Newai Talking Dictionary

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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

iarr-kiar

bush (disturbed woodland)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

imam

good-bye

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

in

yes

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kaka-pirawen

mother-in-law

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kakwasia

kakwasia

kingfisher

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kamatrakin

engagement

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kapis

cabbage (any tender leaves as vegetable)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

keriawan

shark

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kesi

pawpaw (papaya)

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kisisar

three

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

klosis

toilet

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kriaim kuwas

nine

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

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

kuni

2 sisters-in-law

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kunu

kunu

canoe

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuri

kuri

dog

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

kuwas

four

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-iawhu

Canarium indicum

nangai

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

makwa

makwa

moon

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

mama

mother

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

nai

tree

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nakus

nakus

rope

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

napsapesian

pile of goods for exchange (niel)

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

nekawa

kava

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nekian

coconut

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

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

nimatang

hurricane

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipan

nipan

banana

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipikau

taro Fiji

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nipinneang

nose

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nita

blood

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

nitar

taro in water for which only leaves are eaten

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

nuhum

leg

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

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

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

rakura

yellow

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rakuwiyai

cold

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rakwa

old

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rao

ship

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapan

blue

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

rapanapan

hot

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

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

rukwaia

sun

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

ruwa-ia-naiou

good evening / good night

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

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

tata

father

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tupa

tupa

crab

Speaker: Kevin Kausei,
Dialect: Nawar-ewa

tupanas

worker (tupanas)

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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