Nehan-English A - a a ART. article before nouns, abekuot (from: abekoutu) adj. adjectives, and singular for class a transparent. nouns but plural for class o nouns, abih (from: abihi) v. spit, spew out of definite article, one of two definite the mouth, spray. See: lou. articles the other is o. a tetiau the adod (from: adodo) n. 1) infected bird Halia: a. See: me; o. ear, pus from ear, otorrhea. a SM. third person plural, ‘they’, is — v. 2) water runs into house from found usually prefixed with the rain. ligature r- but also the completive adua n. sap, incense, sap of lueih marker k-. See: ra. tree. See: bultana; lueih. -a PRO. second person singular ae (from: aea) Q. Question word, pronoun ‘you’, follows verb or ‘why’, often used with reason word adverb. ia ro la -a Where are you maene. ae maene ko la Why, what going? reason did you go? Tok Pisin: a tun uakikilang (from: a tun bilong wanem; Halia: aha tsiponi, uakikilanga) n. first born child. Tok tara neha. Pisin: namba wan pikinini. See: aegigeig (from: aegigeigi) PPRO. uoum; uakeluk. first person plural inclusive aa EXCL. yes, long a. aa inggo ku possessive pronoun for food and banga tatanon Yes, I saw him. related objects. Tok Pisin: bilong Halia: aa. See: ahik. yumi. See: inggeig. Variant: aa bahau EXCL. of course, yes of egigieg. course. Halia: geha. See: aa. aeguo PPRO. first person singular abeab (from: abeaba) adj. flash like possessive pronoun, ‘mine’. Tok lightning, reflect, shine. Tok Pisin: i Pisin: bilong mi. See: inggo. lait; Halia: piraha. Variant: ab. Variant: eguo. abeakeken (from: abeakekene) n. aemiueim (from: aemiueimi) PPRO. the air, space, space where birds fly. first person plural exclusive abeke v. hang above. a baket e abeke possessive pronoun, ‘our’. Tok kus i ran The bucket was hung Pisin: bilong mipela. See: inggeim. above. Variant: emiueim.
1 aemiuoum a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ahik uadeil
aemiuoum (from: aemiuoumu) name means ‘fern on top’, probably PPRO. second person plural refers to its climbing or epiphytic possessive pronoun for closely habit. Microsorium sp. See: agur.
related objects such as food, ‘your’. ah1 (from: aha) v. grate food, Tok Pisin: bilong yupela. Variant: especially grate tapioca. Tok Pisin: emiuoum. skirapim tapiok; Halia: sugu. aemua PPRO. second person singular ah (from: aha) v. 1) number, count. possessive pronoun for closely 2 related objects such as food, ‘your’. ahang kaman douk wish list Tok Tok Pisin: bilong yu. Variant: Pisin: kaun, kaunim; Halia: ase. emua. 2) related to. hape re aha peion aenon (from: aenono) PPRO. third tamiuoum How is she related to person singular possessive pronoun you? 3) cut off, rejected by the clan. for closely related objects such as inggon ka aha liuin He is cut off. food, ‘his, hers its’. Tok Pisin: bilong en. See: anon. Variant: Variant: kat liuin. enon. ah3 (from: aha) EXCL. exclamation aesisin (from: aesisina) PPRO. third of refusal, ‘no way’. person plural possessive pronoun aha uaman (from: aha uamana) v. for closely related objects such as food, ‘their’. Tok Pisin: bilong ol. sharpen with a stone. Tok Pisin: Variant: esisin. sapim wantaim ston; Halia: han. ag (from: aga) v. float, fish to swim See: ah. on the surface. Halia: alasa. See: ahik (from: ahiki) NEG. no, negative, niag. as without money, without agiut (from: agiutu) v. desire to see, possessions, without a husband or let me see. Tok Pisin: mi laik lukim tu. See: nagiutu. wife. ahik tun me agout (from: agoutu) v. avoid, avoid inete be without something Tok food, fast for garden sake. inggo u Pisin: nogat; Halia: kaka agout tar laur teene inggo regu lot puku, e moa, na. Morph: a-hik. I avoid the water because of my Variant: haik. sore Tok Pisin: abrusim. ahik auia adv. ok, no it’s ok, never agur (from: aguru) n. fern species, mind, don’t want any. Tok Pisin: Sword fern, family Polypodiaceae, nogat emi oraet; Halia: noatalana. different leaf shapes. Nephrolepis See: ahik; auia. sp. See: aguran ran. Variant: ahik puk (from: ahik puku) adv. iagur. never. Tok Pisin: i nogat wanpela aguran ran (from: aguran rana) n. taim; Halia: mamala, namala. fern species, family Polypodiaceae, ahik uadeil (from: ahik uadeili) adv.
2 ahik ualuluahar a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u aluh
none, nothing, answer to request ‘no alemud tar parau you are late for none’ don’t have any. Tok Pisin: the ship nogat samting. See: uadeil. alialah (from: alialaha) adj. no ahik ualuluahar (from: ahik heavy, light. See: mamarakan; ualuluahara) NEG. none at all. mamaol. ail (from: aili) n. plant species, family alialiangan (from: alialiangana) n. Malavaceae, Hibiscus species. sound, echo, a muffled distant Hibiscus sp. speech associated with the ghosts of aiu EXCL. let me see. Tok Pisin: mi absentees or thoes who have died laik lukim. away for Nissan. Variant: -ako DEM. location down there, alialingan. away from speaker. Tok Pisin: long aligog (from: aligogo) n. 1) ginger hap. See: giako; -ko. type of plant, family Zingiberaceae. al (from: ala) v. strike as a match, Alpinia oceanica. Halia: toutou. shape with wedge, carve, shape, by See: gorogoro. 2) ghost of a man carving, flatten as when carving flat who died away from Nissan and has planks, light a fire with sticks. Tok returned to cry, this ghost can turn Pisin: slekim masis. into the aligog plant. -ala DEM. over there. Tok Pisin: long aloh (from: aloho) n. 1) ant species, hap i go. See: giala; -la. generic term for ants, Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Iridomyrmex alai (from: alaia) n. plant species, sp.; Tetramosium sp. a alohene i family Sapotaceae. Pouteria kot the ant here on the ground maclayana. Tok Pisin: kain diwai. Halia: lasa. See: kadik; eitieit; Variant: pispisik. katet. Variant: bobo; pelpelesi; na alap (from: alapa) n. algae species. ut ro pekpeke. 2) plant species See: mom. family Labiatae, Basil species. alar (from: alara) v. to flower, flower Ocimum maericanum L. that precedes the fruit, blossom out. alol (from: alolo) n. bundle of a beik ke alar The mangos firewood. flowered. alaranar beik mango alonoin v. alone, word always takes flower Tok Pisin: niupela pikinini the object suffix, passive verb. diwai; Halia: holaka. alonoio I’m alone See: uaalon. alaran (from: alarana) n. pollen. alua n. head sores, could be from See: alar. scabies or lice. Tok Pisin: sua long alemud (from: alemudu) v. late, miss het. time, to arrive late. ingga ko
3 aluh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u aseis
aluh (from: aluhu) n. tree species anian2 (from: aniana) n. onion, family Rubiaceae. Timonius timon. popular food, used for cooking, Tok Pisin: kain diwai. family Alliaceae, not often grown. alut (from: alutu) n. hoarse throat, Allium sp.; Allium porrum. Variant: laryngitis. Tok Pisin: sua long nek; slatanian. From: Tok Pisin. Halia: goni. See: ngor. -anitie DEM. location there, not in amengan (from: amengana) v. view. See: gianitie; ginitie. lonely, to be in a place alone, a anon (from: anono) PPRO. singular lonely place. ke amenganasieig possessive pronoun, ‘his, her’s, mespaheigig we are lonely by it’s’. See: inggon; aenon. ourselves angal (from: angala) n. puss, ami n. army. From: English. discharge from a sore. a lot a angal The sore is pussy. Tok Pisin: amuh (from: amuhu) v. smell. sense waitpela blut; Halia: taspa. See: of smell, to discover by smelling. a ongo. lo ke amuh tar hueit roke The dog smelled the wild pig. Tok Pisin: angat (from: angata) adj. fresh, smel; Halia: soka. See: iamiamuhu unsalted, not sour, watery fruit. ‘perfume, body odor’; iamuhuia anggelo n. angel. Halia: angelo. ‘smell good’. Variant: iamuh. From: English. -anah (from: -anaha) DEM. up there. apus (from: apusu) v. wrap around, See: gianah; ganah; -nah. snake wraps around something. a soi ke apus pous tar bekio the anan (from: anana) n. hunter snake wraped around killing the fisherman winner, champion, fliyng fox professional, one who does his work ar (from: ara) v. wipe as after very well. See: tang. defecating, rub two sticks together. ananiasen (from: ananiasene) n. Halia: kukol. imprint, slit, crease, crack. arian (from: ariana) v. begin to heal, anas (from: anasa) v. to mark, make a mark, mark. a kup ke anasain come out of a fever, fever breaks, The kup is marked or cracked See: heal. Tok Pisin: sik i pinis; Halia: ualoin; uaanas. tahuala. -ane DEM. demonstrative for asa adj. bad, poor, evil. Tok Pisin: location, this place here. me nogut; Halia: omi. Morph: a-sa. uamokane tar kup Come put here See: sa. the cup. Tok Pisin: hia. See: gane. aseis (from: aseisi) n. plant species anian1 (from: aniana) n. portable bed used by chief, archaic. See: heig; family Sterculiaceae. Abroma uat. angusta. Variant: momohang.
4 -asila a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u auin
-asila DEM. demonstrative, ‘those missing the flying fox See: over there’ animate but not visible. auiauala. O Retanasila i Alotau Those Buka auia adj. good, well, correctly. Tok people over there in Alotau city Pisin: gutpela; Halia: poto. Morph: See: -sila; gisila. a-uia. See: uaia. -at DEM. there location. See: gaat; auia belbel (from: auia belbele) adv. giat. alright but, to agree but hesitate. -atie DEM. there. See: gatie. Tok Pisin: em i gutpela tasol. atuau (from: atuaua) n. 1) tree with a auia tun (from: auia tunu) v. very nut, type of nut, it is a difficult nut good, thank you. Tok Pisin: gutpela to peel. See: kahoro, ketama. tru; Halia: nigana. — v. 2) type of magic to cause a auiantiehe tun (from: auiantiehe person to forget. a tamat e ate tar tunu) adv. very good, exceedingly ketam atuau the person knows how to make forget good. Tok Pisin: gutpela tru; Halia: bala. atun (from: atunu) n. tuna species, family Katsuwonidae, Tuna, auiauala v. zigzag. See: auala. Skipjack, Mackerek Tuna, caught auih (from: auihi) v. wrap around, as by trolling outside of reef. strips around a base or rim in a Euthynnus alletteratus affinis. Tok woven basket, or a snake around the Pisin: atun; Halia: atun. See: arm, encircle arm, roll up. Tok tangili. Pisin: rolim string; Halia: pil. aua n. banana type, Java banana that auin (from: auini) v. carry under the originally came from Java, family arm or between the legs. inggo ku Musaceae. Halia: iaba. See: pos. auin tane toro buk tar limog I aual (from: auala) v. zigzag, wave, carried the buk under my arm. Tok thrown crookedly. a ideu ke auala Pisin: karim andaneit long han; siau tar bekio the arrow zigzaged Halia: apits.
