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ru sara-iSurkipi má long saraiEnglishgathercollect scatterrui1
ru talmiSurkipi má obop talmiEnglishbring together; collect; gathercollect togetherrui1; talum/talmi
ru-i1Surkipi; ser pasiEnglishcollect; findTok PisinpainimThis is to search for something whose general location you are fairly certain of such as coconuts or nuts or fish, or to search for one's money that dropped out along the road. With fish this term is only used when dynamiting.ru talmirururu sarai
rugarEnglishthose two; you twoThis word appears to be the fusion of rung (ones, people) plus ar (pronoun suffix meaning 'two'). It is used to refer to both people and to objects. This term is often used in addressing one's name taboos. If rugar_mer (those two) is used, it may not necessarily be addressed to those in taboo relationship, but merely mean 'you two there'. Variations of this word with other numbers are ruktul (three) and rugat (four).-ar4rugatruktulrung2Person8.1.1Numbernumber; person
ruh-iSurtalka pasi tilamuni bátEnglishpull downTok PisinpulimTekes a ruhi kak pok er a sa i aun bihi. Iau lu hanhan má kak pok inang má i bim ák lu bop ái.Someone pulled down my betel pepper that was climbing the breadfruit tree. I went along and my betel pepper was down there laying on the ground.taruhi
rukSurkesá matngan manEnglishbird typeThe size of the ruk is like the size of the man_pup, and its feathers are various in colour and shiny. It makes its house along the ground there in the midst of the jungle among the bases of trees. They tell stories about this bird that it makes a doorway in its house when it builds its house. And if a person walks near its house, then the two pieces of wood standing in the doorway of its house, they fall to alert that ruk that a person is walking (nearby) and the ruk flees.1.6.1.2Birdbird
rumEnglishbuilding; houseTok PisinhausThis is the generic term for any building.rum kán malihrumánTypes of housesbangpalrum kangkang6.5.1.1Househouse
rum kangkangEnglishhouse on stilts or posts off the groundThis is typically a sleeping house.rum6.5.1.1Househouse
rum kán malihEnglishplant type; orchidlory's houseThe rum_kán_malih grows in/on trees, and its leaves are like pakpak leaves. The blossoms of the rum_kán_malih are yellow. In English they call it orchid.1.5Planttree/plant
rumán1Englishbuilding for...Tok Pisinhaus bilong...In this meaning, rumán is followed by a verb or description, as in rumán_lotu (building for worship, church). See the following entries for some examples.rum6.5.1.1Househouse2Englishhis dwelling place; her dwelling placeThe implication of this meaning is the place where you always live or where you usually are, the place to which you always return, your habitation.Má gam á tan tám ruruna i malar á Korin gam ngorer i rumán ái Káláu a longoi suri na kis on. (1Ko 3.9)And you believers in the town of Corinth you are like God's dwelling place he made to live in.
rumán bop tulEnglishguest housebuilding for sleeping stopovertul36.5.1.1Househouse
rumán huhulEnglishstorebuilding for buyingThis typically refers to an enclosed building where things are sold in contrast to pokon_án_sirsira (open air market).6.5.1.1Househouse
rumán kamkabatEnglishjail; prisonbuilding for tying6.5.1.1Househouse
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