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

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mu nand vi perform magic, do magic; mekim mejik<br />

Pu mu mand. They work magic to catch a pig.<br />

mu nare vi he suffers from the affect of a magic spell; karim pen bilong poisin<br />

narapela man i bin wokim<br />

So: <strong>yumbo</strong> mu nare<br />

Ni wute aye puwo nyungu nand ni mu nare. He stole the other man's betel nut<br />

which had had sorcery worked on it, so he suffered the affect of the magic spell<br />

(and got sores).<br />

mune part again, another; arapela taim, narapela, arapela<br />

H: mine [mine]; So: ine [ine]<br />

Aye mune ruqo wuse. Another one also sleeps.<br />

Nge ko pre, mune gadi. I went and came back again.<br />

mung [mungg] n clump; samting i pas<br />

H: poq<br />

Qi mung pu wus. It was a clump of ground.<br />

mung namb [mungg namb] vi he forms small compact units; em i pas<br />

H: poq nimbiq<br />

Qi mung gibiq. I form a lump of ground.<br />

Si mung namb. I make a fist.<br />

Duagi wo mung mamb. Cassowary young scrunch up to keep warm.<br />

mungame [munggame] n beard; mausgras<br />

Mungame wuwi segine. His beard has not yet grown.<br />

mungame yawi: a very bushy beard; longpela mausgras<br />

munge [mungge] n sister-in-law, my husband's sisters, my wife's sisters; tambu<br />

meri<br />

kimunge [kimungge]: his or her sister-in-law<br />

numunge [numungge]: your sister-in-law<br />

munyi n a tree opposum, cuscus; kapul<br />

Gh: tarenji

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