5 B – b
ba1 n. metal bar, crow bar. See: taui. might break in and eat the garden From: Tok Pisin. food. Tok Pisin: lukautim. ba2 n. enchanted lime used in weather — n. 2) talisman, charm to protect magic, especially potent lime for from sorcery, guard. o tamatang blowing at rain clouds to cause them babat the guards
to disperse. babat2 (from: babata) adv. along, go babakilar (from: babakilara) n. along the beach. lih babat i teh go generic for starfish, family along the beach Asteroidea, Crown-ofthorns starfish, babau (from: babaua) adj. thin, thin many types. Acanthaster planci. from disease or lack of food. Tok inggo ku banga tar babakilar i Pisin: bun nating; Halia: sikene. laur I saw the starfish in the water babaur (from: babauru) n. deformed Variant: babakilaran tar ion; leg, deformed shin of lower leg. babakilar toro hihuan; babkilar Halia: pongo. See: peil. toro hahalan. babeir (from: babeiri) n. catagory, babal (from: babala) v. glide, swoop same as, type, layer together. a down like a bird, dive. hu babal babeir tamata tang Josua i Nehan dive under the water o keketik harah the same type of babanut (from: babanutu) n. floor people as Joshua on Nissan are still joist, house support. Halia: nohoei. children See: uelbabeir; ohai. babar (from: babara) v. to line with babulis (from: babulisi) n. fish leaves or cloth, flat, line, to start, to species, family Sphyraenidae, begin a feast. inggo ku babara tar Military Sea pike, similar to tohen tar kamang pos I lined the Barracuda but with large dark bars basket with bannana leaves See: on the body. Sphyraena quenie. See: babaran. Variant: baber. onoh. Variant: mabulis. babaran (from: babarana) n.1) under bagarap (from: bagarapa) adj. clothes, under pants. 2) the day ruined. See: hiapa. From: Tok before a feast, prepare a feast, day of Pisin. preparation, lining food baskets with bah (from: baha) n. monitor, giant leaves. Halia: tasa. See: babar; lizard, skin is used for kundu drums, bail. family Varanidae, Goannas, young babat1 (from: babata) v. 1) protect, form called basapan, rare now on watch over, guarding the garden at Nissan. Varanus indicus. inggo ku night by watching for pigs which bang tar bah I saw the monotor
6 bahau a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka
lizard haluh bah I’m very hungry! baka hahau (from: baka hahaua) Halia: basa. Variant: basapan. adj. to throw back in retaliation, pay bahau (from: bahaua) adv. certainly, back, retaliate. Tok Pisin: bekim. of course. Halia: geha tsiponi. See: hahau. Morph: bo-hau. See: hau. baka kai (from: baka kaia) v. throw bahbah (from: bahbaha) n. bedrock, up on, pull out to sea. Tok Pisin: solid reef, underlying coral tromoim i go antap. formation. Tok Pisin: rip long baka kuku v. to wind back on self siburuk; Halia: lapo. like yam vines. a koko ke baka bahir (from: bahiri) n. smooth coral kuku manas The yam vines are stone. Favia sp. covering the ground and about to baia n. sexual disease, venereal produce. Tok Pisin: yam i go antap disease, gonorrhea. na kam daun. baianat (from: baianata) n. bayonet. baka liu v. throw away, cast away. From: English, French. inggono ke baka liu tar momong i teh She threw away the rubbish at bail (from: baili) v. build up, extend, the beach. Tok Pisin: tromoim i go. to make a basket tohen bigger to hold more. o tamata ka bail tar baka mani v. tax, head tax, give tax. tarakta tar bit The people extend Tok Pisin: tromoim mani long the tractor with coconount fronds. takis. See: takisi. baka peispeis (from: baka peispeisi) bak1 (from: baka) v. throw away from self. Tok Pisin: tromoi; Halia: lapo. v. 1) put in different spaces, separate spaces. 2) insist on going in spite of bak (from: baka) adv. first, to alter a 2 opposition. state, return to it later. kale baka uoumane Bring it here first. hope baka sir (from: baka siri) n. likeness ro baka pe roon What does it look in either appearance or behavior. like? Tok Pisin: wankain, luk wankain. baka bak (from: baka baka) n. baka to v. to put blame on someone rubbish made from bush that is else, accuse of doing wrong. Tok cleared for a garden, place to throw Pisin: sutim tok; Halia: hahatu. rubbish, rubbish pile. Tok Pisin: hap See: toho tola; baktul. bilong tromoim pipia. baka toto v. throw into a heap, pile baka buk tane v. forbid, forbid up. Tok Pisin: hipim. something as taboo. Tok Pisin: baka uaauihi v. to throw wrapping pasim samting i tambu; Halia: around itself, wrap around self. hapiu. See: ut. baka uagutur (from: baka uaguturu)
7 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u bal
adj. middle size. bakiauih (from: bakiauihi) v. change baka uahahau (from: baka uahahaua) sides, to back track, to change v. to give more than another in direction in a circle, change sides. exchange. baklek (from: bakleke) v. to cross baka uahikuh (from: baka over a fence or a tree on the ground. uahikuhu) v. custom of making a bakparat (from: bakparata) v. move presentation of food to a feast sideways. sponsor during the tigul sessions bakpokos (from: bakpokoso) v. go showing support for the feast. See: through enter one side and emerge tigul. from other. baka uahiu (from: baka uahiuo) v. bakpous (from: bakpousu) v. stone, drop something down. See: uahiu. throw stones at something. Tok baka uapon (from: baka uapono) v. Pisin: sutim em long ston. See: throw on top. Tok Pisin: tromoim pous. antap. bakrakop (from: bakrakopo) v. lie baka uasol (from: baka uasolo) v. face down on stomach, lie flat. See: throw into like a basketball into a rakop. hoop. Tok Pisin: tromoim i go baktane v. forbid, weigh down, repair insait. stone fence to prevent movement bakala tar laur (from: bakala tar through, cover to protect. See: tane. lauru) v. soak, throw there into the baktul (from: baktulu) v. blame water. Halia: tono. See: uabus. someone, to blame someone for a bakantieh (from: bakantiehe) v. wrong. See: baka to; tul. throw hard, throw far, cast as when bakue n. generic term for shark, fishing with a pole and line. Halia: shark. a tamat ke reih tar bakue bi. Morph: baka -ntieh. tena auon The man caught the shark bakbak (from: bakbaka) v. scatter. with his fishing line. Tok Pisin: sak; bakbise v. throw away from. Halia: Halia: baki. Variant: ngusngus; ban. bakue gauil white shark. bakhahau (from: bakhahaua) adj. bakut (from: bakutu) n. ceiling. greater, superior. inggo ke bakutur (from: bakuturu) v. to throw bakhahau nagu koko tang Glenon stones at to chase away. See: My yams are greater than bakpous; bak.
Glennon’s. Tok Pisin: bigpela mo. bal1 (from: bala) n. thought, flash of bakhung (from: bakhungu) v. bend light or lightning. Halia: hakats. leg in preparation to jump or dive. See: balabal.
8 bal a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka bal2 (from: bala) n. lizard species balang MDL. rapidly. teke balang la family Scincidae, brown lizard. pe Glennon i Kainatungua It is Riopa sp. Tok Pisin: braun palai. that Glennon quickly went to See: pale. Variant: bal popoian; bal Kainatu. Morph: bala-ng. tun. balatangou (from: balatangouo) n. bala liu v. burn it up. Litus e uoto plant species family Sapindaceae. bala liu tar pitun i lolon tena kuen Allophylus cobbe. See: kaskasis. Litus is always burning up the balbal (from: balbala) n. fish species, coconut husks in his plantation. Tok family Balistidae, Gilded Trigger- Pisin: latim paia long ol pipia. fish. Xanthichthys auromarginatus. bala uaia v. content, place something See: lio. correctly. Tok Pisin: putim gut. balbalar (from: balbalara) v. bala uasa n. upset, sad, incorrect. Tok diagonal, angle, bend as a tree, vine Pisin: putim nogut. or rope. Tok Pisin: kokonas i sanap balabal (from: balabala) v. jab krukut; Halia: hakono. See: tur repeatedly. Tok Pisin: subim, subim uageg. i go. See: bal. balbaluh (from: balbaluhu) n. fence balabelang kong (from: balabelang stick, support. Tok Pisin: diwai kongo) n. plant species family bilong sapotim. Zingiberaceae. Costus speciosus. Balil (from: Balili) propN. village balakos (from: balakoso) v. pregnant, name on the north part of Nissan, conceive, large stomach. a kuah ke made up of several parts. Tok Pisin: balaokos The woman is pregnant. nem bilong ples. Tok Pisin: meri i gat bel; Halia: balilai (from: balilaia) n. magic pika. See: balakisi. device used for protection and balamaris (from: balamarisi) n. aggression especially in dance magic obsidian, black volcanic glass like contests, not as powerful as kuar. stone, used traditionally as a knife, See: kuar. obtained by trading. balim (from: balimi) Variant: bilim. balan (from: bala) n. abdomen, belly, n. sling, carry in a sling, as a baby, takes possessive marker for person net bag. See: kik. From: Tok Pisin. and number, body parts. rone a balkis (from: balkisi) adj. fat over balan this is his abdomen uelsuk ro weight. See: balakos. bala upset, troubled Tok Pisin: bel; baluh (from: baluhu) n. bird species, Halia: tori. See: buto; pakpako. family Columbidae, Grey Imperial Variant: mahing balan gastritis, pidgin, one type kurou is consider dyspepsia; balanon. 9 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u banga kout
extinct now on Nissan. Ducula nonap; Halia: palpal. See: banot. pistrinaria; Ducula sp. Tok Pisin: bantui n. pandanus species family balus. Variant: baluhung na Pandanaceae. Pandanus sp. See: gorogor; baluhung lalaer; kurou; uaum. kulu; ruoru. banua n. jellyfish, generic for balus (from: balusu) n. airplane. See: jellyfish and sea anemone. Physalia baluh. From: Tok Pisin. sp. See: misua; ueluelung; haha. bam (from: bama) n. plant species, Variant: pihpihkal; na kiali ro family Leguminosae, Kudzu bean palau hydroid. species. Adenosma caerulea; bang (from: banga) v. to see, look, Pueraria textilis. See: bin. view. Tok Pisin: lukim. Redup: ban1 (from: bana) n. bean sp. See: bangbang. kalana. From: English. bang i duhia v. look toward ocean ban2 (from: bana) v. to carve the side. inside of a tree trunk called a bang i lolon (from: bang i lolono) v. garamut, kundu drum. Barry ke look toward jungle, look inside. bana toro kundu Barry carved the Halia: matasousei. See: lolon; inside of the kundu drum See: tuk. bang. banbanam (from: banbanama) v. bang i teh (from: bang i tehe) v. look revenge, desecration of the dead, toward lagoon. Halia: mata golala. evil done against those that have See: bang; teh. died, desecration of the grave or banga ah (from: banga aha) v. check, things belonging to the dead person. discern. inggeim king banga aha banih (from: banihi) n. fig species toro piriki nar uma ge para family Moraceae. Ficus niholor We check the door of the prasinocarpa. See: bouh. house that it should be locked. banis (from: banisi) n. fence. From: Variant: bange ah. Tok Pisin. banga bak (from: banga baka) v. banokuah (from: banokuaha) n. investigate. Halia: tara u. crowd of women. banga dede v. keep looking, watch banot (from: banoto) adv. can, able closely, study. Halia: pepeito, tara to, permit, enough. bantoto tun kakap. effective Tok Pisin: inap; Halia: banga hahai (from: banga hahaia) v. tatei. See: matot. visit, go see, look at. banoto leu (from: banoto leue) v. banga kout (from: banga koutu) v. unable, impossible. Tok Pisin: i see pass by.
