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BAABA ANA TALISI ANA BUKI Misima Dictionary Compiled by Sandra Callister and others Illustrated by Elijah Fifita, Michael Harrar and others Misima Language Summer Institute of Linguistics, Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea 2 Reprinted 1987 Revised and Reprinted 2005 Printed by the SIL Printshop, Ukarumpa, EHP Papua New Guinea ISBN 9980-0-3055-0 3 BAABA HOUWAN Buki ya baaba ana talisi ana buki inoke pana Misima vilanina enuna ha teli ginebi ge lahena pana Dimdim. Vilan hi gewi nabi analaa inoke nige i bosowaina gegewena naha telitukan, vilan bwabwatal awawal ya. Tabam vilan ali gewi 900 ge pwatanaa iyahe buki ya gamwanaa. Buki ya ana tuwalali ga i ola? Ebo nuwam bugul etega ana leleli o ebo ana sipelin (spelling) nu atena inoke vilan nu kite buki gamwanaa. Bugul etega al, avalau enuna pana Dimdim hi atena ge nuwaliya al anala nihi atena. Nasi buki ya ni label. Ebo nuwam vilan etega nu pwawa abaloya labui iyahe buki ya gamwanaa. Vilan enuna ha teli alonau alonau ali boda ona gamwaliya. I ola huwe: Bwasumu alaliya ha teli pamaisena (lamwa 12), tuwala ginolina alaliya ha teli pamaisena (lamwa 10), inoke i ola al vilan wali boda enuna al iyahe. Abaloya labuina i gan kaiwena baaba ha teli ge ha vatal i ola alpabet ana vatal (alphabetical order). Anala bugul bwabwatana. Buki ya nasi ni labela inoke anala ta atena bubun ge inoke al natulau ta pankitel bubun. PREFACE This dictionary contains over 900 words in the Misiman language, together with their meanings in English. The Misima language is spoken by 20,000 people living on Misima Island, Panaeyati Island and the islands of the Calvados Chain in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. This dictionary can be used by Misiman speakers to check on the spelling of their language and to find the corresponding English words. It can be used by English speakers to find the meaning of Misimn words, and to learn how to speak Misiman. For this reason a list of useful expressions in Misiman and an introduction to the grammar of Misima have been included. 4 Misiman speakers are proud of their language and culture. It is hoped that this dictionary will help in the development of the Misiman language and culture. ABALOYA Lamwa 1. Anala ana Alpabet ge ana Hago 6 2. Mulolu, Nel ge Nel Lahena ali Baaba 6 3. Vilan Ha Telipamaisena wali Boda elana 8 3.1 Gamagal Bala 8 3.2 Hatawela Bana 9 3.3 Tuwala Ginolina Alaliya 10 3.4 Aanan Alaliya 11 3.5 Bwasumu Alaliya 12 3.6 Bugul ana Kala ge ana Hul Bana 12 3.7 Bugul Ali Gewi Bana 13 3.8 Bugul Ga I Mimina Bana 14 3.9 Ga I Noek Bana 15 3.10 Tab I Waisi o ebo I Nak Bana 16 3.11 Panayawi Bugulina Alaliya 17 3.12 Bugul Ta Giginolil Alaliya 17 4. Pana Misima ana Gelama (Grammar) 20 5. Vilan Ha Vatal Alpabet ana Vatal Elana 27 (Pana Misima i na Pana Dimdim elana) 6. Vilan Ha Vatal Alpabet ana Vatal Elana 79 (Pana Dimdim i na Pana Misima elana) 5 CONTENTS Page BAABA HOUWAN ............................................................................... 3 PREFACE ........................................................................................... 3 ABALOYA............................................................................................ 4 CONTENTS......................................................................................... 5 1. SOUNDS AND ALPHABET ....................................................... 6 2. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS.......................................................... 6 3. WORDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO MEANING................... 8 3.1 Names of people 8 3.2 Relatives 9 3.3 Parts of the Body 10 3.4 Food Items 11 3.5 Names of Animals 12 3.6 Shapes and Colours 12 3.7 Quantities 13 3.8 Positions 14 3.9 Directions and Locations 15 3.10 Descriptives 16 3.11 Natural Objects 17 3.12 Manufactured Items 17 4. GRAMMAR (the way words are put together) ......................... 19 4. GRAMMAR (the way words are put together) ......................... 20 4.1 Word Order 20 4.2 Words used with Verbs 20 4.3 Prepositions 23 4.4 Negatives 23 4.5 Possession 24 4.6 Plurals 25 4.7 Adjectives 26 5. Misima-English Dictionary ....................................................... 27 6. English-Misima Dictionary ....................................................... 