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Manga Buang (PNG)

In the Manga Buang language there are many different verbs meaning ‘carry’.
These are some of them:

Hadu ‘carry on, or hanging from the head’
Haja ‘carry hanging from shoulder’
Hako ‘carry in hands’, also used as a general term for ‘carry’
Kaapin ‘carry against shoulder’, such as a small child
Kava ‘carry on shoulder’
Kud ‘carry seated on shoulders’
Laaku ‘two or more people carry opposite ends’ as pig tied to a pole
Peev ‘carry on back’
Taabuuh ‘carry in open arms’
Tuuh ‘carry in teeth or beak’
Vadang ‘carry in a sling’
Vama ‘carry in mouth’ as an animal carries its young.<

Which would be the appropriate verb to use in each of the following verses?
Genesis 8:1 “in her mouth a freshly plucked olive leaf”
Genesis 37:25 “camels bearing spices”
Genesis 40:16 “there were three cake baskets on my head”
2 Samuel 15:25 “carry the ark of God”
Mark 2:3 “a paralytic carried by four men”
Mark 11:16 “to carry anything through the temple”
Mark 14:13 “a man carrying a jar of water”
Mark 15:5 “he lays it on his shoulders”
Mark 15:21 “to carry his cross”
John 5:10 “it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet”
Acts 5:10 “they carried her out”

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