10 banga peispeisi a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka banga peispeisi v. to look at different v. keep watching. See: uanon. parts of something. inggon ke banga uasa v. bad eyesight, dislike. banga peispeis tar tinoia He looked See: uasa. at the different parts of the banga uatek (from: banga uateke) v. traditional dance. sidelong glance. Halia: tara harehi. banga sir (from: banga siri) n. See: uatek. likeness in either appearance or banga uator (from: banga uatoro) v. behavior. Halia: sinehe. guard, look after, responsible, banga tagin (from: banga tagini) v. trustworthy. See: uator; kaueke. check, to check on something, banga uelhir (from: banga uelhiri) v. checkout. See: bang. look at the object of conversation or banga tapokis (from: banga person, toward someone, or tapokisi) v. review, look back. something. See: uiliangara. banga timuh (from: banga timuhu) banga ueltebeir (from: banga v. see first time, see stranger. Halia: ueltebeiri) v. look around. Halia: tara halel. hula tara. banga to v. pantomime, in derision of bangabang (from: bangabanga) v. someone, imitate, cheat, copy. clock, mirror, show for appearance. Halia: hahakos. Morph: banga-to. See: bang. Redup: bangbanga to. bangae Q. discern. o bangae Why are banga uakeis (from: banga uakeisi) you looking? See: ae; banga ah. v. check, scout, part of advance bangan duk (from: bangan duku) v. party in war. Halia: tson mammam. ignore. See: uakeis. bangang duk (from: bangang duku) banga uamanai (from: banga v. respect. See: ueltada. uamanaia) v. see indistinctly, see Bangar propN. name of important vaguely, dimly, see many but only a cultural figure on Nissan, brother of few really. Halia: hakurukuruhana. Lean and son of Timbeheis, many banga uanom (from: banga uanomo) important cultural stories associated v. peek, peer, hesitantly or with these two brothers. See: Lean; cautiously, look form hiding, watch Timbeheis. secretly, watch over secretly. Halia: bangbanga hihir (from: bangbanga tara kap. See: uanom. Variant: hihiri) v. scrutinize. banguanom. Redup: bangbanga bangbanga toin n. directions. uanom. banghuar (from: banghuara) v. view banga uanon (from: banga uanono) clearly, see clearly. Morph:
11 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baroup
bang-huar. See: bang; huar. barahintieh (from: barahintiehe) n. Variant: bahuara. very long. Tok Pisin:longpela stret; bangkadau (from: bangkadaua) v. Halia: ngahamate. Morph: see something as plentiful, a lot, barahi-ntieh. See: barah. surprised at seeing a lot, gaze upon. barang (from: baranga) n. strength, See: kadau. poison, power, usually refers to bangkedang (from:bangkedanga) v. power in the negative sense, flame judge decide whether one is correct of fire, supernatural power. inggo or not. Tok Pisin: lukim dispela i ku barang tasir uid I cooked the gutpela. See: kedang. sea shells in the flame Tok Pisin: bangkout adj. transparent. See: paua. See: popokoho; uelpipih; tadalakout; kout. uelbaranga. bangparok (from: bangparoko) v. barangai (from: barangaia) n. fish recognize. Tok Pisin: luk save; species, family Tetrodontidae, type Halia: marei. See: parok; of large puffer fish. Diodon sp.; banghuar. Variant: baparok. Chilomycterus sp. See: mismising; kib. bangpokos (from: bangpokoso) n. see threw the hole, or something, barat (from: barata) n. generic for hole in something other than the sea cucumber species. Tok Pisin: pis ground, have holes. Halia: tabutu. lama. See: pul. Morph: bang-pokos. bario n. breadfruit species, family bangtagin (from: bangtagini) v. Moraceae, many types, important defend, defend honor of, to go to food eaten boiled or dried over a defense of. fire. Artocarpus altilis. a bureher bario a tur i lolon There are many barabar (from: barabara) n. fishy breadfruit trees in the jungle. Tok odor smell of salt water. a lolou a Pisin: kapiak; Halia: baliau. See: barabar the reef smells kalis. Variant: maseh. barah (from: barahi) adj. long, tall. a bariom parau (from: bariom tamatene a barah This man here is paraua) n. Custard apple not thorny tall. Tok Pisin: longpela; Halia: fruit, Sour sop a thorny fruit, family ngahangaha. See: barahin. Annonaceae, two types small leaf barahin (from: barahina) n. length a and large leaf. Anona squamosa; unit of measure. a umene a touihir Anona muricata; Goniothalmus sp. nibarahin the house here how long Tok Pisin: bresprut. is it Halia: ngaha. Morph: baroup (from: baroupu) v. replant, barahi-n. See: barah. replant in old garden. Tok Pisin:
12 barun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka
planim kaikai gen. Variant: for butterfly, Lepidoptera. Jon e baroub. turung keipi me me beb tar liuo barun (from: barunu) v. plant sprout, John will bring here a butterfly banana taro etc. tomorrow morning. Tok Pisin: basir (from: basiri) v. fashion, style. bembe; Halia: bibi. See: beben See: uelbasire. Redup: babasir. tulaun; beben toro bebek; bebe iauiauel; beben du. Variant: bebe basousougot (from:basousougoto) bukbukir green butterfly. v.stare. Morph: bang-sousougot. See: uoto bang. Variant: bebe n. cycad species, queen sago bangsousougot. palm, family Cycadaceae, the leaves are used for ‘Palm Sunday’ services bata n. avacado species, family at the Catholic mission. Cycas Lauraceae, not common on Nissan, rumphii. o bebe o tur tar iom The introduce from Rabaul. Peresa cycad is standing in the garden. gratissima. From: Tok Pisin. bebe iauiauel (from: bebe iauiauele) bataba v. absent, not there, missing. n. butterfly species, Lepidoptera, binak re me uoto pokoso Makor e family Pieridae, Grass Yellow me uoto bataba tena niein When Butterfly. Eurema sp. See: beb. he always comes, Makor comes and finds his food missing. bebeber (from: bebebere) adj. flat, thin. bato1 n. rainbow. Halia: kokonoso, butou. bebehem baluh (from:behbehem baluhu) n. plant species family bato v. learn from correction, learn 2 Arsistolochiaceae, Dutchman’s pipe from discipline. a keketik ke bato species. Aristolochia tagala. manas The child has learned from his corrections. bebek (from: bebeke) n. plant species family Boraginaceae. batob (from: batobo) v. absent, Messerschmidia argentea. missing. Tok Pisin: i no stap, mi no lukim. Variant:batab; batop. bebelekouo uahiu v. dive head first. See: bel sirupu. batue n. coral species. Favites sp. Tok Pisin: rip. See: dal. beben du n. butterfly species, Lepidoptera, small black butterfly Baul propN. village name. found near ocean and cliffs, be adv. outside as outside of the common. Mycalesis sp.; Melantis sp. garden or village. inggon e uangoul See: beb. Variant: bebe kurum. i behia tar uan He is living outside beben toro bebek (from: beben toro of the village. See: kalahara. bebeke) n. butterfly species, beb (from: bebe) n. butterfly, generic Lepidoptera, family Amatidae, small 13 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u bekio
red butterfly. Euchromia iria. See: some have introduced larger fruit beb. types from Rabaul. Mangifer minor. beben tulaun (from: beben tulaunu) rone nogo beikio This is my mango n. butterfly species, Lepidoptera, tree. Halia: bek. family Cossidae, Swift Moth, also beil (from: beili) v. upset, grief, large butterfly with colors. Xylautes sacrifice, signal of calamity, to sp; Papilio sp. See: beb. Variant: destroy property out of grief, to beat nasir beb ramamahialik. the garamut drum to signal an event bebenatoin (from: bebenatoini) n. i.e. death, someone leaving home, a waterline, shoreline. Halia: lost pig or someone falling from a monsingmou, singmou. Variant: tree. gisina ka tuk tar beil tar mat bebenaton. They signaled calamity of death. bebeu (from: bebeue) v. dog howl. inggon ke la beilbeil He went anyway from home. See: sok; beil beeu (from: beeue) v. dog crying, dog douk. Redup: beilbeil. continually to cry. Redup: bebeeu. beil douk (from: beil douko) n. feast beg (from: bege) n. bag. From: name, one of several feasts after a English. death. beh (from: behe) v. defecate. Tok bek (from: beke) n. large round white Pisin: em i pekpek; Halia: pi. See: oyster shell, used to represent peace behen. or harmony among the people, behebeh (from: behebehe) n. insect family Pteridae. Pinctada sp. rone species, small spider like insect with nogo beko This is my oyster shell. long legs, found often in large Halia: perere, bei. See: bekabek. numbers at the base of trees, they bekabek (from: bekabeka) n. shell don’t bite and are all seen shaking species, Oysters, family Pteriidae, together. Giant Wing Oyster. Pteria penguin. behen (from: behene) n. semen. Tok See: bek; kob. Variant: bekobek. Pisin: wara bilong man, melek; bekil (from: bekili) n. bush spirit that Halia: kese. See: beh. lives in swampy places where sago behua n. plant species family palms grow. kara la toukout tenas Compositae. Wedelia biflora. ran ideu tena iatouor bekil And Variant: besuh. then they cut their arrows out of the beik (from: beiki) n. mango species, 6 sago palm belonging to the bekil. types family Anacardiaceae, popular bekio n. black flying fox, giant bat, food among children, adults eat the generic for fruit bats, many types. fruit when not yet ripe by boiling, Pteropus rayneri. a bebekiolik e
