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89<br />

easy; slow; gentle; easily; slowly;<br />

gently ADJ, ADV<br />

slo slo<br />

Kwamera: məru<br />

Lenakel: mərɨk†<br />

N Tanna: mətɨg<br />

SW Tanna: mar<br />

Vaha: matə<br />

Whitesands: mərɨg<br />

†See blossom<br />

See (1) make it easy; (2) s<strong>of</strong>t,<br />

be<br />

eat (1) V/TR<br />

kakae<br />

Kwamera:<br />

Lenakel:<br />

N Tanna:<br />

SW Tanna:<br />

Vaha:<br />

Whitesands:<br />

eat (2) V<br />

kakae samt<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Kwamera:<br />

əni<br />

kɨn<br />

un<br />

ən<br />

an<br />

un<br />

əvegɨn,<br />

əkwməni,<br />

əkwm̃ herə<br />

avɨgɨn<br />

agvən<br />

əvɨgɨn<br />

əvɨgɨn<br />

Lenakel:<br />

N Tanna:<br />

SW Tanna:<br />

Vaha:<br />

Whitesands: augɨn<br />

See (1) feed an animal; (2)<br />

food<br />

eat food with a leaf (as with a<br />

napk<strong>in</strong>) V<br />

holem kakae wetem lif<br />

Kwamera: opẽn<br />

Lenakel: —<br />

N Tanna: —<br />

SW Tanna: hakus<br />

Vaha: —<br />

Whitesands: aveg<br />

echo N<br />

saon hemi kambak<br />

Kwamera:<br />

təp̃utəm<br />

Lenakel:<br />

N Tanna:<br />

SW Tanna:<br />

Vaha:<br />

Whitesands:<br />

edge; lip N<br />

kona blong samt<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Kwamera:<br />

Lenakel:<br />

N Tanna:<br />

SW Tanna:<br />

Vaha:<br />

Whitesands:<br />

See beak<br />

təp̃utəm<br />

təp̃utəm<br />

təp̃utəm<br />

təp̃utəm<br />

təp̃utəm<br />

tərhu*<br />

nur*<br />

nohl*<br />

nher*<br />

nhel*<br />

nohl*<br />

edible green fruit, k.o. (like a<br />

melon) N<br />

See fruit, k.o. (2)<br />

eel<br />

effort<br />

N<br />

See freshwater eel<br />

N<br />

See perspiration<br />

egg; testicle N<br />

eg, bol blong man<br />

Kwamera: kwənere*<br />

Lenakel: noanalh*<br />

N Tanna: noanalhɨ*<br />

SW Tanna: kwənerh*<br />

Vaha: kwənelh*<br />

Whitesands: noanalhɨ*<br />

See also (1) hatch an egg; (2)<br />

lay an egg<br />

egg yolk; g<strong>in</strong>ger N<br />

lokol kuri, yelo blong eg<br />

Kwamera: kwənəm̃ ɨk<br />

Lenakel: noanəm̃ ɨk<br />

N Tanna: naim̃ ɨk<br />

SW Tanna: kwənəm̃ ɨk<br />

Vaha: kwənəm̃ ɨk<br />

Whitesands: noaneam̃ ɨk<br />

Egretta sacra N<br />

See Pacific reef heron

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