Mauwake Dictionary

fonde nn. Thursday. From: Pidgin.
foniya v1.tr. sweep. Nomokow ifa ururomakeya epa
foniyem. A lot of tree leaves have fallen down
so I am sweeping the place. Aara atua
akupami epa foniya. The chicken is scratching
the ground searching for worms. See: seepakira.
fookiya Variant: faakiya. v1.tr. 1) split, cut
lengthwise. Yabuela fookap yienakek. He cut
the papaya lengthwise and gave to us to eat.
Iwera kaisap fookimik. After husking the
coconuts they split them. Ipia weesereya ama
fookak. After rain the sun appeared ("cut
through"). 2) break into. Wi raskol-ke koora
fookap maa wiar aawemik. Criminals broke
into the house and took their things
fraide nn. Friday. From: Pidgin.
fua nn. hollow. (At the base of a rotting or drying
tree.).
fuariya v2.int. rot. Nomokowa fuarep puok. The
tree rotted and broke. (When a tree decays from
within.).
fuekiya v1.int. spill. Takira-ke niiremi maa epira
ipiskiwkin fuekak. Boys were playing and
pushed the plate of food and it spilled.
fufa nn. old grass.
fufua aj. stunted, small-sized. (Delayed in its
growth.). See: pepesa, utuk uuma.
fufukariya v2.int. rot. Maakara fufukareya koora
tenep orok. The timber was rotten and the
house fell down. dry rotting in timber. See:
peelaliya.
fufurariya v2.int. be finished, die out. Kerekera
nain senam umep fufuraremik. That clan died
out. Kakala eliwa nain fufurarek. The nice
flowers died out/vanished. See: mesenaliya,
kema fufurariya.
fufurumiya v2.tr. give generously. Yo maa
fufurumep opem. I am tired of always giving
things. 2 Cor 12.15.
fuiniya Variant: fuoniya. v2.int. sigh.
fuiya1 v2.int. spill, leak, run down. Eka amina-pa
taanemi fuiya. The saucepan is full and the
water is running down.
fuiya2 v2.tr. cut along joints.
fu-fuiya v2.tr. cut. Maa piokam naep pia
fufuimik. In order to cook food inside bamboo
they cut the bamboo into sections. (Cut into
many pieces.).
fula aj. fat. Maa ele-eliwa ne kerew akena
eniminan-na fula orainan. If you eat good
foods and a lot you will get fat. Syn: fulakia.
fulakia aj. fat, big-bellied. Syn: fula. See:
gawerariya.
fuliliya v2.int. be cold. Yo bug oraeya mia
fuliliyem. When the south wind blows I feel
cold.
fulu-fuluwiw ikiwiya id. weave through crowd.
fuluwa nn. 1) crack, hole. Suusa fuluwa-pa orop
saa-pa mesenalek. A needle fell through the
crack and was lost in sand. (The crack/ hole goes
through something.). See: ona. 2) window.
3) one kina coin.
fumna nn. hipbone. Syn: pisak.
fura nn. knife.
furefura nn. sword grass? (Sharp-bladed grass.).
furewiya v1.tr. 1) feel. Yo uura ipia oraeya dabela
furewam. In the night when it was raining I felt
cold. 2) taste. Ifera maneka wuiwkin masia
furewinan. When they put a lot of salt you will
taste the bitterness.
furewowa nn. feeling, taste.
furumiya v1.tr. 1) tease. O kekelka ikaeya mua
oko-ke palakuemi furumak. He was silent but
another man was joking and teased him. (also:
...teased him into joking) 2) scare away. Waaya
asia maa enem-ikaeya furumeya baurarek.
The wild pig was eating but he scared it away
and it escaped. Me aakune, mera furuminan.
Don't talk, or you will scare away the fish.
furuniya v2.tr. spit out. Owor kara enep owor gena
furunimik. They spit out the betelnut juice after
chewing a dry betelnut. (Spit far; in a spraying
fashion.). See: keesiya, opeka tueniya.
furune-wariya ser.v. spit on. Mua panewowa
napumareya furuna waremik. When the old
man got sick they chewed and spat yaanuma
plant on him Only to do healing magic?
fuu-fuuliya aj. bony. Mera sarema oposia
fuu-fuuliya. "Sarema" fish has lots of bones.
fuul nn. small piece, small amount. Waaya fain fuul
muuta-ko sesekomaka. Send a small portion of
this pork to him. Owora fuul muuta-ko
akupiwikin Lasen ekiyen. When they find a
small amount of betelnut and we'll go to Lasen.
See: kiowa.
fuula nn. fringe, strings, stringlike things. I Madang
sia fuula onimik. We in Madang make netbags
with strings hanging down. Kubenuma oniwkin
fiker fuula unowa ikua. (?) When the made the
roof end, there is a lot of loose grass hanging
down.
fuuniya v2.int. arrive. Uuriw owowa piipuap urera
owow maneka-pa fuunem. I left the village in
the morning and arrived in town in the
afternoon. Wi nan kererem-ikok fuunemik.
They were coming and they arrived. (Punctiliar
action.). See: kereriya.
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