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Wand Tuan wand puate: Yumbo yumbo buagi raqe wund (As tok ...

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Iye gidirighe. I pry coconut meat loose from the shell.<br />

ninditi nandi [ninditi nandi]/nunduwi nandi vi he goes to the base of something<br />

toward the speaker; go daun long as bilong wara o diwai<br />

Gh: ninditi nandi [nindichi nandi]; H: nindihi ni;<br />

Wuye <strong>puate</strong> pe ninditi nandi. He came downstream.<br />

nindiyo no/ nindiwo no vi he goes upstream or towards the top of a fallen tree<br />

away from the speaker; go long het bilong wara o diwai<br />

Gh: ninjuwo no<br />

Beghi wuye tuw pe bidiwo po. We go upstream.<br />

ninge [ninge] adj some; sampela<br />

Nu <strong>wand</strong> ninge rise? Do you have something to say?<br />

ningiyi [ninggiyi] n spirits living in various parts of the bush; spirit i stap long bus<br />

ningg [ningg] adv<br />

1) in order to, for that reason; long<br />

Wau mir me ningg mandi. The people from Wau came in order to eat.<br />

2) to want, desire; laik<br />

Ni wuye ne ningg nari. He wanted to have a drink of water.<br />

ninjangi nase nandi [ninjangi] vt he misses something; abrusim i stap<br />

Gh: ninjangi nate nandi; H: ninjani naha nandi<br />

Rembo nge guqod segi, gijani nase gadi, muq aye nandi nuqond.<br />

I didn't see the bandicoot, I missed it, then another came and saw it.<br />

ninjangi naghe [ninjanggi naghe]/ninjaqi wughe vt he inserts something, it<br />

wedges between two things, something slips down between two things so that it is<br />

held firmly in place; pas namel<br />

Umo ngape sawo pe minjangi naghe pu yenu. The fish bone was wedged<br />

between the teeth.<br />

Wuge chang gijangi naghe. I wedge the sago bark (in around the fireplace.)<br />

Ni buk pe ninjaqe wughe. He inserted something in the book.<br />

ninjari vt he strings things together; ropim samting<br />

Umo sare pe ninjari ruso. He strings the fish together on the vine.

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