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recentlytehataadva time before yesterday; recentlyTehata hiꞌai-ka, moo himia pirooꞌu, goꞌoto ata-to, pairai Veraibari.Recently I was coming back by myself from a village called Veraibari.Ka moo tehata uasi tiameri-da piroruo, Maipakai memeba iiꞌi-da.And recently I resigned from being Vice Chairman when Maipakai became a MP.8.4Time
recogniseoibomaivrecogniseoroibomaivrecogniseoroibomatidiovrecognise
rectumriꞌomunrectum2.1Body
redgaroꞌaroadjredorahe'eduadjreddishoratoti 1adjred, orange, purpleRogu: Ruu bo'ui boroio-ka, ruu goroi ihai oratoti-ka, ka ruu ihai hobobo-hakaPawpaw: It's skin is green, and inside it is really orange, and it is very soft.Kamara: ruu tamai ami'a oratoti, boroio, rio ruu topo hi'a-ka, roo-ro uuhoi-da.Sweet potato: some of them have purple skins, or yellow, and they are very sweet when you eat them.synoraꞌora8.3.3.3ColouroraꞌoraadjredAmi'ai oradubu ora'ora eme oromo'idio kaumo.Some are wearing red laplaps.synoratoti 1
reflexiveer-vselfTumurai er-ehe'eai-ka, oodoi-ri.The giant turned himself around, to leave.
reflexive action (plural)ir- 2vplural of the reflexive er-Toe aꞌaimoꞌa, riꞌo-ro iromidioi aꞌai raarai...Do not be afraid when you yourselves hear these things...
regiongoro1 2postregionMoo go'otoi pairai-ka Mia'ogomai, Kikori goroi-da o'a-ka.My village is called Mia'ogomai, it is in Kikori region.
registerpairai omoodoivregister one name, take one name downstream to add it to a list
rejectaahuiꞌovreject, say noMark-ro pahui'o iema'aimo raai. Mark rejected the thing they gave
reject (plural onjects)iraibovreject them, dislike them
reject (single object)araibovreject, dislike
relativesguu uubinrelatives
relaxturaturanrelax, play, fiddle, createsynhobo-hobo
releaseimaueivrelease, give permission
remainaraahoivremain, left overRa'aibou ime-ro raahoi ma'ai ma aho'outimo?You guess how many grubs will be left over?
remainderoꞌairemainder
rememberiraromaivrememberHimioi adimoi iꞌemati, moo idebi pirooto-ka, moo maamui iriraromai-da.And when the sun set in the evening I cried when I remembered my mother.Ka moo ata-ra iraromo bia, irai adimo behai iraromai-ka.And I didn't think of them any more, except in the evening when they came to mind.3.2.1Mind
removeibiodivremove, take offiriꞌaivremoveomodaadeaiLLHLLsp. var.omodadeaivar.omodadoaivremove something, take it away (from being close to another thing), put it off to the sideArate aike omodadoai.Put it off to the side lest it touch something else.omubivtake off, remove
remove (completely)otateaivput to the side, remove, get rid of, put it where it cannot be used laterRimo memihoi rimomotateai, ka rimo-ro amiꞌai-to aaꞌo emerai aꞌai raꞌai kaumo.Remove our sins, and we will do the same for others.
remove (from something else)ahuraivtake something out, remove something
remove (out of sight)otaumaivtake away and put behind you and out of sight, put aside for later, put in a separate but nearby place so it can be used again
remove (plural objects)imiaheꞌevtake them out, remove them6.1Work
repeatatuhuti 2vimmitate, repeat what someone is saying, such as class echoing a teacher, or a child echoing someone to be annoying.Moo ratuhuti, roo ahiai raꞌai. Repeat what I'm saying, I will cut you. Moo aa'o madei atuhuti. He is imitating the words I am saying
repeated action-ti1v > vfrequentitive, an action that is done repeatedly and frequentlyDu bobo aꞌai ubii du imaꞌa-ti, hipura tiato ubii hipura komukomu imaꞌa-ti?Do you give food to the hungry, or clothes to people with none?
reportimoaduꞌutivreport to more than one person regularlyoapetaivto report on a personomoaduꞌuti 2vreport to one person regularly