Browse English – Muna
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float low in the water (between sinking and floating, like faeces) lanto-lanto ngkaedeha comp. of lanto
floating of the spadix a ceremony held after the seclusion feast for puberty-age girls, during which an areca spadix is floated in a river to find out whether the girl will marry, stay single or die soon. Nowadays a spadix is slid down a banana leaf to the bottom of a banana tree kafolantono bhansa comp. of lanto
floating or drifting around lanto-lanto der. of lanto
floor beam, floor joist ghubhe
floor joists (which lie cross-wise on the three main floor beams) ghubhe mpala comp. of ghubhe
flour (of rice, maize) ghonabu 1
flow (in all directions) lembo 1
flow down (of liquid) sere 2
flow, widen, spread lele 1 3
flower (for decoration, not of crops and trees, except for palm trees) bunga 1 1
flower (of plants such as maize, rice, mango, sugar-cane, grasses wuna 1
flower (of plants, certain trees) kambea
flower bud ready to open kamomo
flower of coconut/sugar/areca nut tree bungano ghai/kowala/bhea comp. of bunga 1
flower of flowering plants kambeano kamba-kamba comp. of kambea
flower of the rice plant wunano pae comp. of wuna
flower on sugar palm branch bungano tobho comp. of bunga 1
flower stalk (of sugar palm tobho 2
flower still covered in leaves kampuloli 1
flowering plants (generic, esp. for ornamental use) kamba-kamba der. of kamba 1