Food/Eating P.E.s Flashcards
ne ɑxwe tit tɑ
you eat this kaukau
ne ɑte tɑ
you drink water
ɑn ɑxwe mɑiyɑ
I am eating kaukau
niyɑf ɑn ɑmɑu mɑi ɑn wɑlɔfi
Friend, I’ve had enough to eat
sikɔ ne ɑmou ɑn mʌnei ɑn fɑlɑmɑme ne
Thank you, I ate your food and I’m happy with you.
wif ɑmɔuflɑi
Ate the pig.
kun fiyɑ momɑle miyɑ
This corn is sweet and good.
ɑn mɔu fɑu ne tɑ
I am full, you eat.
mɑnɪnɛmɑflɑi
turning completed (talking about corn cooking)
ɑn pɑne yɛ mu
I am cooking taro
ɑn pɑne mu pɪyowɑ
I am not cooking taro
mululɑ fɪl pɑne yɛ uɪyɑu oə ɔfɪnɑiyɑu
Is that woman cooking taro or what?
ne pɑne tu
you cook the taro
te kun wɑtɑ
you and I eat the corn
mululɑ yiɑ fɪne pɑne wufɛ mu
The two women will cook the taro tomorrow
ne pis mɑiyo oə mɑ peyoɑ / ɑn mɑ peyoɑ / ɑn mɑiyo
Do you eat fish or no? / I don’t eat it / I do eat it
nəf æmɑ wɑtɑ
We eat now
nəf lowɛf æmɑ wɑtɑ
We sit down and eat now
ɑndɾu tɑ ɑxwe ɑn ne tit, ɑxwe tit ɪm sutɛfo
Andrew gave us this kaukau, put it over there
ɑn ɑxwe muno, ɑuwe ɑfi ne mʌno
breaking off a piece of kaukau and giving it
ɑxwe mɛti
cooked kaukau
ne ɑxwe mɑiyɑyo
did you already eat?
ɑn ɑxwe mɑu
I am eating kaukau
ɑte nɑle mɑiyo tit
this is water to drink
kɔn
banana
mɑtɑno
bean
ɑmɑu
food
tɑijo
Ibika greens
xɑifɑ
Kapiak
ɑxue
Kaukau
lɑx
Kumu (general name)
misɪli
pumpkin
sɛfɛl
red or yellow Marota (alt)
ɔxɔl
red or yellow Marota
pisɑm
sugarcane
pɑikoɑ
tapiok
pɑne
taro
ɑxwe mɛtɪn
another kind of Kaukau (white skin)
ɑxwe wɪski
kind of kaukau (red skin)
kuli tɑiyo
Ibika kumu
ɑmɑu fu fwe
leaf for putting food
wʌxol fwe
leaf for turning marota
yɑle fwe
mumu leaf
pɑmkɪn xoto
old pumpkin leaf
pɑmkɪn wɑmu
pumpkin leaf
xuli foke
type of kumu
wɑtɑf tu
fruit/seed of vine