Naka Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 40 entries

etəmak

father-in-law

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

goapa

Psidium guajava

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4720)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Psidium guajava

kapapua

kind of plant

Scientific name: Stictocardia campanulata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

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

kəpiəl

stone

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəsɨp kəsɨp

Lomagramma polyphylla

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2997)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Lomagramma polyphylla,
Speaker: Kew Kating

maniota

Manihot utilissima

manioc

Example: Photo by conradb42 / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Manihot utilissima,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

manman

Elatostema salomonense

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

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elatostema salomonense

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

mətɨp

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Adenanthera pavonina,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

mɨtgar

sun

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

naliəlu

Plerandra tannae

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4901)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Plerandra tannae,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

namnu

Pronephrium rubrinerve

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2330)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Pronephrium rubrinerve

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

naneva

kind of plant

Scientific name: Turrillia lutea,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

napluətu asol

Asplenium nidus

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Asplenium nidus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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

narmɨ kafek

kind of plant

Scientific name: Rhaphidophora graeffei,
Speaker: Kew Kating

naula

Macaranga dioica

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4746, Gregory M. Plunkett #3247)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nawla

Macaranga dioica

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2914)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

naǥ

Canarium indicum

Canarium nut tree, or nangai tree

Scientific name: Canarium indicum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

niəl

Casuarina equisetifolia

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4853)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noanosiarɨm

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Balanophora fungosa,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nəkem apɨn

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4502)

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium ("black one"),
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəmiafɨl

Elaeocarpus angustifolius

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2907)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elaeocarpus angustifolius,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

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

nəməl iwat

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Acacia simplex,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nəpɨk mohol

kind of plant

Scientific name: Physalis peruviana,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəpɨk mohol

Physalis angulata

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #49234)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Physalis angulata,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəropa aǥɨn

Acalypha grandis

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4792)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis,
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

nɨka-Pentecost

kind of plant

Scientific name: Piper wichmannii,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨkləh

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3076)

Scientific name: Breynia disticha,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨkolao

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Vitex rotundifolia (corrected from V. simplicifolia),
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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

nɨkumaniǥ

Intsia bijuga

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4873)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Intsia bijuga,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

pɨkas

pɨkas

pig

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

santanna

Lantana camara

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4752)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Lantana camara,
Speaker: Kew Kating

sik sik

Nephrolepis biserrata

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2308)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata,
Speaker: Kew Kating

təmiəǥ

dry

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.
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