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agabat1where, used to ask where someone is goingwanem hapAgabat nyiinii yu?Where are you going?Yu go we?synabat9.2.3.4Question words2whatwanemNyiina sii agabat na?What is your name?Wanem nem bilong yu?3whyolsem wanemDe mele yikuatde. Agabat wunii wale yikwunii?They can go by themselves. Why will I go with them?Ol tasol i ken i go. Olsem wanem na bai mi go wantaim?
agabat dam1howolsem wanem, hauAgabat dam gurii magiin guantu?How do you smoke fish?Yupela smokim pis olsem wanem?9.2.3.4Question words2why (reason)olsem wanemAgabat dam we miinii taun yivalkii kayak wo?Why did you say that you are not going to town?Olsem wanem yu tok nogat long go long taun?
agabat siikiithow manyhamas9.2.3.4Question words
agabat siipakwhat time, whenwanem taim9Grammar9.2.3.4Question words
agabat ye1why. Asked when someone has done something wrong.bilong wanemAgabat ye miinii diikue viyaak?Why did you hit him?Bilong wanem yu paitim em?9.2.3.4Question words2how (method)olsem wanemAgabat ye nii niikii taaba katiikniik?How did she cut her hand?Em i katim han olsem wanem?
agi1demthatdispelaVala agi dam ma kut. Make the canoe this way.Wokim kanu olsem.Agi damgii wunii guriikii wo. Kasabak. Viyaakiide.For this reason I am telling you. Don't play. They will hit [you].Olsem na mi save tokim yupela. No ken pilai. Bai ol i paitim.Gusa, mija, yaat, kama, nang, yami, agi agi guane kure bu yitu. Oar, spear, bush knife, small knife, sago, and matches, those things I need to bring.Mi mas kisim ol dispela samting pul, supsup, naip, liklik naip, saksak na masis.9.2.3.5Demonstrative pronouns2demtheredispela hapDiikii waraga agi tu, Nyiidiikumgeba. His descendants are there, in Nyiidiikum village.Ol lain tumbuna bilong em i stap long dispela hap, long Nyiidiikum ples.8.5.1Here, there3interjectthat is correctem nau
agiihalf, part, piece, portionhapMa wunii nak agii painapol kuika. Give me a piece of the pineapple.Givim mi hap painapol.Anii gusiikii piiyatne take agii vitik bokne anii viik, baadii wale ka.We removed the turtle from the fire and broke it in two pieces and saw there were eggs.Yumi rausim trausel long paia na brukim tupela hap na lukim olsem i gat kiau i stap.8.1.6.2Piece
agiin1shadesetAgi du yakiilak yadiite, dii mi agiinba wulai pakue tiik.That man got hot, and he went and hid in the shade of a tree.Dispela man kamap hat, na em i go insait na hait long set bilong diwai na stap.8.3.3.2.1Shadow2protection or care like being in someone's shadowstap aninit long was bilong narapelaNyiinii yile niikii agiinba te, nyiinii niikii wataka kudi wukue nyiinii aga tiikiyo.You go and stay under her care, and follow her instructions.Yu go na stap aninit long was bilong em, na bihainim tok bilong em na yu stap.
agiin guadiibe surprised, get a frightkirap nogutNiimoval vilange waadete, nii wutba kuaang mak nyaan agiin guadiik.They screamed loudly and the baby that was sleeping in the string bag was frightened.Ol i singaut bikmaus na liklik pikinini slip long bilum i kirap nogut tru.3.4.2.4Afraid
agiyakthat is all, the endem tasol
agiyalakshards of clay pottery that a clay fire pot sits upongraun sospen i bruk7.9Break, wear out
agua1beginning of something.stat bilong samtingAgua ya tudete, yane ying nyiidiiba yile tiika.Go and stand in the place where they started the fire.1.3.1.3River8.4.6.1.1Beginning8.6.2.1Bottom2reason, causeasKap diitakua tiipma apaba daadam kapka yak. Ma agua vii, daabakgii.There was a sound as if a person fell from a coconut palm. See what was the cause, lest [someone] fell.Em pairap olsem man i pundaun long diwai kokonas. Lukim wanem as, nogut wanpela i pundaun.9.6.2.5.1Reason
agua duownerpapa bilong samting6.8.1.1Own, possess
agua gehome villageasples9.5.1.6.4Origin (of a person)4.6.7.2City
agua kabiiliisource of riverstat bilong baret1.3.1.3River
agua kadakvery beginningstat bipo long olgeta samting8.4Time
agua mitree stumpas bilong diwai1.5.5Parts of a plant
agua nyaagiit1meaning of something said or writtenas bilong toktok3.5.8.1Meaning2titlehet tok9.7.3Name of a thing
agua tawirectumas2.1.8Internal organs
agua wukiimolar toothas bilong tit2.1.1.5Tooth
aikiilobasame time, all together, in unisonwantaimAikiiloba bagu waabo, vitik, kupuk mele gikak.Let's sing at the same time, not just two or three. Yumi olgeta singim song wantaim, no ken tupela o tripela tasol.8.4.5.2.2At the same time
aiwai🔊1neveryone, everythingolgetaWi tubanang paat aiwai nyaagiit ma kuving.Pass the message about the time for burning the grass to everyone.Salim dispela tok i go olgeta long taim bilong kukim kunai.synwutwai9.2.3.2Indefinite pronouns2quantallolgetaWaalii gi diikii kutdiing, diikii maanba. Aiwai giilak wai kutdiing.The crocodile held him, on his leg. It held him with all [its teeth].Pukpuk i holim em long lek bilong em. Em holim em wantaim olgeta [tit].8.1.5Allvariantawe
aiya🔊1nmothermama4.1.9.1.2Father, mother2naunt; said of mother's younger sistersanti; liklik bilong mama4.1.9.1.6Uncle, aunt3adjmother (animal)mama (animal)Nak aiya nyaaka baadii aliinak nii takak.A mother chicken laid four eggs.Wanpela mama kakaruk putim foapela kiau.
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