o1 interj. oh. O, nomo medmed! Don't be stupid. Usage: Location: BN. SD: X.

o2 SynD: oa. conj. or. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: V.

oba adv. over. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

-oba aff. over; (suffix on verbs indicating direction over). Kabarroba. Cover over. Ref: Hudson 1983:43. See: -an; -ap; -aran; -at; -awei; -bek; -dan; -in2; -of; -op; -ran; -wei. SD: V; P. Read: Sandefur 1979:117-119; Hudson 1983:41-43. [Gram: Hudson lists it as a 'second-order suffix' but Sandefur does not mention this affix.]

obajea adv. over there. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

obin v. open. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.

obin adj. 1) open.

obinim vt. open. Usage: Location: BN. SD: P.

obiningwei n. door. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.

obis n. office. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.

obisamen n. clerk; office worker. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.

oda va. ought to; should. Usage: Location: BN. Variant: orra. SD: Q.

odinri Etym: ordinary . [Note: check]

odinrimen Etym: ordinary man . [Note: check]

odinriwan adj. ordinary. [Note: check]

odinriwei adv. ordinary. [Note: check]

-of aff. off; (suffix on verbs indicating direction off). Getof. Get off. Alight. See: -an; -ap; -aran; -at; -awei; -bek; -dan; -in2; -oba; -op; -ran; -wei. Variant: -op. SD: V; P. Read: Sandefur 1979:117-119; Hudson 1983:41-43. [Gram: Sandefur classifies this as an 'adverbial suffix' but Hudson lists it as a 'second-order suffix'.]

ofring Etym: offering . [Note: check]

ofsaida n. offsider; assistant. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.

Ogis n. August. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

oil n. oil. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.

oim vt. owe. Usage: Location: BN. SD: R.

ointmen [Note: check ointment]

oista n. oyster. Usage: Location: BN. SD: K.

ojioji n. horse. Usage: Location: BN. SD: H. [Note: children's talk]

ok n. hawk; eagle. Usage: Location: BN. SD: J.

okei interj. okay. Usage: Location: F. SD: X.

oktapus n. octopus. Usage: Location: BN. SD: K.

Oktoba n. October. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

ol n. RAAF plane. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.

ol pro. all. wi ol kin eram Usage: Location: BFN. SD: Z.

ol SynD: old. adj. old. wen yupela get ol Usage: Location: BFN.

ola pro. all; a lot; all that's needed. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: Z.

olabasadn adv. suddenly; all of a sudden. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

olabat SynD: alabat 'Location: BN'. pro. they; them; their; (third person plural). Usage: Location: BFN. SD: Z.

olabatwei adv. their way. [Note: check]

olagija SynD: olageja. adv. 1) altogether; for ever; everlasting. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: V.

olagijawan adj. [Note: check]

olalong Etym: all along . [Note: check]

olaran Etym: all around . [Note: check]

olat adj. all; whole lot. Usage: Location: F. SD: N.

olataim adv. frequently; continuously. Usage: Location: F. SD: V.

olawei adv. always; all the way. Jisas lavs as olawei olaweidan always, habitually Usage: Location: BFN. SD: V.

olbala adj. old. [Note: check]

olbalawan adj. old. [Note: check]

olbalawei adv. old way. [Note: check]

olbit adv. altogether; everything. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

olbrij n. old bridge, cement causeway across Fitzroy River where highway used to go. Usage: Location: F. SD: D.

olda n. halter. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.

olda adj. older; oldest. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

olda contraction of ol da.

oldei adv. all day; always; continuously; all the time. a bin prei oldei I prayed as wewalked Usage: Location: BFN. SD: V.

oldendaim adv. olden times; early days. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

oldim vt. hold. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.

oldim gabarra n. confirmation, ritual performed to baptised persons in some churches. Usage: Location: BN. See: gabarra. SD: C.

oldindeis SynD: olendeis. adv. old time. Usage: Location: BFN. See: oldentaim. SD: V.

olendeis ka: n. old model car. mipela bin lukum wan olendeis ka garra lilwan wi:l Usage: Location: F. SD: D. [Note: considered funny]

olfeshanwan adj. out-dated. Usage: Location: BN. SD: O.

olgamen SynD: olgumen. n. old woman; woman. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: B.

olgamenmob See main entry: olgamen. [Note: check]

olgamenwan adj. of or relating to women. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: N.

olgolgamen n. old women; women. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B. [Note: plural form of olgamen]

olib [Note: check olive]

olidei n. holiday; vacation. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.

oligija adv. altogether; forever; all over. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

olim vt. hold. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.

