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oyagin1treeAi tanohi ya anban na ai oyagi hewadi ya eno.It feeds on the ground and sleeps in top of trees.Sa fati'o, "Ma!" itebom, "Oyagi sa talaimiu e hige?" Ayawa, "Hige'e."They questioned us and said, Here now! Did the trees hit you or not." We said, "They didn't."1.5.1Tree2trees1.5.1Tree3woodOyagina mahudo'idi mate uli'uli afa'afa.As for all of it's wooden parts, they are completely [covered] with designs.6.6.3.2Wood4firewoodSa miyamiya, na ena waihin ya lau ya uma, e oyagi ya dem, ...They stayed on together and when the woman went to plant, or to collect firewood, ...6.6.3.2Wood5.5.1Light a fire5.5Fire6log or poleEdi pape'odi mate oyagi esega sa hewa,Their steps were a single pole which they erected.7fireNa walahisa wa ya pito. Mate oyagi yai ya alagabu.And the prawn jumped. Then I roasted it in the fire.Ena am wa galasi, na em oyagi wa yufi, na gafuna ya ita mate, haba ya lofo,When you obtain your catch by diving, and when you blow your fire and it sees the smoke, then it will fly.The primary meaning of "oyagi" seems to be "tree," by extension "wood," and by further extension it can stand for "fire" by a process of metonymy.5.5FireOyagi Atuwenaunspec. comp. formNPWorm WoodKipwalana mate, hesana "Oyagi Atuwena."The star is named "Worm Wood"
oyagi ala'alanaNPfire5.5Fire
oyagi 'ala'alanaNP1burning fire, itsbena oyagi ala'alana mate haba ai bwadagowa haba ya dem funuhi.Hd would put out the burning fire with the clay.'Wapina mate te oi papa be taulida sa kamna e lisilisida sa kamna mate ai oyagi ala'alana te ladai be ai tauda te fapatudima. We peel off the bark and when our bodies ache, or our ribs have pain then we heat it in a burning flame, and then we plaster it on our bodies.2hellCompare variant form: {oyagi ala'alasina}
oyagi ala'alasinaNP1burning wood2burning fire3fire, burning4hell fireCompare variant form: {oyagi ala'alana}
oyagi atipunaNPtree trunk1.5.5Parts of a plant
Oyagi Atuwenaunspec. comp. form ofoyagi
oyagi balebalelemnahell
oyagi fafalaugagayona ulunaNP1forbidden fruit2fruit of the forbidden treeYaubada Adam ya faliba mate, yena oyagi fafalaugagayona uluna ya an, mate haba ya pe'i.God told Adam that if he ate the forbidden fruit, then he would die.
oyagi laganaNPbranch of a tree
oyagi lamlamna2nroots of a tree
oyagi mani'onancoals of fireMate gonowana doha oyagi maniꞌona ala'aladi peiꞌuduna um debana yai wa toledi. That is like you are piling up burning coals of fire on his forehead
oyagi wapinaNPbark, bark of a tree
oyagi ya gabu ta'i'iliCLgirdle a tree by burningEna abi'abi me dofa awa'e: oyagi ie gabu ta'i'ili, abo kopina youyou wa i opafai.What she did was like girdling an "awa'e' tree by burning. Then she shed the youyou snake skin.
oyagi ya yufiCLblow the fire, toEna am wa galasi, na em oyagi wa yufi, na gafuna ya ita mate, haba ya lofo,When you obtain your catch by diving, and when you blow your fire and it sees the smoke, then it will fly.ov. syntowa 1See also {oyagi sa yufi}.
oyagidintrees, their
oyananmountain (its)
Oyananmountain (its)Sa leuma sa ita'ita fuyo, be Gwawilo Oyana sa ita,They went down and they looked back and they say Gwawilo Mountain,When capitalized {Oyana} is used is in a proper name.
oyaulinsharksMiya daumwali E fanuha in moho, dodoga, oyauli lala'i, walagofe yo ula'ulasi hesa mate fuya haisa sa faheyayamai.I desire to live quietly, but people, big sharks, crocodile and a kind of whale do harm to us sometimes1.6.1.5Fishsharks: I do not know what type. RC