80 6 1. SOUNDS AND ALPHABET The following are the consonants used in the Misiman language:b,d,g,h,l,m,n,p,s,t,v,w,y,bw,pw,mw, The consonant sounds are similar to English, except for v which is said with the two lips together. The vowel sounds are as follows - a as in father e.g. matana "his eye" e as in pet e.g. atena "his heart" i as in seek e.g. dimdim "European" o as in corn (Australian dialect) e.g. yova "woman" u as in lute e.g. tubuna "his grandfather" No marks have been placed on the words to show which part is stressed, or said the loudest. Usually the stress goes to the second-last syllable of a word, but this can change in the context of a sentence. It is important to get someone who knows Misiman to say the words. Listen to them carefully and mimic the way they pronounce the words. 2. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS ateu owa a greeting which means "hello" or "thank you" mweluluga "morning"mweluluga waiwaisana “Good morning” kokoyavi "afternoon" alalati a greeting at about the middle of the day eeu "goodbye" kaiyoni "goodbye" Ga u nana? "Where are you going?" 7 Alam (w) ek? "What is your name?" Alau .... "My name is ..." U ba al. "Say it again." Ya nana eyowa. "I am going to the garden." Hauna gun e? “What is this?” Buki te. “This is a book.” Hauna u giginol? "What are you doing?" Hauna sauga hi nem? "When did they come?" Hauna kaiwena i nem? "Why did he come?" I nem kaiwem. "He came because for you." Henala owa? "Who are you?" Henala wana bugul? "Whose is that?" Nau elau. "It's mine." Hauna toto nuwam? "Which one do you want?" Toto ya o toto yaka? "This one or that one?" Ga i ola? "What?"/"What's wrong?"/"What do you want?" Ga na ginol ola? "What will I do then?"/"How do I do it?" Ga i ola ge ta liga? "Why did we cook this?" Ga ta liga ola? "How do we cook it?" Wam nuwatu ga i ola? "What do you think?" Amnam ga i ola? "How do you feel?"/ "Are you sick?" Nigeya. "No." Nige i bosowaina. "It's not possible."/ "No, I can't." Bahiwa. "Don't." Bahi nu ola. "Don't do that." Nuwau bagiyewa. "I want a coconut." Nige nuwau. "I don't want to." Nige wam bugul i oola. "That's not yours." 8 Ya walem. "I'm thirsty." Ya galebu. "I'm hungry." Kehe i lau. "It's raining." Nolu. "Yesterday." Bwaligumwa. "Tomorrow." Wik i nenem. "Next week." Bwaliga. "Later on." Valila. "before; a while ago." Sauga gegewena. "All the time." Sauga etega. "One time." Sauga kekeisi. "In a little while." 3. WORDS GROUPED ACCORDING TO MEANING 3.1 Names of people As will be noticed below, Misimans use synonyms. One object may have two or more words that stand for it. e.g. "fire" can be expressed in at least 5 ways in Misiman - kaya, bela, hiwo, dika, ginaha. Different villages often use different words, usually because of the practice of tabooing words that sound like the names of dead persons. Most of the following words have both singular and plural forms. dimdim European, foreigner; dimdimwau galok girl, young girl gamagal person, people geman boy, young boy heval young man, young fellow nevenak lady, matron, middle-aged woman 9 tau man, male bolau men toliki old person (no plural) tonowak gentleman, middle-aged ,man. vaini woman, female wawaya child yova woman, female yowau women Examples of usage Gamagal hi gewi wewela. "There are lots of people at the river." Tau iyaka i liki. "The man is already old." Note that the prefix to- (which goes on the front of verbs and makes them into nouns) has the meaning "the person who.." e.g. tokasiyebwa a person who is sick, a sick person totuwalali a person who works, a worker 3.2 Relatives See Possession 5.2 for endings for the names of relatives. Exceptions are noted below. hinala our mother nain my mother tamana her father nam my father lagona her spouse, wife, husband natuna his offspring, child, son, daughter nubaina her cousin, mother's brother's child, father's sister's child (of a different clan) nuna his sister, her brother talina his brother, her sister tubuna his grandfather, grandmother, grandchild. (used also as a term of respect for the old.) tutuna relative on the mother's side, of the same clan toliki 10 wana valehe her uncle, mother's brother wana gan his sister's son wana gamalok his sister's daughter yawana her in-law e.g. son-in-law, father-in-law Examples of usage: Natu i kasiyebwa. "My child is sick." Heliya tamaliya maisena hinaliyau tomaha. "They have the same father but different mothers." 3.3 Parts of the Body See Possession 5.5 for endings used with the names for the parts of the body. (The following are all 3 rd person singular.) aena foot, leg atena liver, heart babagalina chest buhuna nose eputetena backbone, back hulina breasts; mother’s milk kaununa head kokowana head maninina face matana eye memena tongue nimana hand, leg ninina teeth, tooth pinina backside, bottom tanana ear tinena intestines, stomach tuwana skin, body Examples of usage: Aem, u pasapu"Straighten your legs." Matau i kenukenu. "My eyes are sleeping."/"I'm sleepy." 