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anukan1foot/handprint, mark.Nai yuka anuka veyo ba ide?Did you see my footprint?Idu toga vegu amedo di vana anuka bi vesifa.But we see eternal life's handprint/mark.7.7.7Mark2leadingMakai resi ini anuka usi diyainedi.In this way follow his leading.4.5.3.1Lead
aointrjwow, oh; exclamation of surprise.Ao, ya mini ba?Oh, is that you?9.2.7Interjections
aonegancleverness; intelligence, smarts.Yi mida bi aonega mida mida.Your children are clever children.3.2.1.3Intelligentaonega ninaunspec. comp. formcvbe clever/smart.Yi ada buni totona aonega niyo.You are smart because you are clever.
aonega ninaunspec. comp. form ofaonega
aranwound, injury which can later develop into a sore.Mina fuofuori ara bugibugi amiye yokoi ina rofu boyo.At that time a man covered with sores came to him.Ya yi ara fafa ri, naguma redo ine.Cover your wounds, because of the flies.2.5.3Injureara ninaunspec. comp. formcvbe/become/get sore, get sores.Nai bauye meko ara niyo.My Adam's apple was sore.Nai kani kefukari maka ara niyo ma nana rena anua reyaka.I got sores right on my ankle and I couldn't walk.ara unaunspec. comp. formcvwound, injure.Ini ada fafau ara uyo ma muyeyaine kana.On its head it was injured as if he would die.
ara ninaunspec. comp. form ofara
ara numacnyellow, red and black wasp species that has a painful sting.Ara numa yaku aki reyo.The ara numa wasp stung him.1.6.1.7Insect
ara unaunspec. comp. form ofara
arakanmark of ownership.Resi ka bi ini araka una fafau aiyo.And he also put his mark on us.6.8.1.1Own, possess
arasi renacvbe/become/get bitter.Mina mava koru bi arasi reyo.This coconut water was bitter.2.3.3Taste
arava rinacvdo partially/incompletely.Erena yaku tauga iri arava riyadi.The birds partially ate up the bananas.9.3.3Partly
arayanenvironmental firelight creature/spirit.Muyena amiye di ini araya yaku una moi ori reyo.The dead man's firelight spirit frightened us.4.9.2Supernatural being
are rei gira renaunspec. comp. form ofare rena
are renacvstand (up).Uni isira uni gaukara mina totona are reyafa.Our play and our work, these are what we stand for.Are rei gigi resi ago ni.Stand firm and talk up.7.1.1Standare rei gira renaunspec. comp. formendure; stand firm.Idu kaere are rei gira rego bogo ari metonari mamo bi moi vegu rigo.But whoever will endure to the end will be saved.
arefaafa1areha2nsugar(cane).Ina bi arefa varidedi.They are planting sugarcane.unspec. var.afa2areha11.5.3Grass, herb, vinearefa sesereunspec. comp. formcnsugarcane chant/spell.Mina amiye bi arefa sesere ina diba.This man knows how to do sugarcane spells.
arefa sesereunspec. comp. form ofarefa
arefa vatacncarpet python/snake, diamond python.Arefa vata aruma yavari uyafa.We killed a carpet python in the house.1.6.1.3.1Snake
areha1unspec. var. ofarefasugarcaneBadaika
arena1vcollect, harvest.Batu irifa aregika sumari diyafa.We went to the bush to collect batu mushrooms.Vavine Gogirobakari irifa aregi diyo.Vavine went to Gogirobaka to harvest mushrooms.6.2.5Harvest
arena2vopen up (eyes).Evade maka ini ne areyadi ma kora resi usi diga Sei di roka niodoro regamo.At once his eyes were opened up and he began to follow him praising God.2.1.1.1Eye
ariariu2ntime (period), day, season.Ari tumu nido ma Sei rofu uka kero refo.The time is short so turn your heart to God.Mina ariri, amiye yokoi roka Simon mironari amegamo.At that time (period), there was a man living there named Simon.8.4.1Period of timeari buni ninaunspec. comp. formbe good weather; be a fine/clear day.Ari buni niyo ma egogo buni niyo.It was a fine day and we had a good meeting.ari feyounspec. comp. formbright daylightYabo iye kafu ma ari feyo ne rei veyaka.I looked through the tree leaves and saw the bright daylight.ari mafurumasaunspec. comp. formtwilight, dusk.Ari mafurumasa ma okiyadi.It was twilight and then they arrived.ari no ninaunspec. comp. formbe bad weather; a bad day in which a person died, which leads to heavy continuous rain and flooding.Gua bi ari no niyo, ye dina ga resi rautu amefa.Today was a bad day, so don't go (out) but stay in the village.ari seuya tora ninaunspec. comp. formbe a cloudy/cloud-filled day.Ari seuya tora niyo ye miya dego baeko.It was a cloudy day so it might rain.ariyuunspec. comp. form1n2daytime; daylight, time.Yokaru murori disi ariyu okiyadi.One day they went to the garden and arrived home in the daytime/daylight.Derivation of ari=u 'day-on/by'.unspec. var.ariu1aruunspec. comp. form1n2one day; on a certain day.Be aruri, vima no yaku moisi raka ni tavoi resi moi tururu resi ini vena kabudo baedo.On some days, when the evil spirit takes a hold of him, he shouts in vain and makes him shake and foam at the mouth.Contraction of ari=u 'day-on'.
ari buni ninaunspec. comp. form ofari
ari feyounspec. comp. form ofari
ari feyo kanacnfatMina dona bi ari feyo kana.This pig has a lot of fat/is fat.5.2.3.2.1Meat


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