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song nireng [song nireng] vt
Gh: tabi ninding; H: hang niping
1) he embraces, pats someone repeatedly on the shoulder or back to show affection
2) he pets an animal
Nyombui song girag. I pet the dog.
Songroiq n traditional name for one who created the earth (See also Waipo)
Gh: Tongroi; H: Hangroi
Songroiq qi nuaq. Songroiq created the ground.
sonyi nand vt
1) he imitates someone; bihainim
Gh: tawi nand/nonji nand; H: honyi nand
Wo ni kiyi sonyi nindig. The child imitates his father.
2) he does something for the first time
Gh: tonyi; H: honyi nand
Ni sonyi uny wuso. She menstruated for the first time.
sonu/siwaru n a woman who is just having her first child; nupela taim long mama
i karim pikinini
Gh: tiwaru; H: honyi/higharu
Ni sonu pugri bu wo kumo rundo yeri runduw. She is just have her first child, so
the mothers came to teach her.
soqi n a loop of rope tied in a knot, used around the feet to help climb trees; rop
bilong go antap long diwai
Gh: toyi; H: huqori
Ni soqi ire nimbiq pre, muq nyumo te newo no.
After he makes a rope loop he'll go up that tree.
sosi nand vt he rubs something with a back and forth motion; rabim long han
Gh: toti nand; H: hohi ni
Ni rar sosi nindiq. He rubs his eye.
spenit v he sneezes; kus
Gh: tipe nand; H: hipenih; So: ngapchiq nindiq
Nu spekuit. You sneeze.