11 3.4 Food Items These words have no plural form. aanan The real aanan refers to la, a kind of yam. The word is generally used of all root vegetables and by extension, also means all food. bagiyewa/niu coconut boge/bwamosi pawpaw bonubonu/sisigelu pumpkin gegeulina/putete sweet potato hela kind of nut (reddish, kidney-shaped on the outside) hogaeya/sakaiya the Lesser Yam. Elongated in shape, it has brown skin with lots of roots and fibrousy, white flesh within. kabole sago, sago tree kauli lime (chewed with betel) kidikidi Taro Kongkong kiki sugar cane kinai kind of nut; galip nut (Tok Pisin) la the Greater Yam. It is large, rounded, with a thick brown or grey skin, and white, orange or purple flesh. lehi betel nut moyobe tapioca, cassava muka pepper plant (eaten with betel nut, commonly called ‘mustard’) suwa banana yawa taro Examples of usage: Niu suina "coconut juice" Wala bonubonu iyoho eyowaa "We have pumpkins in our garden." lehi 12 3.5 Names of Animals bebebi butterfly bekik wild pig bobu pig bulumwakau cow, bull bwasumu bird, animal dogi/wanuka dog gaga head lice gogosi prawn kamkam hen, rooster koiman red ant kokoleko rooster, hen kuiba shellfish moti fish mwata snake nimu mosquito nou stonefish sapwasapwa sandfly/ mosquito sikokoi rat (though can also refer to lizard) uluulu fly Examples of usage: Koiman i talau. "The red ants bit me." Kokoleko i kahin."The rooster is crowing." 3.6 Shapes and Colours The following words are all verbs but adjectives can be formed from most of them. See Adjectives 5.7 alalavi thin, (e.g. of clothes) balu thick giligili thin, skinny tabwa fat bombom round bwata/bwaya big alawa yellow to green biki purple, blue, black; dirty ket/laguman red to orange yanayana white/shining wawakeki white 13 kekeisi small, little manamana wide/broad yapu long Examples of usage: Ana awa ga i ola? "What does it look like?" Gamagal toto i giligili. "That person is thin, skinny." 3.7 Quantities awalehina/awahinena half, part besena enough ehila how many (in a question) a few (in a statement) enuna some etega a, other, another bwalibwaligena all, the whole gegewena all, every i gewi a lot nige i gagan there is none Examples of usage: Wakai bwalibwaligena u pem, bahi awahinena ya. “Give me all of the breadfruit, not just part/half.” Ehila ya te i mina. “There’s just a few left.” 14 Numbers etega/maisena one, 1 esiwa six, 6 eluwa/labui two, 2 ewon seven, 7 eton three, 3 epit eight, 8 epat/esopali four, 4 ewata nine, 9 enima/nimala panuna five, 5 elulutega ten, 10 Generally most people use the English forms of the numbers, especially the young people. Examples of usage: Wam bobu ehila? "How many pigs do you have?" No bobu eton. "I have three pigs." Lehi etega u pem, na ol. "Give me a betel nut to chew." 3.8 Positions mala inside awa the inside (of a truck) gamwana its inside, the inside of awona its front, in front gabulana underneath, its underneath gunina its bottom maleleya inside (house) bebena at the edge of, its edge tola outside ena its back, behind pwatana its top, at the top noleleya outside (house) labena its side, beside When these are applied to people, the words have the possessive endings added to them (See Possession 5.5) e.g. emwa "at the back of you, behind you" pwataliya "on top of them" Examples of usage: U halahala limi gabulanaa. "Sweep under the house." U teliya teibol pwatanaa. "Put it on top of the table." 3.9 Directions and Locations There are four main directions in the Misiman language. nati east pai west nola towards the sea mala towards the bush, landwards, inland The meaning of nola and mala can differ when away from the ‘mainland’ of Misima e.g. on one of the smaller islands, mala can refer to Misima Island. The corresponding verbs used to talk about direction are: i hek she went east i lok he went west i tagilik it went towards the sea i tukik she went inland Some other directions are: aluwab north coast awona its right side paiya/paveya down/below i lau she went/ goes down hiwe over here yavana south coast gegebana its left side natiya up/above i ha he went/goes up hiwo/huwo over there 16 iyahe here ula/uleya to/in/at the bush iyaho/yoho there hogaa to the sea luwaluwana/nuwanuwana in the middle of 3.10 Descriptives The words given below are all verbs. See Adjectives 5.7 to find out how to make adjectives from verbs. beyaunana old, long ago bila wet but blunt esowal slow, late pulowan heavy, difficult gasisi strong, hard kalakalas/waiwai hot hogahoga sour nak bad, evil molu well, healthy, alive vavaluna new kevakeva dry imu sharp mweyaha light, fast, easy pweyata weak, lazy meimei soft, graceful tultul cold luvi sweet waisi/waina good aliga dead, withered Examples of Usage I waisi. "That's good/okay/alright." E, gegewema ha molu. "Yes, we're all well." 17 3.11 Natural Objects abwab flat land alalati