Buli ACD

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ya

1sg. nominative pronoun: I

i

3sg.

hñe

M (ref.)

laŋ

a fly

bali

a palm: Oncosperma spp.

o-lolaf

a tree: Erythrina indica

wat

a tree: Rhizophore

popô

above

mani-mani

all sorts of birds

mai

ashamed; shame, disgrace

fa-utan

ask about something

puk

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

yawan

banyan tree

ulu

beginning, origin

pāp

beneath, under

mani

bird

umal

blockhead, stupid person

laŋ ŋiŋilaw

bluebottle, horsefly

badan

body

plu

body hair, feather

sus

breast, udder, mammary gland; to suck

wataŋ

bring, carrying towards or bringing of

iaf

brown fish

talas

burst, crack

pit-pitas

calf, lower leg

lif-lifaŋ

centipede

la

coagulated blood; blood clot

sai

comb the hair

biŋul

confused

masa

cooked, ripe, complete

molaŋ

correct, real, genuine, true

fa-yatf-o

cover with thatch

piay

crocodile

gokgok

crow

lilis

cut meat in strips

ma-malu

dark, black clouds; shadow of objects (but not of people)

mat-mat

dead body; corpse

mat

dead; die, also said of a light going out, and of a wound, ulcer, or boil that has healed

amcait matmat

deathly afraid, scared to death

m-laman

deep (of bay, hole, sea)

péke

defecate

bicara

deliberate, discuss, consider

fān

depart; go, walk

intan

diamond

fune ni ut

dog louse, flea

ulan rakrak

earthenware pot

tolo

egg

pupuŋ-an cicapo

end of the ridgepole, gables of the roof

puni yap

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

hmā

father, FB

lof

fathom

yap

fire

ian

fish

pup

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

lim

five

lim-lim

five by five; all five

fai-lim

five times; the fifth

utam

floats of a fish net

fni

flying fox

fat

four

ma-ma-ip

gape, yawn]

yal

get, fetch

po

give, hand over, surrender

baraŋ

goods

bu

grandparent/grandchild

uba

gunpowder

ut

head louse

puŋ

heart (perhaps an onomatopoetic word)

pun-pun

hit repeatedly, ill-treat

ma

hither, toward the speaker

utup

hold a bottle or bamboo tube under water to fill it

pusi

hunting bow; shoot with a bow

pis-pisi

illness

ulan besi

iron pan

nus

island

fa-mat

kill

fa-pun-pun

kill each other; kill together, kill jointly

ma-fa-pun

killer, murderer

ti-timin

kind of cucumber

pata

kind of edible worm found in sago palms

mamiŋ

kind of fish

nof

kind of poisonous fish

piŋ

kind of shellfish

tektek

kind of small frog; drop, drip

do

kind of small marsupial

up

kind of tuber

lu-lumit

kind of water plant, duckweed

olan

ladder

iru

ladle of coconut shell

a-mlif

laugh

a-mlif-a

laugh at

pat-pataŋ

lie fallen, of a tree

yafi

lime, calcium

yafan

line used in harpooning sea turtles

yatay

liver

untuŋ

luck, fortune, profit

li pupuŋ-an

main post, center post

balaja

money for one's livelihood

lusiŋ

mortar

so-solat

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

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