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-akwagase

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v intr yawn

-akwaiakwai

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

-akwái

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v. twine (by rolling on one’s leg), file, rub out, hone

-amtiv

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v intr smack lips (as to call a dog)

-aragavus

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v spit

-arapinha

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v close (as a door)

-ararki

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v var. of -arak(i)

-arkaua

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v mispronounce, misspeak, speak differently

-arukwakwus

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v hang, hang up, tie up

-arupwararini

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v turn aside, turn back (as a person), block

-arɨg

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v dir sense (hear, fell, touch, taste)

-asaku

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v roll, roll about

-askɨrhi

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v var. of -skɨrhi

-atigenhen

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v/a not fear, fearless

agero

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angel

akumani puka

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feed pig

apenapena

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anywhere

atan

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adv., adj. wild, in the bush

fetukwái

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morning star

hirɨr

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maggot

ikɨnan

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tabu place, taboo place

jarman

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boy

kafa

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

Example: via inaturalist.org

kahimaregi

Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication
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n. coconut development stage 3

Example: Overripe, can be put into seawater for up to 3 months to ferment, then drunk for intoxication

kamkapati

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horns

kamkariamkari

Cyrtophora moluccensis https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120520-Cyrtophora-moluccensis
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Dome Web Spider

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

kamti

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n. kind of taro

karat

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[karat] carrot

kenasenas

The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.
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n. epiphytic orchid on tree, growing in dense cloud forest. flowers white. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4219)

Example: The yellow seeds are used are used to paint faces. The use is currently practiced by children and thought to be an archaic use.

konianaker

Epinephelus ongus http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-ongus.html
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White-streaked grouper (deep sea)

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

koniapit

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

konuwak sarariman

Plectorhinchus albovittatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-albovittatus.html
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Two-striped sweetlips, giant sweetlips (male)

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

koprative

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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh. It is fast-growing and produces a large bunch of tubers

Example: Very sweet and sticks to the teeth when eaten

korkwao tanna

Oceanodroma tristrami
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Tristram’s Storm Petrel

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

kouwehew

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kind of shell, with smooth black color

Example: edible shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire

kuanae

Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5115)

Example: Hardwood, for carving. For building house posts. If wood is dry when it is wet outside, this wood will light and burn faster than any other wood (due to high sap content).

kwanare-yaku

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kind of taro, has reddish-white flesh

Example: Good for cooking and making lap-lap

kwanari

kwanari
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n. flower lei

kwanatan

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n. interior house radial long post

kwansun-awihi

kwansun-awihi
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kind of seashell

kɨkir

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hook

lastik

lastik
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n slingshot (Bislama?)

mai nawkukua

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n. paper

mai-nɨfara

mai-nɨfara
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plant to be identified used for basketry

mak

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dove

makhum

Scarus rubroviolaceus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-rubroviolaceus.html
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Ember parrotfish, redlip parrotfish

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

marao

Myripristis violacea http://fishbase.org/summary/Myripristis-violacea.html
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Lattice soldierfish, violet soldierfish

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

marao

Sargocentron spiniferum http://fishbase.org/summary/Sargocentron-spiniferum.html
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Sabre squirrelfish

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

nakoka

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree; bishop wood

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nanumun

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n shadow

napkapki

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree with green sweet-smelling flowers

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

napkapy

Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster.  fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5027)

Example: Leaves are used as pig feed to make them grow faster. fed to pigs to make them grow faster. Various butterflied can also get stuck on this plant, so bird’s can also get stuck when trying to eat these insects and can then be hunted or collected.

napoti

Macolor macularis http://fishbase.org/summary/Macolor-macularis.html
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Midnight Snapper

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

napoti sarariman

Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-chrysotaenia.html
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Yellow-striped sweetlips (male)

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

nare

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. taro (Colocasia)

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nari muru

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animal

nava

Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5038)

Example: Fruits edible when ripe. The stem is used for timber and sawn timber. Flowers attract fruit bats. Hunters, knowing this, hunt the bats at night.

nawes

Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.
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[nawes] n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 40 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4740)

Example: Fruit used for local medicine. When a person is diagnosed with "cancer" in the local hospital, take a ripe fruit in a cup of water and macerate it until the smell of the fruit comes out in the water, drink every other day, 3x daily, morning noon and night. Also used for firewood.

