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-aias

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v. sweep, clear away garden debris

-amha

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v intr dead

-araghár

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v spread to dry (in the sun)

-arukwokwe

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v var. of -rukwokwe

-asɨri

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v succeed, win, better act or interact such that one comes out ahead (implying another loses), belittle another, be lucky

-atampɨg

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v see -ata apɨg

-atiri

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v 1. sew, weave, string beads, shuffle; 2. choke, strangle

-uiri

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adj. woody, tough, fibrous (as a yam or taro)

-ánumwi

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v drink, sip, seat (an orange)

-ásuke

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v swing, oscillate

agero

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angel

akunekune

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v. poison (for example a fish)

akwararen

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adj. slippery

araii narek

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cut my penis( circumsision)

Fira

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Port Vila

hawa

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hour

ia-kasipao ia kurimatao me

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v I watch the cows

ia-kasua ia kunu

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v I paddle a canoe

(Bislama) mi baddle le kenou

iaku-iaku

Portulaca oleracea
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[jaku jaku] n. kind of herb (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

Ianɨtim

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Aneityum

iaren

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crayfish

Irepnow

Irepnow
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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

kapnumnum

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n. mushroom

katiaitukros

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kind of sugarcane

kaupa

kaupa
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n gate (made of bamboo)

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.

kikouikou

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n mosquito larva

kisum

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command to dogs (sic)

konakaka

The flower stick is cut at both ends and used as a trumpet by the children. The root of this type is poisonous; other types are used as food.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5117)

Example: The flower stick is cut at both ends and used as a trumpet by the children. The root of this type is poisonous; other types are used as food.

konapit

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.

konianaker

Epinephelus corallicola http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-corallicola.html
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Coral grouper, coral rock grouper (deep sea)

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

konuwak arwerew

Cephalopholis sonnerati http://fishbase.org/summary/Cephalopholis-sonnerati.html
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Tomato hind, tomato grouper (deep sea)

Example: Photo by Ian V. Shaw / ALA, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

kormahak

kormahak
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coconut stage, 6th (sixth); has a small sprout

kouveh

kouveh
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bamboo tongs to pick up hot rocks from earth oven

kutkut

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oval handled basket

kwanɨtara

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n. semi-inalienable strip of coconut frond used as a rope

kwatawar selug

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n. fishing line

kɨtkɨt

kɨtkɨt
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basket, flat with two handles

makhum

Cheilinus fasciatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-fasciatus.html
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Redbreasted wrasse

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

mangopen

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kind of mango, the fruit of this variety has thin skin, sweet flesh; it comes from Fiji

manhewao sarariman

Caranx melampygus http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-melampygus.html
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Bluefin trevally (male) (reef fish)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

marimari

To treat indigestion, take 5 roots from 5 different plants, clean, grate into 600mL bottle of water. Drink one bottle twice daily. In Tanna, people use this plant to make rain, thunder, or to stop the rain. To make rain, take a big pile of this plant’s leaves, tie them in a bundle with a rope, and put into the sea. When the leaves start rotting, usually after one week, the rain will come.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5078)

Example: To treat indigestion, take 5 roots from 5 different plants, clean, grate into 600mL bottle of water. Drink one bottle twice daily. In Tanna, people use this plant to make rain, thunder, or to stop the rain. To make rain, take a big pile of this plant’s leaves, tie them in a bundle with a rope, and put into the sea. When the leaves start rotting, usually after one week, the rain will come.

minin tonga

Siganus lineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Siganus-lineatus.html
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Golden-lined spinefoot, lined rabbitfish

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 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.

nakwsakweien

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death

nanumun

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n shadow

Napatou

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n hilltop

napriien

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sleep, sleepiness

narek

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n. my penis

naring

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. tree, small; Vanuatu Wild Fig

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

natan

1. A variety of local pidgeons, including nawimba, manuapen, and kieri, eat the ripe fruits. 2. The leaves are used to seal roof seams in traditional houses. At the apex of the roofline, first coconut husk is placed, then the leaves of this plant, then finally, coconut leaves. The practice is referred to as kaweri nimaira.
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n. tree, 8 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4242)

Example: 1. A variety of local pidgeons, including nawimba, manuapen, and kieri, eat the ripe fruits. 2. The leaves are used to seal roof seams in traditional houses. At the apex of the roofline, first coconut husk is placed, then the leaves of this plant, then finally, coconut leaves. The practice is referred to as kaweri nimaira.

navisaien

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argument

nawan

Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5144)

