Mauwake Dictionary

mia paaniya vp2.int. be attentive, be alert, be wide
awake. Fulilem-ikok epia arep mia paanem. I
was feeling cold, and when I sat close to the fire,
I became wide awake.
mia pooniya vp2.int. weaken.
mia ruuniya id. faint, close leaves. Waidum
muuka unan mia ruunek. Waidum's son
fainted yesterday. Sipira nain tiiminan-na mia
ruuninon. If you touch that plant it will close its
leaves.
mia sekurariya vp2. feel faint.
mia suuwowa np. garment, clothes.
mia teekiya vp2.tr. sponge on, depend on.
mia umowa np. weakness. (Caused by sickness.).
mia uruw samora id. fornicating.
mia uumariya id. get weak, be paralysed. Matt.
4:24.
mia wisa np. baby skin. Sande erup ikiweya mia
wisa puiya. After two weeks the baby skin
comes off. (Light skin on newborn babies.).
mia wuiya id. accuse. Mia me efa wue. Do not
accuse me.
mia yoowa np. fever, temperature. Iin napuma
aawep mia yoowa seeseniya. He has malaria
and has got temperature.
miasialiya v2.int. be unripe. Akia miasialep ikaeya
puukamik. They cut the bananas while they
were still half ripe. (Bananas, pawpaws.). Syn:
kawewiya.
miatiniya v2.tr. dislike. Mua nain miatiniyem,
anane riiriniya. I do not like that man, he is
always cross.
miatinowa marew aj. willing.
miawiya v2.int.mv. go around, wander. (Mainly used
in serial verbs.). Syn: miiya, yaawiya.
migimal nn. vine sp. (Fibre from the stems is used
for making string.).
migimal kuisow id. relatives. (People with the
same ancestor.).
migimal onoma id. cross cousins.
miikabagela nn. flounder. Syn: miikapur beela.
miikakarua nn. nose bridge. Wakiemi miikakarua
wuepam. I fell and twisted my nose.
miikapur beela np. flounder. Syn: miikabagela.
miikapura nn. nose, face.
miikapura mikiya id. deceive. See: sailiya,
peeskimiya.
miikapura oniya id. make faces.
miililina aj. unique. Maa miililina urufap mia
kuuna saanem. I was all goose-pimply when I
saw that unique/strange thing.
miimawiya v1.tr. lead. Irakowa wia miimawinon.
He will lead them to fight. O manina uuwowa
miimawak. He lead the garden work.
miimiya v2.int.mv. precede, go first, go ahead. O
miimeya i murarep ookamik. He went first and
we followed.
miimiya v1.tr. hear, listen, obey, believe, smell.
Yo-ko opora nain me miimam. I have not
heard/I did not hear the story. Nainiw maeya yo
miiminen. Say it again and I will listen. Takira
emin kekanowa nain opaimika me miimiya.
The pig-headed boy does not obey. Ikin samora
miimap ookakimem. I smelt a bad smell and
threw up.
miimomiya v1.tr. lead; to go ahead.
miimowiya v1.tr. place in front. Mua nain
miimowap ookamik. They placed the man in
front and then followed him.
miina aj. cool.
miinariya v2.int. cool down. Maa enowa yoowa
seesenep miinarek. The food was hot but has
cooled down.
miir iriya id. mistake for someone else, fail to
recognize. Auwa miir irap mua oko-ke
maemik. They didn't recognize father and
thought it was someone else.
miir kiripiya id. exchange food. (At a feast.).
miir maneka np. having abundant food.
(Descriptive of a prosperous man.).
miir onoma-pa av.loc. in front of. (In front of a
person.).
miira nn. tip. Waalu miira uupep enemik. We
cooked and ate pumpkin tips. Wapen miira
mikak. He pointed his finger. Syn: gulowa.
miira nn. point. I koora Moro miira-pa ikua. Our
house is at the Moro point. Ama kekaneya saa
miira ookimik. When the sun is strong we go to
the beach at the point.
miira nn. face, front. Uura koor miira-pa pokap
ikok maa enimimik. In the evening we sit and
eat in front of the house. miira saawirinek He
felt giddy.
miira ikiwiya id. feel giddy, feel dizzy. See: miira
saawiriniya.
miira puukiya id. meet.
miira saawiriniya id. be dizzy. See: miira ikiwiya.
miirifa nn. end. nomokow miirifa end of a log
Ifara miirifa ere-erup kaike. Tie the two ends
of the rope.
miirowiya v1.tr. meet. Mua oko era-pa miirowam.
I met a man on the road. See: urufiya.
miismara nn. fish sp. (Very small, moves in big
shoals.). See: luaka.
miiw akena np. humus, good soil. Mumua miiw
akena-pa isakimik They sow the seeds in good
soil.
miiw kefenowa np. spade.
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