N̄ - n̄

-n̄   poss.pron. 2sg; blong yu.

n̄aēs   temp. when; wataem. Category: temporal.

n̄al₁   vi. tired, slack; taed, slak. No mē wiwiēg qön̄ na tarbēk ma n̄al aē. Mi bin wok tudak, bodi blong mi i taed long hem.

n̄al₂   v. eat only meat without the staple part of a meal; kakae mit witaot kakae. Category: food.

n̄al₃   vt. chew, as something chewy like toffee, bubble gum; juim. Nēk ta n̄aln̄al o so? What are you chewing? Yu stap juim wanem?

n̄alte   n. sap; wota (blong wud).

n̄an̄   v. Ma n̄an̄ o nötu m̄irm̄iar.

n̄an̄aēr   v. happen; hapen. Oso ma-n̄an̄aēr? What happened? Wanem i bin hapen?

n̄an̄reg   ?. ?

n̄e   n. canarium nut, native almond; nangae. Canarium spp..

n̄e dawel   n. kind of wild native almond which grows in the bush and is not eaten. It has white bark and can grow tall like a whitewood; wan kaen wael nangae blong bus we ol man ol i no kakae. Skin blong hem i waet mo hem i save gro longwan olsem waetwud.

n̄e dun   n. kind of native almond which has flat nuts; kaen nangae we i gat frut we i flat. Canarium harveyi.

n̄e meren̄   n. dried, roasted canarium nuts; drae nangae.

n̄e ta   n. kind of native almond which has round nuts; kaen nangae we i gat frut we i raon. Canarium indicum. Category: plant, tree, nut.

n̄en̄ere   n. garden; garen.

n̄ere   n. edge?

N̄ereqe   n. place name.

N̄eretan   n. place name.

n̄ēli   Variant: n̄ili. n. stem, petiole, ?; top blong wud.

n̄ēli qiat   n. taro stems; top blong taro. In̄ko nēn a vas o n̄ēli qiat. Now we plant the ? of the taro.

n̄ēlida   n. surface. n̄ēlida naw surface of the sea.

n̄ēn̄ēn   v. (shoot) start to emerge from coconut; gro i stat blong kamaot long kokonas.

2 • n. newly emerging coconut shoot; gro blong kokonas. once a coconut has reached this stage in germination it is able to be planted. stage of growth before sōl.

n̄ēn̄ēs   vi. petrified?; frozen.

n̄ēn̄ēn̄ēs   vi. smile; smael. O m̄irm̄iar ni n̄ēn̄ēn̄ēs. Pikinini hem i smael.

n̄ilinaw   n. wave; wef. Lit: top blong solwota

n̄iria   vi. fork (of road, tree); karem fok (rod, wud). O bē mē n̄iria. The river forks. Wota i karem fok.

n̄or   v. chew; juim.

n̄ōlseg   v. chew with gums; trae had blong kakae (olsem smolsmol pikinini o olfala we i nogat tut). O m̄irm̄iar mō n̄ōlseg o masre qiat. Pikinini i stap kakae pis taro.

n̄ōn̄ōr   vi. snore; pulum win. No gō tō mōvōt wareg lö qön̄ sur i birn̄ik mō n̄ōn̄ōr idian. Mi no bin slip gud long naet from patna blong mi i pulum win tumas. ‘snore’.

n̄ōr   v. gnaw; kakae wetem tut (olsem rat i kakae o dog i kakae bun sloslo). O gōsōw mō n̄ōr lō o wo. Rat i kakae brekem bambu.

n̄ör   n. snot; wota blong nus. O n̄ör lö möduk mē vērēg. Snot is running from my nose. Wota blong nus blong mi i ron. ‘nasal mucus’.

n̄usu   n. beak, mouth; maot blong pijin.

2 • n. point; poen. ‘snout, mouth, beak’. Category: bird, body part.

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