Nafe (Kwamera) Talking Dictionary

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.

kwenakwa [+]

Red-bellied Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus greyii

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

kweria [+]

Swamp Harrier

Scientific name: Circus approximans

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by birdsaspoetry / Flickr, License: CC BY-SA-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Semantic domains:

birds

lastik [+]

n. slingshot

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

lastik [+]

n slingshot (Bislama?)

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

mahk ~ mak [+]

[ the spelling "mahk" was transcribed by Goerg Forster on Capitain Cook’s 1774 visit t ]

Tanna ground dove (extinct species)

Semantic domains:

birds

mak afuman [+]

Green winged ground pigeon

Scientific name: Chalcophaps indica

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

mak apomus [+]

brown pheasant dove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

mak apwasiteg [+]

brown pigeon

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

mak inherɨp [+]

kind of ground dove

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

mak irenha [+]

Tanna fruit dove

Scientific name: Ptulinopus tannensis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

birds

manuapen [+]

Black Imperial Pigeon

Scientific name: Ducula melanochroa

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Illustration by Joseph Smit / Wikimedia Commons, License: Public domain via es.wikipedia.org

Semantic domains:

birds

mark apamus [+]

Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove

Scientific name: Macropygia mackinlayi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by David Cook Wildlife Photography / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

birds

mark kwakwa [+]

Pacific Emerald Dove

Scientific name: Chalcophaps longirostris sandwichensis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by mdekool / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

birds

muapen [+]

Baker’s imperial pigeon

Scientific name: Ducula bakeri

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

murup [+]

Peregrine falcon

Scientific name: Falco peregrinus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

nukunenap [+]

Red Jungle Fowl (female)

Scientific name: Gallus gallus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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

Semantic domains:

birds

nukwanei menu [+]

exchange of birds

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

pan [+]

Pacific Reef Heron (dark)

Scientific name: Egretta sacra

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Arthur Chapman, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Semantic domains:

birds

pinerau [+]

[ pinerew ]

Red-Bellied Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus greyii

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Sub-adult Red-bellied Fruit Dove. Photo by Papier K / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

birds

punuwas [+]

Claret-breasted Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus viridis lewisii

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

ringkai [+]

[ rigai ~ ringgai ]

Great Frigatebird

Scientific name: Fregata minor

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

birds

rɨgkái [+]

frigate bird?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

sivur [+]

coconut lorikeet

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

siwir ~ sivur [+]

Coconut Lorikeet

Scientific name: Trichoglossus haematodus massena

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

tamagam [+]

Tanna Fruit Dove

Scientific name: Ptilinopus tannensis

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Doug Janson / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Semantic domains:

birds

tamakao [+]

Red Jungle Fowl (male)

Scientific name: Gallus gallus

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Aneityum island, Vanuatu, Dec. 2018.

Semantic domains:

birds

tikirkak [+]

Vanuatu Petrel

Scientific name: Pterodroma occulta

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Semantic domains:

birds

tɨkurakák [+]

n Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater, a.k.a. mutton bird

Scientific name: Puffinus tenuirostris

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

Nafe (Kwamera)

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version 12.2016