14 bekol a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka
kus i rana toro douk A baby flying belebel; sosua; kuka luluh; fox is hanging up on the tree. Halia: kamermer; mambia. reki. belabelang kong (from: belabelang bekol (from: bekolo) n. cowry kongo) n. plant species family generic, many types, family Zingiberaceae, Spiral flag species, Cypraeidae, some of the species Cane reed species. Costus speciosus. identified form Nissan are listed. belebelalik (from: belabelaliki) adj. Cypraea sp.; Cypraea argus; thin as a man or a stick. Halia: Cypraea tigris; Cypraea cribraria; toktokiana. Morph: bela-bela-lik. Cypraea testudinaria; Cypraea belen tuk (from: belen tuku) n. shell caputserpentis; Cypraea erosa; species, Mitre shells family Cypraea lynx; Cypraea caurica; Mitridae. Mitra mitra; Mitra sp.; Cypraea arabica; Cypraea teres. Mitra cardinalis. See: uereuer. inggo ku tupar tasir bureher bekol Variant: tubunar uelgumgume. i teh I found many cowries at the beleng ian (from: beleng iana) n. fish beach. Tok Pisin: girigiri. See: spear that has several spread prongs paslan; ngusunar hueit; uilag; at the end. Halia: lalaka. uadelauanang karkin; no bekolo Timbeheis. Variant: puputundu; belgol (from: belgolo) v. fall head bekolo madelau; bekolo uereuer. first, damaged neck from fall. belo n. bell. Halia: bel. From: Tok bel1 (from: bele) v. drift, float with current. bele teilin drift about Pisin. belsirup (from: belsirupu) v. dive bel2 (from: bele) n. 1) spear, a dance performed with a spear. bele tar head first. Barry ke belsirup tar hueit spear the pig Tok Pisin: spia. biris Barry dived head first off the Redup: belbel. warf. See: sirup. — v. 2) spear, hollow out, discharge belun (from: belunu) v. unused, of grease. uninhabited, wild place. gala i du a butur belun Over there on the bela v. menstruate. Halia: puposa. 1 ocean siden is an uninhabited place. bela n. body markings burned in with 2 bensin (from:bensini) n. gasoline. glowing end of a stick. Halia: From: Tok Pisin. hasikisiki. beng (from: benge) adj. rotten, rot, belabel (from: belabela) adj. stick, 1 spoiled as food or meat. a katiu ke thin, as a man or a stick. beng The meat rotted. Tok Pisin: belabel2 (from: belabela) n. crab sting pinis; Halia: koreme. species, water crab, swimming crab. berau (from: beraua) n. fish species, Portunus sp. See: kamuk. Variant: 1 15 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u bidoh
family Acanthuridae, Convict Halichoeres centriquadrus. Variant: Surgeon fish. Acanthurus triostegus. kotkot iauan; keken palas. Halia: salolo. See: mapok. bian (from: biana) n. bait for fishing berau2 (from: beraua) n. shelf, shelf or trap. inside of house along one side, used biana uain (from: biana uaini) v. to keep small items on also a garden extend, enlarge as a house. Morph: shelf. biana-uain. See: uain. bereit (from: bereiti) n. bread. rone bib (from: bibi) n. generic term for rogo bereitio this is my bread See: mushroom, many types, one type uarana. From: English. glows in the dark, some are eaten beru n. pumpkin species, family especially those growing on sago Cucurbitaceae. Cucurbita sp. trunks that are rotten. Halia: ibi. Variant: kapoken. See: bib o luh. beu (from: beue) n. large tree species bib o luh (from: bib o luhu) n. which grows along beach, those fluorescent mushroom has a green growing near a village are luminous color that glows in the considered to be sacred and not to be dark. Halia: ibiliolio. See: bib. cut without permission, strong wood bibialok (from: bibialoko) n. moon used for house supports, children shine. Tok Pisin: mun i lait na ples often used the seeds to play marbles, i klia. See: bialok. family Guttiferae, Beauty leaf bibil (from: bibili) n. small insect species. Calophyllum inophyllum. eating bat species, common in early Tok Pisin: kalopilum; Halia:biau. evening in village area, spends day Variant: beuing Tasman; beu tun. sleeping under leaves, fast flyer. bia n. shell species, trochus, family See: bekio. Trochidae, commercial trochus bibinan (from: bibinana) n. mold, collected to sell for mother-of-pearl dusty. Halia: kukubi. See: they contain, large specimens are mamaoun. becoming scarce, people often use bibio n. roof edge, eves. Halia: the Tok Pisin word lalai. Trochus kuhukuhu. niloticus. Tok Pisin: lalai. Variant: uol. bidoh (from: bidoho) Q. question tag, a comment that expects affirmation bialok (from: bialoko) n. moon, of a previous statement. ingga o la month. Tok Pisin: mun; Halia: tur i Kalil bidoh You come from tsihau. See: bibialok. Kaili, right? Tok Pisin: laka; Halia: biam (from: biama) n. fish species tsime. See: noman. family Coridae, Four-spot Wrasse.
16 bil koup a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka bil koup (from: bil koupu) n. fish binak (from: binaka) n. time, generic species, family Plectorhynchidae, for time. na binakar bialok the time Brown Sweet lips. Pseudopristipoma of the moon See: daan. nigra. Variant: bil kalok. binakang la n. time for going home bilbile v. turn head back and forth, from the garden or bush. Halia: tou shake head. Tok Pisin: sekim het; gala. Halia: hula hangehe. binakon (from: binakono) n. this bilesim (from: bilesimi) v. bless, time. binakaninanine these times dedicate when used in a Christian here Halia: tou. Morph: binak-on. context. See: uahuhu; uauaha. binarang (from: binaranga) v. fade From: Tok Pisin. by putting in the sun to make white, bilih (from: bilihi) n. sorcery, rituals seaweed that turns white when dried, that cause disease. Halia: matuna. white paint. Halia: momo. See: From: Tok Pisin. uapid. bilin (from: bili) n. lip, takes binirin (from: bibirini) n. curse, possessive marker for person and misfortune without a cause. See: number, the form bilin is ‘his lip’. birin. biliguo ‘my lips’ Halia: penrung. binirin v. trouble, curse, misfortune bilinar tinih (from: bilinar tinihi) n. without a cause, accident, passive gunwale, top side of a canoe. Halia: verb takes passive/object marker. harare. See: kaleng binirin; Binur; bir; sir bilinggal (from: bilinggala) v. uabirin. Variant: birin; binir. disrespect, no respect, rude. Variant: bino n. wine, grape juice, fermented milinggal. drink, home brew. See: uain. bilok (from: biloko) v. remove bark Variant: vino. from tree, girdle the tree to kill it. Binon propN. village name, located in biltub (from: biltubu) adj. blunt. souther part of Nissan isalnd, bin (from: bini) n. bean species Sirouatan area near Tanamalit. family Leguminosae, several types, binop (from: binopo) v. wipe out, some lima beans, Cowpea species, massacre, exterminate. Snake bean, Long bean are most Binur (from: Binuru) propN. commonly grown bean species. dominant ruling spirit of Nissan Vigna sinensis. See: kalan. From: often referred to as Satan, often seen Tok Pisin. as the cause of sickness and multiple binabat (from: binabata) n. lagoon deaths. See: kaleng binirin; binirin. shore, sandy beach. Variant: binir.
