Buli ACD

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yawan

banyan tree

yatay

liver

yataf

thatch; roof

yap

fire

yanam

to plait, weave (as mats)

yal

get, fetch

yafi

lime, calcium

yafan

line used in harpooning sea turtles

yabat

wound, be wounded

ya

1sg. nominative pronoun: I

wonam

six

waya ulu

source of a river

wataŋ

bring, carrying towards or bringing of

wat

a tree: Rhizophore

waif

water ladle, bucket made of sago bark

wai, waya

water; river

root

utup

hold a bottle or bamboo tube under water to fill it

utan

to ask

utam

floats of a fish net

ut

head louse

up

kind of tuber

un-unaf

scales of a fish

untuŋ

luck, fortune, profit

unaf

to scale fish

umal

blockhead, stupid person

ulu

beginning, origin

ulan rakrak

earthenware pot

ulan mamaule

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

ulaŋ

shrimp

ulan besi

iron pan

ulan

pot, pan

ulan

rain

ukur

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

ukum

pass judgement, punish

uf

to blow (person or wind)

uf

the young tip of a plant shoot

uba

gunpowder

uas

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

to-tolaŋ

sit

tolo

egg

ti-timin

kind of cucumber

tepa

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

tektek

kind of small frog; drop, drip

taŋis

to weep, cry; howl

talas

burst, crack

sus

breast, udder, mammary gland; to suck

so-solat

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

solat

passage up a river (from the sea)

simi

south, south wind

sil(e)

they, them

sai

comb the hair

sa-

one

pusi

hunting bow; shoot with a bow

pupuŋ-an ni ai

ridgepole

pupuŋ-an cicapo

end of the ridgepole, gables of the roof

pupuŋ-an

ridge of the roof

pu-pui

stench; to stink

pupi lolo

the insides, pith of a sago tree

pupi

sago meal, raw sago, sago tree

pup

fish trap (weighted with stones to sink it in water)

pun-pun

hit repeatedly, ill-treat

puni yap

extinguish a fire (term used while at sea -- not on land)

puŋ

heart (perhaps an onomatopoetic word)

pun

strike, beat; kill

puk

ball, lump, clump, quid (as of tobacco)

pu

onomatopoetic word, triton shell

popô

above

po-lau

on the sea-side

poat

stinger of stingray

po

new; recently

po

give, hand over, surrender

pnu

village

plu

body hair, feather

pit-pitas

calf, lower leg

pis-pisi

illness

pisi kaci

rheumatism

pisi

sick, be sick

piriŋ

plate

piŋ

kind of shellfish

piay

crocodile

péke

defecate

pat-pataŋ

lie fallen, of a tree

patŋ-o

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

pata

kind of edible worm found in sago palms

pāt

stone

pāt

west, west wind

pāp

beneath, under

palas

to pay

pa

no, not, nothing, no one

opa

to fly

o-lolaf

a tree: Erythrina indica

olo-an

village head; owner of something

olan

ladder

nus

island

nof

kind of poisonous fish

ŋasan

name; rank; occupation; function

molaŋ

correct, real, genuine, true

mna

tasty, delicious, sweet; fat of animals

m-laman

deep (of bay, hole, sea)

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