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

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H: yihaq wuwi<br />

Wasebo kaq kaq yitaqwi. I kept smoking the cigarette until it was gone.<br />

2) a piece of wood burns up<br />

H: rihi nowi<br />

Wase ebu yitini. The fire starter burned up completely.<br />

H: puaqi rupoq<br />

3) a grass fire goes out<br />

Tan qu yitaqwi yamb tumo. The fire was about to go out except for the center of<br />

the sword grass.<br />

yivanj [yivanj/yuvanj] n a fly; flai, lang<br />

H: monyhuqu<br />

Yivanj braq ghand. Shoo away the flies.<br />

yivany nare vi he feels sad because he misses someone, he feels hurt by someone,<br />

regrets, is worried; em i wari<br />

H: yuwany nireq<br />

Nge umbo pe yivany kure bu quanj gad. I felt sad, so I cried.<br />

mong yivany gib rimb kin: a lonely place<br />

wuti yivany gib namb: a man who is mourning or grief stricken because he<br />

has lost something or someone has died<br />

yombri n a flower that was used as a decoration in the Brag dance; flaua<br />

Gh: tung/yombri; H: qiyomb<br />

<strong>yumbo</strong> n yams<br />

<strong>Yumbo</strong> sunguri si tuan pe opu prequ <strong>wand</strong>.<br />

Wind the yam runners clockwise (around the vine).<br />

<strong>Yumbo</strong> ngawu kuan mawo, umbo gawone maq.<br />

They plant the head of the yams, they eat the bottom part.<br />

<strong>yumbo</strong> waw: a knife made of bone used for splitting yams; hap bun bilong<br />

murik ol i wokim bilong brukim yam<br />

<strong>yumbo</strong> n things, a general term<br />

Dabo <strong>yumbo</strong> pugri pugri. The things in the bush are like this.<br />

<strong>yumbo</strong> gre ye: powerful things used for working magic; strongpela samting<br />

Gh: <strong>yumbo</strong> uriang ye; H: <strong>yumbo</strong> gre kin<br />

<strong>yumbo</strong> yi baj: a house used for traditional ceremonies; haus tambaran

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