17 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u bobourukul bio n. plant species family Moraceae. fished at night at the ocean side. Astocarpus sp. Variant: seseh. Halia: bito. biol (from: biolo) n. empty, vacant, bo CNJ. but conjunction, used in empty of liquid. a kap a biol The many constructions. bo ahikingua cup is empty. a teng ke biol The puk of course not bo bak while tank became empty. Halia: bek. Halia: ga. See: papadaka; kalelon. bo v. drill, bore as holes bored into bir (from: biri) n. 1) hernia, incest, something, wood boring. See: hoh. has many meanings, improper talk. From: Tok Pisin. 2) curse. See: binirin. Variant: bo ahikingua puk (from: bo uabir. ahikingua puku) EXCL. definitely birbir (from: birbiri) n. plant species not, of course not. Halia: kaba. family Hernandiaceae. Hernandia bo mai Q. but who. Tok Pisin: na nymohaeifolia. husat; Halia: gesi. birbiror (from: birbiroro) n. plant bob (from: bobo) adj. toothless. species family Sapindaceae. Halia: kahuhu. Lepidopetalum nebecladum. boboa n. swollen glands, adenitis, Variant: lulueh. swollen lymph glands. birum (from: biruma) n. back side of boboal (from: boboala) n. plant house, opposite to front moren, species family Rutaceae. Euodia place where women work or live, hortensis. See: maslean. women’s place. See: moren; bobob (from: bobobo) v. bubble. lungan. boborang (from: boboranga) n. bisbise n. hand piece carried by sunset, when sun goes down. Silata dancers performing in traditional e turung lame tar binaka re line dances. See: tang makih; boborangar pisar Silata will return tinoia; bise. when the sun goes down. See: har. bise adv. away from, used with many bobour (from: bobouru) v. forget, verbs to show movement away forget about something. inggo ke from. See: bakbise. Redup: bisbise. bobourio tar banga tar tinoia kara bit (from: bita) n. 1) dry coconut hikingua paku me uasilung I was frond, torch made from the dry busy looking at the dance and I coconut frond. didn’t come cook. Tok Pisin: — v. 2) to fish at night, or seek for lustingting. See: malabobour. something with a torch. inggeim bobourukul (from:bobourukulu) king la bita naboung i du We v.unconscious caused by physical or
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verbal events. See: bobour. bokou (from: bokouo) n. plant boh1 (from: boho) v. speak carelessly, species family Euphorbiaceae. lie, mislead, deceive. pepe boh Mallotus sp. See: bokouo excuse, make believe Tok Pisin: iamiamuh; bokouo kubkubar. giaman; Halia: bonga. Redup: Variant: bokau. bohoboh. bokouo amiamuh (from: bokouo boh2 (from: boho) v. break open amiamuhu) n. plant species, family shells or eggs. Euphorbiaceae. Macranga bohbohom bor (from: bohbohom quadiglandulosa. See: bokou. boro) n. algae species, many types. bokouo kubkubar (from: bokouo See: mom. kubkubara) n. plant species, family bohbohom pour (from: bohbohom Euphorbiaceae. Macranga sp. See: pouru) n. plant species family bokou. Solanaceae, Ground cherry species. bol1 (from: bolo) v. write as on paper, Physalis minima. carve as on arrows. Tok Pisin: rait boho polak (from: boho polaka) v. long buk; Halia: kelenge. Variant: break by smashing object against a bal. Redup: bolobol. stronger one. o boho polak toro bol2 (from: bolo) n. the shell of a inekih tar palau Smash the shell bullet. a bolo nar katereis the shell against the rock. Tok Pisin: of a bullet See: katereis. burukim. bolang (from: bolanga) n. tai plant boho tola v. shift blame, lie about species, generic for tai plant, victory someone. See: baktul. leaf, family Liliaceae, Dracena bohoboh (from:bohoboho) n. liar, species, has many cultural uses, person who is always telling lies. many are symbolic. Cordyline sp. Tok Pisin: man bilong giaman; See: bolanga kamam bit. Variant: Halia: gamogamo. Morph: bolanga kubkubar or bolangar boho-boho. See: boh. Variant: mat; bolanga roke; mua; rokosong bohoboholik. kirei. bok (from: boko) v. anchor, float in bolanga kamam bit (from: bolanga the water, bird to glide against the kamam biti) n. plant species, family wind. a bout a boko hohot The boat Liliaceae. Cordyline fruticosa. See: is floating balanced on the water. bolang. Variant: rokosong kirei. Halia: aga. See: hohot; uabel. bolbol (from: bolbolo) n. insect boko toto v. come together on the species, firefly, eats cocoa plant water. leaves lives near swamp. Halia: lulus.
19 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u bouh bolboloh (from: bolboloho) n. dusk, borborian (from: borboriana) v. twilight, brown light. dream. inggo ku borboriana bolematan (from: bolematana) n. naboung I dreamed last night. Tok fish species, family Apogonidae, Pisin: driman; Halia: sinasoho. Dog-toothed Cardinal fish. boro atoi (from: boro atoio) n. bird Cheilodipterops isostigma. See: species, family Columbidae, Grey- kadei. Bibbed Amethyst Dove. bolia n. sea snail species, family Gallicolumba beccarii. See: bun; Neritidae, Trochidae, Born’s Orange bor. Variant: boro uakuakat; boro Top shell. Chlorostoma paradoxum; toi. Nerita sp.; Nerita ornata. Variant: Boro Kalil propN. location of original bolia kurum; bolia sua. government station on Nissan boloh (from: boloho) adv. unclear, located in Mapiri district, presently not identifiable. has a community school and aid- bolongur (from: bolonguru) n. post. See: Kalil. patient, silent, not easily angered, boro tar bialok (from: boro tar quiet, person who doesn’t talk much. bialoko) n. women’s menstrual tinomua a bobolongur bo tamoguo cycle, women’s period, many a uoto louar My mother is patient cultural taboos are associated with but my father is always impatient. this also use pan deuating. Halia: bilil. Redup: bobolongur. borong tang leke n. bird species, bom (from: bomo) v. bomb. Halia: family Columbidae, Stephan’s bom. See: bum. From: English. Ground-Dove, Green-winged bong (from: bongo) n. pimple. Pigeon. Chalcophaps stephani. See: kuu; bun. bor (from: boro) n. bird species, generic for ground doves, family boskru n. sailor, especially on a cargo Columbidae, small brown pigeon or merchant ship. Halia: boskru. lives on the ground, ground dove. From: Tok Pisin. See: borotoi; borong tang lek. botol (from: botolo) n. bottle, used for Variant: boro uatau; boro fresh water, drinking water. See: uakuakut. kodom. From: English. borboreng laur (from: borboreng bouh1 (from: bouhu) n. tree species lauru) n. bird species, family family Moraceae, Fig species. Ficus Laridae, Black Noddy, Lesser sp.; Ficus copiosa. See: bouh Noddy, White-capped Noddy, a tern. kurum; luluh; og. Variant: bouh Anous minutus. See: kara. tun; bouh uariatou; bouh masikir; piping kong; pepeng kong; abouh.
20 bouh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka bouh2 (from: bouhu) v. barren, unable boung mahoh (from: boung to bear children, sterile man or mahoho) n. night, about 11pm to woman, man who cannot grow a 1am after the darkness has become beard. Halia: kuba. ‘strong’. Tok Pisin: big nait; Halia: bouh3 (from: bouhu) v. pop the hand bong roto. See: uantinanin nar and fist together. Halia: tsiripaka. boung; mahoh. Variant: tinang bouh kurum (from: bouh kurumu) boung. n. fig species, family Moraceae. boung tun (from: boung tunu) Ficus wassa. See: bouh. EXCL. good night, greeting. Tok boukbouk (from: boukbouku) n. fish Pisin: gut nait; Halia: tsi bong. species, family Balistidae, White- See: boung. tailed Triggerfish. Balistes vidua. bour (from: bouru) v. to increase, See: buot. make more, many. See: uabour. boukout (from: boukoutu) v. hunt bout1 (from: boutu) n. traditional turtle. boutkout ter uiantieh uia dance, dance in circle with a sikor Hunting turtles is very good bamboo drum or slit gong made of a sometimes. small section of bamboo that is hit boul (from: boulu) n. lead weight with a small stick to a certain used in fishing or sounding depths. rhythm. See: tigul. Variant: pambout. boun (from: bounu) v. stand in shallow water, come out of the bout2 (from: boutu) n. boat, motor water, wade in water. a koerat e canoe. From: English. bounboun teil tar lolou The heron boutoung (from: boutoungu) n. stands in the shallow water. See: protection symbol, sign. boun uahung. Redup: bounboun. brasipan (from: brasipana) n. plant boun uahung (from: boun uahungu) species, Plumeria, Frangipani, v. wade in shallow water. Jon ke family Apocynaceae, commonly boun uahunguha i rana tar kodom planted near villages, children make John came up wading out of the leis out of the flowers for visitors. water. Halia: kasa. See: puraka. Plumeria rubra; Plumeria Variant: boun kout. acutifolia. From: Tok Pisin. boung (from: boungu) n. night, night bu n. plant species, family time, after sunset, greeting give at Zingiberaceae, ginger family. night, the time of night from when Alpinia novae-pommeraniae. See: sun goes down to sunrise. Tok Pisin: gorogor. Variant: bum; bumbu. nait; Halia: bongbong. buabua n. boil under the arm. See: tub. 21 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u buh buai (from: buaia) v. hunt for birds. color, decoration. Tok Pisin: penim Tok Pisin: painim pisin; Halia: skin. 2) coral species, grounded hasipi. See: uaruare. Variant: bue form of uanuantong. Tubipora in Sirouatan. musica. See: uanuantong. buak (from: buaka) v. carry, wrestle bubungun (from: bubunguna) n. in the arms, hold in the arms. buaka descendant, family line, extended tar hueit Hold the pig. Tok Pisin: family line, family line through karim; Halia: bua. father, paternal line. o bubunguna buaklakus (from: buaklakusu) v. Iesu ka uakekene tur tang Jekob cross arms in anger or cold. The family line of Jesus started from buat (from: buata) n. 1) garden Jacob hope ka uakekene pe me ro space, garden divided into sections. bubunguna Iesu? How did the 2) name of a traditional dance. family line of Jesus start? Tok Pisin: wanbulut, wanlain. See: bung; bubuet (from: bubuete) n. plant matin. Variant: bungun. species family Capparidaceae, Caper species. Capparis zippeliana. bubur (from: buburu) v. trim off rough edges. o buburu toro mahar bubuh (from: bubuhu) v. reconcile, galas Trim off the piece of glass. forgive, make peace usually either the innocent person or a third person bubutuanalik (from: bubutuanaliki) takes the initiative in making peace. n. small waves on the water, small Tok Pisin: stretim tok na sekhan; ripples on the sea. Tok Pisin: liklik Halia: nolo. See: uelhiarou. si; Halia: bilil. See: butuan. bubuil (from: bubuili) n. fish sp., fish buh (from: buha) n. 1) blowhole. species family Acanthuridae, Wedge 2) whale larger than a dolphin. See: -tailed Blue Tang. Paracanthurus kuriap. 3) blow smoke. buha liu hepatus. See: mapok; pulung; toro diku binak ro tongung Blow lobau. Variant: bobol; luhuluh. away the smoke when you smoke. Variant: buhu. bubul (from: bubulu) n. fish species family Apogonidae, Nine-baned buh1 (from: buhu) v. succeed, win, Soldier fish. Lovamia novemfaciata. overcome all. Tok Pisin: winim See: poroum. olgeta. See: pehuar. bubulutun (from: bubulutunu) adj. buh2 (from: buhu) n. plant species overgrown, as a bushy uncut trail. family Taccaceae, East-indian Tok Pisin: garas i gro long haus or arrowroot, wild taro, some types gaden. See: bulutun. edible, on Nissan grows near cliffs on limestone, distinctive flower bubun (from: bubunu) n. 1) face blackish with long petals, voodoo
