Newai Talking Dictionary

An example search has returned 100 entries

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

ianpen

night

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iaran

day

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iarmaru

chief (yermanu)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

in

yes

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

janakwamirr

tomorrow

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kakwasia

kakwasia

kingfisher

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

kapasking

stick used to mix kava and water

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

kehap

kehap

bird

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

klosis

toilet

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kriaim kuwas

nine

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm

five

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kisisar

eight

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm krarru

seven

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 kuwas

19, nineteen

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

kuwarun

tooth

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwagi-pirawan

small girl

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

majikaraou

worm

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

man

man

chicken

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

matariang

ear

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

memak

mosquito

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

merak

father-in-law

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

naohunu

wasemaot

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nap

nap

fire

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

naramin

tongue

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nau

knife

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

negis

cocunut filter for kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekam

no

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekian

coconut

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nematang

wind

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nerim

lip

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neuk

yam

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

neumia

wild 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

nimatang

hurricane

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

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

nitep

dowry (price for groom)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

niuia

niuia

giant taro

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nuhum

leg

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nukurum

knee

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

piakaska

small girl

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

pirawan

woman

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

pkwaren

young

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

pukha

pukha

pig

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-ewa

Big ship tribe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapan

blue

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapting

wet

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rarkaska

small

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rausik

dry

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rewiring

thin

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-naiou

good evening / good night

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwan

prawn

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwha

good

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

tamawa

tamafa (ritual spitting after drinking kava)

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

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

tarr

natapoa

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

towai

today

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tupa

tupa

crab

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

weta-toti

first-shave ceremony

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

There are currently 180 entries, 173 audio files, and 20 images.

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.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.

Interface and database design under the direction of Jeremy Fahringer and Swarthmore College ITS.

Supported by