Naka Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 40 entries

jaik waia

Euphorbia tithymaloides

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Euphorbia tithymaloides,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kabilapsebs

Psychotria trichostoma

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2298)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma

katalfal niǥanəmtɨn

first-shave ceremony

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

katən əkəku

kind of plant

Scientific name: Gossypium purpurascens,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

koki

parrot

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm kitɨə

number 16

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

manakil

Ptisana smithii

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2288)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ptisana smithii

manombiən

Ocimum basilicum

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3364)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ocimum basilicum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

manuman

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #5316)

Scientific name: Wollastonia biflora,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

mənɨǥ-ilɨs

bird

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

namha

Alphitonia zizyphoides

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4900, Kate Armstrong #587)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

naməm

Maesa nemoralis

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3760, Laurence Ramon #90)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Maesa nemoralis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

narmɨ iəulɨn apɨn

kind of plant

Scientific name: Diplazium melanocaulon,
Speaker: Kew Kating

narmɨ nəlkɨ pətamil

Lindsaea pulchra

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2250)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Lindsaea pulchra,
Speaker: Kew Kating

narmɨ nəməi

Asplenium caudatum

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3121)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Asplenium caudatum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

narɨm əkəku

lychee, kind of plant

Scientific name: Litchi chinensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

neai neai

kind of plant

Scientific name: Borreria ocymoides,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nefuan-namel

Asplenium gibberosum

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2802, Tom A. Ranker #2311)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Asplenium gibberosum

nesal

Diplazium harpeodes

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2218)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Diplazium harpeodes

niaput

Codiaeum cf. variegatum

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2306)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Codiaeum cf. variegatum

nihio

ceremony for first menstrual period for a girl

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

niləh

kind of plant

Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nimah entən

nimah entən

cyclone house

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nimakahut

circumcission cermemony

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

ningefitu

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

Scientific name: Elattostachys apetala

nol mɨta

Vigna marina

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4793)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Vigna marina,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nonɨǥ iərman

Tacca leontopetaloides

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Tacca leontopetaloides,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nous

Salacia aneityensis

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2313, Gregory M. Plunkett #3414)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Salacia aneityensis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nukukap

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2216)

Scientific name: Phreatia sp.

nuwechum

Syzygium sp.

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2307)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Syzygium sp.

nəhmiəp mɨta

Melochia odorata (red-flowered morph)

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4769)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Melochia odorata (red-flowered morph),
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəməl iwat

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Acacia simplex,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nəsəl

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨku mənɨǥ

Drynaria rigidula

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2359)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Drynaria rigidula,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨtang

old

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

plenplen

Crassocephalum crepidioides

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4839)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Crassocephalum crepidioides,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

siki siki

Grammitis neocaledonica sp.

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3299)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Grammitis neocaledonica sp.,
Speaker: Kew Kating

təwur laolaowɨgən

good morning

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

utɨmnɨǥ ruən

kind of plant

Scientific name: Sida acuta,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

waroumən

Palola viridis

palolo worm

Scientific name: Palola viridis,
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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