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-duumo1used with plural subjects asking about actions or talking in hypothetical terms (irrealis-plural)Boꞌui-do rihimaituti duumo?Who are we bowing to?Roo umo bia, uubi obo-totoi goroi oaꞌoiai amaꞌai duumo.You never know whether someone might be under the wharf.Aiha amemidio duumo, ka toei-hato emidiodioi raꞌai kaumo.For if we continue living here life will be always full of fear.Ara odii ruu gaaꞌu aibo-ka, uubi-ro tio-ra apoho-rai raꞌaibou rimotuti madio duumo emerai oaduꞌoi-ka.This story is the same, whether telling how people weave mats or baskets.2plural subject marker in the intermediate past (yesterday)Rimo iha ge'ii ra'ai duumo, rii mori irimodabuai duumoi-da. We were very happy, when they helped us to gather the money (yesterday).Pei mapoi iremahiai duumo.We cut off the back end of the canoe log.Rimo raarai imioꞌuo duumo.Our things went down.
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eaꞌaHLHvar.eeꞌamanyiaꞌasee, look at, face; seeHohoi hepu peaꞌa.He faced the ground.Ka moo oodoi obo oruꞌoi, ida pireaꞌa, moo himia umui-ro.I was going down to the riverside to wash, when my dog saw me.Ogori-ro imeaꞌai-ka, moo-ro aaꞌoi-ka, ita ooꞌu-ka.Ogoni met us, and I told him that he must come to our house.Moo mamui-ro tauo pireaꞌa, moo iraꞌai raai.My mother had already seen what I had done.synaarodio2.3.1See
ebeuticontinue
ebeꞌemaipush down with force
ebigi1break a crab by hitting it in the middle2beat a wife or husband, like you are going to break them like a crabOoboi aiha ra'u mebigi! He's hitting his wife like a crab!
ebihaeLHLspirit used to heal, or to do sorcery, people can catch an ebihae intentionally, or be unintentionally caught by an ebihaeEbihae-mereei-ro aꞌai bedeai.The spirit person heals sick people Ebihae-mereei-ro iimoto uubi.The spirit person kills people.ebihae idomaicomp.traditional decoration; a small bilum with a specific seed inside that is carried down from the Highlands in the river
ebihae-dubucomp.man who uses spirit to heal or kill; sorcerer; healerebihae-imiricomp.cftuu-imiricomp. oftuu 1imiriperson who practices sorcery using spiritsebihae-mereecomp.person who uses spirit to heal or kill; sorcerer; healerebihae-oobocomp.woman who uses spirit to heal or kill; sorcerer; healer
iriꞌiripacific golden plover
iriirapids created by the turning tide
burehespecies of plant with multiple uses. The fruit is white, and is often mixed with rebeho to sweeten the taste. The fruit can also be put in water to sweeten it. The juice of the fruit is only sweet if first one drinks water. When dry, the leaf is used to make pegs to hold the sago strainer in position. The dried leaf is hard and can also be used for rope.
boreflood caused by the rainBore-ka peei mea-ha iaꞌaumo.In a flood, look after your canoes properly.Mihai imaa'oi-da, borei aiha oiro.The rain fell, therefor the flood is rising.
boroio1plant that is similar to tumeric and taamu, with yellow leaves and big roots2yellow, green, pale colourMeimei: ruu geega-ka, topo-ka, mia ruu rio boroio-ka.Pineapple: it is big, and when ripe its inside is yellow.Ruu tamai amiꞌa oratoi, boroio, rio ruu topo hia-ka, roo-ro uhoi-da.Some of them have purple skins, or whiteish, and they are very thick when you eat them.8.3.3.3Colour
borucurse, bad luckMoo kimai boru-ka!My fishing line is cursed!
boꞌashoot of nipa palm, eaten as a snack
boꞌoground that is permanently soft and swampy
boꞌu1plboiꞌorowhoRoo pairai boꞌu-ra?What is your name?Aire mereei pairai boꞌu-rie?What is his name?Epui-to moo umo bia, moo boꞌui-do rirudeme.Before I did not know who I should pray to.9.2.3.4Question words
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