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lily. Tacca leontopetaloides. See: species, family Lutjanidae, Half- tubuna ro buh. banded Sea Perch. Lutjanus buha kai v. blow up the breaking of semicinctus. See: mad. waves against a cliff, blowhole, bukir (from: bukiri) adj. green color, splash, as a breaking wave. See: blue-green, grey. Tok Pisin: grin; buha. Halia: bibil. Redup: bukbukir. buha liu v. spew out of the mouth, bul (from: bulu) v. 1) share, distribute such as betele nut. Halia: pu. See: small basket of food at feast. a lou; buha. gisameher tamata ka bul tar buhot (from: buhoto) n. shell species, makih Another person distributed family Stromidae, Conch. Lambis the betel nut. Tok Pisin: givim chiragra. See: kek. kaikai; Halia: pekuri. buit (from: buiti) n. small woven — n. 2) type of mortuary feast after basket. Halia: kohele. See: tolaha, the sok feast, also refers to the type rata (Pinipir). of coconut leaf basket used in food distribution. buk1 (from: buku) v. comforted as when a baby stops crying, quiet, bulakeis (from: bulakeisi) n. house silent. Tok Pisin: stap isi. used by the sun worker, rain maker, located in the bush away form buk2 (from: buku) n. book. Halia: buk. From: English. people, there the tam palau performs the ritual of rain work in buk (from: buku) n. stop, forbid, 3 secrecy. Tok Pisin: hap nogut. See: taboo, used to protect betel nut trees. tam palau. buk toro makih Protect the betel nut tree. Halia: pil. bulamakau (from: bulamakaua) n. cow. See: uakin. Variant: Buk o Dedeil (from: Buk o Dedeili) bulmakau. From: Tok Pisin. n. Bible, sacred book, holy book. bulau (from: bulaua) v. buy, pay, buk tane v. stop, taboo, forbid. Halia: wage, price, sell. inggo u marang hasaka. See: utu; tane. bulau me kumal I want to buy bukal (from: bukala) n. tree species, some sweet potatoes. Tok Pisin: fig, family Moraceae, can become baiem; Halia: hol. quite large, strangler fig, often bulaua inet (from: bulaua inete) v. growing on other trees, large glossy buy magical powers. Tok Pisin: leaves, larger leaves than luluh, baiem singsing magik; Halia: strangler fig, rubber tree. Ficus husil. See: bulau. glandifera. See: luluh; bouh. bulauan (from: bulauana) n. bukbuk (from: bukbuku) n. fish payment, price, salary. See: bulau. 23 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u bun tahin bulbul (from: bulbulu) v. leakey roof. beetle. Variant: bulumun toro Tok Pisin: rain i pundaun insait sasang. long haus. bulung kuen (from: bulung kuene) bulbulunar matan (from: bulbuluna n. fish species family Mullidae, r matana) n. tear from crying. Tok Three-barred Goat-fish. Parupeneus Pisin: ai wara; Halia: sulunmata. bifasciatus. See: tio; teirteir. bulout (from: buloutu) n. male, Variant: burung kuen. husband when used with the bulut (from: bulutu) v. close up, plug possessive. nag buloutuo my leak. inggono ke bulut tar tinih He husband Tok Pisin: man; Halia: closed up the hole in the canoe. Tok tson. See: kuah. Pisin: pasim. See: tit. bulout re le n. bridegroom. See: le. bulutun (from: bulutunu) adj. Variant: bulout e nihing le; bulout overgrown, messy. Tok Pisin: peles e turung le. i bus gen. See:bubulutun. bultan (from: bultana) n. fish bum (from: bumu) n. 1) plant species, family Balistaidae, Wedg- species, family Zingiberaceae, tailed Triggerfish. Rhinecanthus ginger family. See: bu. echarpe. See: buot. — v. 2) bang. Halia: toka. See: bom. bultanan (from: bultanana) n. sap, From: English. resin. bultana ro bario sap of the bun (from: buna) n. bird species, breadfruit tree Tok Pisin: blut family Columbidae, Yellow-bibbed bilong diwai. Fruit-dove, female is called buna bulum (from: bulumu) n. 1) beetle retan. Ptilinopus solomonensis. See: species, generic term for beetle, borong tang lek. Variant: buna beetle grub from sago or coconut retan. palm, beetle. See: bulum sasang; bun (from: bunu) n. plant, flower, kolohis. Variant: bulumun toro coleus species, generic name for this bokou; kumakum; kakaiobario. plant type, often planted near houses 2) plant species family Sapidaceae. in containers or in the ground, many Harpullia pedicellaris. different colors and varieties, family bulum (from: bulumu) adj. blue Labiate. Coleus scutellarioides; colour. a langit a bubulum The sky Coleus sp. See:kadal. Variant: is blue. Tok Pisin: blu; Halia: doukung uarig; karongonor toben; miamia. Variant: bubulum. Redup: kapokong toben; mianar lo. bulbulum. bun tahin (from: bun tahina) n. bulum sasang (from: bulum sasang) brothers more than two, sisters more n. beetle species, Coleoptera, Green than two. Tok Pisin: ol brata bilong 24 bun tinan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka
en; Halia: munmun toulana. See: bunguan (from: bunguana) v. carry bung. fruit, bloom. Tok Pisin: em i karim. bun tinan (from: bun tina) n. parents. bunguana timuh (from: bunguana Tok Pisin: papa mama bilong en; timuhu) n. first fruits of a garden, Halia: munmun tahol. See: bung. especially fruit trees. Tok Pisin: buname n. pandanus species family namba wan taim em i karim. Pandanaceae, Screwpine species, red bunguanantieh (from: edible fruit. Pandanus sp. See: bunguanantiehe) v. fruitful, to bear uaum. Variant: nahinum; guname. much fruit. Tok Pisin: diwai em i bunar (from: bunara) n. fish species karim gut stret; Halia: tukul. family Platacidae, Batfish, bungubung (from: bungubunga) v. Rounfaced Batfish, immature called many fruits, tree bent down as a tree uatunar beik which means “mango heavy with fruit. i Kokopo o kuen seed”. Platax teira. Tok Pisin: buna. ko bungubung At Kokopo the Variant: kaman toh. coconut trees had many nuts. Tok Buntione propN. Buntione name of Pisin: karim plenti; Halia: legendary giant wild pig, the lagoon tuturoku. was his wallow, all pigs on Nissan bungung lio n. plant species, family came from this pig. Halia: burou. Rhamnaceae, common on the See: Timbeheis. foreshore and behind it, small shrub, bung (from: bungu) n. group, bunch, yellow flower. Colubrina asiatica. cluster, as of nuts or coconuts, all. Tok Pisin: bubu. See: lio. bung tahinalik family relationship bungung uoun (from: bungung Tok Pisin: rop; Halia: bung, uounu) n. plant species family munmun. See: bungun. Variant: Leguminosae, Jewel vine. Derris bun. Redup: bungbunga. trifoliata. See: uoun. bung kuene sangasang (from: bung buout gauil (from: buout gauili) n. kuene sangasanga) n.plant species fish species, family Balistidae, family Thymelaeaceae, small shrub. White-barred Triggerfish. Phaleria sp. Rhinecanthus aculeatus. bung tun (from: bung tuna) n. buout kalok (from: buout kaloko) n. children of the same parents. Tok fish species family Balistidae, Pisin: ol pikinini bilong en; Halia: Black-bellied Triggerfish. hinpien. Variant: bun tun. Rhinecanthus verrucosus. See: bung uleik (from: bung uleiki) n. buout. large bunch as of coconuts. Halia: buout kih (from: buout kihi) n. fish horouele. species, Triggerfish, family 25 baka a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u butung
Balistidae, Yellow-blotched Trigger- burus (from: burusu) n. tobacco, fish, Golden-finned Triggerfish. imported and also grown to use and Balistoides conspicillum; Hemibalist sell, family Solanaceae. Nicotiana es chrysopterus; Sufflamen sp. See: tabacum. burus a timuh young lio hiku; buout; lio; bultan. tobacco leaves Halia: kumes. See: Variant: iampenan. kuar. Variant: tabak; brus. From: buout kurum (from: buout kurumu) Tok Pisin. n. fish species, family Balistidae, bus (from: busu) adj. wet. Halia: Vermiculated Triggerfish, there is pulus. See: uabus. apparently a darker and a paler busil (from: busili) n. scented leaves, variety of this same species, which mint, wild sweet smelling plant, probably accounts for the two made from several types of plants, vernacular names. Balistapus especially mint types, family Labiat. undulatus. See: tamaripas; buout Alpinia novae pommeraniae; Evodia kih. hortensis; Piper sp.; Macaranga bur (from: bura) v. trim, rub off. o quadiglandulosa; Pittosporum burangua kalehe toro douk Cut off ferrugineum; Polyscias pinnata; next the samll branches of the tree. Ocimum americanum; Ocimum Variant: buru. sanctum; Ocimum basilicum. Halia: burang (from: buranga) n. plant ringeringe. species family Verbenaceae, a butbut (from: butbutu) v. splash. recently introduced type of plant, Variant: butubut. Glorybower species. Clerodendron buton (from: buto) n. belly button, buchananii; Clerodendron sp. umbilical cord, navel, takes burburih (from: burburihi) n. plant possessive marker for person and species, family Euphorbiaceae. number, body parts. Tok Pisin: Breynia cernua. Variant: bitono, butoma. See: bala. Variant: burburihir kapul. kusen. bureh (from: burehe) adj. many, butuan (from: butuana) n. waves. much, lots, plenty. Tok Pisin: plenti; butuan uleik big waves crashing Halia: para. Variant: buraha. over the reef, caused by heavy winds burehentieh (from:burehentiehe) Halia: keikei. adj. a lot, very many. Halia: butuan tapor (from: butuan taporo) parapara. n. whitecaps, white breaking waves. bureher binak (from: bureher See: butuan. binaka) adv. often, frequently. butung (from: butungu) n. crowd, Halia: habong. group, school of fish.
26 butur a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u baka butur (from: buturu) n. location See: situa; maket. place, part, section. butur ueltebeir buuot (from: buoutu) v. fish species, any unspecified place buturung um generic for trigger fish, family house site Halia: makum. Balistidae, small triggerfish species. butur ahik me inet (from: butur Balistoides sp. Halia: laka. See: ahik me inete) v. desert. See: belun. buout kih; buout ukurum; buout buturung uabulaua tar niein (from: kalok; buout gauil; bultan; lio; buturung uabulaua tar nieini) n. boukbouk. Variant: tongong kuen; market place. Halia: hihitagoei. buat.
