Naka Talking Dictionary

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chief’s spokesman (yermanu)

noun iaramara

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

Kamtuelɨǥ

placename Southernmost of the North Tanna regions, below Napaǥ and Kamsasɨp, region where Naka is spoken

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

karpərɨpa

Canavalia rosea

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3224)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Canavalia rosea,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

ker

tamafa (ritual spitting after drinking kava)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

koiakoia

kind of plant

Scientific name: Cladium mariscus

kəpia kəpia

Corynocarpus similis

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2345)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Corynocarpus similis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm kuər

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Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəskasɨk

kind of plant

Scientific name: Selaginella firmula,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kɨlah

Smilax vitiensis

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2227)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Smilax vitiensis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

napluatu

Asplenium amboinense

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2230)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Asplenium amboinense

narmɨ nɨsiərɨp

Scaevola taccada

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3219)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Scaevola taccada,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

naus

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Spondias dulcis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nilah

Semecarpus tannaensis

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

niləh

kind of plant

Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

ningefitu

noun kind of plant (collection: Kate Armstrong #591)

Scientific name: Elattostachys apetala

niuikɨnən

kind of plant

Scientific name: Chrysobalanus icaco,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nivetaw

Heritiera littoralis

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4927)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Heritiera littoralis

nohpengit

Gregory M. Plunkett 3225

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2321)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Gregory M. Plunkett 3225

noies

Morinda citrifolia

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2918)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

noliəlipɨn

Hoya tannaensis

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2841)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Hoya tannaensis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nonahuǥ

Dioscorea bulbifera

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4872)

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

Scientific name: Dioscorea bulbifera,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noulɨm

knee

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nəməl

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Cycas seemannii,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nəpət

kind of plant

Scientific name: Polyscias schmidii,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəpət

Polyscias cissodendron

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3406)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Polyscias cissodendron,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəpɨk mohol

kind of plant

Scientific name: Physalis peruviana,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəropa apɨn

kind of plant

Scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəropa aǥɨn

Acalypha grandis

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4792)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nətɨn

small

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨka-Pentecost

kind of plant

Scientific name: Piper wichmannii,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨkukɨp əkəku

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #5307)

Scientific name: Humata pusilla,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨkɨtɨp

Ageratum conyzoides

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3376)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨmeh toǥa

kind of plant (collection: R. Sean Thackurdeen #2)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Annona muricata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨtot

mountain

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨwɨp

kind of plant

Scientific name: Appendicula polystachya,
Speaker: Kew Kating

rahip rahip

kind of plant

Scientific name: Dischidia sp.,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

sik sik

Nephrolepis hirsutula

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2267)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Nephrolepis hirsutula,
Speaker: Kew Kating

siksik

kind of plant

Scientific name: Asplenium polydon,
Speaker: Kew Kating

tərat

bad

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

worker (tupanas)

noun tɨpunɨs

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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All content copyright © the Naka community. (2020)
Naka Talking Dictionary produced by Naomie Ken Matai, Kating Matai, Kating Kew Matai, Ken Bob, Gregory M. Plunkett, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer.
Botanical consultants Michael J. Balick, Calvin Heiman, and Neal Kelso. (2020)
Naka language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Naka-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.
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