Example: Sawn timber. Very hard wood. Fruit bats enjoy eating from this tree. Hunters know this and will go there to hunt.

nawha

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. flowering tree

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

nemrapep

Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.
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n. epiphyte growing in dense forest. (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2991)

Example: Hunting: Flying foxes are attracted to this plant for their flowers. As a result, hunters gather around this plant when they desire to hunt the flying fox.

newou

Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.
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[ne̤wo] n. tree, 5 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3079)

Example: Used to treat pain. When a baby has an injection in the hospital, such as a vaccine, people take 1 handful of leaves, boil in a small amount of water to concentrate the resulting "juice" that comes out of the leaves, and put this fluid on the site of the pain, the injection, covering it with a leaf for 5-10 minutes, 2-3x daily until the baby stops crying.

nhewi

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n. kind of yam, edible, white color, used for frying, also in laplap

nias

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canoe parts: bailer

nikiskes

Photo by Martial Wahe
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n. parasitic epiphyte growing on upper branches of fagraea berteroana, in dense forest along ridge.

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niknapus

Young boys make bows from the stems of this plant, and use them for hunting as the wood is hard and strong. If a boy needs a bow urgently, to hunt, he can use this.
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[nikinapus] n. shrub, 1 m tall (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3067)

Example: Young boys make bows from the stems of this plant, and use them for hunting as the wood is hard and strong. If a boy needs a bow urgently, to hunt, he can use this.

nimusukwe

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n. decayed stump

nipasengek

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n my nose

nuirou

Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5163)

Example: Scrape inner bark (handful) and mix it with MJB 5157 in 1 liter water squeeze in bottle, drink 1 cup 2x daily for mother who is not producing enough milk for baby. Birds eat fruits -- all types like it (flying fox) also.

nuk

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[nuk] wild yam

nukuk

People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.
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n. epiphyte growing on a main branch of a glochidion tree, 2-3 m above ground (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3073)

Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.

nukunenap

Gallus gallus
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Red Jungle Fowl (female)

Example: Photo by Lip Kee, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr

nukwesi

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.

nukwetau

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arrowhead, used for hunting fish, fowl or flying fox, traditionally made from black palm, now usually from metal

nukwiri

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n. acacia tree

nɨkava pitov

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n. black kava (stems are black color)

nɨkwanáha

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n. fruit of nukwesi

nɨmai

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n. 1. leaf, foliage 2. sheet, leaf (of paper)

nɨmnɨmu

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coconut parasite

nɨmrakw

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ashes

nɨpatu

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cliff, escarpment edge

nɨpnɨpɨn

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morning

nɨpunɨpun

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[nɨpunɨpun] spider web

nɨrukwɨfiien

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eclipse (lunar?)

pagaivii

Cheilinus chlorourus http://fishbase.org/summary/Cheilinus-chlorourus.html
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Floral wrasse

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

pawpawuk

Hypolimnas antilope https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199968-Hypolimnas-antilope
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Spotted Crow Eggfly

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

pepher pitew sarariman

Plectorhinchus picus http://fishbase.org/summary/Plectorhinchus-picus.html
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Painted sweelip, dotted sweetlips (male)

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

pirawa ~ firawa

Lethrinus harak http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-harak.html
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Thumbprint emperor, blackspot emperor

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

riginimwa

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n. small house posts that support thatch

ruoto

ruoto
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wind direction from the southwest

sarakweis

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yolk of egg

suatuk

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exchange relation

susut

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fruit, edible green

taktak

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duck

tapi

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planting hole (for banana, taro)

tasi

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n. sea

tataua

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sawfish

tikinau asori

Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5124)

Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

twe twe

Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5090)

Example: Take a coconut leaf, take out the midribs so it becomes a sharp spine, impale the seeds on this, and light them for use as a torch. Leaf used to cover earth oven, and can be put between the stones and the wrapped cooking leaves in order to keep the food clean. Children play with the seeds as marbles

tɨnɨrup

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n family, household

ume

Naso annulatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-annulatus.html
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Whitemargin Unicornfish, Ringtail Unicornfish

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

wipin akwes

Atule mate http://fishbase.org/summary/Atule-mate.html
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Yellowtail scad

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

yakamapri

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I sleep

yakokeikei siao pran

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v I love my wife

(Bislama) mi laekem woman blo mi.

yakuonapirawa

Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.
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n. type of flowering plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5118)

Example: Young stems are used to support the roof of ther house. Use yellow sap for glue. Fruits and flowers eaten by flying fox. Same effect as poison tree, they do not fly correctly, often falling and can be harvested to eat.