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dangpitápitSurkesá matngan manEnglishbird type; Lowland Mouse Babbler; Common SandpiperA dang has another name, pitápit. Its feathers are gray there on its back and wings, and its chest is white. The dang is smaller than a tutgum, and it lives along the beach and on floating logs and on the reef just like the tutgum also. It pecks at things along the beach. No one has yet seen the nest of a dang or a tutgum or a pitápit, and no one has yet seen its eggs and how it gives birth. This bird they eat it (is edible).pitápit1.6.1.2Birdbird
dangdangSurláklák sangsangarEnglishwalking hurriedly; confident; single-mindedThis implies moving faster than normal walking, but not quite as fast as running. It connotes that one is not thinking about peripherals but quickly and confidently moving on. It implies a faster motion than dángdáng.
Kálámul er a lala sangsangar sang pasi ák tu dangdang sorliu git má kápate bin mam git.That man was really hurrying resulting in he just walked hurriedly passing us by and did not say anything to us.dángdángdangdangdang7.2Movemotion
dangdangdangSurtungai saliu má kápte haungesEnglishmoving continually without stoppingIsu di utngi ngo gang kapate lu haunges i saliu, kán tungai saliu sang ngorer. Pákánbung kán tungai dangdangdang ngorer, ki kán tu namnam sár mul.The fish they call gang does not cease its roving about, it just keeps on continually moving like that. While it continues to move without stopping like that, then it also eats.malmaliudangdang7.2Movemotion
dar-iSurbontai worwor suri nák tang kuluk, mái sár kápte támin onEnglishexaggerate; lie by adding untrue detailsA bul má tu dari sang ái kono imunang. Táit er a parai kápate támin.That guy down there is again just exaggerating. What he's saying is not true.tám dar worwor
datSurparau ngo su kaleng ngo deng suri elah alari táit ngo na tus iáuEnglishcower; skittishThis would include the situation of ducking or jumping out of the way of a falling branch, or shrinking back from someone threatening to hit you. It includes backing away from a snake, covering one's head to protect from a blow, and many other situations where one protects onself.Mámán á kalik átlái muda a tuan mos sang i bál i natun tahlik, pasi ák long pasi kesi bus mák dan natun tahlik, mái natun tahlik ák lala parau on. A hol on ngo na tas muswan on ái mámán pasi ák dat i bus si mámán.The mother of that young girl back there her stomach is very angry at her daughter, resulting in she got a (length of) cane and threatened to hit her daughter, and/but her daughter ducked very low. She thought that her mother would really hit her so she ducked/cowered away from her mother's cane.datdatdat7.2Movemotion
daul1SurpepelukEnglishweak in body from exertion or sicknessWa a tu daul bul á páplun ái Kiaplur. Iau hol on ngo na sasam gut. Kápte a lu ngoro imudi, wa a te tu gasgas pagas i kán pokon.Why Kiaplur's body has become weak. I think he's getting sick. He is not like (he was) over there, (when) his health was good.takulem
daul2Surkesá matngan manEnglishbird typeThe body of a daul, some are completely black, and some are black and their necks are white. It is larger than a kánái (seagull). When the wind is blowing from the west, they travel in flocks. A story from Sursurunga about the daul that is completely black, it is of the Malai moiety, and the daul whose neck is white, it is of the Kongkong moiety.1.6.1.2Birdbird
daun-iEnglishripenTok Pisinmekim mauSee dadaun for methods of ripening.dadaun5.2.1Food preparationcooking
dawarEnglishlizard type; skink type; Green Tree SkinkThe color of the dawar is green and it lives in trees. The size of the dawar is just like the size of the pule, however the color of the pule is sort of charcoal and it crawls along the ground and along on top of rocks. The dawar eats flying insects and small butterflies if they fly close to it.árám1.6Animalanimal
