Naka Talking Dictionary

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Guettarda speciosa

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kasep kasep

Peperomia pallidinervis

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2235)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Peperomia pallidinervis

kəriləm kəriləm

ten

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəskasɨk

kind of plant

Scientific name: Selaginella durvillei,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kɨnou

canoe

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

manalua

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4867, Gregory M. Plunkett #5357)

Scientific name: Donax canniformis (white morph),
Speaker: Kew Kating

maniu

kind of plant

Scientific name: Pandanus tectorius (young tree, for weaving),
Speaker: Kew Kating

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

manombiən əkəku

Ocimum sanctum

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4841)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ocimum sanctum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

manəmei

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4046)

Scientific name: Asplenium affine,
Speaker: Kew Kating

mapɨləǥpɨləǥ

kind of plant

Scientific name: Dieffenbachia picta,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nafunu

wasemaot

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

naip

knife

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nalil enarɨm

Heliconia indica

noun kind of plant (collection: R. S. Thackurdeen #14)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Heliconia indica,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

napa

Neonauclea forsteri

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4850)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Neonauclea forsteri,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

Narapet kamtuelɨǥ

Small ship tribe

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nariǥ

Ficus granatum

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2906)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ficus granatum,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

naropah

Acalypha grandis

noun kind of plant (collection: R. S. Thackurdeen #16)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nasinrəhəi

Tabernaemontana pandacaqui

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2805)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana pandacaqui,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nawialaǥ

Homalanthus nutans

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nawtiǥ

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

niləh

kind of plant

Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

niməh

Ficus scabra

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5123, Michael J. Balick #4757)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ficus scabra,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

niuinian

niuinian

shell (for drinking kava)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

noa kəikəi

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4698)

Scientific name: Solanum repandum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noes

Morinda citrifolia

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4748)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noetəǥ

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #5018)

Scientific name: Christella harveyi,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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

nokon

kind of plant

Scientific name: Zea mays,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nol wət

Oxera lehuntei

kind of plant (collection: Jérôme Munzinger #7511)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Oxera lehuntei,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nol əumɨs

Neoalsomitra integrifoliola (or clavigera)

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2232)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Neoalsomitra integrifoliola (or clavigera),
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nolkimaning

Adiantum diaphanum

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3428)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Adiantum diaphanum

nuho

Thespesia populnea

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3220)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Thespesia populnea,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nəmtahulɨp

Ascarina lanceolata

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2895)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ascarina lanceolata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nərwatəm

Dennstaedtia samoensis

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2237)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Dennstaedtia samoensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨpiəu ruən

Pisonia grandis

kind of plant

Example: Photo by tavita_togia2016 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Pisonia grandis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

siksik əkəku

Asplenium unilaterale (=Hymenasplenium unilaterale)

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2337)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Asplenium unilaterale (=Hymenasplenium unilaterale),
Speaker: Kew Kating

sɨra sɨra

Wikstroemia indica

kind of plant (collection: Miles K. Thomas #2881)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Wikstroemia indica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

utɨmnɨǥ pia

kind of plant

Scientific name: Malvastrum coromandelianum ,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

utɨmnɨǥ ruən

Sida rhombifolia

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4795)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Sida rhombifolia,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

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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.
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