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nungoqi pro you all, plural form of you; yupela
Gh: novi [novi]; H: nunguevi [nungguevi]
Nungoqi ren wandi. You all come here.
nunguami n forked tool for pulling branches towards oneself in order to collect
fruit; huk bilong kisim frut bilong diwai
H: nangu [nanggu]; So: nengu [nenggu]
Weg nunguami pe pap. We pick bread fruit with a forked tool.
nuqoind, nundoq, nuqond vt he sees something; he looks; em i lukim samting
Gh: nuqoind [nuoinj/nuond]
Nu yo qond. You go look!
Ni nandi beghi nundomu. He came and saw us.
nuqoind neri nase vt he stares at someone for a long time; lukluk strong
Gh: nuqoind neri nate [nuqoinj neri nate]; H: nuqoind neri naha;
Ni nge wuqoind wuri wuse. She stares at me.
nuqond nari vi he quarrels about things; em i toktok planti long ol
Wute muq mandi kin ni aye ming qi pe mo, qi kin ker mawo. Tedi otiwo wute
muqond mari. Some men who have just come go to other people's ground and are
angry about the ground. Then later they will quarrel.
nuqu n new shoots coming up from a plant that is already growing; nupela kru
bilong ol samting
Gh: nuw
Eny nuqu ruwi. New bamboo shoots are coming up.
nurund vt
Gh: nitriq
1) he squeezes something; krungutim
Wuge kinyawo burud. We squeeze sago pulp (when washing the starch out of it.)
2) he squeezes something to see if it is ripe; testim prut
Nge wane uri gurud. I sqeeze the banana to see if it is ripe.
nurundi naghe/nindruq wughe vt he holds it down, pushes it down; subim i go
down
Gh: niriti [nirichi] naghe/nitruq wughe