noon bagol wave bilibili dirt, ground bulin night, evening ebwakil tree, firewood eku/pat stone, rock enona its fruit gilesa sand, gravel gol hole hoga sea kehe rain kokoyavi afternoon labulabum sky, heaven la branch lamwa leaf lan day lebwalebwa cliff leuleu breeze, wind mana wind mula flower mwawin grass, plant mweluluga morning oya mountain putum star sabwelu sun sauga time, season taval island waikena moon, month wewel water, river yaluyalu cloud Examples of Usage Kehe i lau, abwe i mainum. "It rained and then it was fine." Sabwelu i gasisi. "The sun is hot." 3.12 Manufactured Items awan hamlet, village baba wall bakubaku cleared area around house bela/hiwo/kaiya/diga fire bil roof of house/ sago leaves used for roof of house 18 bobot necklace bugul thing/item buki book bwalal floor (of house) egowa food basket carried on the head ehala broom eyowa garden gana fence ginaha fire halan/limi house helagi sewn sleeping mat huwal comb kaini knife kaliko material/ clothes kamwasa/kela path, way, road kasu smoke laewa pandanus, pandanus mat loba grass skirt mwaha wooden dish, plate nabwa basket (for betel nut)/bag panuwa place, village, home sidai drum sitowa store sivi loin cloth (made of pandanus leaves) tapwalolo church, worship tovaha armlet ulun clay pot waga boat, canoe yawon fishing line Examples of Usage Limi hi taltal. "They are building a house." Yawon ta ahe ta na ta koskos. "Let's get the fishing line and go fishing." Kaya ta ton. Let's light a fire." nabwa tiltil 19 limi 20 4. GRAMMAR (the way words are put together) 4.1 Word Order Misimans usually put the verb last in a sentence. The order is as follows: Subject Object Verb e.g. Tonowakau bobu hi lol The men pig they kill. "The men killed the pig." But when a place or location is included, this part goes after the verb e.g. Tonowakau bobu hi lol panuwaa. “The men killed the pig in the village.” (See also under 5.3 Prepositions) 4.2 Words used with Verbs • a. Words used before verbs There are two sets of words that are used before verbs to say who did the action. The first set are used when speaking about things that are happening now or happened in the past. ya nok I went u nok you (s) went i nok he/she/it went ta nok we (including the listener) went ha nok we (not including the listener) went ku nok you (plural) went hi nok they went 21 When we talk about things that are unreal because they have not happened yet, we use slightly different forms (this corresponds roughly with future tense in English and is called irrealous): na nok I will go nu nok you (s) will go ni nok he/she/it will go ta nok we (incl.) will go naha nok we (excl.) will go nuku nok you (plural) will go nihi nok they will go • b. Endings on Verbs There are some verbs which can take an object. Often the object is shown by an ending which is added to the verb. e.g. lol "to hit, strike" hi lol-au "they hit me" hi lol-iwa "they hit you(s)" hi lol "they hit him/her/it" hi lol-ila "they hit us (incl.)" hi lol-ima "they hit us (excl.)" hi lol-imiu "they hit you (pl.)" hi lol-il "they hit them" Other verbs which take an object have slightly different endings: e.g. tataluwai "to leave behind" hi tataluw-agau "they left me" hi tataluw-agiwa "they left you(s)" hi tataluw-an/ai "they left him/her/it" hi tataluw-agila "they left us (incl.)" hi tataluw-agima "they left us (excl.)" hi tataluw-agimiu "they left you (pl.)" hi tataluw-agil "they left them" 22 Some verbs take endings which show the direction of the action e.g. pek "give (away from the speaker)", pwatanik "take (away from the speaker)", lok "go away in a westerly direction", hek "go away in an easterly direction" etc. hi pem "they give to me/us" hi pewa "they give to you (s)/you (pl.) hi pek "they give to him/her/it/them" Verbs which express movement can show that there are a lot of people doing the aciton by adding the ending -an e.g. egon "to depart, leave", hi egon "they went, left" hi egonan "they all went, left" lau "to go down" hi lau "they went down" hi lowan "they all went down" ha "to go up" hi ha "they went up" hi heyan "they all went up" Sometimes the endings can be combined: hi tagil "they went out" hi tagil-an "they all went out" hi tagil-an-im "they all came out (to me) towards the sea." 23 4.3 Prepositions When we are going, coming, taking, bringing, giving, sending etc. to/at/in/from someone or something, we use the following set of pronouns: elau/eliyau "to/at/in/from me elam/eliyam "to/at/in/from you (s.) elana/eliyana "to (etc.) him/her/it elala/eliyala "to (etc.) us (incl.) elama/eliyama "to (etc.) us excl.) elamiu/eliyamiu "to (etc.) you (pl.) elal/eliyalil "to (etc.) them These words go after the verb, showing location. e.g. Bobu u pek elana "Give