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-afunu

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v. eat food after drinking kava

-akwéin

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v call, call out to, invite

-arouarou

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v waste, expend, use up

-arupwárupwa

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v intr flap (as a bird its wings)

-atate

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v 1. slide, crawl on one’s backside, crab-walk; 2. sit (as a baby who cannot yet walk); see -ate

-pitov

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black

-uvrisi

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v. transitive eat sugarcane

-ánumwi

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v drink, sip, seat (an orange)

amaɨ

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chew

apéraha

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seawards

araii narek

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cut my penis( circumsision)

aruwai nuk

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pilled yam (skin out)

en makureii

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go sit down

fwaga

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1. light colored volcanic stone used as a whetstone for sharpening knives, 2. big man, wise man

ia-karai nahii

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I cut the tree

iakuiaku

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n. 1. sand fly, 2. sand crab

iawira ~ iavira

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n. crab

ieremha

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n. ancestor

iermán

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man, husband

kapuapu

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[kapuapu] n. green salamander

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.
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[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.

kararing

kararing
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kind of mushroom

karharhi

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n. 1. small taro roots, 2. garden (metaphorically)

karkarepa

This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.
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n. vine, to 4 m off forest floor (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3260)

Example: This is a famine food. Cut the vine, clean the outside of it, remove bark, put the vines on a hot stone oven, cover with leaves (unspecified) and one hour later the vine is edible.

karorat

Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5134)

Example: Cut open ripe fruit, put red seed in mouth, chew them, then spit out hard seeds left. Ancients used to eat the seeds in this way -- certain people still like it.

karuarua

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thunder

kauyei

Kyphosus bigibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-bigibbus.html
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Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

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

keno

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n cicada

kera

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skull

konapwit

If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted,  it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5045)

Example: If a person comes to your garden and tries to spoil it with a special leaf by rubbing it on his foot and walking around or rubbbing it on a stick and tossing it into a garden, take 8 branches of this species (MB 5045) and put 2 in each corner of a new garden. If branches are placed when the garden is planted, it will not be spoiled by this black magic. To stop having children chew 4 pieces of young stem 2 in. long. 2 times daily for one week and the woman will no longer have children.

koniere

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree with a dense crown and edible fruit

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

konphar

Lutjanus quinquelineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-quinquelineatus.html
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Five-lined snapper

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

kormahak ~ kwarumahakw

kormahak ~ kwarumahakw
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coconut development stage 6

krefi

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n. kind of breadfruit

kri

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agreement

kuanarae

Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5147)

Example: Ripe fruits applied to paper and used as glue.

kurun

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n. a type of banana, often roasted on fires at the beach

kwanmasivur

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n. kind of tree

kwanɨtán

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n. nutmeg

kwenakwa

Ptilinopus greyii
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Red-bellied Fruit Dove

kɨriavavao

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kind of shellfish

lastik

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n. slingshot

mak afuman

Chalcophaps indica
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Green winged ground pigeon

mak irenha

Ptulinopus tannensis
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Tanna fruit dove

Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

mak sei suatouk

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n bend in the road

makhum

Scarus xanthopleura http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-xanthopleura.html
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Red parrotfish

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

mapur

mapur
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damsel fish

marao

Myripristis murdjan http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-murdjan.html
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Pinecone soldierfish, small-eyed squirrelfish

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

meri-riwə

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n sunset

nahpao

Balistoides viridescens http://fishbase.org/summary/Balistoides-viridescens.html
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Titan triggerfish

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

nakoko

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n. sea hearse tree (Hernandia peltata), has red timber used for posts

(Bislama) napiripiri

namramiri

Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create any part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Hunting: Pidgeons are attracted to this plant for their fruit. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the pidgeon.
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[namrami:ri] n. tree, 3 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3001)

Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create any part of a house. It is considered a strong wood. Hunting: Pidgeons are attracted to this plant for their fruit. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the pidgeon.

napeɨn

napeɨn
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[napeɨn] n. machete marks on tree

nari afafa

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n secret

nasiaben

Melicope latifolia
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n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3159)

natan

Stem used for sawn timber.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5105)

Example: Stem used for sawn timber.

natehi

The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.
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[nata he] n. tree to 4 m tall, dbh 25 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4732)

Example: The tree is planted as a fence around the garden to keep out chickens. Branches with a "Y" are used to make slingshots.

