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nyumo ndawgi [nyumo ndawgi] n a tree with dark sap and a fruit that is cooked
and eaten
Gh: nyumo dawgi; H: ny. ndawgi [nyumo ndawgi]; So: ny. tawgi
nyumo ongari [nyumo ongari] n tree like a Tahitian chesnut with two nuts inside
Gh: nyumo aranam
Wute ongari bir mawo me. The men split the seeds open and ate them.
nyumo ori n a big tree whose bark and branches make people itch if they burn the
wood, so they don't cook on it
Gh: nyumo nori
nyumo prire n a tree with flowers bats like to drink from
Gh: nyumo mbrire
Nyumo prire kis namb di wapi keme kis te wuye me.
When this tree has flowers the bats come and drink the nectar.
nyumo puate n tree trunk; as bilong diwai
Gh: nyumo mbori; H: nyumo puaha
nyumo punange [punangge] n type of tree in the forest whose leaves look like the
ton tree
Gh: nyumo bunange [bunangge]; H: nyumo qoqumbe; So: nyumo yuwi
nyumo qurati n heart wood, the hard inner part of trees that is left after the outer
part rots which are used for house posts; diwai i sting na stronpela insait bilong en
ol i save kisim long pos
H: nyumo qurahi/urandi
Muruqu, wub, yuwan, muany ni qurati rimb ye. The inner part of these trees can
be used for posts.
nyumo rar wughe/chaghi maimbte [chaghi maimbte] n the pole that supports the
coconut bast on a sago platform (See picture wuge sinyeq)
Gh: njuaghi nyumo; H: chagi rori nyumo
Nyumo rar wughe ri naghe. They put down the pole.
nyumo riq n tree sap; blut bilong diwai
Gh: nyumo ri