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Nafe (Kwamera) talking dictionary

Nafe (Kwamera)

Talking Dictionary™

version 12.2016

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Nafe (Kwamera)

The Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary currently has 3233 entries, with 3212 audio files and 1236 images.
This domain search has returned 28 entries.

fitkwa [+]

   sandpiper

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
iavɨnmér [+]

   fan-tailed cuckoo

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kakosia [+]

   Collared Kingfisher

Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by JJ Harrison, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kakurai iakurai [+]

   Melanesian Flycatcher

Scientific name: Myiagra caledonica marinae

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kakwasia [+]

   collared kingfisher

Scientific name: Todirhamphus chloris

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kapkar [+]

   Vella Lavella White-Eye

Scientific name: Zosterops vellalavella

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kasesir [+]

   Brown Fantail

Scientific name: Rhipidura drownei

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by flyingkiwigirl / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kasimi [+]

   Eastern Barn Owl

Scientific name: Tyto javanica delicatula

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kasɨrasír [+]

n    kind of bird (collared fantail)

Scientific name: Rhipidura fulginosa

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kaviahapurɨgpurɨg [+]

   a kind of honeyeater, Wattled Honeyeater

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kaviatameta [+]

   Cardinal Honeyeater

Scientific name: Myzomela cardinalis

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kavitnavit [+]

   Broadbilled Flycatcher

Scientific name: Myiagra caledonica

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kawir [+]

   Common Myna

Scientific name: Acridotheres tristis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photos by Byron Chin / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kawitnawit [+]

   Satin Flycatcher

Scientific name: Myiagra cyanoleuca

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by David Cook, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kayap [+]

   Ranongga White Eye

Scientific name: Zosterops splendidus

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kayap amtameta [+]

   Sclater’s Myzomela, Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela

Scientific name: Myzomela sclateri

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kieri [+]

   Pacific Imperial Pigeon

Scientific name: Ducula pacifica

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jake Osborne, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kirikapóu [+]

   Glossy Swiftlet

Scientific name: Collocalia esculenta

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kiriot [+]

   large, black supernatural fowl which crows at the end of the day

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
  • supernatural
kɨmisak [+]

   Golden Whistler

Scientific name: Pachycephala pectoralis

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
korkwao tanna [+]

   Tristram’s Storm Petrel

Scientific name: Oceanodroma tristrami

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • birds
korkwao tanna [+]

   Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel

Scientific name: Oceanodroma matsudaira

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kourmhin [+]

   Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot

Scientific name: Micropsitta bruijnii rosea

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
koutkout [+]

   Pacific Robin

Scientific name: Petroica multicolor septentrionalis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Paul Balfe / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kueria ia natom [+]

   Variable Goshawk

Scientific name: Accipiter hiogaster

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by olanuxer / Flickr, License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kukureakurai [+]

   long tailed thriller

Scientific name: Lalage leucopyga

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
kwateriu [+]

n.    sling made of pandanus, used to shoot rocks for killing birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • material culture
  • birds
kwatɨpunaruveruv [+]

   Robin

Scientific name: Petroica multicolor

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • birds
ABOUT

All content copyright © Nafe (Kwamera) community. (2015)
Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary produced by Martial Wahe, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer (2015-2020).
Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Laurence Ramon, Tom A. Ranker, Sean Thackurdeen, and Calvin Heiman. Field data transcribed by Isabella Mandis.
Nafe language contributors include Martial Wahe, Jean Pascal Wahe, Chief Johnson Noar, Emmanuel Maasi, Marie Emmanuel Maasi and others as credited within the dictionary entries. Based in part on materials from Lindstrom, Lamont (1986) Kwamera Dictionary. Pacific Linguistics. Series C, No. 95. Canberra: Australian National University.
The Nafe-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: K. David Harrison and Martial Wahe. 2015-2020. Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary. Swarthmore College. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kwamera

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There are currently 3233 entries, 3212 audio files, and 1236 images.

All content copyright © Nafe (Kwamera) community. (2015)
Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary produced by Martial Wahe, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer (2015-2020).
Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Laurence Ramon, Tom A. Ranker, Sean Thackurdeen, and Calvin Heiman. Field data transcribed by Isabella Mandis.
Nafe language contributors include Martial Wahe, Jean Pascal Wahe, Chief Johnson Noar, Emmanuel Maasi, Marie Emmanuel Maasi and others as credited within the dictionary entries. Based in part on materials from Lindstrom, Lamont (1986) Kwamera Dictionary. Pacific Linguistics. Series C, No. 95. Canberra: Australian National University.
The Nafe-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for “Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu.” This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: K. David Harrison and Martial Wahe. 2015-2020. Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary. Swarthmore College. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kwamera

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