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

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nyumo sunguari [sungguari] n a small tree with edible leaves and a small inedible<br />

fruit; liklik kumu mosong diwai<br />

Gh: nyumo tunguari [tungguari]<br />

Nyumo sunguari ni yi kotu kin pugri pudi wokuandi di pe segi. The fruit of the<br />

sunguari tree is like kotu but it is small and we don't eat it.<br />

nyumo suquri n a type of large tree found in virgin forest<br />

Gh: nyumo wodubu; H: nyumo huqri<br />

nyumo susu n studs, upright posts in the wall; stan pos<br />

Gh: tutu; H: ki [ki]; So: tinim<br />

Nyumo susu meq wughe. They nail the studs around the house.<br />

nyumo taq n a hole in a tree large enough for an animal to live in; hul bilong<br />

diwai<br />

Gh/H: nyumo gawo<br />

Munyi emen nyumo taq pe wus. The ground cuscus lives in hollow trees.<br />

nyumo taru/owi n buttress roots of a tree; kil bilong diawi<br />

Gh: nyumo taru; H: nyumo dimo/quawi; So: nyumo tar<br />

Wuti ambe taru pe suqo no. The man hid in the buttress roots of the ton tree.<br />

nyumo teme [nyumo teme/seme] n a name used for two types of trees. The one<br />

with hardwood has itchy leaves. The bark of the one with softwood is grated, and<br />

sqeezed to get medicine for sores.<br />

Gh: nyumo teme; H: nyumo heme<br />

Nyumo teme teri kin ire gre kin di ire uwi kure kin.<br />

There are two kinds of teme one has hardwood and one has soft.<br />

nyumo toqbidi/nyumo toqviye n large wood chips when you cut a tree with an ax<br />

Gh: nyumo tobidi; H: nyumo hoqyow; So: nyumo toqyo<br />

nyumo tunguar n a tree whose sap is used for medicine (See also tunguar)<br />

nyumo tuqum n a tree with dark bark and white flowers<br />

Gh: nyumo borwari<br />

Ni yi quari kin wapi mabri mandi me. Pigeons come and eat its dark fruit.

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