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

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Ni wo wumbroqi. She gave birth to a baby.<br />

wumbriji vt aborts a baby (See also gre wuwo, wunjagi)<br />

Gh: wunjagi<br />

Nyumbueg ngimne yequ wo mir ane wus bu ni wo wumbriji.<br />

The woman was pregnant without being married so she aborted the child.<br />

wu nase no vi he runs away; em i ranawe<br />

Gh: wu nate no; H: woi no<br />

wunau n male cousins, mother's brother and father's sister's male children (See<br />

also yai); kandere<br />

H: yai<br />

wune namb vi he is afraid, he fears; em i pret<br />

Gh: wu nend; H: woi nen<br />

Muq wune namb segi. Now he is not afraid.<br />

wune gib rimb/woichi rip: a frightening experience; luk pret<br />

Gh: wuchi rip<br />

<strong>wund</strong> n stitches<br />

Ni tami <strong>wund</strong> ire. She has one row of stitches on the string bag.<br />

wunjagi vi she miscarries in the first few months of pregnancy (See also<br />

wumbriji, gure wuwo); rausim bebi long bel i no bikpela yet<br />

Gh: wujagi [wujagi]; H: wo jogi<br />

Ni irew si wuraq pre dobu ni wo wunjagi. After she missed her period for a<br />

month she miscarried.<br />

wuny n garden; gaden<br />

wuny choq: the edge of the garden where no food is grown; arare bilong gaden<br />

So: che<br />

Wuny unambe <strong>yumbo</strong> kuan pawo segi. We do not plant things by the edge of the<br />

garden.<br />

wuq n a knot; buk<br />

Gh: qu<br />

Nge wuq kipiq di mune bure gidiq. I tied a knot and undid it.

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