the pig meat to him." If the name of the person is mentioned, then the pronoun comes afte the noun it refers to. e.g. Bobu u pek wawaya elana. "Give the pig meat to the child." Another way of expressing location of things is to add -a to the word e.g. halan "house"; halana "to (etc.) the house." This last syllable is also said the loudest (it carries the stress in the word). If the word already ends in -a, then an extra ‘a’ is added e.g. hoga "sea"; hogaa' "to (etc.) the sea.” 4.4 Negatives When a sentence contains a negative, the first syllable of the verb is doubled. e.g. Nasi ni nem. "He will come today." Nasi nige ni nenem "He will not come today." Bahi ni nenem. "He shouldn't come." 24 4.5 Possession In Misiman, there are three ways of showing possession, or one thing belonging to another. When the person is a relative of someone else or when the thing is physically attached or part of something or someone else, then a special ending is added to the word. talin "brother" tali –u "my brother" tali –m "your (s) brother" tali –na "his/her/its brother" tali –la "our (incl.) brother" tali –ma "our (excl.) brother" tali –miu "your (pl.) brother" tali –liya "their brother" Examples of Usage gamagal tubuna "the person's grandfather" niu suina "coconut juice" matau suina i lau "I cried." b. When we talk about someone's food or something that belongs to a thing (inanimate object) we use the forms of the word ana. e.g. suwa "banana" o suwa "my banana (that I'm going to eat)" am suwa "your (s) banana" ana suwa "his/her/its banana" ala suwa "our (incl.) banana" ama suwa "our (excl.) banana" ami suwa "your (pl.) banana" ali suwa "their banana" 25 e.g. tonowak ana kabole "the sago that the man will eat" hoga ana kamwasa "the road to the sea" c. Similarly, when we talk about things belonging to people, we use the forms of the word wana. e.g. limi "house" no limi "my house" wam limi "your (s) house" wana limi "his/her/its house" wala limi "our (incl.) house" wama limi "our (excl.) house" wami limi "your (pl.) house" wali limi "their house" e.g. tonowak wana bobu "the man's pigs" But note the exception to the above rules: wana valehe "his uncle (mother's brother)" wana gel "her elbow" 4.6 Plurals Plural forms are usually only added to words standing for people. The plural ending is -au. e.g. gamagal "person" gamagalau "people" When the plural ending is added to words that already have an ending for possession, there are slight changes as follows: tali-wau "my brothers" tali-mwau "your (s) brothers" tali-nau "his/her/its brothers" tali-lau "our (incl.) brothers" tali-meyau "our (excl.) brothers" tali-miyau "your (pl.) brothers" tali-liyau "their brothers" 26 4.7 Adjectives To form adjectives, we take the first syllable of the verb, double it and then add -na.e.g. balu "be thick" buki babalona "a thick book" bwata "be big" limi bwabwatana "a big house" biki "be black" kaliko bibikena "dirty clothes" Note that if the verb ends in -u or -i these change to o and e before adding the ending -na. Adjectives come after the word they describe sailau 27 5. Misima-English Dictionary A - a ab birth to (to give), bear (a child) . aba place where something is done (prefix) . aba- tuwalali workplace/job abatuk entrance abamisiyo seat aban place, spot . Abam te. This is your place. abavavasili school . abubun tidy up, straighten things up . Limi gamwana ga na abubun. I will tidy the house first. abulilek believe, faith, faith, have . Wana baaba nige ya aabulilekan kaiwena iya tokakakawi. I do not believe her words because she is a liar. Wala abulilek ta tal pagasisi. We should make our faith strong. abut wipe, wipe down . Kaliko u pem teibol na abut. Give me the cloth and I will wipe the table. abwalik tree, wood (piece of), firewood . abwe after, afterwards, later (with irrealis aspect), just (with realis aspect) . Abwe na nem. I'll come later. Abwe ha nem ya. We only just came. aen foot, leg . Aeu i bon. My foot has a sore on it. ae right (is that)? Nolu i nem, age? He came yesterday, didn't he? ahi get, collect, take, receive . Malaliya i aheyau. I have malaria. Na na eyowaa aanan na ahi. I will go to the garden and get food ai tree, wood . al another, again . Buki etega al u pem. Give me another book. al e too, also, as well . Yowane i kasiyebwa, Elimo al ge. John is sick, Elimo is too. alalati middle part of the day, noon . alalavena thin (of things) . Wana kaliko alalavena hot. Her dress is very thin. alalavi thin, be Kaliko i alalavi hot. The dress is very thin. alan name . Galok alana hi tun Ludi. They called the girl Ludi. Alamwek? What is your name? Tau ya iya alana i bwaya. This man is well-known. alawa yellow, green (in colour) . Ebo gamagal ni kasiyebwa, ge