Buli ACD

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mis-mis

sweet

m-fànas

warm, hot, burning; sentiment

mawa

roomy, spacious, as a house

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

masa

cooked, ripe, complete

mara

ripe, cooked

ma-piŋ

woman; female

mani-mani

all sorts of birds

mani

bird

mamiŋ

kind of fish

ma-malu

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

ma-ma-ip

gape, yawn]

ma-lau

toward the sea and toward the speaker

māl

pounded tree bark; clothing of same

mai

ashamed; shame, disgrace

ma-fa-pun

killer, murderer

ma

hither, toward the speaker

lusiŋ

mortar

lu-lumit

kind of water plant, duckweed

luf

rat

lof-sa

one fathom

lof

fathom

loas

nit, egg of a louse

lit

stick, adhere; glue, paste

li pupuŋ-an

main post, center post

lio

voice, sound

lim-lim

five by five; all five

lim

five

lilis

cut meat in strips

lif-lifaŋ

centipede

li

post, pillar, corner post

lau

to howl, of dogs

lau

sea-side

laŋ ŋiŋilaw

bluebottle, horsefly

laŋit

sky, heaven

laŋ

a fly

la-lau

toward the sea and away from the speaker

la

coagulated blood; blood clot

iwa

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

ite

we (plural incl.)

isa

one

iru

ladle of coconut shell

intan

diamond

im

tree with leaves used to make mats

ifiŋ

very small fish that sometimes swims upriver in huge schools

ian

fish

iaf

brown fish

i

3sg.

hñe

M (ref.)

hmā

father, FB

gokgok

crow

fune ni ut

dog louse, flea

fni

flying fox

fa-yatf-o

cover with thatch

fa-utan

ask about something

fat

four

fa-sus

to nurse, give the breast to

fa-pun-pun

kill each other; kill together, kill jointly

fa-pun

to kill (intr.)

fànas

warm, hot

fān

depart; go, walk

fa-mat

kill

fa-lai

sail; to sail, go on a trip

fai-lim

five times; the fifth

fa-, fai-

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

fa-

plural or collective prefix on verbs

fa-

prefix used for the reciprocal form of a verb

stingray

doram

night; dark; evening

do

kind of small marsupial

camcam

smack the lips

bu

grandparent/grandchild

bisa

venomous (as a snake)

biŋul

confused

bicara

deliberate, discuss, consider

biasa

usual, customary

baraŋ

goods

bara

outriggers of a boat

bali

a palm: Oncosperma spp.

balaja

money for one's livelihood

badan

body

asa

one

as

rafter, to which the roof thatch is bound

a-mlif-a

laugh at

a-mlif

laugh

amcait matmat

deathly afraid, scared to death

amas

sift, squeeze out or wash sago

ai

tree; wood

agama

religion

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