An example search has returned 100 entries

-ahate

listenloadingplaying

v rub one’s backside against, wipe one’s ass

-akahák

listenloadingplaying

v/a be daylight, dawning

-akiek(i)

listenloadingplaying

v touch, nudge, rub, scratch, brush against

-akwiri

listenloadingplaying

v mount, reach the summit of a hill, come out on top, be on top

-apatig

listenloadingplaying

v grasp, keep, retain, hold onto (as property), be faithful to (as a person)

-arak(i)

listenloadingplaying

v throw, throw away, discard

arpasuk

listenloadingplaying

v. bend down (imperative)

botoboto

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017
listenloadingplaying

kind of shell. Possibly genus Vasum.

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

ia-kakwaii nimei nari

listenloadingplaying

I rake (brush) or weed the herb

(Bislama) go weed

ia-kesi nukuaii-nahii

listenloadingplaying

I pick the fruit tree of all the fruit

(Bislama) mi pikimap fuit

iaku meia

listenloadingplaying

kind of turtle

iereme se witasi

listenloadingplaying

sea devil

ierupwun

listenloadingplaying

caterpillar, millipede

kafete

kafete
listenloadingplaying

sleeping mat of woven pandanus

kaha

listenloadingplaying

grandparent

kapkapeki

kapkapeki
listenloadingplaying

kapuapu

Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.
listenloadingplaying

[kəkwapu] n. tree, 3-4 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2978)

Example: Agricultural: When this plant is in flower, it is said that an edible shellfish (Suefa) is ready to be harvested. Light: A dry portion of wood is also used by older men as a "lightstick". Fuel: Two dry sticks are rubbed together as firestarter, in the absence of matches.

kapáp

listenloadingplaying

n testicle

kararɨg

listenloadingplaying

fungus, small white

kararɨg

kararɨg
listenloadingplaying

general term for fungus

karkarepa

listenloadingplaying

traditional road name

karuarua

Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.
listenloadingplaying

[kawəwə] n. sparsely branched tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: Ceremonial: During a large kastom ceremony ("Nakwyari"), a branch of this plant is used to sweep the nakamal before the toka dance.

kawitareng

kawitareng

kiri

listenloadingplaying

n. flying fox

koaba

The fruit of this tree is edible. The stem yields posts for building houses. The wood from the tree is said to be very strong, so larger parts of the tree can be used for house construction. The leaves are used to treat diarrhea. A person chews 4 leaves at a time as long as needed.
listenloadingplaying

[koa̤pe] n. tree in house area near village, 5 m tall (collection: Michael J. Balick #4720)

Example: The fruit of this tree is edible. The stem yields posts for building houses. The wood from the tree is said to be very strong, so larger parts of the tree can be used for house construction. The leaves are used to treat diarrhea. A person chews 4 leaves at a time as long as needed.

koniapit

Desmodium intortum
listenloadingplaying

[kwanjapɨp] n. weedy vine growing over boulders in dry streambed. Corolla pink turning bluish. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2794)

kotmaseka

listenloadingplaying

n. coconut leaf for brooms

kukureakurai

Lalage leucopyga
listenloadingplaying

long tailed thriller

kwanapa

listenloadingplaying

kind of yam, has a round root, with white, soft, sweet flesh

Example: Only used for making lap-lap

kwarei iataku

listenloadingplaying

n. sweet potato that is planted close to yams

kweiei

Ctenochaetus striatus
listenloadingplaying

Striated Surgeonfish, Lined Bristletooth, small silver scaled fish

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

kwekɨr

listenloadingplaying

box fish

kɨrukɨru

listenloadingplaying

type of fish spearing arrow with two barbs

mak afuman

Chalcophaps indica
listenloadingplaying

Green winged ground pigeon

manarum

listenloadingplaying

kind of breadfruit, produces a large fruit with a smooth skin and very sweet flesh

Example: When a person eats it, the teeth feel sticky

marao

Myripristis kuntee http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-kuntee.html
listenloadingplaying

Shoulderbar soldierfish

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

mimi

listenloadingplaying

bug

minin

listenloadingplaying

surgeonfish, small with curly pattern

murieki

murieki
listenloadingplaying

kind of skink

nahpao phisir

Canthidermis maculata http://fishbase.org/summary/Canthidermis-maculata.html
listenloadingplaying

Rough triggerfish, spotted oceanic triggerfish, oceanic triggerfish

Example: Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nameramer

Construction: The vine of this tree is used as rope to fasten members of a house or bundles of sugar cane. It is not considered a strong rope.
listenloadingplaying

[nameramir] n. liana, growing on myristica fatua in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3041)

Example: Construction: The vine of this tree is used as rope to fasten members of a house or bundles of sugar cane. It is not considered a strong rope.

namitɨg

listenloadingplaying

coconut development stage 4

Example: falls down, rats eat it, used to feed pigs and chickens

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.
listenloadingplaying

[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.

