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yambu nari vi he doesn't want to do something; i no laik
Gh: ambi nari
Nge ko yambu kari. I do not want to go.
yambu nireng [nirengg] vt he dislikes someone, hates someone; em i no laikim
narapela
Gh: ambi niring; H: yambu ring
Beghi ni yambu bireg. We dislike him.
yanji [yanji/yanggi] n a wallaby; there are two kinds: the one living in the kunai is
brown, the Dusky Padmelon; the one living in the forest stays on the ground. It is
grey, about the size of a dog with a white stripe on its back, the White-striped
Dorcopsis ; sikau
yaq n sago leaves; morota
Gh: ya
Ni yaq miraq wughe.They put the sago leaves on the roof.
yaq yu: a ridgecap made of woven sago fronds
Gh: ya yu/ya dup
yaranji n placenta of a human baby (See also wo grab); hap bel bilong pikinini
yari [yari] n sago swamp; bus saksak
Ni yarine yeru. They are still in the sago swamp.
yas n bare branches of a tree
Gh: yat; H: yah
wuge yas: the flower of the sago palm; flaua bilong saksak
Wuge yas rind kin te nguan pre. Sago that is flowering has reached maturity (and
the tree is ready to harvest).
yas mbreng
yas mbreng n flowers from a black palm tree which are used as
a broom; plaua bilong limbum
Gh: yat mbreng; H: mbrenji
yas nand vt he splits something (See also bir nawo)
Gh: bir nawo; H: yah nand
Sare yas bad. We split the vine lengthwise.