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

iaran

day

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iarman

man

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

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

2 brothers-in-law

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapakiar

sister-in-law called by man

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapiar

stone

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapis

cabbage (any tender leaves as vegetable)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kaw

cow

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

keriawan

shark

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kisin

kitchen house

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm

five

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kiana

six

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm

ten

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 kiriim

20, twenty

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

kuri

kuri

dog

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwaji-nimatang

small wind

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

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-rao

Small ship tribe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

majikaraou

worm

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

makwa

makwa

moon

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

man

man

chicken

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

naohunu

wasemaot

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

napsapesian

pile of goods for exchange (niel)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nau

knife

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

Nawar-ewa

Ikiti area Nawai language

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

Nawar-kaska

Yakel area Nawai Language

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

negis

cocunut filter for kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekam

no

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekawa

kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekuwatana

river

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nematang

wind

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neni

goat

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

netar

water taro

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neuk

yam

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nikak-rin

bone

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nikwaum

mouth

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nima-jikiskis

round house

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nima-kepe napirian

sleeping 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

nipinneang

nose

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nitar

taro in water for which only leaves are eaten

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

niwaia

paddle

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

niyeou

yesterday

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

not known

brown

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

pkwaren

young

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rakwa

old

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapan

blue

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapanapan

hot

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rarkaska

small

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rarurao-akura

orange

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rewa

big

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rewi

new

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

ruwa-ia-namsuk

good morning

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwan

prawn

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

siwir

parrot

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tahik

sea

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tahik-ikamnim

deep sea

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

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

tikinau

bamboo

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

towai

today

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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