abwe ni molu, ana awa i alawa sailau 28 hot. If someone is sick and then they get well, they look quite yellow. Niu enuna alalawana. Some coconuts (are) yellow in colour. alia faint, dead, unconscious . Tamana i nibihi, kelaubwa ni aliga. His father beat him, he was almost unconscious. Tuwau i aliga. I am tired (my body is faint/dead). alihin throw . Bol u alialihin, nau na kinapoho. You throw the ball, I'll catch it. aliyoho throw away (something solid) . U na ga musamusa nu aliyoho hogaa. Go and throw the rubbish away in the sea. alolon marriage, marry, get married, wedding . Hi yogaagima ha na ha ulutuk wali alolon eliyana. They invited us and we went to their wedding. Tau ya henala alona hi alolon? Who is this man married to? alon together with . Alowau ge no heliyamwau ha na pai. My friends and I went in a westerly direction. alutan perspire, sweat . Ebo sabwelu ni gasisi nasi ta alutan. If the sun is hot we will perspire. aluwab north coast . Siagara iyoho Misima aluwabwa. (The village of) Siagara is on the north coast of Misima. am tie, tie up . ama we (excluding the listener), us . amnan taste, feeling . Aanan amnana i waisi. The food tastes good. Amnau i nak. I 'm not feeling well (I'm feeling bad). amwaliu warm oneself (at a fire, in the sun) . Toliki i amwaamwaligu sabwelu elana. The old man was warming himself in the sun. an eat . Nuwau siyaya na an. I want to eat siyaya. aanan food, yams . anan voice, language . Anana tab u hago? Did you hear her voice? Losel analiya i getoga hot. The Rossel Island language is very different. apanak spoil, destroy, corrupt, waste . Bobu kamwasa hi apapanakan. The pigs have messed up the path. Bahi wala sauga waiwai- sana ta aapanak. Don't let's waste our opportunity. apwayowa cockatoo (white with a yellow comb .) atena liver, heart . Ateu owa. You are my heart (thank you, greeting). Ateu i you. I was surprised. atena know, understand;know- ledge, understanding . 29 Bugul gegewena i atena haba. She already knows everything. Wana atena i mweyaha. She learns quickly. auha weed (a garden etc) . Ya na eyowa ya auha yaka i mwananal. I went and weeded the garden, so it is clear/clean. avan wrap around . awa face, looks, appearance . Ana awa i waisi. She looks nice. awainol work at, making (be) . Guledau etega i awa-awaginol. He is making a canoe. awalehin half, part of, chapter in a book . Kabis ta hu, awalehina nau, awale- hina owa. Let's cut the cabbage, I'll have half, you have half. Buki awalehina eit nu kite. Look at chapter eight of the book. awan village, hamlet . Wala awan nige i bwabwata yaa gamagal ta gewi hot. Our hamlet is not big but there are a lot of us. awan mouth . Awana i mwapwela. His mouth is open. Awam ana toabina Your followers (the ones who give birth to your mouth) awanun ask for, request, beg, pray . I na lehi i awanun tubuna elana. He went and asked for betel nut from his grandson. Hi awanunima tage naha label suga naha pek elal. They asked us to help them by giving them sugar. Wala awanun iyaka i paolaola-ek. They have fulfilled our request. Wali sauga awaawanun limi tapwa- lolo elana. It was their time for praying in the church. awapunipuni copy, imitate . Tonowak wana nawa- nawa hi awapunipunian. They were imitating the man's walk. awatautau dishonour, notice (take no ~ of) . awatauwan respect, honour . awenuwa greens for cooking . awon right hand, right leg, right side of someone, front of someone, (in) front of something . Awona i noek bugul etega al elana. He is concen-trating on (his front is going to) something else. 30 B - b ba say, speak . I ba, "Bahi ga nuku egon." He said, "Don't go yet." Aanan bana ya baba. I am talking about the food. ba mulolu thank you, greeting . Ebo kaukaus ana sauga he ba mulolu nasi ni gan houwa, mulaa aanan. If there are closing cere- monies (for a course, meeting etc) then thank- you speeches go first, followed by food. ba teli promise . Bateli Vava- luna The New Testament baaba converse, have a conversation, word, talk . Baaba i mweyaha yaa ginol i pulowan. Words are easy but actions are hard. baba wall . limi ana baba the walls of the house babaalin chest . baewa shark . Tau etega baewa i kos. A man caught a shark. bai shell valuables, made of reddish shell discs, necklace of shells . Bagi hi giginola Losel. They make the bagi at Rossel Island. baiyewa coconut, coconut tree . baol wave (of the sea), choppy (of sea) . Hoga i bagol. The sea is choppy/ has high waves. bahi don't . Bahi nu oola. Don't do that. Kamwasa i lala- sala, bahi nu gagaisogu. The path is slippery, don't fall. bakubaku area (cleared) around a house, yard . No bakubaku i musamusa hot. My house area has a lot of rubbish in it. bakuhu still, quiet, focus . Wawayau, ku