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The Raga Talking Dictionary currently has 1034 entries, with 518 audio files and 625 images.
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Revrevo [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Ficus obliqua

Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by gsinclai / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Moraceae
Mauriuriu [+]

noun    kind of plant, found in nursery

Scientific name: Sphagneticola trilobata

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: Photo by Don Abrams / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Asteraceae
dovongan bongi [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Mirabilis jalapa

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by darrensmith / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
Vwisivwisi [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Alpinia purpurata

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: Photo by Ashley M Bradford / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Zingerperaceae
talmarere [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Freycinetia impavida

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Moorea Biocode / CalPhotos, License: CC-BY-NC-SA via calphotos.berkeley.edu


Semantic domains:

  • botany
gaingal garivi [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Phyllanthus amarus

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
manbona ~ manboana [+]

noun    dove

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • animal
  • bird
wahewahe [+]

noun    kind of plant, "Candle tree"

Scientific name: Aleurites moluccana

Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by CheongWeei Gan / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Euphorbiceae
gadova [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Decaspermum neoebudicum

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo from NYBG Steere Herbarium; M. J. Balick 4884 via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium


Semantic domains:

  • botany
laha [+]

noun    shell (made of coconut, for drinking kava)

Speaker: Presley Dovo


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • ritual
gaototovuni [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Sesuvium portulacastrum

Speaker: Presley Dovo


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Aizoaceae
Gatabola [+]

noun    kind of tree

Scientific name: Dracontamelon vitiensis

Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Jerry Coleby-Williams / Wikipedia, License: CC-BY-SA via Wikipedia


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Anacardiaceae
Bunbune [+]

noun    umbrella leaf plant, kind of shrub

Scientific name: Licuala grandis

Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Aracaceae (palmae)
jerry [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Muntingia calabura

Speaker: Presley Dovo


Semantic domains:

  • botany
taluvwiuvwi [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Ipomoea littoralis

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Han-Ting Liu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
sesebu boe [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Psychotria trichotoma

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Rubiaceae
bilengara [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera

Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by W. Arthur Whistler / Rare Plants of Tonga, License: CC-BY-NC via cieer.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Guttiferae
Bihu tali [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Dichrocephal integrifolia

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: Photo by Lin Scott / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Comp
rara tuturani [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Spathodea campanulata

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Luis Enrique Villegas / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
sese gaivasi [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Tapeinochilos ananassae

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by jcanare / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
bagurantahi [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Calophyllum inophyllum

Contributor: Philemon Ala, Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Stephane Philizot / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Euphorbiaceae
lolutemehomeho [+]

noun    saw grass

Scientific name: Scleria polycarpa

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Cyperaceae
ramutemea [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Ficus virens

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Dinesh Valke / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC-SA via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Moraceae
Vuevue [+]

noun    kind of creeper

Scientific name: Canavalia cathatica

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: Photo by Brett Lawrence / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Leguminaceae
gahou [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Cerbera odollam

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by Micah Freedman / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Apocynaceae
Atengugu (rauna kun raualu) [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Dieffenbachia picta

Contributor: Philemon Ala


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Araceae
Casis [+]

noun    cassia, kind of shrub

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: Photo by colinmorita / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Leguminosae
gaonsivi [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Stictocardia campanulata

Speaker: Presley Dovo


Semantic domains:

  • botany
ngali rani [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Dendrobium involutum

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by McCormack / The Bishop Museum, License: CC-BY-NC via orchidspecies.com


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Orch
bei [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Polyscias guilfoylei

Contributor: Philemon Ala


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Araliaceae
Vwaina kun guava (malo) [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Gardenia tannaensis

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: Photo by Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle / JSTOR, License: CC-BY-NC via plants.jstor.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Rubiaceae
vwenue [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Wollastonia biflora

Example: Photo by Thomas Mesaglio / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
Vange [+]

noun    kind of tree

Scientific name: Pangium edule

Contributor: Philemon Ala


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Flacourtiaceae
lanon borogai [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Dieffenbachia picta

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by chelina batista / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
Rautavagu [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Nicotiana tabacum

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: Photo by jsainz / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Solanaceae
ngali rani [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Dendrobium biflorum

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by mattward / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org


Semantic domains:

  • botany
boga maita [white stage] [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Neonauclea forsteri

Speaker: Presley Dovo

Example: Photo by National Tropical Botanical Gardens / Fishes of Nationa Park of American Samoa, License: CC-BY-NC via botany.hawaii.edu


Semantic domains:

  • botany
Bwagala [+]

noun    kind of hibiscus shrub

Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Contributor: Philemon Ala


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Malvaceae
tabwatabwa [+]

noun    kind of plant

Scientific name: Merremia peltata

Speaker: Presley Dovo


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Convolvulaceae
Buroburoni [+]

noun    kind of plant, found on S. Pentacost

Scientific name: Sphaerostephanos

Contributor: Philemon Ala

Example: via C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium


Semantic domains:

  • botany
  • family Thelypteridaceae
ABOUT

All content copyright © Raga community. (2020)
Talking Dictionary produced by Presley Dovo, James Ure, Gregory Plunkett, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer, with Calvin Heiman and Neal Kelso (2020)
Raga botanical names collected by Philemon Ala, Raga language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Raga-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.

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There are currently 1034 entries, 518 audio files, and 625 images.

All content copyright © Raga community. (2020)
Talking Dictionary produced by Presley Dovo, James Ure, Gregory Plunkett, K. David Harrison, and Jeremy Fahringer, with Calvin Heiman and Neal Kelso (2020)
Raga botanical names collected by Philemon Ala, Raga language contributors are credited within the dictionary entries.
The Raga-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.

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