wuuk1wu:k; mwuukuwuuta(tall) grass (cut or uncut; also the grass or straw of a grass-roof), straw, blade of grass (sing. wuuk, used with pl. meaning)Yaaloama a boro a ju wuuku.The hunters are burning the grass.(Prov.) Pagrim kan de wuuk-a.Strength does not eat grass (a strong person does not rule over bushland but over people).wu-kili [l m m], pl. wu-kilabundled straw (grass)Ba bob wuuk.They tied grass (in a bundle).wu-bieseeds of wild grasseswuuk-biisim(lit. milk of grass) plant (leaves are used for soup)wu-soblik lit. dark (green) grass, type of grass used as fodder for animalswuuk tiengherb, plant (leaves are used for soup)wu-panung n. (cf. panung adj., woven), pl. wu-pantawoven grass-mat (used for roofing a house)wuuta (pl.)bushland, grassland, bushWa bo wuuta po.He is in the bush.Cf. also wu-ngarung n., wusuma-wuuk n.
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