bakuhu. Children, stop talking (be still). Tuwam i bakuhu te, kaliko u lolohelhel. You are good at concentrating (your body is still), you are focused on sewing. baliman year, harvest time for yams . Wam baliman ehila? How old are you? baliyan boil (to have a), boil . Aeu i baliyan, abwe ninina i ginol ge i mwa- hawan. Iyaka i waisi. My leg had a boil on it, then its teeth formed and it burst (became a hole). Now it's okay. balu thick . Tultul ana sauga wam kaliko babalona nu galoi. When it is cold, 31 put on your thick clothes. Yaluyalu i balu lan e. It is overcast today (the clouds are thick). baunan speak (something), say (something) . ?? bebebi butterfly, moth . beben edge, next to . Bahi nu teteli teibol bebenaa eba ni sogu. Don't put it right on the edge of the table, it might fall off. bekik pig (wild rather than domesticated) . Hi na hi iwauka yaka bekik etega hi howa. They went hunting and speared a wild pig. bela fire . besen enough . Beseu. That's enough for me. beyaunana old (of things, food) . Buki bebeyauna nu tonil. Set fire to the old books. Wami limi ana bali-man i gewi, i beyaunana hot. Your house has many years, it is very old. biki black, blue, purple, dirty, black, dirty . Kaliko i biki hot. The clothes are very dirty. Biki u pem na na na ul. Give me the dirty clothes and I will go and wash them. Buki bibikena u pem. Give me the black book. bil roof of a house, sago leaves used for roof . Bil na pewa u lopahi. I'll give you some sago leaves to make the roof with. bilibili ground, dirt, land, dirty . Wali bilibili ana siga i gan. Their land has boundaries. binimala if (contrafactual), polite way of suggesting something . Binimala wala mani ni gan limi tapwa-lolo ta tal. If we had money (but we don't) we would build the church. Binimala nu bakuhu yaka no baaba nu laeganan. It would be good if you were still so you could listen to my words. bobot necklace of beads . Nevenak bobot i pin mwamwalinaa. The lady fastened the necklace around her neck. bobu pig . Bobu natunau hi gewi. The pig has many piglets (offspring). boda group, crowd . Nevenak- au boda hi na hi pempewa. A group of ladies went and exchanged (baskets). Boda labui hi haveyan. Two groups fought. 32 boe pawpaw . boina ripe (of a fruit) . boisi ripe (of a fruit) . U na ga bwamosi u kibwa, iyaka i boisi. Go and pick the pawpaws, they are already ripe. Toto boiboisana u ahem. Get the ripe one and give it to me. bolo those ones, those . bolu the day after tomorrow . bolu go out (of fire), stop (of engine) . Tulak iyaka i bolu. The truck has stopped. bombom round . Seyala bobo- mwina ya liga. I cooked the round type of chili. bon sore, sore (have a) . Aeu i bon. My foot has a sore on it. Nimwau bonina i lomwan. The sore on my arm hurts. bonanak ghekko . bonubonu pumpkin . bosowaina be able, can ; polite way of asking . Bosowailiya. They were able to do it. Tab i boso- waina sauga kekeisi u pem elau? Would you please give me some sugar? bub break open (coconut, nut etc), crack open . Kinai u bub ga. Crack the kinai. bubun well, properly . Ya atena bubun. I know it well Ta ginol bubun, mulaa abwe ala tobal ni gan. Let’s do it well, then later we will receive praise. buul thing, belongings, plates, gather (of a lot of things) . Wana bugul i na i ulul. She went and washed her plates. Kaliko gegewena u bugulan. Get all the clothes. buhun nose . buki book . buli defecate or have a bowel movement, rusty (be) e.g. of knife . bulin night . nasi bulina tonight bulumakau cow, bull . bunsumi hide (oneself) . Hi bunsumi ebwakil lamwa-naa. They hid in the tree. but blunt, slow (of boat) . Kaini i but. The knife is blunt. but shoe/boot butun noise . Butu i bwaya, wawaya ya palut. I made a lot of noise (my noise was big), and woke up the child. bwabwali visitor, guest, out- sider . Ala bwabwali nasi nihi kenu. Our guest will be sleeping here tonight. bwaesi urinate . Wawaya bwa- lal i bwaese. The child 33 urinated on the floor. bwaa distance, space . Bwagaoia ana bwaga i gan Siagara. Bwagaoia is a long way away from Siagara. bwaa share in, help out by contributing (usually food) . Avalau wali migogo kaiwena, aanan ta bwaga. Let's contribute food for our friend's gathering. bwaabwaa nothing (for), free, no reason, worth- less . Ha pek bwabwage. We gave them away free. Wali ginol bwagabwaga lahena i gan. There's punishment for their rascal activities. bwaii conch shell . Ebo bwagigi ni kahin ta atena bobu hi pwapwatanim. If the conch shell sounds we know that they are bringing a pig. bwalal floor . bwalen smell . Bwalen etega tab u hago? Did you smell something? bwalia later, in the future . bwaliumwa tomorrow . bwalin patch . Kaliko malelena u bwalin ga. Patch up the torn dress. Wam guledau