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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.

gonggong [+]

   Common ponyfish

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


Semantic domains:

  • fish
gongong [+]

   Striped ponyfish

Scientific name: Leiognathus fasciatus, Aurigequula fasciatus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
huine [+]

   Longfin African conger, moustache conger

Scientific name: Conger cinereus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Patrick Randall, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


Semantic domains:

  • fish
ianɨr [+]

   mullet (fish)

Speaker: Martial Wahe


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  • fish
ianɨr [+]

   Milkfish

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
ianɨr [+]

   mullet

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • fish
iapwis [+]

   squid

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • fish
iepe [+]

   Spotted Unicornfish

Scientific name: Naso brevirostris via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
iraku [+]

   stonefish

Speaker: Martial Wahe


Semantic domains:

  • fish
irɨs irɨs [+]

   Rough triggerfish, poisonous

Scientific name: Canthidermis maculata via FishBase

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: A poison fish which can sometimes be eaten. Photo by Ross Robertson / Shorefishes of the tropical eastern Pacific online information system, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


Semantic domains:

  • fish
  • food
kapa [+]

   Yellow-banded snapper, hussar

Scientific name: Lutjanus adetii via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapa [+]

   Mangrove red snapper, mangrove jack

Scientific name: Lutjanus argentimaculatus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Sascha Schultz / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapa [+]

   Two-spot red snapper, twinspot snapper, red bass

Scientific name: Lutjanus bohar via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapa [+]

   Moluccan snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus boutton via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapa [+]

   Spanish flag, stripey

Scientific name: Lutjanus carponotatus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapa [+]

   Blackspot snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus ehrenbergii via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapajiko [+]

   Dory snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus fulviflamma via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Andrew J. Green / Reef life Survey, License: CC-BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


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  • fish
kapajiko [+]

   Blacktail snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus fulvus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapajiko [+]

   Humpback red snapper, paddletail

Scientific name: Lutjanus gibbus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


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  • fish
kapajiko [+]

   Common bluestripe snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus kasmira via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


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  • fish
kapajiko [+]

   Bigeye snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus lutjanus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kapajiko [+]

   Malabar blood snapper, saddletail snapper, large-mouthed nannygai

( Bislama ) Red Snapa

Scientific name: Lutjanus malabaricus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


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  • fish
kareng reng [+]

   Deep-bodied silver-biddy

Scientific name: Gerres erythrourus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


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  • fish
kareng reng [+]

   Whipfin silver-biddy

Scientific name: Gerres filamentosus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kareng reng [+]

   longtail silver-biddy

Scientific name: Gerres longirostris via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Rainer Kretzberg, License: CC BY 3.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kareng reng [+]

   Slender silver-biddy

Scientific name: Gerres oblongus via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kareng reng [+]

   Common silver-biddy

Scientific name: Gerres oyena via FishBase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Andrey Ryanskiy / FishBase, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia


Semantic domains:

  • fish
kauyei [+]

   Brown Chub, Grey Sea Chub, Grey Drummer

Scientific name: Kyphosus bigibbus via FishBase

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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


Semantic domains:

  • fish
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

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

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