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dede faneganegadiVtrmake them clear by telling (to)Eda'eda yai ya fafalibada yo Uli'uli Tabuna aniyodi ya dede faneganegadi On the road he was speaking to us, and he was telling the meanings clearly of the Holy Book.Compare {dede~famahatadi} "tell their story clearly"
dede~famahatadiVtrtell the story clearly to them (to). . . wasana mahudo'idi aniyodi mate, in ya dede~famahatadi lisidi yai. . . . the meaning of all the reports, he told the story clearly to them.
dededegunstory, my
dededenan1accountov. syndede2 1fatili1 1liba2 1pilipilidaina 1wasa1 1unspec. var. ofwasa-wasana 12story (ones)3report (of a factual nature)Mate egu fa'oyowa dededena ofina.With that, my hunting story is finished.Mate egu fawasabu dedena doha ite.With that, the story of my being afraid was like this.
Dededenanstory, its
dedeiVtrtell it (to)Ite pilipilidai te, mate waihin hesa hesana Obeda Tutala ena nu'u Sawaiha ya dedei,As for this story, a woman named Obeda Tutala who is from Sawaia village is the one who told it.
dedei~ofiꞌivdfinish telling a story (to)Ya dedei~ofiꞌi, habahim ya falibadi, . . .he finished telling the story and then he spoke to them,. . .
dedeimaiVtrtell stories about us (to)Ai mate fafahesamai na dodoga mate sa dedeimai ma boluna. ‎We have a reputation (name) and people tell plenty of stories about us.
dedenan1story (ones)ov. synpilipilidai 1stolistoliwasa1 1unspec. var. ofwasa-2its story
dedicationnDedication
defolelinyam varietykind of yam? like kapoi, cannot fry - gets mushyov. synkapoinalei
dehaVin1poor (to be)2lacking, to be
DehanDeha
deha yai, ediPP1lack (in their) somo ami ginaulidi haidagu te edi deha yai mate, ami ginauli yau lisigu yai.whatever you do for my friends in their lack (poverty?), you do for ME.2poverty (in their)
dehadehanpoorbena wasa loholohona E lawen dodoga dehadeha lebedi. I might take the good news to the poor people.
deitindate palm<ENG "date"
DelamaiyanJeremiah<ENG 'Jeremiah"
delentail
deledintails, their
deleguntail (my)Delegu yai E tuba hasa yo E tuba lidi yo tuwegu [mabegu] E fapaisowadi hinaga.With my tail, I swim up and I swim down, and I also use my fins [flippers].
delenan1tail2tail (of an animal)Na gwama wa ya anyawasi ya ofi, habahim, ya tulube'u, be delena ya ibo.But the boy finished recovering his breath, then he got down [from the platform] and cut off his tail.3tail (of a bird)Bina tinabawana ana uli'uli mate dubadubana, kafukafu delena yai na matana ya dubadubana.The female hornbill's markings are black with a white tail. She has has black eyes.4tail (of a snake)Weso delena ya oiyen, mate adi gabu ya hani'i.The snake struck his tail, and with that the garden was, er, [finished clearing].Weso wa delena ya faguli.the snake's tail toppled [it] down.5tail (of a tadpole)Yo fede, delena hinaga ya motu be ya famala so'u.So then, his tail shriveled up and he became a frog.
deli1Vtr1snare something (to)2snare (to)
deli2njailYowane sa falau deli,They put John in jail.Gati wa ya aulaha, be ya lau deli lumana yai. Yowane gadona ya ibo.the guard set off and went to the jail house. Hed cut John's throat.see also {deli} snare.Either from English 'jail' or Buhutu {deli} 'snare.]
deli3nsnareHesa ya laoma ai deli, be ya solu, be atai'a ou'oulidi saudoudo'i ya soludi.One [bird] came to the snare, and he caught it, and so he caught ten birds.Compare {deli} "jail."