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

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wonji/wonyqe part distant, a long ways away; longwe<br />

Gh: wonji<br />

Wonji segi. Tumone. It isn't far, it's close.<br />

wonyimi, kuwonyimi, nuwonyimi n my son; pikinini man<br />

Ni kuwonyimi Lae pu nandi. His son came back from Lae.<br />

wonyumbu, kuwonyumbu, nuwonyumbu n my daughter; pikinini meri<br />

Nge wonyumbu yumbui pre. My daughter is already big.<br />

woremi n crocodile; pukpuk<br />

Gh/H: waremi<br />

Woremi nyombui nat ne.<br />

The crocodile killed and ate the dog.<br />

wori mawo [wori] vi he does magic in the garden; wokim mejik long gaden<br />

Gh: wor mit; So: marwane mawo<br />

Muar wori mawo. They do magic for the production of yams.<br />

wos nawo vt he pays back, he hires someone else to kill someone; putim ripot<br />

long kilim man<br />

Gh: wot nawo; H: woh nowi<br />

Wute wos mawo mo wuti iri mi, te ni mirangu.<br />

They go to pay someone back, they kill a man, they are indebted to us.<br />

wo timbawu [wo timbawu] n a place where women go in the bush to deliver their<br />

babies; ples bilong karim pikinini<br />

Gh: wo tebu; H: wo humbawu; So: pat ijan<br />

wo yabri/ wo tami n uterus, womb; bel, bilum bilong kamapim pikinini<br />

H: wo yabri/wo hami<br />

woyungo nuang righe [woyunggo nuangg righe] vt he threatens or scares<br />

someone so that he runs away; em i pretim narapela<br />

Gh: bub nuang; So: pupri nuang<br />

Ni woyungo muang righe wu nase no. They threatened him so he ran away.

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