i mwahawan, u bwalin. Your canoe has a hole in it, patch it up. bwamosi pawpaw . bwana shelf . Ulun u pom lowan bwana pwatanaa. Turn the clay pots upside down on top of the shelf. bwasumu animal, bird . Bwasumu hi youyou hawawala. The birds are flying in the sky. bwata big, large . Bobu i bwata hot. The pig is very large. Sisigelu toto bwa-bwatana u pem. Give me the large pumpkin. bwaya big . bwehebwehe ?? Kasiyebwa etega te yawal i bwehebwehe. It's a sickness, asthma. bwekuku frangipani tree, flowering tree . bweyan rotting food . Bweyan bwalena ya hago. I smelt the smell of rotting food. bweyu previously cooked food, breakfast . Ewasi tab u alabweyu? Did you eat this morning? D - d daul feather, pineapple top . dam coconut branch (dead), light made by burning a dead coconut branch . 34 datu low tide . Datu i lau, hoga bwalena i gan. It is low tide, you can smell the sea. dibula gaol, lock up in gaol . Toginol naknak hi teli dibulaa. They put the criminals in gaol. dia fire . dimdim whiteskin, European, foreigner . Wawayau kekei-sisil dimdim hi lolova-kunagil. Small children are frightened of whiteskins. doi dog E - e e yes . e instrument for doing things (prefix) . etuwalali tool eba possibly, might . Bahi nu haha ebwakila eba nu gaisogu. Don’t go up in the tree, you might fall. ebabala weave (of baskets) . Wana nabwa i ebale. She wove her basket. ebala v/n. weave . ebo if . Ebo ta tuwalali bubun, nasi molala ni waisi. If we work well, we will get paid well. eboebo cockroach . ebwakil tree, wood, firewood . He na wali ebwakil hi ahe. They went and got their firewood. eon leave, depart, departure . Gamagalau hi egonan. People have left. Wana egon ana sauga i kela- kelaubwa. The time for his departure is near. eowa basket (round) carried on the head . euluwai leave (people), depart . Tutuliyau hi egulu-waagil, hi sikal wali panuwaa. They left their relatives and went back to their village. ehala broom . ehila how many? (in a quest- ion), few (in a statement) . Wam bobu ehila? How many pigs do you have? Boge molana ehila? How much is the pawpaw? Kinai ehila ya u pem. Give me just a few kinai. ekaeka fry . Kabole ya ekaeke ama bweyu. I fried up the sago for our breakfast. eku stone, rock . elana/eliyana to (him/her/it), on (him/her/it), from (him/her/ it) . U pek natum elana. Give it to your child. elulutea ten . eluwa two, few, second . Suwa labui ya pwatanim. I brought a few bananas. 35 Natu eluwana iya galok. My second child is a girl. en back, behind something . Beleid u teli emwa bahi wawaya ni kikite. Put the bread behind your back lest the child see it. Pagan nanakina ana en ta pek. We should turn away from bad behaviour (give the back to). enima five . enon bear fruit, fruit, contents, results . Kalehe bwaliga ni enon nabi. The mango is going to bear lots of fruit later. Wakai enona i lobwata. The fruit of the breadfruit is quite large. Nabwa nige enona. The basket has nothing in it. enonu oil (from coconut) . Niu enonona bwalena i waisi. The smell of coconut oil is nice. enuna some . Lehi enuna u pem. Give me some betelnut. epat four . epit eight . eputeten back, backbone . Eputeteu ya palabi kokola elana yaka ya kenu. I leaned my back against the post and went to sleep. epwakokon knee . Epwakokou i lomwan. My knee hurts. epwakuna excuse; make an excuse . I epwaepwakuna te i ba tage wana tuwalali i bwata. She is making excuses when she said she has too much work (to do). esika stir . Moni hi esike. They stirred the sago porridge. esiwa six . esom husk a coconut . esopali four . esowal late, slow . Wali nemnem tapwalolowa elana i ese-sowal. They are always late coming to church. Wana liwaliwan i esowal He talks too much. etea one, some . Laesi etega i pem. He gave me some rice. etimwawa quickly, a while ago . Etimwawa ya nem, nige u kikiteyau. I got here a while ago, you didn't see me. eton three . ewahil roots (of plants, trees) . Sinsin ewahilina i loyapu, kelaubwa limi ni pwawa. The roots of the sinsin tree are long, they nearly reach the house. ewasi earlier today . Ewasi mweluluga ya kitewa age? I saw you earlier this morning, that's right? ewata nine . ewon seven . eyowa garden (to), garden . Wana eyowa i ginola niu gamwanaa. He made his garden amongst the 36 coconut plantation. G - g a where? Ga i mimina? Where does he live? a must, firstly, yet, until . U nem ga. Come here/you must come. Bahi ga ligaliga. Don't cook it yet. a i ola how?, what? Ga i ola ge u sogu? How did you come to fall? abom break (sticks), fold . Aena i gabom. He broke his leg. Kaliko i gabom. She folded the clothes. abom distribute, share out, Yüklə 89 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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