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sra

sort, collect, choose / uitzoeken, verzamelen

sra

coconut / kokosnoot

su

sago porridge / sagopap

sum

to suck, kiss / zuigen, kussen

sup

land / land, bosch

sur

to grow / uitspruiten, groeien

surat

book

sus

milk; breast / melk; borst

swa-

spouse / echtgenoot(e)

swān

palm wine

swān

sea / al, wat niet tot de "sup" (land) behoort

swār

to think / denken

(syàr)bàm

wide / breed

syòsĕf

to suck / uitzuigen; zuigen, z.a. een kind de borst

tabey

fish sp. (Stromatus niger)

tambop

banana sp.

tarukĕn

pufferfish

tebĕ-tebĕ

shrimp sp. that can be very long

toba

sea urchin (poisonous)

tòbo

shark

towisàn

shellfish sp.

uba

gunpowder / kruit

uf

round, yellow germination in a coconut / ronde, gele ontkieming in de kokosnoot

uf

to blow / blazen

uk

louse / luis

uk nàf

dog louse, flea / hondeluis

umber

honeybee; honey

unèf

fish scale / vischschub

untung

windfall, piece of good luck / winst, meevallertje

ur

breadfruit tree and fruit, Artocarpus communis; the fruit is prepared for eating in various ways; …

urĕk

vein, vessel / ader, slagader

urĕn

earthenware cooking pot; clay used to make pots / aarden pot; de aarde waarvan de potten gemaakt wor…

urò

caterpillar, seaworm / rups, zeepier

us

pufferfish (both spiny and spineless types)

wabni

below, under / beneden, onder

wa(i)

single or double outrigger canoe (used only of canoes with dugout hulls) / prahoe, naam voor de vler…

waibis

fish sp. / bobara

waimòn

pigeon (Carpophaga pinon) / kumkum

wairus

needle / stopnaald, paknaald

wām

wind / wind

wām

shellfish sp. (inedible)

wām-barek

west wind, west monsoon / westenwind, westmoesson

wān

wallaby / kangoeroe

wàna

fan / waaier

wàna

fish sp. (Histiophoridae)

wàngar

rat, mouse / rat, muis

wanyip

fish sp.

wàprer

wing / vleugel

wār

eight / acht

wār

river, fresh water / rivier, beek, zoet water

warebĕn

banana sp.

wās

divide into two parts, as when a path runs through a garden / in twee deelen schneiden, z.a. de weg …

wasyànti

banana sp.

we

shell

we

nail

we-

foot, leg / voet, been

wedaki

banana sp.

wepur-

knee

wer

carry on the shoulders

wer kiwir

shellfish sp.

wer shellfish sp.

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wèsĕ

other / anders, 'n Andere

wèwĕr

lightning / bliksem

wòmìn

slaaf

wònĕm

six / zes

wònge

cassowary

wòngor

crocodile

worababa

fish sp. / gorapa

wos

language, speech

wringa

pigeon sp. / goudduif, Nicobaren-duif / burung mas

wuf

to blow / blazen, als op trompet en fluit

ya

I / ik

yabĕk

to tie up, fasten / stevig binden, gelijk men gevangenen bindt

yàfĕn

harpoon for spearing fish and turtles / harpoen om visch en schildpad te steken

yafyòf

to hunt / jagen

yàï

father / vader

yàkĕr

escort, show a person out (as a rule this is festive) / uitgeleide doen, in den regel feestelijk

yàkĕr bin

escort a bride to her bridegroom; also the preparations connected with this: to wit, the bringing of…

yanĕm

to plait, weave / vlechten

yār

pandanus mat

yār

a tree: Casuarina equisetifolia / casuarine

yas

day(light) / zonneschijn

yās

whet, sharpen / wetten, slijpen

yās mgasi/snòri

native manner of kissing, by sniffing the face / de inlandsche manier van kussen, d.i. 't gezicht be…

yèn

white sandy beach / wit zandstrand

yòfĕk

to hide / iets verstoppen, verbergen

yòkĕf

to hide / iets verstoppen, verbergen

yòrĕf

dust / stof

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