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wulintransitive verbEnglishmagic typeThis is magic talk used to prevent rain and storms, and may be poetic in nature. It is also a type of prayer to ground spirits or bad spirits to send them to kill someone or to work love magic on someone. This is also used of speaking to the oil rubbed on dancers, done to strengthen the dancers and help them perform well.latlatwah14.3.9.1Customanthro
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woso kabangalienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; emperorpowdered lime emperor(This is) just a woso, however its colour is very white so they call it woso_kabang.
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wowoalienable vocative nounEnglishgrandmother; siblingTok Pisintumbuna meriThis is the vocative reciprocal term for one's maternal grandmother, i.e. a woman's daughter's children, and also one's opposite sex sibling.kukungwakang4.1.9Kinshipkinship
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wosoalienable nounSurkesá matngan isuEnglishfish type; emperorThe woso is like the sukbám (Variegated Emperor) but it is a bit smaller than the sukbám. Its color is a bit like it is white and it lives in the sandy area and along the reef. And it lives too out in the deep. There close to its tail it has one spot that is black. Some woso its lips are red, and inside its mouth it is very red.woso kabang1.6.1.5Fishfish
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worworworintransitive verbEnglishdiscussing; conversingGimá tapam hut iatung i risán dan má gimá banai boh wák dikte kis talum má. Má pasi á ngorer gimá kis pas di má gimá worworwor mam di. (Apo 16.13)We arrived there beside the river and we met up with the women who had met together. And so we sat with them and we conversed/discussed with them.worwor3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor taruintransitive serial verbSuroror pagas; kamkabat; worwor tus; worwor a dik ngo a tumranEnglishplan; promise; covenant; prophesytalk aheadWorwor_taru apparently includes the ideas of both prediction (which might come true) and prophecy (which will come true). It implies talk with future implications. As well it connotes commanding someone to do something, and/or warning someone. It is `heavier' so carries more import than worwor_tus (predict).3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor tusintransitive serial verbSurpara tusi táit na hut namurEnglishpredict; prophesytalk pointtám worwor tus3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor talumintransitive serial verbEnglishdiscussspeak togetherngurukngurkai3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor sirunspec. var. ofwor sir
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worwor sur-itransitive serial verbEnglishdiscusstalk aboutngurkaisuri13.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor sáksákintransitive serial verbEnglishbad talk; talking badlytalk bad/evilThis is the generic term for speaking in unkind or even evil ways, including ot_bilingnai (insult, disgrace) and worwor_kodong (gossip, criticize),3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor saraintransitive serial verbEnglishspread talk around; gossiptalk scatterworwor kodongworoisara23.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor rakrakaiwor rakrakaiintransitive serial verbSurwor uri kálámul mai rakrakaiEnglishrebuke; confront; speak firmlyspeak stronglyThis connotes something almost as strong as a command or a requirement. This has an element of anger in it, and implies speaking severely to another.wor ur on3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor pas-itransitive serial verbSurmuslam pasi mai worworEnglishwoo; convincetalk getTan rung di tur suri ngo da ilwa pas di uri rumán hat, di lu lala totor pasi tan kálámul suri ilwa pas di. Di lu worwor pasi tan kálámul mam te matngan worwor a lu namnamin uri kándi alalongra.Those ones who stand so they can choose/elect them for the stone house (Parliament), they greatly please/persuade people to choose them. They woo/convince people with some kind of talk that is delicious to their listening (interesting to them).pasi13.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor kopkobonidiomSurparai táit a mánán on mai lite paraiEnglishspeak allegoricallytalk growthThis is to speak about something in an incomplete way, perhaps without actually naming or specifying it. It may apply to prophecy or to addressing something publicly, but without making it really clear. Biblical parables would be an example of this kind of talk.Minái má ákte hut má ákte talas má á táit tungu a worwor kopkobon ái talatala.Now it has come and become clear what previously the superintendent minister spoke about unclearly.pinpidan artálárworwor artálár3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor kodongintransitive serial verb1Englishtalk within oneself; talk with someone out of earshot of otherstalk secretly/privately2Englishgossip; criticizearkisworworwor saraworoikodong13.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor káritransitive serial verbSurtur kári mai worworEnglishreservespeak blockKak gengen bor imuda ákte worwor kári ái Kiapbong ngo koion ina sirai singin tekes, kabin a nem on ngo ái sang na kipi.That small pig of mine back there Kiapbong has reserved it so that I won't sell it to anyone else, because he wants to get it himself.kalar/kári3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor án asosahphraseEnglishblessing; say a blessingtalk of provision3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor án sálidiomSurworwor di poklah pasiEnglishrumourtalk of/from the roadParai táit kápate támin ngo na hut má kápte te mánán ngo ai a han til ái á worwor, ki di lu parai ngo worwor án sál sár á erei.Saying something that is not true that will happen and with no knowledge of where that talk came from, then they say that that is talk of the road (rumour).Iau longrai kesi worwor án sál ngo na hut i tilik bát latiu i kábungbung, mái sár káp iau te mánán ngo a támin ngo kápte.I heard a rumour that a big storm is coming tomorrow morning, however I don't know if it is true or not.sál13.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor án arpulusphraseSurpara agengen i kálámulEnglishinsultinsulting talkThis is saying that a person is not able or adequate to accomplish a thing, putting him down in some way.3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor án armongohidiomSurworwor kápte nirwánEnglishtalk without truth; nonsense; meaningless talk; foolish or stupid talktalk of the airThis is saying what makes no sense, or what is doubtful, or what one is not really sure of.armongoh kalim3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor án amátutintransitive verbEnglishthreaten; scaretalk that causes fearThis is to verbally, not physcially, threaten another. It may also refer to scaring someone with what one says.artipar3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor án arborphraseSurwor uri kálámulEnglishrebukerebuking talkarbor23.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor artálárintransitive serial verbSurmatngan worwor a parai tohtohpas a arwat mai lite táitEnglishillustration; parabletalk equaliniuspinpidan artálárworwor kopkobon3.5.1Sayspeak
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worwor a girgirotidiomSurpara noi worwor a kuluk turán sápkin worEnglishspeaking both good and bad talk in one's speechtalk that is varied in colour3.5.1Sayspeak
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