tiwarecede (of tide)Asubena esa yai, malatomtom yai, magu ie tiwa, datu yai.One day, in the morning, the tide went out, at its lowest ebb stage.
Daui - English
t
tothenTo natumiu ana moia ti gilihai.Then they stole his fish.
toleput, toAn'an maimaisana nanatuna wa adi dala yai ie tole.She put some cooked food on her children's serving plate.
toledobeiput s.th. down, toTi toledobei, to i hamala goma.They put him down, then he became a boy.
tolesaeput s.th. up, toTi tolesae waga ya, yo i hamala mota.They put him up in the canoe, and he became a snake.
toletoleputting, to beOyagi bogana yai i toletole.She was put the fire inside her belly (womb).
tomcut, to
tomathat oneNa toma, goma wa, nogea ana moia sabina ie tan eee--, diboli ie sae.But that one, the boy wept tears for his fish until the tide came up.Ta'iede, toma hasala manatuna, we'u hasena yai, ediba, "Ai ite wa."Then, that one, the young woman with her child was among the rocks, (and) she said, "We are right here."
tomocut s.th., toI tomo begana-begana. Ana sasagu adi haleledi, ti an'ita.He cut it into bits. what he gave to his brothers, they tasted.
tuahaguolder sibling, my
tuba1swim, to2bathe, to
tubugrow, to
tubutubugaibu.grow by itself, toAdi an'an doha, Biula tataodi ne, iamo, adi an'an i tubutubugaibu.Their food is like (ours), those Biula people, but just one thing, their food grows by itself.Iabom mo i tubu-gaibu.It just grows all by itself.
tuliguknee, my
tulutoolsEdi tulu, tatao bagubaguna alili.Their tools, (were from) the very first men.Lisina yai nate, tulu ti laoma.From there [Wawinolewa] is where their tools come from.
tumaseed
tumagulouse, my
tupipeakI nenesae, ie sae tupi yai.He crawled up, he went up to the peak.