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D - d daan (from: daana) n. now, today. skin on coconut meat. Halia: Tok Pisin: tete, tudei; Halia: i kabobo. romana. damus (from: damusu) v. taste. dad (from: dada) adj. wounded, damus tar sipun Taste from the disabled, stunned, close to dead. o spoon. See: deim. ian ka dada toro mumun The fish dan (from: dana) n. bunch of four, were stunned by the poison vine. few coconuts tied together. gine a dah-(from: dah-) CNJ. dana pos Here are four bananas. and, conjunction joining objects, Tok Pisin: foapela samting; Halia: phrases and clauses. Tok Pisin: na; piloto. Halia: be. Variant: doh-. dangat (from: dangata) v. ask, daha (from: dah-) MDL. really, realis, request. Tok Pisin: askim; Halia: takes suffix for person and number. rangata. Redup: dangdangat. duhu mat I’m really dying. See: dangata uain v. to consult. ahik paho dehen; dehon. danaga uain baka polul You don’t dahak (from: dahaka) adj. have to consult anymore. See: completely bald. Tok Pisin: kela, dangat. nogat grass long het. See: pelek. dangata uataul (from: dangata dal (from: dala) n. coral species, uataulu) v. ask using another’s generic for coral, many types, name. Variant: dangata tola. usually refers to Staghorn coral. dangdangat (from: dangdangata) v. Acropora humilis; Acropora sp.; plead, beg. Acroppra sp. Halia: baia. See: daram (from: darama) n. large 44 genar; batue; no dalar kuhuk; gal. drum used for smoking fish. or keken lo. Variant: panteptep; dala making a drum oven, or catching kabkabel; kakaduas; rapraput; rain water. From: English. kohkohuk; no tukur koual. datlou (from: datlouo) n. plant daldalin (from: daldalini) n. grease species family Acanthaceae. or scum on water easily removed. Acanthus ilicifolius. See: dededian. daua n. fish species family dalon (from: dalo) n. palate, takes Scombridae, Mackerel. Rastrelliger possessive marker for person and sp. Tok Pisin: lala. See: doukung number, body parts, gums, brown daua.
28 daul a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u dedelam daul (from: daulu) n. frigate bird, dedediana gaugauil (from: family Fregatidae, Frigate Bird, dedediana gaugauili) n. plant black sea bird. Fregata sp. Tok species, family Acanthaceae. Pisin: pisin i save plai antap long Graptophyllum pictum. See: taim bilong win; Halia: olasa. dededian. Variant: leleuar at daum (from: daumu) n. plant species Mapiri. family Verbenaceae, Headache tree dedediana kurkurum (from: species. Premna intergrifola. See: dedediana kurkurumu) n. plant daumung iaragai. species, family Acanthaceae. daumung iaragai (from: daumung Graptophyllum sp.; Graptophyllum iaragaia) n. plant species, family pictum. See: dededian. Verbenaceae. Preman corymbosa. dedediana pelek (from: dedediana See: daum. peleke) n. plant species, family de v. dislike, detest, judge as bad. Tok Acanthaceae. Graptophyllum sp.; Pisin: no laik; Halia: hona. See: Pseuderanthemum sp. See: uelde. dededian. dede adv. customarily, usually, used dedeik (from: dedeiki) n. pillow. to, continually. Halia: roron. Halia: uolana. See: gogohun nar Variant: dedek. uat. deded (from: dedede) n. shell species, dedeil (from: dedeili) adj. sacred, family Trochidae, Trochus, Kelp taboo, holy, in past associated with shells. Phasianotrochus sp.; possessions of a dead person. Halia: Bankivia sp. goagono. See: mok; udeil. dededian (from: dedediana) adj. dedel (from: dedele) n. fish species, 1) oily, slimy, moldy, spoil. Tok family Carangidae, Snub-nosed dart, Pisin: skin i gat gris. also Pennantfish. Trachinotus — n. 2) plant species, generic for blochi; Alectes ciliaris. See: family Acanthaceae, many types, mourut. Variant: malanguh. Pseuderanthemum species, small dedelam (from: dedelama) n. 1) bird shrub. Graptophyllum sp.; species, family Apodidae, Swifts, Pseuderanthemum sp. See: Glossy Swiftlet. Collocalia dedediana gaugauil; dedediana esculenta. See: dordor. 2) plant kurkurum; dedediana pelek. species, croton, family Euphorbiacea Variant: dadiel; dadiel gaugauil; e, different types yellow and green dadeil; dedediana kabkabel; often planted as a hedge, and around kekener bor; uehtanene Buntione graveyards, some have cultural or dadalingten at Mapiri. symbolic significance i.e. peace.
29 dederakua a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u dongdongor
Codiaeum variegatum. dinau (from: dinaua) n. debt. See: dederakua adj. incomplete, posarana. From: Tok Pisin. improperly cooked, sore doesn’t ding (from: dingi) v. spill over dump heal, wet clothes. out. See: pikur. Redup: dingding. dehen (from: dehene) EXCL. must ding liu v. empty out as water into a not, ought not, usually followed by bucket, cascade. Halia: tororuso. the copula t-. ingga dehen to ding uakap (from: ding uakapa) v. keketik uasa Don’t be a bad child. empty all out, empty completely. Tok Pisin: no ken; Halia: namos. See: ding. dehon adv. it really is. See: dah-. ding uelhir (from: ding uelhiri) v. dei (from: deie) n. day. From: English. pour into, pass through strainer. deim (from: deimi) v. lick, taste with dingding (from: digdingi) n. skin of tongue. Tok Pisin: traim long tang mangrove fruit. bilong yu; Halia: ram. See: damus. dis (from: disi) n. dish, plate. From: Variant: dam. English. deimdeim (from: deimdeimi) n. snail dod (from: dodo) v. make a hole in species, family Achatinidae, African something, full of holes, torn, Giant snail, not currently found on riddled. Nissan. Achatina fulica. From: Tok dodor (from: dodoro) n. shell species, Pisin. family Anomiidae, Jingle shells. dekor (from: dekoro) n. scab, dried Anomia sp. liquid, scum. Tok Pisin: sua i drai doh CNJ. and, non sequence na i pas long skin. conjunction. Halia: be. Variant: delauan (from: delauana) adj. dah. smooth, slick, clear, clean. See: dok (from: doko) v. knock, thump, heiu. tap. Halia: poroko. Redup: dokdok. deng adv. dislikes. Morph: de -ng. dokta n. doctor. Halia: dokta. From: See: de. English. deng loutu n. person who rejects the dol (from: dolo) n. species of church, dislikes church, apostate. earthworm. See: souleit. Halia: tematan pouts. dolom (from: dolomo) n. sorrow. See: deuating (from: deuatingi) n. blood. ueldolomo. Tok Pisin: blut; Halia: rahatsing. dong (from: dongo) n. notch. dikdiku adj. smokey, sooty, dirty. dongdongor (from: dongdongoro) n. See: diku ‘smoke’. 1) tree species family diku n. smoke. Redup: dikdiku.
30 dongdongot a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u doukung pagur
Commelinaceae and family the garden Halia: tsontun. Myrsinaceae, Dayflower sp. douk ueluelhung (from: douk Commelina sp.; Maesa sp. 2) small ueluelhungu) n. tree or plant with plant species family Commelinacea. thorns. Halia: lahulahu. See: Anielema papuanum. uelhung. dongdongot (from: dongdongoto) doukdouk (from: doukdouku) v. cast adj. still young, young enough. tar for fish, fish with hook line and binaka rogu hangaul karo lusio pole, handle. Halia: luloto. See: rogo Kirismaso inggo a kalan rorot. dongdongoto tun The time when I doukdoukin (from: doukdoukini) n. was nineteen years old I was young handle, stem. doukdoukin nar still. kangan ax handle Halia: ngats. dorom1 (from: doromo) n. plant doukung banam (from: doukung species family Pandanaceae. banama) n. plant species family Pandanus sp. See: uaum; meis. Ebenaceae, Persimmon species. dorom2 (from: doromo) n. 1) bird Diospyros hebecarpa. Variant: species, family Sturnidae, Atoll dahdahting. Starling, black bird. Aplonis doukung daua n. plant species family feadensis. See: toluk. Variant: Ulmaceae, Hackberry species. Celtis derom. 2) tree speies. Screwpine sp. kajewskii. See: daua. Variant: family Pandanaceae. Pandanus sp. doukun daua. Halia: tsioko. doukung kohik (from: doukung dot (from: doto) v. respect something. kohiki) n. plant species family See: patoho. Leguminosae. Cassia occidentalis. doudour (from: doudouru) n. bird See: kohik. species, family Hirundinidae, Pacific doukung koutkoutul (from: Swallow. Hirundo tahitica. See: doukung koutkoutulu) n. plant dedelam. species family Compositae, douh adj. last, last one, end of a Ironweed sp. Veronia cinerea. series. See: uadouh. doukung ngou (from: doukung douk (from: douku) n. generic for ngouo) n. plant species family tree, bush etc. dodoukulik small Leguminosae. Cassia alata. See: tree, plant Tok Pisin: diwai; Halia: ngou. polats. Variant: douki. doukung pagur (from: doukung douk uasa n. weed, or bad plant that paguru) n. plant species family grows in the garden. douk uasa i Gramineae. Centotheca lappaceae. kobor tar iom weed which grows in 31 doukung pos a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u dudur doukung pos (from: doukung poso) plant with power. Halia: kakil. See: n. plant species family Labiatae, uelbarang. Java tea species. Osimum doul (from: doulu) v. weave, to gratissimum; Orthosiphon aristalus. weave a basket or like a snake doukung siro pous (from: doukung weaves in an out. doul tar tolah siro pousu) n. tree species, family weave the basket Halia: kiau. Malavaceae, Broomjute. Sida Variant: dal; deil. Redup: douldoul. rhombifolia. Variant: ionglauoi or douldoul (from: douldoulu) n. leaves belbela uadud at Mapiri; dokun used for weaving, bracelet. Halia: siro pous. kikitsalima. See: doulu; liki. doukung tapui n. plant species family doum (from: doumu) v. dance Myrtaceae. Eugenia sp. Variant: generic term for dance, many types. taktakapok; doukung tapoi Halia: sani. See: tinoia; tigul. Pinipir. doundoun (from: doundounu) n. doukung tor (from: doukung toro) n. young baby, refers to the small soft tree species family Sapindaceae, tor place on the skull of an infant, means island. Allophylus cobbe. See: fontanels. See: dukuduk; guam. tor. Variant: dokun tor. Redup: doundoundoun. doukung toububario n. plant species doundoundoun (from: doundoundou family Leguminosae, two types nu) v. to bruise something like a small leaf listed first then large leaf fruit. See: doundoun. type, Tick clover species, name du n. ocean side, ocean beach. inggo means ‘plant of taboo breadfruit’. ku la i du I went to the ocean side. Desmodium adscendens; Uraria See: duhia. Variant: duh. lagopioides. See: toububario; dud (from: dudu) v. fall, die bario. momentarily, be unconscious for doukung uahiarou (from: doukung heart and lungs to momentarily fail, uahiarouo) n. plant species family faint. Halia: matentopi. See: pung; Rubiaceae and family uadud. Variant: mate uapuh. Euphorbiaceae the last one is a duduah (from: duduaha) v. satisfied. beach type, name means ‘plant of peace’ or ‘plant which causes dudud (from: dududu) adj. stormy peace’. Borreria sp.; Codiaeum sea, big waves. variegatum; Euphorbia atoto. See: duduelen (from: duduelene) n. point hiarou; kelkele. of land, cape, jutting out into the sea. doukung uelbarang (from: doukung Halia: oluna. See: nihuana. uelbaranga) n. poisonous plant, dudur (from: dudura) v. 1) sink
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something, scatter, as seeds, drown. duladul (from: duladula) n. plant 2) scatter. Halia: sapul. See: dura; species family Solanaceae, houp; ueldudur. Redup: dududur. Nightshade species. Solanum ferox; duh (from: duhu) adj. 1) heavy, Solanum torvum. See: heuing heavy weight. Tok Pisin: hevi. goreu. Variant: duladula tun; 2) problem, difficulty. Halia: tiama. duladula bukbukir or duladula duhia n. ocean beach opposite of kubkubar if fruit ripe; duladula binabat. See: du. iauiauel; duladula pelek; naho. duil (from: duila) n. plant species dumat (from: dumata) v. nod as in family Amaryllidaceae the variation agreement, raise eye brows in duila kukubar is from the island of agreement. dumatala motion with Anir, most of the variations have to head toward See: sua. do with color differences. Crinium dung (from: dungu) adj. big, fat. See: asiaticum. Variant: duila bukir; uleik. duila iauiauel; duila kubkubar; dungdungunar keken (from: duila roke. dungdungunar keke) n. calf of leg. duk1 (from: duku) adv. soundly. ke See: keken. Variant: kabeleng tai; hohoung duk tun He slept very dungdunganar keken. soundly. Halia: soku. See: tolaha. dur (from: dura) v. fall, erase, tear duk2 (from: duku) n. 1) basket, type down. inggo ku dura tar um I of basket. dismantled the house. a hauana ke — v. 2) carry, put inside pocket. duk durantiehe tun The rain really fell. tar mani Carry the money in the Variant: duru. Redup: dudur. pocket. dura liu v. rub off. Halia: busa. See: dukmahur (from: dukmahuru) n. dur. esophagus, gizzard of a bird or dura metmet (from: dura metmete) chicken. Halia: giri. n. ping, pelting rain, rain to begin to dukpale n. tumor. See: kospau. fall in large drops. Halia: tsing. See: dur. dukuduk (from: dukuduku) n. soft spot on head of baby, fontanels. See: duradur (from: duraduru) n. choir. makmakih.