natís

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n. kind of plant with small purple flowers

nauri nauri

The young stems are used to make rafter of the house. A "calendar plant," when this plant flowers it is a good time to hunt flying fox because during that season they have a great deal of fat. Leaves used in the treatment of male children who have been circumsized. Wrap pieces of coconut with these leaves,heat in fire for 5-10 minutes, squeeze the hot leaf-infused oil all over the body. Children are taken to the sea to bathe and this will help heal the sore when it is put all over the body. It also gives the child a nice smell.
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n. tree, 7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3246)

Example: The young stems are used to make rafter of the house. A "calendar plant," when this plant flowers it is a good time to hunt flying fox because during that season they have a great deal of fat. Leaves used in the treatment of male children who have been circumsized. Wrap pieces of coconut with these leaves,heat in fire for 5-10 minutes, squeeze the hot leaf-infused oil all over the body. Children are taken to the sea to bathe and this will help heal the sore when it is put all over the body. It also gives the child a nice smell.

nekaritang

Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3107)

Example: Used to trap birds. Cut the stem of this plant and collect the sap. Take a small vine locally known as Nanupi, and roll the vine into a ball, infuse it with white latex which then turns brown, put it in a papaya or banana tree--when a bird comes to feed on the fruit of those trees, it gets stuck to the ball and can’t leave. This is good for harvesting small birds to be eaten.

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.

nema

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people, men

nenha

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coconut leaf sheath

nimasiur

1. Flying foxes, pidgeons and rats consume the fruits. 2. The wood is used as a commercial timber.
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n. large, well branched tree (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4220)

Example: 1. Flying foxes, pidgeons and rats consume the fruits. 2. The wood is used as a commercial timber.

nimwa

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home

nisei

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub, 2.5-3 m tall

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nkhaourakou

Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5083)

Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

nukwanɨk

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my hair

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.

nunu

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breast

nuvivi taik

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n. banana leaf, frond

nákumwhe-

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

nɨkatirev

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n. hibiscus

nɨmnave, nemnave

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n. a type of sugarcane, with brown skin, very sweet, planted in gardens

nɨmérupwun

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n. Mimosa sp., Bislama: ’Christmas tree’

nɨmɨmis

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n. kind of sugarcane (see -mƗmis)

nɨparɨm

In times of disaster, can roast root in fire like sweet potatoe 20 min--chew the root to get the sweet tasting food and spit out fiber.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5095)

Example: In times of disaster, can roast root in fire like sweet potatoe 20 min--chew the root to get the sweet tasting food and spit out fiber.

nɨsko

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n. 1. kind of tree, 2. bent staff or stick used by toka dancers

nɨtumwi

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n. tree (Pometia pinnata)

(Bislama) nantao

pamrɨmera

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kind of green coconut

penesu

Scarus psittacus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-psittacus.html
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Common parrotfish, palenose parrotfish

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

prigsiwir ~ marasaw

Acanthurus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-lineatus.html
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Lined Surgeonfish, Bluelined Surgeonfish ~ marasaw (Port Resolution dialect)

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

puka

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pig

purɨk

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bull

pusanpusan

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kind of fish

riginimwa

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n. small house posts that support thatch

ros

Ornamental plant
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n. shrub to 1 m tall, flowers red. ornamental plant in homestead garden. (collection: Michael J. Balick #4735)

Example: Ornamental plant

sɨkɨnmantóu

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n. kind of large taro, from Aneityum

taeck itonga

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kind of plantain from Tonga

Example: Used for cooking

Takiaew sei tasi

Chromodoris annae https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119434-Chromodoris-annae
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Anna’s Chromodoris

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

tapunga

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kava type

taurkava

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kava bowl

tuvái

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n. kind of tree (best wood for making bows)

tɨsi nɨmɨrhi

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n. orange or lemon thorn

utu pitew

Aphareus rutilans http://fishbase.org/summary/Aphareus-rutilans.html
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Rusty jobfish

(Bislama) Silva Poulet

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

yaknamapri

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I will sleep soon

(Bislama) mi stap silip nao.

yapha

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Bluespine Unicornfish, silver color with horn

yapha pshir

Naso brevirostris http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-brevirostris.html
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Spotted unicornfish

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

yawhira

yawhira
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yesu

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goatfish, small and red