Naka Talking Dictionary

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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

kaka

noun sibling of separate sex (brother to sister, sister to brother)

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

kaləpləpɨs

Psychotria trichostoma

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

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Psychotria trichostoma,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kasep kasep

Peperomia pallidinervis

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

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Peperomia pallidinervis

kasɨp kasɨp

Lomagramma polyphylla

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2297)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Lomagramma polyphylla,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

koiakoia

kind of plant

Scientific name: Cladium mariscus

koukou

son

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəhap kəhap

Geophila repens

kind of plant (collection: Kate Armstrong #581)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Geophila repens,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

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

kəriləm kəriləm kitɨə

number 11

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm kuər

19

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm

20

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəskaskɨk

Pycnarrhena ozantha

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2969)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Pycnarrhena ozantha,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kɨləpləpɨn ruən

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Clerodendrum inerme (=Volkameria inermis),
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

manman

Elatostema beccarii

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2788)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elatostema beccarii,
Speaker: Kew Kating

naliən aliən asol

Pollia secundiflora

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2926)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Pollia secundiflora,
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

namɨliamɨl

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4462)

Scientific name: Phyllanthus sp.,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

naola aluk aluk

Clerodendrum buchananii

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Clerodendrum buchananii,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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

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

neai neai

kind of plant

Scientific name: Borreria laevis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

niauia əkəku

Crinum asiaticum

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Crinum asiaticum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noah peǥɨt əkəku

Leucosyke corymbulosa

kind of plant

Example: Photo by pjd1 / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Leucosyke corymbulosa,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nol panpan

kind of plant

Scientific name: Operculina turpethum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noləpkamam

kind of plant

Scientific name: Santalodes desmos,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nukukap

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

Scientific name: Phreatia sp.

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

nɨkɨskɨs

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Amyema aneityensis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨpɨn nɨpɨn

kind of plant

Scientific name: Hyptis pectinata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

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

rahip rahip

kind of plant

Scientific name: Dischidia sp.,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

sik sik əkəku

Nephrolepis cordifolia

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4608, Gregory M. Plunkett #3299)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Nephrolepis cordifolia,
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

tata

father

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

yeiwəin kapap

Phyllanthus amarus

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4840)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Phyllanthus amarus,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

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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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