Mauwake Dictionary

unumiya v1.tr. close up. (A fan-like object.). See:
upiya, ofomiya, ekowawiya, opariya.
unumiya aj. respected, high-ranking.
ununa nn. slit gong.
ununa nn. noon. Ununa naeya uuwowa welawamik.
At noon we finished work. Syn: maa enowa
ama, amirika.
ununka nn. bee, wasp. See: muninka, puusuma.
upiya v2.tr. close. Omopora upep tapime. Close the
door and lock it. (e.g. door or bag.). See:
ekowawiya, muniwiya, ofomiya, opariya,
unumiya.
upiya v2.tr. plant. Moma upowa manina-pa upe.
Plant the taro cormlets in the garden.
upowa nn. descendants. Wi unuma wiam
piram-ikemik nain wi momor upowa-ke.
Those who boast are foolish (lit: fool's
descendants). Ni ifa upowa-ke! You brood of
vipers!
upuiya v2.tr. block. Saa-ke eka upuep me karuiya.
The sand ras blocked the river/water so it doesn't
run. [Ques: Is this the same as upiya "close"?]
upuna nn. row, layer.
uputu nn. ringed boa.
urap nn. rockcod, coral trout.
urap oka np. cod sp.
uredarik Variant: oredarik. nn. ant sp. (Very
small.).
ureka nn. deformation, swelling. (Stops growth in a
plant.).
ureka opiya id. get deformed?, rot? Moma ureka
opak The taro is deformed / has gone rotten.
(Used of plants only.).
urekariya v2.int. be deformed. (Used of slight
deformation of leaves.). See: gunegun.
urem siawaw np. bandicoot sp. Urem siawaw
soora-pa ikaiya. Siawaw bandicoot lives in the
rainforest. (Has a longish nose.).
urema nn. bandicoot. Urema fikera-pa ikaiya.
Bandicoot lives among the kunai grass.)
urera nn. afternoon, good afternoon. (Between
around 3 pm and sunset.).
uresa nn. Indian mulberry. Morinda citrifolia.
urom bodoniya id. be debilitated.
urom irikaka np. empty stomach, hunger pains.
(Hungry because of not eating). See: urom
kiiya.
urom kiiya np. fasting, without eating. Yo urom
kiiya yaawem-miem. I have walked around
without eating. (Not painful)
urom maala np. intestines. Syn: urom muuta.
urom maneka np. stomach.
urom meka iwiya id. be cross with. Urom meka
wiep yaisow fan pokap ikaiyem. I am cross
with them so I'm sitting here by myself.
urom muuta np. intestines. Syn: urom maala.
urom onaiya np. pregnant. See: uroma wuiya,
uroma iwiya.
urom pepesa id. appendix.
uroma Variant: iroma. nn. stomach, belly,
intestines.
uroma bubuseriya vp1. be full of gas. (Used
about the stomach.).
uroma firirimiya vp2. have gripes.
uroma ikiwiya vp2. have diarrhoea. Syn: ipa eka
siariya.
uroma iwiya vp2. make pregnant.
uroma mikiya id. have diarrhoea.
uroma opiya vp1.tr. have contractions, have birth
pains.
uroma opiya id. give present. Iiriw takira
iperowa uroma wia opiwkin maikua
wiem-ikemik. Long ago the young men gave
presents to the old men and so they would teach
them magic. [Ques: In order to bribe?]
uroma siiniya id. become calm, be reconciled?
Syn: kema siiniya.
uroma wuiya vp1. become pregnant, conceive.
uroma yakiya vp2.int. give birth, deliver. Uroma
opam-ikeya saa orop uroma yakiek. When she
was having contractions she went to the beach
and gave birth. (The actual act of giving birth.).
See: muukariya.
urufiya v1.tr. see, look, look after, watch.
Ekapiwkin me urufam. I did not see when they
came. Auwa i teeria yia urufiya. Father looks
after us in the family. Syn: kuufiya.
urukiya v1.tr. drop, scale fish, prune tree. Iwera irap
urukiya. He climbed up the coconut palm and
drops coconuts. Mera kara urukap uroma
iirarinon. He will scale the fish and remove the
stomach. Syn: ururiya.
urum siresira np. tree sp.
uruma nn. valley, open place.
urumiya v1.tr. look for, search, peep, watch at,
prowl around. Mera urumiyem. I am looking
for fish. Manina-pa maa ikumaru naep mua
wia urumimik. When they want to steal from
the gardens they look out for people. (Look for
an object that has not got lost.). See: akupiya,
nopiya, gamanariya.
uruniya v2.int. rumble. Aapereka pakanemi
kapa-pa uruniya. After the crash of thunder
there is a rumble at the end.
urupa nn. cup, shell. (Coconut shell.).
urupara nn. secret.
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