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-akur

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v start, be surprised by something

-akwmakwmwi

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v gum (as one’s food)

-akwtenhi

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v hold on to, grasp, keep, retain, hoard (guests, goods, an idea)

-ami

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v intr urinate

-anuanu

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v nod (as one’s head)

-apena

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v 1. order, set in order; 2. clean up, police, collect leavings of food (for fear of sorcery)

-apri

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v sleep, close (as one’s eyes, or the leaves of a plant at night), blink

-arkarekɨr

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v 1. wrestle, struggle, throw a tantrum (as a child on the ground); 2. scratch (as a hen)

-arkouani

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v tr wear around neck (as a necklace, neck ornament or tie)

-ataka

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v flee, become a refugee

-atata

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v see -ata

apara naosian yaknawhi

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enough hurt or killed children

ataring

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you listen

Fekɨr

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Tanna placename: a waterfall and pool near Mt. Merin and Tukusmera, said to be the origin of Tanna greenstone pendants

fitkwa

fitkwa
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sandpiper

gɨwava

Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5079)

Example: Fruits eaten when they turn yellow and are ripe.

hirɨr

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maggot

ia-kamregi namisaian ia nupurak

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v I feel a pain in my body

iakuiaku

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n. 1. sand fly, 2. sand crab

iakuniarmen

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child orphans

iamɨnier

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n. kind of coconut with large ’eyes’

iani nɨteta

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chief

ianɨr

ianɨr
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mullet (fish)

iaviapái

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n. a kind of sweet potato

iawira ~ iavira

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n. crab

iraku

iraku
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stonefish

kamumu

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n. 1. kind of tuber pudding baked with edible leaves (nuvas), 2. cup made from rolled young banana leaves, 3. respect, friendship, fellowship

kaokapa ramamisa

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my headache (pain)

(Bislama) hed blo mi so.

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

kapapu

People use this plant for firewood
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n. tree, growing in disturbed forest/garden area. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3102)

Example: People use this plant for firewood

karikao

eatable shell, boiled in the saucepan or roasted in the fire
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kind of sea shell; droga

(Bislama) Droka

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

kawitaring

kawitaring
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keipeipie iasuck

Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)

Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

keipeipwi yasuk

Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5065)

Example: Tricks the rat, sees seeds from bottom, but when climbs herb, can’t see it--so name refers to tricking the rat. If a person drinks too much kava over many years, boil 5-6 whole plant for 15 minutes in water (1.5 L) and put in pot, drink 3 cups, 1x / day for 3 days to detoxify the effects of kava. A person who has drunk too much kava over a long time feels it in the body--weak, hard to wake early, appetite is low, body feels heavy.

keva

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how many? how much?

kiri

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Moorish idol fish

kitkit

kitkit
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kind of basket woven with young coconut leaves.

konianaker

Epinephelus merra http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-merra.html
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Honeycomb grouper (deep sea)

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

konkamun

Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.
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[kwankamun] n. large herb, 0.5 to 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3002)

Example: Ornamental: The white fruits of this plant are used as pendants to fashion a necklace for a man, woman or child.

konpir

To tie the wall of a house, strip off leaves and tie fresh to house.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5136)

Example: To tie the wall of a house, strip off leaves and tie fresh to house.

kopwa

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fence

krirɨm krirɨm

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num ten ("five five")

kwaji yerman sei kijirimak sa namritaik

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my elder sisiter’s son

kwanarai

People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.
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[kwanəraj] n. tree, 6-7 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3101)

Example: People use this plant as a medicine to treat bad knees. Peel the bark, take 1 handful and put it in a cup of water until the water becomes black. Drink it 3x daily as needed until the knee pain disappears and the knee heals. Children use the seeds as a glue in school work.

kwanarai

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.

kwanarkwayaɨ

kwanarkwayaɨ
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n pumice

kwanwekɨr

Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5041)

Example: Flower attracts flying fox--hunters know this. Nut is edible, eat green, split fruit to obtain it. Raw, can also fry it in oil and dry in sun, keep 1-2 week to eat. Thios is an important food for the cyclone season. People prepare it when they know the cyclone is coming (emergency food).

mai napuei mhia

mai napuei mhia
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n. dry coconut leaf wall

manpeken

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type of woven pandanus mat with thick strands

manto

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n. manioc

mantopani mariyango

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kind of cassava, from Port-Vila

Example: The root of this variety is made into lap-lap used in certain ceremonies

mariveia

mariveia
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butterfly fish

matag

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cyclone

mimináu

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volcanic glass shards (Pele’s hair)

minim

Siganus corallinus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-corallinus.html
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Blue-spotted spinefoot, coral rabbitfish (fresh water)

Example: Photo by BS Thurner Hof / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

nakogar

For Kastom ceremony, chew the leaves with the white endosperm of coconut and then rub on body to enjoy the fragrant aroma. Sometimes when a person is working hard, and are tired, they take this leaf, mix it with ground coconut and wash in salt water. When planting yams, a bunch of leaves with this plant are mixed with wild cane and burned, and the ash put int he ground as one plants the yams.
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[nakoŋ har] n. tree to 4 m tall, 25 cm dbh (collection: Michael J. Balick #4734)

