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

Baj gawo yaq pe oru kiqu. I am fixing a hole in the roof of the house with sago
leaves.
oru wame n a very small green tree frog with a light belly which lives in trees and
sounds like a typewriter.
Gh: eru wame
Oru wame ni wuge chang pe ris di riri,"Nguq weq, nguq weq".
This tree frog sits on the sago fronds and calls.
os n pot; sospen
Gh: ot; H: oh
1) claypot; sospen graun
Qi os wase bidaq bidaq os nyaqi wuse. We fire the clay pots to harden them,
they get soot on them.
2) metal saucepan
Nyumbueg os pe mir wase ruwo. Women cook in saucepans.
os tuan: large clay pots for cooking sago
Gh: qi ot; H: oh huan
os monumbo n a large clay pot for storing sago; bikpela sospen graun bilong
putim saksak
Gh: ot menbo
Samap, Sir, Turubu ni os monumbo yembe rindig wuge os rind. These three
villages make large clay pots for putting sago into.
os sumbong [sumbongg] n a piece of wood to pound clay used in making pottery;
stik bilong paitim graun bilong wokim sospen graun
Gh: ot tumbong [tumbongg]; H: oh mbongi [mbonggi];
Os sumbong pe qi dang bidiq, tamb pipiq, muq piraq wughe.
We pound the clay with a paddle, make strands, then coil them.
os taqru [os taqru/taru] n a ring for balancing clay pots on so they won't fall over,
it is made from a vine covered with dried banana stalk; ring bilong putim sospan
antap
Gh: ot taru; H: oh taqru
Os taqru os puaq wughe pu wus. The claypot sits on the padded ring.