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

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Gh gh<br />

ghabe nand vi is ignorant, mentally deficient; longlong<br />

<strong>As</strong>i beghi ghabe bad. Before we were ignorant.<br />

ghan nand (See van nand)<br />

ghang [ghangg] n white mark on skin; waitpela mak long skin<br />

Gh: yayi; So: tiq<br />

Ni ghang niraq. He has a white spot.<br />

ghapo nindiq [ghapo nindiq] vi he is short of breath, winded; em i sot win<br />

ghar adj young, unripe, immature; i no mau yet<br />

Wo gharne wure <strong>wund</strong>i. She delivered a premature baby.<br />

puwo ghar: unripe betelnut; kulau buai<br />

iye ghar: green coconut; kulau<br />

ghari part not; i no klia<br />

Gh: ari<br />

Te buqod ghari. We have not seen it.<br />

ghat<br />

ghat n traditional salt, made from burning coconut husks; sol bilong tumbuna<br />

H: ghah; So: tiqimbi<br />

Ni iye gromui ghat ningg wase <strong>wund</strong>e. She burned the part of the coconut tree where the fruit<br />

is attached to, in order to make traditional salt.<br />

ghati [ghati] n snake (generic); snek<br />

Gh: ghati/tarewud; H: ghahi<br />

Ghati tupu nyombui nitiq. The poisonous snake bit the dog.<br />

ghati ambe<br />

ghati ambe [ghati ambe] n a small light brown snake which lives by houses<br />

Gh: ghati urambe; H: ghahi ambre;So: ghati quari<br />

ghati botemi<br />

ghati botemi [ghati botemi] n the Papuan Whip Snake, a water snake; snek bilong wara<br />

Gh: wuye reko; H: ghahi wuye<br />

Ghati botemi wuye pe kin di wute nat segi ye.<br />

This snake lives in the water and does not bite people.<br />

ghati minar [ghati minar] n type of very small snake that lives in the bush; liklik snek bilong bus<br />

ghati mongo<br />

ghati mongo [ghati mongo] n a python snake, large black and blue snake which squeezes its prey<br />

to death then swallows them whole; moran<br />

Gh: ghati wuchi; H: ghahi mango; So: ghati wuti<br />

Ghati mongo pu nuaq wughe.<br />

The python wrapped himself around the pig.

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