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ondim n
1) a plant with a yellow tuber
2) the yellow juice used as a dye which comes from the tuber
Nge ondim tamb pe ngang gab. I rub the string with the yellow juice from the
ondim plant.
ongi sumwuye [onggi sumwiye] n a tree with rough leaves used like steel wool to
clean pots and pans; lip mosong bilong wasim sospen
Gh: wuye miab; H: onji humap; So: ngungur
Ongi sumwuye raqe beghi os wuye pap.
We used the leaves of this tree to wash the pans.
op rar n ankle bones
So: gubuq rar
opu adj half, area of ground, there; hap
H: wopu
Wute gherim opu kin wuti. A woman from the coastal area died.
Ni opu no, nge opu ren gadi. He went there, I came here.
oqowuye n the large throat of a cassowary; nek bilong muruk
Gh: wuye tami; So: gibe tami
Duagi oqowuye pe yir baq munduw bu wuti. The spear hit the cassowary in the
throat so it died.
ori [orI] n a wild yam which can be very big; wel yam
orinye n elders whose role is to beat teenage boys in initiation rites to make them
strong
Gh: ori muram; So: ori
Wo urupui wari baj pe mo di orinye mandi mi ei gre mem ningg. When the
young men went for the first time to the spirit house, then the elders came and
beat them so that they would be strong.
oru n frog; rokrok
Gh: eru
oru cheghe: frog eggs; kiau bilongl rokrok
Gh: eru nyo