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motmot2intransitive verbEnglishdiscolouredThis term applies to the discoloration peeled sweet potato develops after being washed, or to a blemish due to too much rain. This is used only of patete.
motoralienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; rock codThe colour of the motor is red and it lives out in the deep. Motor is a kind of kurah and it is from the deep. It kills small fish and eats them. This fish it is good fish to eat. They fish for it with fishing line.kurah marit1.6.1.5Fishfish
muátalienable nounEnglishsnake typeThe muát is a snake that looks like the maumau. It is black and striped vertically with white. And it makes its house in the ground, it digs into it. Some sleep under rocks.kanih1.6Animalanimal
mudalocation1Englishinterior of land or seaThis long form direction word indicates movement toward or location at a place away from the line where land and sea meet, so at or toward the interior, and is used of both land and sea. This term tends to be used when more, rather than less, distance is involved, so things nearby are not usually said to be muda, although this is relative. Any location off the island where one is located is muda. Te kálámul dikte tari bah di uri ruruna má lain tatalen erei, ngorer kándi ruruna a sák ngoro takup a pos sara iamuda i lulawar i tilik bát. (1Ti 1.19)Some people have given their backs to (rejected) the faith and those good ways, therefore their faith is ruined like a canoe that breaks apart out on the reef in a big storm.2EnglishoutsideThis term is used to indicate the notion of 'outside' the house or village or current location.da2mudimunangmuni8.5Locationlocation
mudáninalienable nounEnglishlittle bit; small amountTok Pisinliklik haptigán2tingnán5.2Foodfood
mudekSurmudán mudánEnglishsmall piecesDi kutkut mudek i páplun i di má dik tulsai si rung er di artangan i arup.They cut their bodies into small pieces and divided them among those who helped in the fight.
mudilocation1Englishto the left when facing the seaThis long form direction word indicates movement toward or location at a place to one's left when facing toward the sea. On the east coast of New Ireland, mudi is up coast (more north and west), while on the west coast it is down coast (more south and east).2EnglishdownGama ekesi atri kamu nemnem má holhol nák tántán urami bát suri tan táit imi, má koion na tirtir uramudi bim, kabin gamáte arsok tili ninas gam lu longoi á tungu ngorer i kálámul ákte mat. (Kol 3.2-3)You should permanently/always set your desires and thinking so it will look up to heaven concerning things up there, and it should not look down to the ground, because you have already left from the behaviours you did previously like a person who has died.di2mudamunangmuni8.5Locationlocation
muialienable nounEnglishshell type1.6.1.9Small animalsshell
muirinalienable nounEnglishback of (canoe or boat); sternTok Pisinas bilong sipauraur8.5Locationlocation
muk1intransitive verbEnglishshy; quiet in manner; soft-spoken; agreeableTok Pisin(man i) no save toktok tumasmat i bál
muk2alienable nounEnglishtaboo placekamnar4.3.9.1Customanthro
mulparticleEnglishagain; too; also; additionallyThis particle contrasts with bul which indicates 'replacing' rather than 'additional'.káp melek (sár) (mul)kápte be mul
mulánmodifierEnglishfirstTok Pisinnamba wanáruánátuilatatinálimánáwononhithitunOrdinal numbers: mulán8.1.1Numbernumber
muleninalienable nounSurtigán namnam a purpurEnglishcrumbs5.2Foodfood
mulisalienable nounSurngisán kubauEnglishtree type; citrus (generic term)Mulis is the generic name for four kinds of citrus that they plant. Their names are like this: pamalo and swit_mulis (orange) and mulis_án_kuskus (citrus for dyeing, lemon) and medarin (tangerine).medarinpamaloswit mulisTypes_of_citrus: mulis án kuskus1.5Plant5.2Foodfood; tree/plant
mulis án kuskusalienable nounSurngisán kubauEnglishtree type; lemoncitrus for dyeingThe mulis_án_kuskus they also plant, but it is sour when they eat it. Here among us they plant this kind of citrus only for dyeing (hair). Some people dye with it so their hair becomes white, and some when there are lice sores on their heads, then they dye with this citrus so their sores become healed/dried up. And some others get its juice to cook greens or fish with it. And today they also get it for cooking off rust from a file for sharpening knives. Its fruit is a bit smaller than the orange. The fruit of this citrus when it is close to ripe, then its colour is green. And when it’s ripe, then its colour is yellow.kuskus2mulis1.5Plant5.2Food2.5.7.2Medicinefood; medicine; tree/plant
mumalienable nounSurkesá matngan manEnglishbird typeThe mum is a small bird that lives in the kunai grass and nests among the kunai. It does not have tail feathers, and it looks like a small kok or kakaruk (chicken). Its feathers are completely black.1.6.1.2Birdbird
mumitransitive verbSursosap pasi danEnglishsuck up liquid and swallow itThis is used when sucking or slurping up soup from a plate to swallow it.mumuk pasi2.1Bodybody act
mumka-imámkaitransitive verbSurlong palai táit tili ngudunEnglishspit outNgo a mon be bu er i ngudum, ki una káika palai ngo una long palai tili ngudum, ki erár má unák namnam. Ngo kápte una mumkai bu er i ngudum, ki namnam er una ani kápnate namnamin.If there is still betel nut there in your mouth, then you should vomit/spit it out from your mouth, then at that time you can then eat. If you do not spit out that betel nut in your mouth, then that food you will eat will not be tasty/appealing.káikaimumuk pasi2.1Bodybody act
mumuiahintransitive verbEnglishyawn2.1Bodybody act
mumuk pas-itransitive serial verbSursosap pasi danEnglishsuck up liquid but not swallow ittake liquid getmumkaimumipasi12.1Bodybody act
munintransitive verbEnglishlieThis is a big lie, a 'whopper'.angagurmun ur onmun palai3.5.1Sayspeak
mun pala-itransitive serial verbSuragur palaiEnglishfend off with a lielie remove
mun ur onphraseEnglishblamelie about him/heron1ur1