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-ahakw(i)

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v 1. rub, rub off, scrub, clean by scrubbing, wash; 2. rub against

-aki

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v push down, poke down

-akwaséi

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v. wear an ornament of leaves inserted into carved or woven armlets

-arukwanɨpwun

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v warm, light a fire to warm a sick person, newborn baby, or new house

-arɨr

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v 1. push (as a stalled truck); 2. insert

-árupwun

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v see erupwun

apusan

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white

atɨg(i)

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v 1. spill (as liquid); 2. capsize, overturn, dump out; 3. fall, drop

averi

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v. to peel skin or husk

hawa

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hour

ia-kapaii nikawa

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v I planted kava

(Bislama) mi planem kava

ia-kregi raraha

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I am sad

iamha

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n. kind of seaweed

ik-

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you

(Bislama) yu

Ikinan- rumunan

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holy place

imam pakou

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where is your village?

(Bislama) ples blo yu wea.

imwarara

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n. a minor kava drinking place, see imwarɨm

kafa

Cypraea tigris https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84107-Cypraea-tigris
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Tiger Cowry

Example: via inaturalist.org

kapofe

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head

kaunáun

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middle vent in Iasur crater

kayap

Zosterops splendidus
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Ranongga White Eye

kereiri

kereiri
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traditional woven fan

kipori ia tasiapen

Phyllidia varicosa https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49735-Phyllidia-varicosa
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Varicose Wart Slug

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

konuwak pitew

Plectropomus areolatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectropomus-areolatus.html
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Squaretail coralgrouper (deep sea)

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

kormahak

kormahak
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coconut stage, 6th (sixth); has a small sprout

krun

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n. sweet plantain

kwanatan

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n. interior house radial long post

kwankureker

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baby food

kwankwikwa

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n volcano bomb

kwankwá-

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n. inalienable fruit, offpsring

kwatmaseka

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coconut leaf spine

kweria

Circus approximans
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Swamp Harrier

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

kwonhim

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[ganhɨn] penis

kɨri

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

maket

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n marketplace, market

makhum

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

makwa-ruweiwe

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n moonset

manhewao asori

Caranx ignobilis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-ignobilis.html
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Giant trevally (deep sea)

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

mapwár ~ iapwár

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mythological pygmy

marao

Myripristis pralinia http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-pralinia.html
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Scarlet soldierfish

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

miyahi

miyahi
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mɨkɨm

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blue fish

nahua

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n month name (archaic, corresponding to January)

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.

nakwie en

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n hail

nanen

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Flying foxes and pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt these animals.
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[nanim] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2986)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Hunting: Flying foxes and pidgeons are known to eat the fruit of this plant. As a result, hunters will cluster about these trees to hunt these animals.

nanumi

To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5154)

Example: To treat broken bones combine two handfuls of Commelina diffusa and 2 handfuls of this whole Orchid. Then take half of that and rub on broken bone area (e.g. leg). The Kastom doctor will then make a cut with a sharp piece of bamboo along break. The bone is then wrapped with the leaf of this orchid, then take the pother half of the mixture, mash in water 1.5 liter, and give person to drink. This treatment will help join bone back together.

napuei

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coconut stage, general name for coconut

narofenua

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n. kind of yam (high prestige)

nauan/ nawan

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n. tree, dbh about 30-40 cm (collection: Laurence Ramon #329)

nenime-

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eye

nenɨs

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fog, ground fog

nevisaien

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fight, dispute, argument

newou ouhi

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small grass skirt plant

niar

Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5092)

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

nihi-

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excrement

niknapus

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

nikori

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n. dragon plum

nitei

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arrow

nkhaourakou

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 6 m tall

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

noua

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artery

nukwai nanɨmek

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n my pupil (of eye)

nukwai nusouk

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n my toe

nukwetau

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arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal

nurpiteu

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Animal Food: Sometimes, green leaves of this plant are fed to goats.
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n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2974)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Animal Food: Sometimes, green leaves of this plant are fed to goats.

nákumwhe-

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n. inalienable fruit stalk and fruit (of coconut, Barringtonia edulis)

nɨfaiafe

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reef passage, channel

nɨkava Pama

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n. Paama kava

nɨkriakéi

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n. kind of tree, with edible green fruit with sweet milky white flesh, collected wild and eaten on Tanna

nɨmei raer

Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5088)

Example: Leaf used to thatch house. Chew base of stem as sugar cane - it’s sweet.

nɨmrakw

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ashes

nɨmé-

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

nɨpikáu

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n. Xanthosperma, Bislama: Fiji Taro

nɨsesa

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n. kind of tree (bark used for tapa cloth)

nɨtiro

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kind of fish

pameta

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n. kind of reddish coconut

pari

pari
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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

rinamran

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not long will be delight

(Bislama) stap broke delight

ring

The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5022)

Example: The hard stem is used for house posts. To protect food in the earth oven from burning, use the peeled bark in large pieces to either wrap around banana leaves or as an extra layer.

ruvero

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kind of orchid

semanu

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kind of yam, produces a tuber with white flesh. It is somewhat smaller in size than most yams, and easy to grow

Example: Is used only for making lap-lap

Takiaew sei tasi

Goniobranchus kuniei https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/469422-Goniobranchus-kuniei
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Kuni’s Nudibranch

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

tapatou

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barracuda (general name)

teki tagharua ~ tikitagarua

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
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n nautilus shell. Possibly family Nautilidae

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

toti

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belt made of tapa, traditionally used to hold up men’s penis wrappers

toutou

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bat, flying mammal

tupum ramamisa

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your belly pain

táhapwar

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plant with large banana-like leaves used to wrap for baking laplap, taro, fish (Heliconia sp.)

tɨmri

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n. cutting of leaves or top portion of taro or sugarcane stalk set aside for replanting

tɨputɨm

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echo

tɨtua

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garden bed

utɨti

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kind of fish

warakou pusan

Himantura fai http://fishbase.org/summary/Himantura-fai.html
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Pink whipray

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr

yanar

Moolgarda seheli http://fishbase.org/summary/Moolgarda-seheli.html
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Bluespot mullet

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 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

yaremaha

To treat flu take, a handful of leaves and squeeze them into a cup. Add water, and give to the sick person to drink. Takethis mixture once in the morning and once in the afternoon for two to three days to treat the flue. One can also take four pieces of the stem, about teo to 3 inches ling, chew, and spit juice onto the sick person’s whole body. 1 cup am/ 1 cup afternoon. 2-3 days to treat flu. Take 4 pieces of stem 2-3" long, chew and spit on stick on sick person, spit on whole body. 2x day, 2-3 days as for cup morn and afternoon. Spit helps to chase evil spirit out of body. Common
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5020)

Example: To treat flu take, a handful of leaves and squeeze them into a cup. Add water, and give to the sick person to drink. Takethis mixture once in the morning and once in the afternoon for two to three days to treat the flue. One can also take four pieces of the stem, about teo to 3 inches ling, chew, and spit juice onto the sick person’s whole body. 1 cup am/ 1 cup afternoon. 2-3 days to treat flu. Take 4 pieces of stem 2-3" long, chew and spit on stick on sick person, spit on whole body. 2x day, 2-3 days as for cup morn and afternoon. Spit helps to chase evil spirit out of body. Common

Yasur

Yasur
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Yasur volcano

ágihi

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v. to bite off or pull off with the teeth, as sugarcane or coconut husks