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vacant, be vi. leigi
vacation n. folofu
vacation time n. fankansi
valid adv. tuu (2)
value vt. hei1 (4)
various groups n. kulu kulu
varnish n. wasi2
Vaseline n. fatu (3)
vat n. kapa
vegetable bed n. guluntu bedi
vegetable dish sp., Indonesian n. pityeli
vegetable, green n. guluntu
vegetable, green leafy n. taya uwii
vehicle, driver of n. wagiman
vehicle, driver of a n. tiiman
velvet tanager n. tyentyen
vendor, female Chinese store n. Misi Amoi
vengeful, be taanga ati
ventilation, lacking vi. banowtu (1)
very adv. bun (4)
very bent vi. koon koon
very crooked vi. koon koon
very easy adj. lawlaw2
quickly"}very fast or quickly adv. esi esi
very full adj. fuufuu
very light adj. feke feke
very quickly adv. gaw gaw
very slow, be vi. daai daai
very well adv. bun bun
vicious n. ogii (1)
vicious slander baaka wan sama
victorious in a conflict vt. wini (1)
vigorously, shake vt. seke seke
village n. kondee (2)
· · langa2
village chief n. kabiten
village chief's assistant n. basiya
village community n. paandasi
village council n. kuutu (4)
· · lanti (1)
village elder n. basiya
village hut n. langa2
village messenger n. basiya
village section n. pisi1 (2)
village sp. n. Bungusula
village sp., Arawak n. Mata1
village sp., Aukan n. Mainsi1
village sp., upriver n. Poolokaba
villager n. kondee (4)
vine n. tetei (2)
vine for fish poisoning n. neko
vine sp. for making baskets n. weima
vinegar n. asin
virgin jungle, planting grounds deep in n. gaan busi goon
virgin (woman), have sex with a booko wan pikin umanpikin
virgin (woman), sex with a gaansama wan pikin umanpikin
virginity, lose one's vi. booko (3)
virginity, take woman's du wan uman ogii
virgin's (woman) first sexual experience vi. booko (3)
vitamin n. fitamini
vocative used by husband for wife Sa Mati
vocative used by wife for husband Baa(la) Mati
· Baa(la) Mati
· Baa(la) Mati
voice n. tongo (3)
voice, shrill wan sama tongo ati
· wan sama tongo ati
volleys of punches, land kofu wataa
vomit puu a mofu
· n. balaki (2)
· vt. balaki (1)
vote for vt. sitemu
voyeuristic activities, carry out vt. waki (2)
vulnerable adj. mofina (3)
Turkey"}vulture, Black or Turkey n. adyankoo
· · tingi foo
· · nyamasu
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