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

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mi nar vi he is here under their aupices and care; em i stap ananit long lukaut<br />

bilong ol<br />

minemb n a tree with sweet smelling leaves used for decoration at celebrations;<br />

smel lip diwai<br />

So: wunyemb<br />

Minemb nyumo <strong>raqe</strong> ni tuqo yuwon. The leaves of this minemb tree smell good.<br />

mining [miningg] adv earlier, a short time before; bipo<br />

Gh: yabe; So: suquany<br />

Mining <strong>wand</strong> ye… The talk that I told earlier…<br />

mindeg rimb [mindeg rimb] vi he swells up with many small welts (painful red<br />

raised marks left on flesh or hives due to an allergic reaction); liklik retpela mak i<br />

kamap long skin<br />

Gh: bidag rimb; H: chari pend; So: minyainy rimb<br />

Ni anemaw nawo bu ghimbi mindeg rimb.<br />

He put nettles on (his skin) so the skin has welts.<br />

mindrag wumb vi something clumps together<br />

1) solidify, congeals; blut o kiau i pas<br />

Gh: jog rimb; H: mindrag wumb; So: dug <strong>wund</strong><br />

Yavi mindrag wumb. The blood congealed forming a clot (when he cut himself.)<br />

Wapi nyoq wase bidaq di mindrag rimb. We cooked the eggs and they solidified.<br />

2) ashes hold together in a lump; sit bilong paia i pas<br />

So: mindek rimb<br />

Ghat mindrag rimb. The ashes of traditional salt hold together.<br />

ming [ming] n inedible part leftover after chewing betel nut or sugar cane; meme<br />

bilong buai o suga<br />

Gh: minye<br />

Ni puwo ming menare ruso. He threw away the inedible part leftover after<br />

chewing betel nut.<br />

mingi [minggi] part the middle, centre; namel<br />

Burpoq mingi taqwu kes kewo. In the middle of the night I got up.<br />

Wuye ghar tan be mingi nase. The water hole is in the centre of the sword grass.

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