Example: For Kastom ceremony, chew the leaves with the white endosperm of coconut and then rub on body to enjoy the fragrant aroma. Sometimes when a person is working hard, and are tired, they take this leaf, mix it with ground coconut and wash in salt water. When planting yams, a bunch of leaves with this plant are mixed with wild cane and burned, and the ash put int he ground as one plants the yams.

namatamai

Lethrinus nebulosus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-nebulosus.html
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Spangled emperor

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

nanimen

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your eye

napkapki

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

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

napua

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n. clouds

napua pran

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cumulus cloud

napuk

This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5130)

Example: This is male variety used to build the foundation of the house, to make the timbers for the floor (joist) and put Veitchia arecina (MB 4707) strips on top. Also used for crossbeams for roof of house. Planted in village to provide shade.

naruk

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n. sugarcane

natis

People use this to make a broom, by cutting the roots and tying a bundle of stems together. The leaves fall off naturally and this is used as a broom.
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n. terrestrial herb, 0.8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3068)

Example: People use this to make a broom, by cutting the roots and tying a bundle of stems together. The leaves fall off naturally and this is used as a broom.

naukwasikar

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daylight, sunshine

nekemap

When a person is sick put two of these large leaves together and use them to "carry" a person to the medicine specialist. If the sick person is a man, six people line up and put many leaves on the palm of their interwoven hands and then they carry the sick person while saying a special incantation. This is a very old practice. If a person has a stomach pain take 2 of the white inflorescences with the right hand and give them to the person to eat, twice a day (in the morning and eveing) for 4 days. The pain will go away. When kava is chewed to prepare the beverage, the roots are sp
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5016)

Example: When a person is sick put two of these large leaves together and use them to "carry" a person to the medicine specialist. If the sick person is a man, six people line up and put many leaves on the palm of their interwoven hands and then they carry the sick person while saying a special incantation. This is a very old practice. If a person has a stomach pain take 2 of the white inflorescences with the right hand and give them to the person to eat, twice a day (in the morning and eveing) for 4 days. The pain will go away. When kava is chewed to prepare the beverage, the roots are sp

nesiapuasiapu

Cyperus
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5081)

niemes

Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to  eat these fruits.
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n. tree to 6 m tall, dbh 30 cm (collection: Michael J. Balick #4726)

Example: Green fruits are edible. To eat the leaves, cook them in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, eat with coconut milk. The younger leaves should be the ones harvested for eating. The leaves can also be used to bake a pig in an earth oven, wrap the leaves around the pig. The wood is good for firewood and a person can start the dried wood with no match. The leaves of this plant can be eaten with another, unspecified leaf to stop vomiting. When the fruits are ripe the flying fox and birds like to eat these fruits.

nikirhanekin

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n. traditional medicine

nipari makwa

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n first quarter (moon phase)

niras

Very poison sap and leaves. When in fruit the fruit bat eat this and can’t fly well so fall down and can be harvested.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5087)

Example: Very poison sap and leaves. When in fruit the fruit bat eat this and can’t fly well so fall down and can be harvested.

noua

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n. kind of tree, leaves used for penis wrapper (Related to nepek tree)

nuai nukori

nuai nukori
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n. large tree root

nuwak

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n my thigh

nɨmɨk

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n. coals

nɨperɨm

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n. kind of liana

nɨpɨk rerin

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n. kind of banyan tree with large leaves and fruit

nɨserserien

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n. luminescent fungi or algae; something bright, sparkling like the lights of the city

nɨtumwi

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n. tree (Pometia pinnata)

(Bislama) nantao

pagaivii amramera sarariman

Cheilinus undulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-undulatus.html
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Humphead wrasse (male)

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

pavɨsi

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kind of coconut which is long and narrow

pawpawuk

Yoma sabina https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/358951-Yoma-sabina
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Australian Lurcher

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

pawpawuk pitew

Hypolimnas bolina

Great Eggfly

piak

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brother

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus erythropterus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-erythropterus.html
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Longfin emperor

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

purupuru

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quantity of five coconuts

rariari mio

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my bad luck (1st person poss.)

rawɨs

rawɨs
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[ʰrawɨs] grass skirt

rewuk

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n my bicuspid (tooth)

rinak rwamah

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my mother died

(Bislama) mami blo mi det

rous

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women’s bark skirt

Rukwinao-ia-nɨrak

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n my glottis

saisai

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n. arrow

suatuk

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exchange relation, exchange road

tarigiaván

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kind of seaweed

tasiapen

Pterocaesio trilineata http://fishbase.org/summary/Pterocaesio-trilineata.html
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Three-Stripe Fusilier

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

tauparsiur

People use this to cover or wrap banana and cassava prior to cooking in a boiling pot; when the food is cooked the leaf is discarded. Flowers used for decoration. This is an imported cultivated plant.
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[topasiwɨr] n. large herb, growing at edge of garden. Bracts red. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3071)

Example: People use this to cover or wrap banana and cassava prior to cooking in a boiling pot; when the food is cooked the leaf is discarded. Flowers used for decoration. This is an imported cultivated plant.

tuburbeï

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

yapha

Naso unicornis http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-unicornis.html
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Bluespine unicornfish

yesu

Parupeneus heptacanthus http://fishbase.org/summary/Parupeneus-heptacanthus.html
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goatfish; this example is possibly a Cinnabar goatfish