Naka Talking Dictionary

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bambu

Bambusa vulgaris

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4940)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris,
Speaker: Kew Kating

bɨlɨik

cow

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

etəmak

father-in-law

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

iəlkɨnɨka

Cassytha filiformis

kind of plant

Example: A. Dores 95 via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Cassytha filiformis,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

karpərɨpa narmɨn

Canavalia sericea

kind of plant

Example: Photo by pjd1 / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Canavalia sericea,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

klarisiti

Gliricidia sepium

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2807)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Gliricidia sepium,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

koko

daughter

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kəriləm kəriləm kəriləm kəiu

17

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

kɨlah

Smilax vitiensis

noun kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2227)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Smilax vitiensis,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

lokamnɨm

deep sea

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

mal koaǥ

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4043)

Scientific name: Phymatosorus grossus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

manman

Elatostema beccarii

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #2788)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Elatostema beccarii,
Speaker: Kew Kating

manman asol

kind of plant

Scientific name: Pipturus incanus,
Speaker: Kew Kating

məhao

star

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nahal

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Murraya paniculata,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

namha

Alphitonia zizyphoides

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4900, Kate Armstrong #587)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Alphitonia zizyphoides,
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

nanen

Ficus adenosperma

noun kind of plant (collection: Laurence Ramon #342)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ficus adenosperma

naonuwa

island cabbage (Abelmoschus manihot)

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

nawialaǥ

Homalanthus nutans

noun kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #3003)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Homalanthus nutans,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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

nima raha napɨlan

sleeping house

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

niuia

Alocasia macrorrhiza (giant taro)

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Alocasia macrorrhiza (giant taro),
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

noik

Plectranthus scutellarioides

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4811)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nolialak

noun kind of plant

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Ipomoea indica,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nolmalu

Merremia peltata

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Merremia peltata,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nolɨm

mouth

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nontəp

Huperzia phlegmaria

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4064)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Huperzia phlegmaria,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

nonɨǥ iərman

Tacca leontopetaloides

kind of plant

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

Scientific name: Tacca leontopetaloides,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nəməlinu

Asplenium laserpitiifolium

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2338, Gregory M. Plunkett #2222)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Asplenium laserpitiifolium,
Speaker: Kew Kating

nɨgpɨs

noun kind of plant

Scientific name: Santalum austrocaledonicum

nɨklake

Garcinia pseudoguttifera

kind of plant (collection: Tom A. Ranker #2261)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨkpat

kind of plant (collection: Gregory M. Plunkett #4687, Michael J. Balick #5144)

Scientific name: Syzygium sp.,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

nɨkəriəǥ

Cerbera manghas

noun kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4778)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Cerbera manghas,
Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

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

pɨkas

pɨkas

pig

Speaker: Naomie Ken Matai

seris

Panama cherry, kind of plant

Scientific name: Muntingia calabura,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

takapa amɨsi

kind of plant

Scientific name: Tagetes minuta,
Speaker: Natali Samuel

yeiwəin kapap

Phyllanthus amarus

kind of plant (collection: Michael J. Balick #4840)

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium

Scientific name: Phyllanthus amarus,
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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