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rusan páksitransitive serial verbEnglishentrust to anothersubmit remainThis is to give something to someone to work with or take care of but retain ownership of it yourself. It is a temporary giving or entrusting.pagas/páksi; rusan/rusni1
rusan tar-itransitive serial verbSuroboi i lalinEnglishentrust; submitsubmit giveApparently, in regard to things, rusan_tari has the idea of `gathering' or `putting together'. To rusan_tari a person is to put him under the authority, leadership or control of another. This implies a permanent change.Má pirán tabal er di apángái, di kipi uri narsán tan apostolo má dik rusan tari si di, má tan apostolo dik tulsai ur si rung er di sáhár suri ák arwat mai kándi kis. (Apo 4.34)And that money they acquired, they brought it to the apostles and put it into their hands/responsibility (i.e. pooling it together), and the apostles distributed it to those who were needy so it was sufficient with/to meet their needs.Aramokson a ngorer mul kabin kálámul a mon i kán nokwan suri kátlán i kán wák, má talar kán wák suri na lu ekesi rusan tari sang uri lalin i kán pup. (Epe 5.23-24)A married couple is also like that because the man there is his right to have authority over his wife, and his wife's responsibility is to always submit herself to underneath her husband.rusan/rusni14.9.7.2Christianitylotu
ruska-itransitive verbSurlus palai; long palai tili tetenEnglishpush to break offPeople and birds do this with the fruits of coconut, breadfruit and tawan, pushing down on the fruits or the branches to force them to fall.rus27.9Break, wear outbreaking
ruskauintransitive verbSurtu tuán má kápán masikEnglishskeletal; emaciatedTok Pisinbun natingekek1rus12.1Body2.5.1Sickbody characteristic; sickness
rusnirusan/rusni
rusngi1unspec. var. ofrusan / rusni1
rusngi2unspec. var. ofrusan / rusni2
rusngi3rusan/rusni
rusrus1ruhruh1Englishgrowing thinrus12.1Body2.5.1Sickbody characteristic; sickness
rusrus2intransitive verbSurpurpurEnglishfalling of many things at onceThis implies many things falling at the same time or right after each other, as when someone is shaking fruit off a tree. See rus2 for what kinds of things are used with this verb.Aun kánáu ngo a pim no i pákán, ki bos pákán er a pim a tu rusrus uri lol malar máng káng i pokon er mai.A kánáu tree when its leaves are dead, then those dead leaves just keep falling into the middle of the village and fill up that place with themselves.purrus2
rusungrus3rusumrusuninalienable nounrusumrusunrus git (rus3)Englishsides of my torsoThis refers only to the sides of one's torso, not including the back or front of the body.pak rusunrus12.1Bodybody part human
rutintransitive verbEnglishrunTok Pisinron/ ronowetuktukrutrut2.1Body7.2Movebody act; motion
rut-itransitive verbSurmatai suri tariEnglishrefuse; hold back; hoardÁi kauh a sungi wilwil si kán koko, mái sár ái kán koko kápate tari singin. A bunbun mai suri na káp long bengtai pasi ák ruti i kauh.The boy asked (to borrow) his uncle's bicycle, however his uncle did not give it to him. He was nervous with it so that he would not ruin it resulting in he refused/held it back (from) the boy.bál kári4.1Relationshipsrelationship
rutrutintransitive verbEnglishmove alongrun runIau sung suri bos táit er u lu ololoh on ngo na rutrut kuluk sár, má ngo sasam koion na som kusai kam liu. (3Io 2)I pray concerning those things you are taking care of that they will just move along well, and that sickness will not interrupt your life.hanrut7.2Movemotion


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