Naka Talking Dictionary

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iapɨl iapɨl

Mimosa pudica

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Mimosa pudica,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kahap kahap inasol

Centella asiatica

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #5000, Gregory M. Plunkett #3207)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Centella asiatica,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kalualua

Meryta neoebudica

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3044)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Meryta neoebudica,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kapuapua

Ipomoea acuminata

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2236)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ipomoea acuminata

kasep kasep

Peperomia pallidinervis

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

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Peperomia pallidinervis

kaul kaul

Synedrella nodiflora

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4947)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Synedrella nodiflora,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

koiakoia

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4848)

Scientific name: Carex neohebridensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kəi kəi

Diplazium proliferum

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Diplazium proliferum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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

kəpo kəpo

kind of plant

Scientific name: Burmannia sp.,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kəriləm kəriləm

ten

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm kuər

19

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

makarparɨp

Kalanchoe pinnata

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4256)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Kalanchoe pinnata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

mama

mother

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

manman

Elatostema salomonense

noun kind of plant (collection: Laurence Ramon #343)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elatostema salomonense

nael-ael apən

kind of plant

Scientific name: Tephrosia purpurea,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nael-ael ruən

kind of plant

Scientific name: Tephrosia candida,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

naliən aliən apɨn

Zebrina pendula

kind of plant

Example: Photo by dagendresen / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Zebrina pendula,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nalwalɨp

Elatostema macrophyllum

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3028)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elatostema macrophyllum,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nanab

Dennstaedtia flaccida

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2905)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Dennstaedtia flaccida

napluətu əkəku aǥɨn

Elaphoglossum sp. 4

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2996)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elaphoglossum sp. 4,
Speaker: Kew Kating

napuik apuik

Pisonia umbellifera

noun kind of plant (collection: Laurence Ramon #340)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Pisonia umbellifera

narisaris

Achyranthes aspera

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4854)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Achyranthes aspera,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

naruanarua

Hemigraphis reptans

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Hemigraphis reptans,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

narɨm əkəku

lychee, kind of plant

Scientific name: Litchi chinensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

neai neai

kind of plant

Scientific name: Borreria laevis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nimmtikiskis

round house

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

noah əkəku

Boehmeria platyphylla

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2304)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Boehmeria platyphylla,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nontəp əkəku

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4036)

Scientific name: Phlegmariurus carinatus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nuo nuo

kind of plant

Scientific name: Abutilon indicum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəle əkəku

Alpinia purpurata

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Alpinia purpurata,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəluəlɨp

Elatostema macrophyllum

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3028)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elatostema macrophyllum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəmei əkəku

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4693)

Scientific name: Vandenboschia maxima,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨkaka

Piper austrocaledonicum

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2941)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Piper austrocaledonicum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨkaka

Derris trifoliata

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4094)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Derris trifoliata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨpərɨpə

Entada phaseoloides

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3373)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Entada phaseoloides,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨpɨl aǥətǥət

Polyscias samoensis

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Polyscias samoensis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

pasɨmrut əkəku

kind of plant

Scientific name: Passiflora aurantia,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

paukpauk

butterfly

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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

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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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