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chach n a general term for lizard; palai
Wokuandi chach meri mo.
The boys hunted for lizards.
chach jobromo: a medium sized lizard with light and dark markings which lives in
the sword grass
Gh: chach jabromo; H: jabromo
chach nyunguab/chach wongunchi: a light brown or black lizard living in holes
in the ground.
Gh: chach guabon; H: nyunguab; So: kunani guabchongo guaqmo: Oceanic
Gekko maptoqmo: ground skink Gh: kuapitamo; H: mopuiqamo
merasingimo [merasinggimo]: green tree skink; liklik grinpela palai Gh: njinyum;
H: murahungmo; So: seremo
mureqenji: striped gekko which lives on new sago fronds Gh: muraiye; H: mureqchi;
So: murequye
parwongreng: Emerald Monitor lizard MonitorGh: erwongreng; So: parwogreg
wuk: Lorria's gekko which lives in tree holes H: babjidmo
chaghi [chaghi] n the bast tissue of the coconut palm whose fibrous material is
used as a sieve when washing sago; laplap bilong kokonas
Gh: juwaghi
Ni chaghi chang pe baq wundiq ei wuge wuye wuwo.
She fastened the bast in the base of the sago frond so she could wash sago.
chai n a peel; husk; skin bilong frut
H: chango
Wane uri chai anene nase. The ripe banana still has the peel on it.
chair [charI] n blister; buk i gat wara, blista
Gh: njari
Nyumo bidiq bidiq, si chari pipiq. We kept on cutting trees, we got blisters.
cham n part of something; hap
Gh: chaw
Nge mir cham kaq. I ate the leftover food.