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1 Dadibi C English a ami nani-we 2/15/2008 Dadibi English Tok Pisin Dictionary

1 A - a a thumb, down. (a) odogo ravine, valley. a odogoba pabo going down to the ravine ;

valley (is this madu?) See: manu. aba downward. at ba to-down aba pegenamo nogo ge forefinger. apperars to mean finger next to thumb . abagi friend. pren. abe sibling opposite sex. susa. abelebo buy. baim. abilibo buying. See: dobu si ebo. ábo as if, looks as if. pabo ábo as if going seda sabo ábo as if throwing out Bosi ágá ida meni ábuo Bosi'

s mother doesn'

t seem to be here. ;

It seems Bosi'

s mother is no longer here. Variant: ábuo. abu new growth in a tree. kru. abuai brains. ade down there. daun bilo. ae exclamation. ágá they. ágá sela they three ágá sela hwíanio, augwa hasi they three fought among themselves NOTE - NOT THE SAME AS augwo si. See: ága si. aga (bidi me ma ogwa) him. em. aga (nai) it. en. ágá si you two, reciprocally. ágási dwagi yai homu yao you two must do good thoughts to each other (reciprocally) (as with husband and wife) NOTE - NOT THE SAME AS augwa si. See: ágá. aga (we me ma wegi) her. em. ágábe sai ni wooden cross. Lit: '

wood which has gotten an intersection'

. agabo bidi man who steps on his faults or troubles to cover them up. ágáda he (emphatic). ágáda wi pabe he (emphatic) did not flee ágága piáo (go) trample. pu ságágo ágága piáo (go) trample down the mud agai (bidi me ma ogwa) he. em. ágáí ebo bidi man who talks too much. (ágáí) meni yali nai things one lacks. agai (we me ma wegi) she. em. ágáluba tali tobudu nigasa bilibo bidi self-made, conceited head man, independent man. can be bad or good depending on nature of his actions. ágána near by. digibudu ágána a short distance away See: gana. age na fork. fok. age ni crotch. tiang. agebele crack. ples i bruk liklik. agia pandanas, applied to peanuts. arang, karuka. aí water. wara. áí bogabadu shore, edge of the water, on the ground, along the shore áí bogo sesege, shore, the dividing point between the water and the beach. See: áí sani;

áí pedaibadu;

áí tamo;

áí sani;

áí pedaibadu;

áí tomo;

áí bogabadu. aí dulu along with the water. wantaim wara, bihainim wara. aí gamia ditch. baret. aí gea pelama pour water. kapsaitim wara. aí paubo bathe, shower whole body. waswas. áí pedaibadu shore. (away from the water a little distance). aí sane white sand. waitsan. áí sani áí tomo (out in the) middle of the water See: ái bogosesege;

áí pedaibadu;

áí tamo. aí sanide beach. wesan klostu long wada. aí telabo wash. waswas. áígo ubadu ibadu so bologobe asai tome yagu tó island. (aiya) yo ola sabo disappearing downward. áíyó blossom, flower. as on a citrus tree, pumpkin vine, tomato plant ;

is the forerunner of the fruit. See: duduli. áíyógé (tigi) dizziness, faintness. tigi áíyógé ebo alau decorative device worn suspended on the chest. made from a bamboo type, like Kewas and others wear as wealth indicators. ali ali ebo bidi gossip. man who makes trouble for himself with his talk ;

man who cannot control his speech, in the sense of a blabbermouth. aligabo bono vine type, used to translate chain . alua pabo shatter. bruk. ama sibling same sex. brata. amago me ma abego ogwa nephew. amago me ma abego wegi niece. amamu termite. anis bilong kaikai diwai. amasi bidi spirit being which in sigi áí or in muddy creek banks. this causes elephantaiasis, one name for which is amasi gasi ;

they exist in large numbers along the mamá áí. Variant: we. amasi gasi elephantiasis. believed to be caused by amasi we ;