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-afwini

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v var. of -fwini

-aghagha

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v intr call fowls, cluck

-ahakw(i)

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

-ahate

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

-akwaiakwai

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v. make twine (by rolling on one’s leg or on one’s thigh)

-amasan

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beautiful, good

-amwhén

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v/a 1. equal, the same, similar; 2. enough, sufficient, acceptable, fitting; 3. desirous of, needful of

-ani

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v tr eat, consume

-apane

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v use protective magic

-ararki

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v var. of -arak(i)

-arpikou

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v intr twitch, jerk about (as a dying fish), slither (as a snake), flop about

-arɨk(i)

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v throw (more than one object)

-atapár

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v cheer, jeer (as a football team)

akumani puka

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feed pig

apeki

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v. to clear away bush or brush, to scratch, claw, or carry away

araii ringringi naii

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v cut the hood branches

ia-kawsini nakukua

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v I read a book

(Bislama) mi ridim book

ia-keri tapou sei nerei

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v I dig taro’s bed for planting

(Bislama) mi tikim hol blo taro

iakuniarmen

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child orphans

iereme se nui

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water devil

Irepnow

Irepnow
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jarerin

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duck (native)

kanɨspéin

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kind of stick bug

kapa

Lutjanus carponotatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-carponotatus.html
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Spanish flag, stripey

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

kapkar

Zosterops vellalavella
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Vella Lavella White-Eye

karukwau

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n. interior house cross post

kasɨrasír

Rhipidura fulginosa
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n kind of bird (collared fantail)

katiham

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traditional dance

kawga ia-nirak

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n my cheek

kesi

To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in  2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5101)

Example: To treat ciguatera disease (fish toxin), boil a double handful of the male flower, in 2 liter water, 10-15 min. Drink all at once warm. Drink one pot daily for 2 days. Leaves and flowers to feed pigs. Fruit edible. Slice the green fruit and boil it to make soup or fry it in oil and make a salad. Ripe fruit to make jam.

konapit

To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 L bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5070)

Example: To get strength back in your body, take a double handful of leaves in 1/2 of 1.5 L bottle, drink all at once. Children take the seeds of this plant and put them together in a ball to play with.

konianaker

Epinephelus hexagonatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-hexagonatus.html
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Starspotted grouper (deep sea)

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

kostrog

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n. lemon

krirɨm

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num five

kwanapit

This plant is used to treat diarrhea. A person takes 1 handful of leaves, washes the soil off, chews them and gets the juice out of the leaves, spits out the fibers and left over parts of the leaves. Chew this regularly until the diarrhea goes away if a person has a bad case; for a mild case, chew only once. It is said that a person has to "listen to the plant" until the diarrhea stops. It is said to be better for this condition than Psidium (guava).
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n. herb to 50 cm, flowers pink (collection: Michael J. Balick #4721)

Example: This plant is used to treat diarrhea. A person takes 1 handful of leaves, washes the soil off, chews them and gets the juice out of the leaves, spits out the fibers and left over parts of the leaves. Chew this regularly until the diarrhea goes away if a person has a bad case; for a mild case, chew only once. It is said that a person has to "listen to the plant" until the diarrhea stops. It is said to be better for this condition than Psidium (guava).

kwanapugɨm

Break endocarp with knife and eat it. Children eat young green seeds. Mature endocarp cleaned and used to play marbles. Split stem and use for floor of house. Leaf used to wrap cassava for roasting in ground oven or dried on fire. Young seedlings pulled up and meritsem eaten as food (Nanimen) palm heart of young tree.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5104)

Example: Break endocarp with knife and eat it. Children eat young green seeds. Mature endocarp cleaned and used to play marbles. Split stem and use for floor of house. Leaf used to wrap cassava for roasting in ground oven or dried on fire. Young seedlings pulled up and meritsem eaten as food (Nanimen) palm heart of young tree.

kwanasitov

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n. magically treated stalk of wild cane used in kava fertility spells or to tabu a garden, road, etc.

kwaniapwít

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n. plant with sticky leaves and seed pods

kwatavirua

When  this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in bundles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5135)

Example: When this plant grows to 2m, peel bark and put it in salt water to rett the stem. To do this, tie the stems in bundles and cover the bundle with a stone in the sea. After one week, rett the stem by pulling out the strong fibers and discarding the rest. Dry the fibers, then make a grass skirt from this. The leaves can be crushed and used as a styptic for wounds to stop bleeding.

kweiei

Ctenochaetus striatus
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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

kweria

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n. hawk

kwánkuru

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

kɨkir

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coconut husking stave set in ground

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

kɨvinuán

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mantis

maket

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n marketplace, market

Makwa

Makwa
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n waxing gibbous (moon phase)

murukmuruk

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kind of insect, wood boring

nafeiruan

Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5089)

Example: Hundreds of years ago, there was no tobacco. People dried and smoked this as tobacco. When fishing, wrap string around stem--use as a reel.

