yam - mami, yam
year - yia year (of age) - krismas yeast - yis yellow - yelo, yelopela yes - ya, yes yesterday - asde yet - yet you - yu, yupela you (two) - yutupela you (three) - yumitupela you and I - yumitupela young - yangpela your - bilong yu
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wages - pe
wait for - wetim wait in vain - wet nating waiter - weta walk (vb) - wokabaut wall - banis wallaby - sikau wanderer - welman, dripman want - laik war - pait warrior - man bilong pait was - bin vagrant - dripman, welman
vague, be - karamapim tok valley - ples i go daun, ples daun valuable - i kastim planti mani valve stem on inner tube - maus bilong gumi various kinds of - kainkain veal - mit bilong pikinini bulmakau vegetables - kumu, sayor, grins, saior vein - mambu bilong blut veranda, patio - veranda very - tumas, mo, tru very good- namba wan very much - tru, tumas, mo mo y videorecorder - vidiorikoda view (outlook) - ples lukluk village - ples, viles vine - rop, rop bilong diwai visit - go lukim voice - nek vomit - traut vote - vot voyage (n) - wokabaut long sip ugly - i no naispela
umbrella - ambrela unable to - no inap uncle, maternal - kandere paternal - smolpapa under, underneath - ananit understand - save unemployed - stap nating unfortunate(ly) - tarangu unite - bung wantaim university - yunivesiti, univesiti unlock door - lusim dua unmarried - no marit until - inap long up - antap up to, until - inap long upstairs - antap urgently - kwiktaim urinate - pispis use - yusim useless, no good - nogut usually - save utility - hapka table - tebol
tail - tel tailor (n) - man bilong samapim klos take - kisim, bringim take away - tekewe take contraceptives - pasim bel take off (plane) - kirap take temperature - glasim take to court - kotim talk - tok, toktok talk about - toktok long sack, dismiss - autim long wok
sad - sore, sori safe - i stap gut sago, sago palm - saksak sailor(s) - boskru salt - sol salt and pepper - sol na pepa saltmeat - mit, solmit same - wankain sandals - sandal sandwich - sanwis Saturday - Sarere sauce - sos race (contest) - resis
radiator - redieita radio - wailis railway - tren rain - ren raincoat - kotren, kot ren raining, it is - ren i kamdaun or pundaun rainbow - renbo rainy season - taim bilong ren raise, increase - apim (pe) raise money - kamapim mani raise with block and tackle - blokim rape - pulim, goapim raskol, rascal - raskol Qantas (airline) - Kwantas
quantity - hamas queen - misis kwin question - kwesten queue - lain quick - hariap quickly - kwik, kwiktaim quiet, quietly - kwait, i no gat nois, no ken mekim nois quite (long) - (longpela) liklik quotation, statement - hap tok pacify - kolim bel, mekim bel i kol
pack (vb) - bungim wantaim paddle (canoe) - pul long kanu pain - pen paint - pen, penim palace - haus bilong king palm of hand - insait long han pandanus fruit - marita paper - pepa parakeet - kalangal parcel - karamap parents - papamama park (n) - gaden bilas park (car) (vb) - pasim kar parliament - palamen parrot - koki; kalangal part - pat obtain - kisim
occasionally - wanpela wanpela taim occupied - pulap October - Oktoba offer - mekim ofa office - opis, ofis officer - ofisa oil - wel oil (something) - welim, grisim ointment - gris okay - oke, orait old - lapun; olpela old man - lapun old (things) - olpela olives -pikinini diwai oliv on - antap long once - wanpela taim |
Learn Tok Pidging.Even though the Melanesian countries, speak tok pisin, the words listed here is the Papua New Guinea Version. This list compiled by Terry D. Barhorst and Sylvia O'Dell-Barhorst and obtained from their web-site. Archives |