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nongonongonSurngisán kubauEnglishtree typeThe nongonongon is a tree that grows on the edge of bushy areas along the beach and above cliffs. The nongonongon is like the kalbárwan tree, and its leaves are also like that, but the leaves of the nongonongon are small. When the fruit of the nongonongon is ripe, then the unsir and the bun (pigeon, dove) go to eat it. Its fruit is just small like the fruit of the wild get, and when it is ripe, then its color is red. The trunk of this tree is hard like the tree they call mit.
1.5Planttree/plant
nosEnglishinsect type; beetle type; Dalbertis Jewel BeetleThe nos is a flying creature and it looks like a tamlur (beetle type) and a ngap (bettle or weevil type). However the nos is longer in its size/shape of the three, and it has six legs and two eye hairs (antenna/sensors). The hips/buttocks of the nos are a bit long and black, and the buttocks of the tamlur and the ngap are just short. From long ago the children capture nos and tie them to a length of leaf rib to swing them around and they cry/make noise.1.6.1.7Insectinsect
nuhSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; stonefishNuh is a fish that lives in the shallows and it lays there on top of coral or close to coral. It is varied in its coloring. Some times it changes its color to the color of that coral it is lying on top of. It does like that so that a person will not see it when he walks along the reef. And if a person steps on it, then it very much hurts there in that place where the nuh pierced him. The nuh eats small crabs and some things that walk there close to him. The nuh just lays there and it does not move around a lot. When the nuh is big, then they eat it. The belief from Sursurunga is that when a woman is pregnant she should not eat nuh, because if she will eat it, then her child’s body will be just soft (he won’t be as strong as other children).nuh kár1.6.1.5Fishfish
nuh-iSurásla táilnaiEnglishintuit; know intuitivelyFor differentiation of the terms meaning 'know', see mánán.
Tan kálámul di nuh pokon ngo na hut á tiling kunkun tungu i Bung Lim má ák hut sang, ki ák ian támin sang á dánih di nuhi.The people knew intuitively the place a large earthquake would come previously on Friday and it came indeed, so what they intuited truly happened.mánán
nukun hiruEnglishinsect type; praying mantisinjured penisThe nukun_hiru, it is just a likok (praying mantis). And in the belief from Sursurunga, when it cries at night, then they say that that indicates someone will die.likoknukung1.6.1.7Insectinsect
nukungnuknukumnukunnukumnukunnuk gitEnglishmy penisTok Pisinkok bilong misitán káláunomnobon kápán nukunnukun hiru2.1Bodybody part human
numSurpokon dikte soi balbal on turán te matngan namnam mulEnglishproducing gardenTok PisingadenThis word represents a garden from the point where it has been planted through the stage of bearing. A garden is divided into sections (see dáu, pang, buturkus). There are different words for the different stages of a garden.kalkalarkopkomnumánpáilpokonrákrákmoksu6.2.1Growing cropsgarden
numán1Surmarán di kis ngo láklák talumEnglishgroup; herd; flock; school (of fish)Inang i aun tawan marán tan unsir di lu kis on. I ngahwán kabungbung, di lu hut sang á tilik numán unsir má dik lu kis on á tawan inang.Down at the tawan tree many unsir (bird type) live in it. In the early morning, they arrive in a big flock of unsir and they sit in that tawan down there.4.2.1Come together, form a groupgroup2Surpokon di lu so masiknai tukesi táitEnglishgarden where only one crop is grown; patchThis kind of garden is common for taro, but could be any crop.num6.2.1Growing cropsgarden
nurEnglishshrimp; prawn; crayfish; lobster; crustaceanThere are two (kinds of) nur. One lives in flowing rivers, and one lives out in the ocean. The nur that lives in the river is smaller than the nur that lives out in the ocean. Both kinds have very long toes/legs and it looks like their color is greenish. And/but when they cook it and it is fully cooked, then it is red, and it is good food. The nur from the salt water lives in the ocean inside coral. And at night it moves around to search for its food. This kind of nur has a time to change its shell. It removes its old shell and then a new one grows. And the nur from the river the children get them by feeling around with their hands then they cook them on the fire and eat them.5.2Food6.4.5Fishingfood; marine life
nuratSurngisán kubauEnglishtree type; Noni; Indian MulberryThis tree its leaves look a bit like dadan (leaves). And its fruit when it is ripe then it really stinks, but some people eat it. The skin of its trunk and its leaves are also like its fruit, and its roots they get and then they work with it to heal a person when he is sick. They say that nurat is able to heal many kinds of sickness.1.5Plant5.2Foodfood; tree/plant
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