Naka Talking Dictionary

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ialkɨs

Leea indica

kind of plant (collection: Laurence Ramon #177)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Leea indica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kaolik ~ kaulik

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4138)

Scientific name: Mimusops elengi,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kuərɨmənɨg

Harpullia arborea

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4528, Gregory M. Plunkett #2961)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Harpullia arborea,
Speaker: Kew Kating

kəriləm

five

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm kɨsɨl

18

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

kɨləpləpɨn əpɨn

Pseuderanthemum aubertii

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4801)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Pseuderanthemum aubertii,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

kɨsɨl

three

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

mania

kind of white grass

Scientific name: Imperata cylindrica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

manuman

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #5316)

Scientific name: Wollastonia biflora,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

mənat mənat

cabbage (any tender leaves as vegetable)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nafuas

Fagraea berteroana

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4744)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Fagraea berteroana

naketɨp

Barringtonia racemosa

noun kind of plant (collection: S. F. Kajewski #777)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Barringtonia racemosa,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nakwe

Angiopteris evecta

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3397)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Angiopteris evecta,
Speaker: Kew Kating

namlet

Glochidion (2nd species)

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4784)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Glochidion (2nd species),
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nao

bamboo

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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

narmɨ kafek

kind of plant

Scientific name: Rhaphidophora graeffei,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nauke

Leucaena leucocephala

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4843)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nemeim kəlwas

Leucopogon cymbulae

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4875)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Leucopogon cymbulae,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nemtoh

neck

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nial

pile of goods for exchange (niel)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nilah

Semecarpus tannaensis

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Semecarpus tannaensis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nima raha napɨlan

sleeping house

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

noa kəikəi

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

Scientific name: Solanum repandum,
Speaker: Kew Kating

noanɨmləh

orange (fruit)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nol hatəǥəlua

Cayratia trifolia

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3163)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Cayratia trifolia,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nol panpan

kind of plant

Scientific name: Operculina turpethum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəkem apɨn

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

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

nəlil əkəku

Heliconia indica

kind of plant (collection: R. Sean Thackurdeen #14)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Heliconia indica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəpɨk mohol

kind of plant

Scientific name: Physalis peruviana,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨkukɨp əkəku

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #5307)

Scientific name: Humata pusilla,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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

patangoəl

woman

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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

pɨnwar

Samanea saman

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Samanea saman,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

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

tameih nika

first chewing of kava ceremony (takes place at same time as first shave)

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

tawiah

yellow

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

us

Salacia aneityensis

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3414)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Salacia aneityensis,
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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