olkain adv. all kinds. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

olkainaba adj. all kinds of. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

olkainabawei adv. all kinds of ways. [Note: check]

olkainwei [Note: check]

olmen n. old man; man. Usage: Location: BFN. Syn: marluga. SD: B. [Note: F grey, blind, hard to walk]

olmenmob See main entry: olmen. [Note: check]

olmenolmen n. old men; men. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B. [Note: plural form of olmen]

olmenwan adj. [Note: check]

olnait adv. all night; throughout the night; through the dark of the night. wi bin fishing deya olnait til mun bin gedap Usage: Location: BFN. SD: V.

oloba Etym: all over . [Note: check]

olot pro. whole lot; all of it. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

olpipul n. old people. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.

olrait adv. for sure. Is a pirla olrait. Usage: Location: F. See: orait. SD: V.

olredi adv. already; previously. olredi ibin askim as fo pencil olredi dakta bin lukum mi Usage: Location: BFN. SD: V.

oltestaman n. old testament.

olum vt. hold. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.

olwan adj. old. [Note: check]

olweis [Note: check allways old ways]

olwuman n. old woman. Usage: Location: BN. SD: B.

Oma n. Arab (in long robes). Usage: Location: N. SD: B.

omom vt. warm. Usage: Location: BN. SD: U.

on1 pro. own. Usage: Location: BN. SD: Z.

on2 SynD: ron. n. horn. Usage: Location: BN. SD: D.

-on aff. on; (suffix on verbs indicating direction, location or time). Wen det dediwan pudemon klos na det pikanini. When the father puts clothes on the child. See main entry: -an. SD: V; P.

onap v. own up. [Note: check]

oni [Note: check only]

onli SynD: oni. adv. only. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

onli fo See main entry: fo.

ononwei adv. own way. Usage: Location: BN. SD: O.

onself pro. own self. Usage: Location: BN. SD: Z.

ontop adv. on top; above. Usage: Location: BN. SD: V.

-op aff. off; (suffix on verbs indicating direction off). Nagop. Knock off (finish work). See: -an; -ap; -aran; -at; -awei; -bek; -dan; -in2; -oba; -of; -ran; -wei. Variant: -of. SD: V; P. Read: Sandefur 1979:117-119; Hudson 1983:41-43. [Gram: Sandefur classifies this as an 'adverbial suffix' but Hudson lists it as a 'second-order suffix'.]

opin SynD: opun, opunbala. adj. open; available; turned on (of machine). det lifda bin opun i opun Usage: Location: F. [Note: i opun to Jean R when children found her at home versus i klus before she answered the door]

opinap v. open up. [Note: check]

opinim SynD: opunum. vt. open, switch on light, tap. Yu gin luk kliya. Yu kaan opinimbat lif bla luk. You can see (the fruit) clearly. You don't have to push aside the leaves to see it. opunum det lait switch on the light Usage: Location: FN. SD: P.

opinimap vt. 1) open. Usage: Location: BFN. SD: P.

opinimapbat See main entry: opinimap.

opinimat v. open out. [Note: check]

opining Etym: opening . [Note: check]

opinwan adj. open. [Note: check]

opinwei adv. openly. [Note: check]

orait interj. alright; okay. iya orait that's okay Usage: Location: BFN. See: olrait. SD: X.

oredi adv. already; now. Usage: Location: BN. See: olredi. SD: V.

orinj n. orange. Usage: Location: BN. SD: E; M.

orinj adj. orange. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

orla pro. the (plural); demonstrative pronoun. Usage: Location: F. SD: Z.

orlorlong n. whole length; many units placed along a length, or moving along a line. wi bin siyim sam modiga standapbat orlorlong langa roud we saw cars parked all along the road pipul orlorlong det mein haiwei people running allalong the main road Usage: Location: F. SD: V. [Note: in relation to a lengthy geographical feature]

orra See main entry: oda.

os n. horse. Usage: Location: BN. SD: H.

ostritj n. ostrich. Usage: Location: BN. SD: J.

ot adj. hot. Usage: Location: BN. SD: N.

ova SynD: hova. prep. over. Usage: Location: F. SD: V.

owat interr. or what; (asking for response). yu skaitigel owot? Masbi yu yu garra go swiming owot? Usage: Location: F. See: payi. SD: W. [Note: can have either positive or negative reply]

owim [Note: check owe]

owumbek vt. give something in return for previous gift. ai bin owumbek det gel wan dres I gave that girl a dress as a return gift u ai bin owumbek gardiya det mani ai garra owumbek J. Comm. $30 I have to pay back $30 to J. Comm. (borrowed) Usage: Location: F. SD: U. [Note: not used for a favour, must be a material gift]