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udu 1) n. wood, lumber.
2) ad. wooden.
udubaki n. wooden tray.
poti na udubaki idiom. make something known, advertise, broadcast. Efu yu no wani meki yu tori waka, no poti en na udubaki. If you don’t want people to know your affairs, don’t display them on a wooden tray (i.e. don’t broadcast them).
udubangi n. wooden bench.
udubari n. wooden barrel.
uduloso 1) n. termite. (O. Isoptera).
2) n. a kind of insect that bores holes in wood. They leave small round balls in cabinets and on the floor that people call udusiri.
udusiri n. small round balls that are droppings of uduloso. Yu mu spoiti a kasi. A lai nanga udusiri. You need to spray the cabinet. It is full of balls from the uduloso.
uku1 n. corner, angle. Den boi lobi fu tnapu tapu uku e luku den sma di e psa. The boys love to stand on the corner watching the people who pass by. See: tinpasi.
uku2 1) n. fishing pole or rod with line, hooks, sinkers and all. A teki en uku nanga beti dan a go na libakanti. He took his fishing pole and bait and went to the riverside.
2) v. fish (with a fishing pole). A go uku na libakanti. He went fishing by the river.
ukutifi n. eyetooth, canine tooth. syn: aitifi.
ukutiki n. fishing pole.
uma 1) n. woman. syn: frow; cpart: man1. Variant: umasma.
2) n. wife. cpart: masra1.
uma-awege n. an effeminate man.
umapikin 1) n. girl. Na den Lomsu skoro den manpikin e weri blaw syatu bruku èn den umapikin e weri wan blaw koto. At Catholic schools the boys wear blue shorts and the girls wear blue skirts.
2) n. daughter. Kobi ben abi tu manpikin nanga wan umapikin. Kobi had two sons and one daughter. cpart: manpikin. Morph: compound. See table under: famiriman.
umapresi n. female genitals. cpart: manpresi.
umasma 1) n. woman.
2) adj. female, women’s. cpart: mansma; syn: frow. Variant: uma.
umasma-datra n. gynecologist.
umasrafu n. slave woman.
umawan n. female. A:Sortu dagu a teki? B:A teki a umawan. A: Which dog did he take? B: He took the female. ant: manwan.
un See main entry: unu. prn. 2nd person plural subj, obj or poss pronoun.
unsrefi 1) refl.pn. 2nd person plural reflexive pronoun.
2) refl.pn. 1st person plural reflexive pronoun. syn: wisrefi.
unu 1) prn. 2nd person plural subj, obj or poss pronoun. Mi no man go nanga unu tide. I can’t go with you today. Usage: The form un is almost always used as subject pronoun. Variant: un.
2) prn. 1st person plural subj, obj or poss pronoun. Mi heri famiri kon na a friyari-oso. Un prisiri sote! My whole family came to the birthday party. We really enjoyed ourselves. Den no tyari a gasbom gi unu ete. They haven’t brought the gas cylinder for us yet. Usage: when used in contrast with wi, unu is generally an exclusive 'we', i.e. 'we but not you'. See: wi.
upru n. hoop.
urei interj. hooray.
uru See main entry: huru. v. to have sexual relations with more than one person.
urufrow See main entry: huru. n. prostitute, whore, a woman who has sexual relations with many different men.
urulibi See main entry: hurulibi. n. promiscuous behavior, sexual immorality.
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