nabaut

See original Mihalic entry.

Modifier forms

1. around the place, scattered about
   planti pik i stap nabaut hia there are plenty of pigs around here
   em i longlong nabaut he wanders about in a daze

2. hither and thither, in various directions
   em i ran nabaut long haus he ran around the house
   ol i go nabaut long wok bilong ol the left in various directions for their gardens

3. not special, being nothing in particular
   ol man nabaut men in general
   ol diwai nabaut ordinary trees, not timber trees

Modifier compound forms

4. nabaut nabaut here and there
   ol i stap nabaut nabaut they are here and there, in various places

5. paul nabaut tangled, all over the place
   baklain i paul nabaut the rope is all twisted up, tangled up
   tok i paul nabaut to the message is all mixed up, garbled

Verb phrase forms

6. kaikai nabaut (i) to nibble here and there (ii to eat carelessly at different people’s houses
   no ken kaikai nabaut, ol posen man i stap mind who gives you food, there are sorcerers about

7. mekim nabaut (i) to do something indiscrimately (ii) to have sex with anyone

8. sut nabaut (i) to shoot all over the place (ii) to spurt out over everything
   ol i no makim stret, ol i sut nabaut they didn’t aim straight, they shot all over the place
   nes i katim buk, na susu sut nabaut the nurse lanced the boil and pus spurted everywhere

9. toktok nabaut (i) to talk nonsense (ii) to deliberately avoid a subject
   em i toktok nabaut, em i no givim gutpela bekim he didn’t give a good answer, he avoided the subject

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