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

iahuk

rat

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iako

daughter

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

iarmaru

chief (yermanu)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

imam

good-bye

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

imarim

nakamal

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

in

yes

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

janakwamirr

tomorrow

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

2 brothers-in-law

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

kisisar

three

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

klosis

toilet

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 kririm kiriim

20, twenty

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kririm kririm kririm krarru

17, seventeen

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kunu

kunu

canoe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuri

kuri

dog

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuwarei

kuwarei

kumala (sweet potato)

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

kwankuai-kwarimin

finger

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwarimiam

hand

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kwarmim

arm

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

memak

mosquito

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

merak

father-in-law

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

Nawar-kaska

Yakel area Nawai Language

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

negis

cocunut filter for kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nehkwanen

hair

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekawa

kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekian

coconut

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

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

nimatang

hurricane

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

nipka

coconut husk for cleaning kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nita

blood

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

niwaia

paddle

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

not known

brown

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nu

water

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

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

rakwa

old

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

rapting

wet

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

rausik

dry

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rewa

big

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rewiring

thin

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rice

rice

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

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

siwir

parrot

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tahik

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

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

tarr

natapoa

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

tikinau

bamboo

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tupa

tupa

crab

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

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

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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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