Naka Talking Dictionary

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nɨpɨn nɨpɨn

kind of plant

Scientific name: Hyptis pectinata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨprow

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Cordia subcordata,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨptɨ nəm

Portulaca oleracea

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3165)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨpuow

Hernandia moerenhoutiana

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4903)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Hernandia moerenhoutiana,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨsǥo

kind of plant

Scientific name: Aglaia elaeagnoidea,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨsianəu

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #5181, Gregory M. Plunkett #5220)

Scientific name: Psychotria forsteriana,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨsiərɨp

Scaevola neoebudica

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4882)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Scaevola neoebudica,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨsipɨn toǥa

Bixa orellana

kind of plant

Example: S. T. Wakuk 4 via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Bixa orellana,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨsɨpin toǥa

Jatropha integerrima

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Jatropha integerrima,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨta

blood

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨtang

old

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨte

water taro

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨte raha nuakonap

Caladium bicolor

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Caladium bicolor,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨtəhei

sea

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨtəlah

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Terminalia catappa,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨtələh

natapoa (Terminalia catapa)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨtɨǥ aǥɨna

Trema cannabina

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3362)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Trema cannabina,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨtɨǥ pia

Parasponia andersonii

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4830)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Parasponia andersonii,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨtot

mountain

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨwitəp

Dendrocnide latifolia

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2294)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Dendrocnide latifolia,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨwitəp apɨn

Dendrocnide latifolia (midrib darker, not white)

kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Dendrocnide latifolia (midrib darker, not white),
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨwitəp ruən

Dendrocnide latifolia (white midrib)

kind of plant (collection: Miles K. Thomas #2294)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Dendrocnide latifolia (white midrib),
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨwɨp

kind of plant

Scientific name: Appendicula polystachya,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨwɨp

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4804)

Scientific name: Dendrobium cf. aegle,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨwɨp

kind of plant

Scientific name: Dendrobium biflorum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨwul

Dracontomelon vitiense

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4198, Michael J. Balick #4712)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Dracontomelon vitiense,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noa kəfu

kind of plant

Scientific name: Lablab purpureus,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noa kəikəi

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

Scientific name: Solanum repandum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noa kəikəi

Solanum torvum

kind of plant

Example: Photo by juju98 / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Solanum torvum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noah asol

Cypholophus decipiens

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3314)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Cypholophus decipiens,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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

noah peǥɨt

Leucosyke australis

kind of plant (collection: Miles K. Thomas #2321)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Leucosyke australis,
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

noamim

Phytolacca sp.

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3353, Michael J. Balick #4802)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Phytolacca sp.,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noan naper

Desmodium ormocarpoides

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2312)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Desmodium ormocarpoides

noanɨmləh

orange (fruit)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

noanɨmləh pia

kind of plant

Scientific name: Citrus macroptera,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noanɨsi

Cassia occidentalis

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4751)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Cassia occidentalis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noanɨsɨ pɨkəs

kind of plant

Scientific name: Desmanthus virgatus,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noanosiarɨm

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Balanophora fungosa,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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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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