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

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Beghi puat pe yuwo pari.<br />

We sing accompanied by a hand drum.<br />

puat n Banyan tree; a type of parasitic tree; bigus/fikus<br />

Wapi cheme burpoq di puat yi uri maq.<br />

Flying fox chew the ripe seeds of the puat tree at night.<br />

<strong>puate</strong> n source; as bilong sampela samting<br />

Gh: mbuate; H: puaha<br />

1) base<br />

Ni wuye <strong>puate</strong> nas. He is downstream.<br />

Mata nyumo <strong>puate</strong> pe yequ. Mata is standing at the base of the tree.<br />

2) reason; meaning; as<br />

<strong>Wand</strong> <strong>puate</strong> simbe gad. I tell the meaning of the talk.<br />

3) ancestor; tumbuna bilong bipo<br />

Beghi <strong>puate</strong> irene. We have one ancestor.<br />

Puate <strong>puate</strong> iri nand: He is very short<br />

4) beginning; stat<br />

puayi (See bog)<br />

puch n piece, part; hap<br />

Gh: mbuch; H: puhi; So: puit<br />

Nge umo puch ire di nu puch ire. One piece of meat for me and one for you.<br />

Rais puch kaq. I ate part of the rice.<br />

pudi conj but; tasol<br />

Nge temu po ningg pudi nge yembe omo kawo segine.<br />

I wanted to go together with you but I hadn't finished my work yet.<br />

pug nindig vt he beats someone; paitim<br />

Gh: pug ninding; H: ni/pug numbueg<br />

Kiyi wo pug nindig. The father beat his child.<br />

pug yenu no vi he beats someone as punishment, thrashes; paitim bilong stretim<br />

Maikel Nikolas ningg nari, "Pug yenu no". Maikel said, "Beat Nikolas".

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