nawirec

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kind of taro, has yellow flesh. It might be a different genus

Example: Good for boiling or making lap-lap

nawirok

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. shrub or tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nefweng

The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.
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n. damaged tree, growing in open forest heavily impacted by cyclone. flowers pale-yellowish tan. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3234)

Example: The wood of this tree is used for building houses. When a person has a large cut, chew the young leaves of this plant until soft, roll up into some of the same leaf, heat on the fire for 5 minutes, put the heated leaves directly on the wound and secure this with a cloth. To treat diarrhea in small children, parents chew the leaves and give the juice that extrudes to the kids, 1 teaspoon, 2x daily for 2 days or until the condition goes away.

nei kamoukurei

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n. canoe seat

nep

nep
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pig killing stick

ngarehma

This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.
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n. shrub, 4-6 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3090)

Example: This plant is known as "fishbone leaf" as the edge of the leaf tears away and the remaining part is serrated. It is a powerful medicine that is secret.

nhawi

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kind of yam, produces tubers with white flesh that are very sweet. It is easy to grow and very productive with large bundles of tubers

Example: Said to be good for roasting or frying in oil. This hard, sweet yam is said to be the best tasting of all

nikwerig

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n. fish poison tree

nimeiei

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n. fern used as chicken feed

nimigi paha

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n. handle of axe

nui pen

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n swamp

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n my fist

nukwasikar

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afternoon

nurɨgri

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n. kind of tree, wood used for pierced ear and septum ornaments

nuvivi-

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

nɨmakeke

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coral

nɨmpen

Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger,  take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5076)

Example: Leaves used in cooking to flavor soup. To cure sore known as "yaush" that is the size of a 50 vatu coin or larger, take 2-3 branches, collect leaves, put in pot, and warm. Wash the sore 3x day wash for 1-2 weeks. This disease is caused by flies and mosquitos. Yaush is the English name. Mosquito or fly bites the person, passes worm similar to filariasis, then a boil erupts and scratch it becomes big sore. Dry leaves and flowers, put in tin, and light it up to keep mosquitoes away. The smoke from this burning plant chases away mosquitoes like a coil.

nɨpeka

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coconut fibre, outer husk, coir

nɨsuvás

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n. kind of tree with edible seed in a hairy pod

parangi

Acanthurus auranticavus http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthurus-auranticavus.html
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Orange-socket surgeonfish

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

penesu

Scarus dimidiatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-dimidiatus.html
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Yellowbarred Parrotfish

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

purupuru

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quantity of five coconuts

rangho

Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus http://fishbase.org/summary/Tylosurus-crocodilus.html
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Hound needlefish, crocodile long-tom

Example: Photo by Philippe Bourjon / Fishbase, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

rariari mio

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my bad luck (1st person poss.)

rewuk

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n my bicuspid (tooth)

rigi

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n. part, piece (see ringinimwa)

tafha

Very small, not ready to eat or for any other use
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coconut development stage 1

Example: Very small, not ready to eat or for any other use

Tametasi

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n ocean

tara

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father

tikinao

Pogonatherum crinitum
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n. small grass growing on large rock in middle of flowing stream. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3113)

tomu

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n. mangrove

trawasi

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[turawasi] n. you (two) are smoking

tuburbeï

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n. tree, pale bark with vertical lines of lenticels. (collection: Laurence Ramon #330)

tuitúi

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n. castor bean tree

tukra kahar

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day after tomorrow

turlmata

The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.
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n. vine in hibiscus tiliaceus tree, growing on rocky roadside cut along coast road. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3163)

Example: The vine is used for rope. Collect a length of vine appropriate for the task, heat it over a fire, peel the outer "skin" off and use the rest of the vine, fresh, to tie the poles and rafters used to make a traditional house.

tuwai

The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.
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[tuwai] n. tree, 15 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3059)

Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

tɨnaprau

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club, used for dancing

uritoga natoga

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wind direction: south-east wind

yapesu

yapesu
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kind of crab that live only in the beach

yesu

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Mulloidichthys-flavolineatus.html
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Yellowstripe goatfish

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

ɨnteta

ɨnteta
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canoe