E - e
e1 conj. so, then; ale.
e2 dem. DEM.DIST; ia. Category: spatial.
ei int. hey; ei.
ekei int. hey!; ei!
ekē int. hey; ei.
el vi. dive down; daeva i go daon, stap antap long sefes mo go daon. Nēk i el tēqēl sōw e, nēk i vēn o terit. Dive down and shoot the porcupinefish. Yu daeva i go daon, sutum nilfis. See: qōt.
elel vi. high; hae. O mal nē ma gav elel kal siag e la m̄ae. A hawk flies high up in the sky. Namala i flae hae antap long skae.
eln̄an n. her/his/it's voice; voes blong hem.1s: eln̄ëk. 2s: eln̄an̄. 3s: eln̄an.
2 • n. talk, word, speech; toktok. Ba nē gōtō rōn̄teg na eln̄en i tëmëk. But he didn't hear my father's words. Be hem i no harem toktok blong Papa blong mi. Category: body part.
eln̄etiti n. kind of dance; wan danis we ol man ol i danis long wan taosen dei blong wan ded man. Ol man ol i danis blong soemaot se ol i glad mo ol i stat blong fogetem. Category: kastom.
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eln̄eul n. explanation; toktok we i mekem i klia. O eln̄eul nē ga mas taoseg. The explanation must be clear. Toktok we i talemaot gud hem i mas klia.
eln̄evu n. traditional story; kastom storian. Lit: voice of the spirits In̄ko na na gagneg o eln̄evu tale m̄e. Now I am going to tell a traditional story about a sea snake. Nao ia bae mi talem kastom storian blong sisnek.
elvet vi. long; long, longfala. Ba o gersal ine ge elvet idian. But the road was very long. Be rod ia i longwan tumas.
en1 v. flatem kaen nalot ia löt 3/4eremere3/4. Category: food.
en2 v. angry, cross; kros. Na lolon me en no. She was cross with me. Hem i kros long mi.
er1 v. peel off, remove pandanus leaves from trunk, cut around and peel off layer of wood from tree trunk; katem, tekem. used to describe way of removing pandanus leaves and Tahitian chestnuts from the plant. blong talem se tekem pandanus o namambe long stamba. Nesta, garqe in̄kē o lō gōwē, nēk i er na mōgōn̄ o videge. Nesta, today it is sunny, you peel off your pandanus leaves. Nesta, tedei i gat gudfala san, yu tekem lif pandanas blong yu. Category: weaving.
er2 v. bite; kakae.
es v. spear; sperem.
es do v. spear leaves for making fish poison; mekem posen lif, sperem lif wetem wud blong mekem plante.
es mōtō remove husk from coconut; sperem kokonas blong karemaot skin.
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ete n. soul; sol.1s: ëtëk. 3s: atan. Nēk gōtō mōlmōl la tatar, in̄ko na atan̄ mi miat. You don't go to prayer, now your soul is dead. Yu no stap go long prea, nao ia sol blong yu i ded.
ev1 n. fire; faea. ‘fire’.
ev2 vt. use digging stick to loosen taro, after pull out of ground. Nēn a van a ev o sinag. Let's go and remove the taro from the ground with a digging stick. Yumi go karemaot taro wetem digging stick.
e'e int. yes; yes. See: ke.
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