

tanapɨn

To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5047)

Example: To increase milk flow in a nursing mother, take a double handful of leaves and put in 1 liter of water. Drink one bottle twice a day for three days.

tapi

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planting hole (for banana, taro)

Tapir

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taupar taupar

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

teki kwonhim

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n. foreskin

tekɨk

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n my skin

temian

The wood can be used to make poled for cattle fences. Fruits are sweet and edible. They are also very juicy, and can satisfy thirst. Take bark off  of the tree and scrape the green inner bark of tree off. Cover a boil with these pieces to reduce the size and help it heal. Apply once a day for three days.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5023)

Example: The wood can be used to make poled for cattle fences. Fruits are sweet and edible. They are also very juicy, and can satisfy thirst. Take bark off of the tree and scrape the green inner bark of tree off. Cover a boil with these pieces to reduce the size and help it heal. Apply once a day for three days.

tera

If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5116)

Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

terɨg

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n. kind of tree

tɨkurakák

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n Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater, a.k.a. mutton bird

tɨpaha

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boiled coconut milk

yawhira

yawhira
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