Naka Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 40 entries

ialkɨs

Leea indica

kind of plant (collection: Laurence Ramon #177)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Leea indica,
Speaker: Kew Kating

Kamtuelɨǥ drip

Big ship tribe

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəhap

rat

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

maiampal

Stephania japonica

noun kind of plant (collection: Kate Armstrong #597)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Stephania japonica

makɨp

taro in water for which only leaves are eaten

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

maniota

Manihot utilissima

manioc

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

Scientific name: Manihot utilissima,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

marəǥmarəǥ

kind of plant (collection: Kate Armstrong #565)

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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

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

namɨliamɨl

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

Scientific name: Phyllanthus sp.,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nanab

Dennstaedtia flaccida

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2905)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Dennstaedtia flaccida

nasɨs

Ficus scabra

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4757)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ficus scabra,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nawla iamahao

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Macaranga tanarius,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

negɨn

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Barringtonia procera,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

niliəǥ

Furcraea gigantea

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Furcraea gigantea,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nip

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Caryota ophiopellis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nonɨǥ

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Achyranthes aspera

noulɨm

knee

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nowanum

hair

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nəpət

kind of plant

Scientific name: Polyscias schmidii,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nəsəl

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4727)

Scientific name: Euodia hortensis,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəu nau

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4935)

Scientific name: Chrysopogon aciculatus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəua

Neisosperma oppositifolia

kind of plant

Example: C. Trauernicht 115 via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Neisosperma oppositifolia,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨgpɨs

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Santalum austrocaledonicum

nɨkfitu

Cupaniopsis leptobotrys

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2957)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Cupaniopsis leptobotrys,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨku mənɨǥ

Tapeinosperma netor

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3386)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Tapeinosperma netor,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨmeh toǥa

kind of plant (collection: R. Sean Thackurdeen #2)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Annona muricata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨmoltɨs

Lygodium reticulatum

noun kind of plant (collection: Kate Armstrong #598)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨməh lɨpən

Serianthes ebudarum

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4911)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Serianthes ebudarum,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨmətaǥ

wind

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nɨmɨr

Ficus kajewskii

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2828, Gregory M. Plunkett #4067, Tom A. Ranker #2285)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ficus kajewskii,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨpɨn nɨpɨn

kind of plant

Scientific name: Hyptis pectinata,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

ohuk

mother-in-law

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

rais

rice

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

sik sik

Nephrolepis hirsutula

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2267)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Nephrolepis hirsutula,
Speaker: Kew Kating

tankio asol

thank you very much

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

təruən

white

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

utɨmnɨǥ awewən

Sida cordifolia

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4892)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Sida cordifolia,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

wahan

shell

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

waswas

Histiopteris incisa

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2280)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Histiopteris incisa,
Speaker: Kew Kating

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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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