dawekSura pekes (i bim ngo kon)EnglishsoftIau nem ngo ina tangrai kon ur Huris, mái sár ngo a dawek á kon pasi iak tangrai sál. A ngoro a pekes á kon má a rakrakai singing suri láklák on.I wanted to go along the beach to Huris, however the sand was soft so I went along the road. It was like the sand was soft and it was difficult for me to walk on it.welwel
dáhEnglishwhat?; which?This is the short form of ngádáh (what?), although dáh never occurs alone as ngádáh does. Dáh follows nouns and pronouns, asking which specific thing is being referred to. Note the slight difference between dáh (what?, which?) and táh that substitutes for a verb (doing what?).Má namur ngo ái Erodes...A hol páptai worwor dikte parai singin suri pákánbung dáh a páng on á kalik, má ngorer a mánán ngo a goion kalik be. Io, ngorer a dos palai kán tan tám arup mai arardos ngo da up bingi boh gengen kalik káláu no, ái rung er di asus di be i rang mám di. (Mat 2.16)And later Herod...He remembered the talk they had said to him concerning what time the child was born, and therefore he knew that he was still a young child/infant. So, therefore he sent off his soldiers with the command that they would kill all the small male children, those whom their mothers were still nursing.ngádáhtáh9.4.3.3Interrogativeinterrogative
dánihdáni, dándándániEnglishwhat?This functions as both an interrogative pronoun and an indefinite pronoun.Ngádáh, a kuluk ngo kálámul na kátlán bos matmatngan táit main i naul bim, má nák omlawa palai kán liu suri? Má dánih á táit ngo na hul kelsei kán liu mai? Kápte sang. (Mat 16.26)What, is it good that a person should rule everything here in earth, and then waste/throw away his life for it? And what is the thing that he will buy-replacing his life with? Nothing indeed.Iau lu hanhan uri tan kálámul adi di kis talum má di no di tam lala wor, má kápte iau talas ngo dánih di korpek kunán.I went along to those people up there who were meeting and all were talking at once, but I was not clear about what they were talking so angrily about.ngádáh9.4.3.3Interrogativeinterrogative
dánla pas-iSurperek ur onEnglishspeak sharply in angeryell getThis is similar to the meaning of the English idiom 'give him a piece of my mind'.Ái Ruti a han uri rum si mámán mák dánla pasi suri ngo kápate para talsai singin ngo a kong á kán kalik.Ruti went to her mother's house and confronted her because she (Ruti's mother) did not inform her (Ruti) that her child had been choking.dánlai2; pasi13.5.1Sayspeak
dánla-i1Surtut palai sepen botolEnglishknock off a pieceThis includes breaking a bottle to get a sharp point for cutting.A lu hanhan ái tata ki ák gálta iau ngo, "Be kauh, sinih a apos sarai á tan sepen botol imuda?" Ki iak parai singin ngo, "Wa kalilik di dánlai uri kuti kándi sepen raba uri katapel."Dad came up and asked me, "Hey, Son, who broke that bottle back there and spread the pieces all around?" And I said to him, "The boys broke/knocked off pieces to cut their rubber strips for slingshots."
dánla-i2Surperek rakrakai ur onEnglishyell in angerThis can be used figuratively in a command where it means `beat him up', but is not actually intended to be physical. It may be said seriously or in jest.Kono imudi iau dánlai á nengen i nas suri a kip bia i kak lamrut mák long bengtai. Iau mos on ngorer má iak parai singin ngo namur mul koion na bali longoi.That one over there I spoke angrily to him earlier at midday about him taking my spear without permission and ruining it. I was angry at him and I said to him that he should not do that ever again.dánla pasi3.5.1Sayspeak
dánra pala-iSurtipri mai worwor suri nák táuEnglishchase away by scolding or rebukingscold removeÁi kobát a dánra palai tan kalilik tilamudi risán rumán lotu kabin di lala ororok má tan kálámul di lotu.The usher chased the kids away from beside the church because they were making a big disturbance and people were worshipping.dánrai3.5.1Sayspeak
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