Newai Talking Dictionary

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bata

sibling of same sex (sister to sister, or brother to brother)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

bata ~ kaka

cousin

Example: [same as brother and sister]

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iako

daughter

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iarman

man

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iarmaru

chief (yermanu)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

imarim

nakamal

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kaka

sibling of opposite sex (brother to sister, sister to brother)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kaka-pirawen

mother-in-law

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kamaho

star

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kamatrakin

engagement

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapakiar

brother-in-law called by woman

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapakiar

sister-in-law called by man

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapenkapa

head

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapiar

stone

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kaw

cow

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kisin

kitchen house

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm

five

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kisisar

eight

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm

ten

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kiana

11, eleven

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kisisar

13, thirteen

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm krarru

12, twelve

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kririm

15, fifteen

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kririm kiana

16, sixteen

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kririm kisisar

18, eighteen

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kririm krarru

17, seventeen

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kririm kuwas

19, nineteen

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kuwas

14

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuku

son

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuni

2 sisters-in-law

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kunu

kunu

canoe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuwarei

kuwarei

kumala (sweet potato)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuwas

four

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwaji-nimatang

small wind

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwan

kwan

shell

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwanmirr

kwanmirr

orange (fruit)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwarimiam

hand

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwarmim

arm

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwati-iarman

small boy

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwati-iawhu

kwati-iawhu

nangai

Scientific name: Canarium indicum,
Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwati-rao

Small ship tribe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

man

man

chicken

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

manarr

leaf

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

matariang

ear

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

memak

mosquito

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

mianto

manioc

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nakus

nakus

rope

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

naohunu

wasemaot

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nap

nap

fire

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

napsapesian

pile of goods for exchange (niel)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

naramin

tongue

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

Nawai

Yenhup area Nawai language

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

Nawar-ewa

Ikiti area Nawai language

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekam

no

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekuwatana

river

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neni

goat

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

netar

water taro

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nikak-rin

bone

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nima-kepe-pito-ha

concrete house

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nima-tana

nima-tana

cyclone house

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nimreim

eye

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipikau

taro Fiji

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipinneang

nose

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipka

coconut husk for cleaning kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nita

blood

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nitep

dowry (price for groom)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

niuia

niuia

giant taro

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nuram

shoulder

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nuwha

island cabbage

Scientific name: Abelmoschus manihot,
Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

paotete

butterfly

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

penarew ~ iakinatuwan

penarew ~ iakinatuwan

dove

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

pirawan

woman

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

raha

bad

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

raho

ceremony for first menstrual period for a girl

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rahwan

white

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rakuwiyai

cold

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rakwa

old

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ramramra

green

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rao

ship

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rao-ewa

Big ship tribe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapanapan

hot

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapang

black

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rarkaska

small

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rarurao

red

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rasis

fat

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rewa

big

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rice

rice

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rikinai-hama

forest (primary forest, dark bush)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

riwai-nikawa

chewed kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruaikamam

ruaikamam

eel

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwa-ia-namsuk

good morning

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tahik-ikamnim

deep sea

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

takwar

mountain

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tamaruwa

circumcision cermemony

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tamwa-kepe-namaian-nekawa

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

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tanak ewa

thank you very much

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tanima

hyrbrid house (half like cyclone house, half with walls)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tarr

natapoa

Scientific name: Terminalia catapa,
Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tata

father

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

yeni

chief’s spokesman (yenni)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

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All content copyright © the Newai community. (2020)
Nawai (Neuai) Talking Dictionary produced by Kevin Kausei, Gregory M. Plunkett, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer. Botanical consultants Michael J. Balick, Calvin Heiman, and Neal Kelso. (2020) Newai language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Newai-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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