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yabat

wound, be wounded

ma-piŋ

woman; female

pāt

west, west wind

ite

we (plural incl.)

wai, waya

water; river

waif

water ladle, bucket made of sago bark

uas

wash oneself, wash the face, dishes, pans, etc.

m-fànas

warm, hot, burning; sentiment

fànas

warm, hot

iwa

want, wish; make, do; an old word that still occurs in sailing language

lio

voice, sound

olo-an

village head; owner of something

pnu

village

ifiŋ

very small fish that sometimes swims upriver in huge schools

bisa

venomous (as a snake)

biasa

usual, customary

tepa

tusks of a boar or elephant; pierce or wound with a tusk

ai

tree; wood

im

tree with leaves used to make mats

ma-lau

toward the sea and toward the speaker

la-lau

toward the sea and away from the speaker

taŋis

to weep, cry; howl

unaf

to scale fish

yanam

to plait, weave (as mats)

palas

to pay

fa-sus

to nurse, give the breast to

fa-pun

to kill (intr.)

lau

to howl, of dogs

opa

to fly

uf

to blow (person or wind)

utan

to ask

sil(e)

they, them

uf

the young tip of a plant shoot

pupi lolo

the insides, pith of a sago tree

yataf

thatch; roof

mna

tasty, delicious, sweet; fat of animals

mis-mis

sweet

pun

strike, beat; kill

pāt

stone

stingray

poat

stinger of stingray

lit

stick, adhere; glue, paste

pu-pui

stench; to stink

simi

south, south wind

waya ulu

source of a river

camcam

smack the lips

laŋit

sky, heaven

wonam

six

to-tolaŋ

sit

amas

sift, squeeze out or wash sago

pisi

sick, be sick

ulaŋ

shrimp

lau

sea-side

un-unaf

scales of a fish

fa-lai

sail; to sail, go on a trip

pupi

sago meal, raw sago, sago tree

root

mawa

roomy, spacious, as a house

mara

ripe, cooked

pupuŋ-an ni ai

ridgepole

pupuŋ-an

ridge of the roof

pisi kaci

rheumatism

agama

religion

luf

rat

ulan mamaule

rain at mid-day with sunshine (this type of heat is believed to be extremely dangerous to children)

ulan

rain

as

rafter, to which the roof thatch is bound

fa-, fai-

prefix which indicates that the action concerns a plural subject; with nouns it also forms collectiv…

fa-

prefix used for the reciprocal form of a verb

ukur

predict one's fortune from reading the palm of the hand

māl

pounded tree bark; clothing of same

ulan

pot, pan

li

post, pillar, corner post

fa-

plural or collective prefix on verbs

piriŋ

plate

patŋ-o

piece of wood or a tree that is lying on the ground

solat

passage up a river (from the sea)

ukum

pass judgement, punish

bara

outriggers of a boat

pu

onomatopoetic word, triton shell

lof-sa

one fathom

asa

one

isa

one

sa-

one

po-lau

on the sea-side

pa

no, not, nothing, no one

loas

nit, egg of a louse

doram

night; dark; evening

po

new; recently

ŋasan

name; rank; occupation; function

so-solat

name of a place on the east coast of northeast Halmahera where one can penetrate inland by boat

lusiŋ

mortar

balaja

money for one's livelihood

li pupuŋ-an

main post, center post

untuŋ

luck, fortune, profit

yatay

liver

yafan

line used in harpooning sea turtles

yafi

lime, calcium

pat-pataŋ

lie fallen, of a tree

a-mlif-a

laugh at

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