Newai Talking Dictionary

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iahuk

rat

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iako

daughter

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ianpen

night

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iarr-kiar

bush (disturbed woodland)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

imam

good-bye

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

imarim

nakamal

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

janakwamirr

tomorrow

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kaka

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

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kakwasia

kakwasia

kingfisher

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kamaho

star

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

kapasking

stick used to mix kava and water

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapenkapa

head

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapiar

stone

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kehap

kehap

bird

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kesi

pawpaw (papaya)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kisin

kitchen house

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kisisar

three

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kriaim kuwas

nine

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm

five

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kiana

six

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm krarru

seven

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm

ten

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kririm kisisar

18, eighteen

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

kuwarei

kuwarei

kumala (sweet potato)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuwarun

tooth

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuwas

four

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwan

kwan

shell

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwankuai-kwarimin

finger

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwanmirr

kwanmirr

orange (fruit)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwati-iawhu

Canarium indicum

nangai

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

kwati-rao

Small ship tribe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

makwa

makwa

moon

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

mama

mother

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

memak

mosquito

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

merak

father-in-law

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

mianto

manioc

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nai

tree

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

napateknuam

neck

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

naramin

tongue

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekuwatana

river

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neni

goat

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nerim

lip

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

netar

water taro

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neuk

yam

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neumia

wild yam

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

newiwian

bride price

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nikak-rin

bone

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nima-jikiskis

round house

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

nimisia

firewood

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nimreim

eye

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipan

nipan

banana

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipikau

taro Fiji

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipka

coconut husk for cleaning kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nitar

taro in water for which only leaves are eaten

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nu

water

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nuhum

leg

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nuram

shoulder

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

paotete

butterfly

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

piakaska

small girl

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

pkwaren

young

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

raha

bad

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rakura

yellow

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rakwa

old

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ramramra

green

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapan

blue

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapang

black

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

rewi

new

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rewiring

thin

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

rukwaia

sun

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwa-ia-naiou

good evening / good night

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwa-iarkwia

good day

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwan

prawn

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwha

good

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tahik

sea

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

tamawa

tamafa (ritual spitting after drinking kava)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tangarua

tangarua

coral snake (black & white)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tanima

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

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tata

father

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tiki-nikian

shell (of coconut, for drinking kava)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tupanas

worker (tupanas)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

weta-toti

first-shave ceremony

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

yeni

chief’s spokesman (yenni)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

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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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