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.

nanes

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n. 1. kind of tree, 2. small plant with red flowers (var. of nanas), the sap is dangerous it can cause a rash

napiso

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n. kind of tree with edible inflorescence

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

napugen

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n. fruit (in general)

narami kari

1. Fowl sometimes lay their eggs in the center of these ferns.
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n. epiphyte; prominent ridge on abaxial surface of costa. (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2614)

Example: 1. Fowl sometimes lay their eggs in the center of these ferns.

naring

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n. tree, 5-6 m h (collection: Laurence Ramon #318)

Natoka

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nau

nau
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[nau] machete, knife

neapar

This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.
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[nijæpər] n. sparsely branched shrub, 1.5-2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3083)

Example: This plant is used as an ornamental, and is important to plant on graves. The color signifies a grave.

neapsan

Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5146)

Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

nefara

The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.
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[nafare] n. tree growing in disturbed forest area along kwataren kastom road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3095)

Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.

nei

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n. tree, bush, log, timber, wood

nenha

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coconut leaf sheath

nevau

Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5114)

Example: Weave bark fiber to make slings, grass skirt for ladies, hats and baskets. To do this, rett outer bark in sea for 1 week to rot everything but the fiber, take remaining fiber, dry in sun and use as a fiber for weaving.

nikanyep

1. Known as the spirit of kava, the inner stem of young leaves can be eaten as bush fodder.
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n. treelet, 1.5 to 2 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4243)

Example: 1. Known as the spirit of kava, the inner stem of young leaves can be eaten as bush fodder.

niknapus

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

nimhiro

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n. tree used for house posts

ning

When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.
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n. large grass, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3104)

Example: When thatching a house, put the coconut leaves on the crossbars, and then push the stem of this plant into the coconut leaves and bend them over to hold the coconut leaves. Use the stems of this plant as a support for yam vines. Use the stem to make arrows.

Ningkaris

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Mountain beetwen yatukwei and High hill

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.

nopweien

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menstruation

nukuk-apran

Vittaria elongata
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n. epiphyte on main trunks of canopy-sized trees, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3120)

nukuk-arman

Unspecified secret medicine
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n. epiphyte on trunk of ficus tree, growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3128)

Example: Unspecified secret medicine

nukuwasikar

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n sunbeam

numrukwen

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Numrukwen moiety

nuvivi-

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n. inalienable stems with leaves of plants such as cane or banana

nuákw

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n. morning glory

nátahi

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n. kind of tree, Bislama: ’milk tree’

nɨkiskis

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n. mistletoe

pahái

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n wind direction (NNW)

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

pirei pirei

Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.
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n. herb growing along stream in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers blue. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3254)

Example: Used in an unspecified way for pregnant women to ensure the baby to grow well. Used in an unspecified way to control the weather.

pran parei

pran parei
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kind of crab that lives in dirty water

purupuru

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quantity of five coconuts

reia

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chicken

riminhi

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dad

rukwinɨmu

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eel, morray (general)

rɨgkái

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frigate bird?

Takiaew sei tasi

Chromodoris lochi https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201640-Chromodoris-lochi
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Loch’s Chromodoris

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

Takiaew sei tasi

Hypselodoris tryoni https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/468033-Hypselodoris-tryoni

Tryon’s Hypselodoris

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

tamakao

Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.
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Red Jungle Fowl (male)

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.

tataua

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sawfish

tekɨ kusan

tekɨ kusan
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kind of seashell

tuku-

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n. inalienable sprout, shoot (of a plant which sends up multiple sprouts such as kava, banana, bamboo, etc.)

tɨnari

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cloth

vɨnis

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flying 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

yaku

Eretmochelys imbricata https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39672-Eretmochelys-imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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

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

Yanmerai

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village between itapua and kwaraka