Nap sei yasur

listenloadingplaying

n lava

napoti sarariman

Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-chrysotaenia.html
listenloadingplaying

Yellow-striped sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Graham Edgar / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

napse-

listenloadingplaying

cousin (mother’s brother’s child)

napw

listenloadingplaying

n fire

nare

this plant is used to make the head lei, Kuanari, to welcome visitors. It is also used as an ornamental around local houses.
listenloadingplaying

n. herb to 2-3 m tall in secondary forest clearing, flowers white with yellow-red corolla. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4724)

Example: this plant is used to make the head lei, Kuanari, to welcome visitors. It is also used as an ornamental around local houses.

narhɨg

listenloadingplaying

n. kind of tree, fruit eaten by flying foxes

narparerep

Ecological: This plant, which grows near streams, is known to hold water during the dry season. If the plant is harvested, then it is known that the stream will not continue to run. Thus, precaution is taken to keep this plant in good health.
listenloadingplaying

n. terrestrial herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3028)

Example: Ecological: This plant, which grows near streams, is known to hold water during the dry season. If the plant is harvested, then it is known that the stream will not continue to run. Thus, precaution is taken to keep this plant in good health.

nasar

Phymatosorus scolopendria
listenloadingplaying

n. type of fern (collection: Michael J. Balick #5126)

neiuk

If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.
listenloadingplaying

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5106)

Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.

nenhɨnien

listenloadingplaying

dry season

nimhiro

listenloadingplaying

n. tree used for house posts

nisei

For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menustration), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).
listenloadingplaying

n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5031)

Example: For Kastom ceremonies, use this plant to decorate the roots of Kava that is given to a chief. Also used in women’s grass skirt for kastom dance. When young girls are getting their first period (menustration), they wear a grass skirt from this plant to be fragrant (in order to cover any blood smell).

nououa

listenloadingplaying

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

nui arɨs

listenloadingplaying

creek

nuiru

listenloadingplaying

n. tree along the road, short trunk. pale grey bark. short erected leaves. small orange figs. (collection: Laurence Ramon #334)

nuk

listenloadingplaying

n. 1. yam, 2. year, annual cycle

nukuarangfam

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.
listenloadingplaying

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.

nukweri pran

1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.
listenloadingplaying

n. terrestrial; leaves dimorphic, ca. 0.6-0.7 m long. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2615)

Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.

nɨfaiafe

listenloadingplaying

reef passage, channel

nɨkoraku

listenloadingplaying

n. small plant with variegated leaves

nɨkori

listenloadingplaying

n. dragon plum (Dracontomela vitiense)

(Bislama) nakatambol

nɨkɨrha

listenloadingplaying

n. kind of tree (var. of kƗrha)

nɨmatagi asori

listenloadingplaying

cyclone

nɨmeiei

listenloadingplaying

n. kind of fern (used as chicken feed)

nɨmu kwatia tasiapen

Pterocaesio tile http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-tile.html
listenloadingplaying

Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

nɨmé-

listenloadingplaying

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

nɨrfwerɨg

listenloadingplaying

n. dry banane leaf (used to roll tobacco)

nɨrukwɨfiien

listenloadingplaying

eclipse (lunar?)

nɨsesa

listenloadingplaying

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

pagaivii phisir sarapiran

Cheilinus trilobatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-trilobatus.html
listenloadingplaying

Tripletail wrasse (female)

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

paha

listenloadingplaying

n. axe

parangi

Acanthurus auranticavus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-auranticavus.html
listenloadingplaying

Orange-socket surgeonfish

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

penesu

Scarus niger http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-niger.html
listenloadingplaying

Dusky parrotfish, swarthy parrotfish

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

penesu

Scarus globiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-globiceps.html
listenloadingplaying

Globehead parrotfish

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

penesu

Hipposcarus longiceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Hipposcarus-longiceps.html
listenloadingplaying

Pacific longnose parrotfish

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

piak

listenloadingplaying

brother

pitupitu

pitupitu

grass hopper

pol

pol
listenloadingplaying

small cube shaped toy ball of woven coconut leaves

popawɨk

listenloadingplaying

n. butterfly

puka

listenloadingplaying

pig

pɨpɨg

listenloadingplaying

n. kind of Tahitian chestnut

rakwakwi

listenloadingplaying

following day

rukwanu

listenloadingplaying

home

sarakweis

listenloadingplaying

yolk of egg

takiew se tasi

Goniobranchus coi https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/481507-Goniobranchus-coi
listenloadingplaying

Coi’s Goniobranchus

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

tamarua

listenloadingplaying

boy

tasiapen

Pterocaesio tile http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-tile.html
listenloadingplaying

Dark-Banded Fusilier, Neon Fusilier

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

tui-tui

The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.
listenloadingplaying

n. shrub, 2-3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3085)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used to cover the hot stone ovens when cooking lap-lap. The ripe fruit is used to burn as a lap. Take the seeds, impale on the fiber in the middle of a coconut leaf pinnae and light, holding the slender stick and lighting a person’s way.

tukraus

The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.
listenloadingplaying

[tukrawus] n. unbranched tree, growing next to Ianarawia ("high hill") settlement (village of Philip Wahe). (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3153)

Example: The leaves of this plant are used by women to make grass skirts. Slice the leaf lengthwise, fold or roll them up, put to dry in sun until it becomes white. At that point it is used to make the grass skirt.

tupa

tupa
listenloadingplaying

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

tuprena

listenloadingplaying

earth, soil

tɨnaprau

listenloadingplaying

club, used for dancing

wayu

listenloadingplaying

kind of yam, thought to be from Wallis and Futuna, considered a “traveling yam” that has gone to many islands. The flesh is somewhat hard and not sweet

Example: Used to make lap-lap to guests and family to welcome them

yakokeikei rinak

listenloadingplaying

I love my mum

(Bislama) mi likem mami blo mi

yesu

Parupeneus cyclostomus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-cyclostomus.html
listenloadingplaying

Gold-saddle goatfish

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

yesu

Parupeneus pleurostigma http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-pleurostigma.html
listenloadingplaying

Sidespot goatfish

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

Yewao

listenloadingplaying

port resolution