Naka Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 40 entries

ialkɨs

Leea indica

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Leea indica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kahap kahap inasol

Centella asiatica

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Scientific name: Centella asiatica,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kaskasɨk

Selaginella distans

noun

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Selaginella distans,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kasɨkɨn

Scientific name: Rhamnella vitiensis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

katalfal niǥanəmtɨn

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəskaskɨk

Pycnarrhena ozantha

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Pycnarrhena ozantha,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kɨnou

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

mania

Scientific name: Imperata cylindrica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

manəmei

Scientific name: Asplenium affine,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nahal kɨt

Murraya paniculata

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

Scientific name: Murraya paniculata,
Speaker: Kew Kating

namatal

Kleinhovia hospita

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Scientific name: Kleinhovia hospita,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

naneva

Scientific name: Turrillia lutea,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nankeiko

Finschia chloroxantha

noun

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha

nao

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

Napaǥ

placename

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

narmɨ nəməi

Asplenium caudatum

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Asplenium caudatum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nawtiǥ

noun

Scientific name: Barringtonia asiatica,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

negan

Barringtonia edulis

noun

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Barringtonia edulis

niauia əkəku

Crinum asiaticum

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Scientific name: Crinum asiaticum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noanɨmləh

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

noe mətɨǥ

Commersonia bartramia

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Commersonia bartramia,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

noetəǥ

Scientific name: Christella harveyi,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noetəǥ pia

Sphaerostephanos invisus

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Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos invisus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nol wət

Oxera lehuntei

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Oxera lehuntei,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nowetang

Nephrolepis biserrata

noun

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Nephrolepis biserrata

nuiǥ

Miscanthus sinensis

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Miscanthus sinensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəim raha kəlwas

Scientific name: Tapeinochilos ananassae,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəle asol

Etlingera elatior

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Scientific name: Etlingera elatior,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəlkosɨk

Scientific name: Caesalpinia crista,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨfətaw

noun

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Calophyllum inophyllum,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨgauǥ

Syzygium malaccense

noun

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Syzygium malaccense,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨgəpuap

Hedycarya dorstenioides

noun

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Hedycarya dorstenioides,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨkəikai

Finschia chloroxantha

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Finschia chloroxantha,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨte raha nuakonap

Caladium bicolor

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Scientific name: Caladium bicolor,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨǥ raha kalwas

Schefflera neoebudica

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

təuilɨǥ

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

təwur enaipən

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

təwur laolaowɨgən

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

yeiwəin kapap

Scientific name: Phyllanthus imbricatus,
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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