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E - e e SM. third person singular subject einein. marker preceding verb, subject ein hueit (from: ein hueiti) n. pig pronoun particle that introduces the meat distributed at feasts. Halia: verb phrase and marks the subject, pona. “he she or it”. e hohouontieh He is ein katong (from: ein katongo) v. eat sleeping soundly. Halia: e. Variant: something by itself such as meat, re. rice, taro. Halia: kokoraka. e PART. food and certain objects, ein kedang (from: ein kedanga) v. often suffixed to the article a. selective eater, eat properly. See: aesisin their food eguo my food kedang. -e DEM. here. See: -ene. ein liu v. eat up, finish the food, -e RCPR. reciprocal. See: uel finished. See: liu. ‘reciprocal’. ein makos (from: ein makoso) v. eat -e ah (from: -e aha) adv. evaluate, properly. See: ein kedang; makos. discern, distinguish, attached to ein tar baluh (from: ein tar baluhu) certain verbs, see, hear, think. Barry n. one of two clans on Nissan, name ke bange aha tar lel Barry means ‘eat the pigeon’. See: ein tar discerned which road to take. See: lo. banga ah. Variant: -a ah. ein tar lo n. one of two clans on eh (from: ehe) EXCL. exclamation of Nissan means ‘eat the dog’ the other surprise, Hey! Oh! Variant: ei. clan is called ein tar baluh which -eig (from: -eigi) PRO. first person means ‘eat the pigeon, there are plural inclusive subject pronoun many sub groups under these two suffix, ‘we’. nagi hueitieig ke mat clans usually associated with a food our pig died See: inggeig. Variant: taboo. See: ein tar baluh; -eg. toubuketam. eih (from: eihi) EXCL. huh, what, say ein toub (from: ein toubu) n. a meal again, repeat it. Halia: aia. that breaks dietary restrictions, -eim (from: -eimi) PRO. we exclusive, associated with weather magic, the first person plural exclusive pronoun small rain, which follows the suffix, ‘we’. See: inggeim. breaking of the food restrictions of ein (from: eini) v. eat, bite, chew. Tok the weather magician tam palau. Pisin: kaikai; Halia: nou, nounou See: ueil. pala. Morph: ni-ein. See: soum; ein tumat (from: ein tumata) n. feast niein ‘food’. Variant: an. Redup: that immediately followed the 34 ein uaia a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u -eit
burial, the next feast was called sok. many gardens, communal meal. See: sok. Variant: einiein tumat. Halia: hamuna. ein uaia v. eat well. Tok Pisin: kaikai einoguo n. my daughter-in-law. gut; Halia: nou hatolo. Halia: loanabeir. See: einan; -guo. einanon (from: einan) n. daughter-in- einpahen (from: einpahene) n. law, woman’s mother-in-law, banana type, family Musaceae, woman’s father-in-law. Halia: grows large, type of cooking banana. loanabei. See: pos. einein (from: eineini) v. bite, to be einuir (from: einuiri) n. clan name bitten, eating. a hueit ke einiein part of the ein tar lo clan, name totoguo The pig bit me. See: ein. means ‘eat taro’. Morph: ein-uir. einein tamat (from: einein tamata) n. See: uir. cannibal, warrior, one who kills and eirier (from: eirieiri) n. fly species, eats people. See: kingil. small flies, Fruit fly. See: lang. einiein (from: einieini) n. tree species eit (from: eiti) v. bite, pinch. Tok family Moraceae. Ficus sp. Variant: Pisin: kaikaiem; Halia: hosokimit. uakuakom. See: ueluelieit. Variant: eiteit. einiein1 (from: einieini) v. attack by -eit (from: -eiti) DEM. third person animal. Variant: nieinein. singular demonstrative, ‘this, that’. einiein tamat (from: einiein tamata) ahaueit what is it a tamateit a peng n. cannibal, name means ‘eaters of Rabaul That man is from Rabaul. men’ traditional war leaders and See: git. vicious men. eit go v. break with teeth. Tok Pisin: einieinhihir (from: einieinhihiri) v. kaikaiem na burukim. See: go. scavenge. Tok Pisin: kaikai olgeta. eit kih (from: eit kihi) v. bite to pieces einieinin (from: einieinini) n. left rend with the teeth, tear as a dog over food, crumbs, cuts or marks on does. Halia: kotoleke. body. Halia: bulbul. eit kout (from: eit koutu) v. break eining mud (from: eining mudu) v. with teeth. eitkout tar iauon Break when the host group is giving a with the teeth the line. Tok Pisin: yu feast, they wait until others are burukin rob long tit. finished before they eat. Tok Pisin: eit pat (from: eit pata) v. bite off a kaikai bihain; Halia: hatatei. small part. Tok Pisin: kaikai sait eining uamun (from: eining bilong suga. uamunu) v. harvest a new garden, eit us (from: eit usu) v. tear out with for the first time, first fruits, new teeth. Tok Pisin: yu kaikaiem na garden or first time to produce food, kamautim long tit. first eating of the produce from -eit (from: -eiti) DEM. third person
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singular demonstrative, ‘this, that’. -ene DEM. demonstrative, suffixed ahaueit what is it a tamateit a peng form of gine, ‘here’. ahauene What Rabaul That man is from Rabaul. is this here? Tok Pisin: hia. See: See: git. gine. -eitie DEM. demonstrative, suffixed -ene daan (from: -ene daana) n. right form of gitie ‘there’. tar now, now. Tok Pisin: nau tete; binakoneitie that time there Tok Halia: eni koru. See: gine daana. Pisin: long hap. See: gitie. Er EXCL. address of care, “dear” my eitieit (from: eitieiti) n. ant species, dear children. family Fromicidae, names means Er Nu Gini propN. major airline in ‘biting’. Tok Pisin: liklik anis. See: country of Papua New Guinea, the aloh. Variant: eitieit ro boung. small air line which services Nissan eiting liouan (from: eiting liouana) n. is ‘Air Link’. sorcery, mild form, magic, sores esira PPRO. third person dual which appear without reason. Tok possessive pronoun used with food Pisin: spirit nogut i kaikaiem han or close to body functions, ‘their bilong yu. food’. Variant: aesira. eitpos (from: eitposo) n. aid post, esisina PPRO. possessive pronoun small rural hospital where minor third person plural, class of close ailments are treated. Tok Pisin: haus association objects such as food etc, sik. From: English. ‘their’. Tok Pisin: bilong ol lain ia. -ela DEM. demonstrative location that -etie DEM. demonstrative of location, over there, over there. See: gila. suffixed form of gitie ‘there’. Tok elik (from: eliki) CNJ. ok! See: ualik. Pisin: long hap. See: gitie. -enah (from: -enaha) DEM. eui EXCL. careful, lookout, usuallly demonstrative suffix, pointing to ‘up said to small children to be careful. there’, ‘that up there’. See: ginah. Tok Pisin: lukaut.
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G – g gaat (from: gaata) DEM. this species. Serpula vermicularis. location. See: -at. gako DEM. demonstrative, location gabaman (from: gabamana) n. ‘down there’. Tok Pisin: tambolo. government, governor. Halia: See: -ko. gamman. Variant: gavaman. From: gala DEM. demonstrative, location English. over there. Halia: tium. See: -la. gaga v. guzzle, drink quickly, drink all galahia DEM. location far side. Tok at once. Barry ke gaga tar kuen Pisin: long hap i go. See: gala; -hia. Barry guzzled the coconut. galein (from: galeini) n. fish species, gagah (from: gagaha) n. prostitute, family Holocentridae, Spiny Squirrel intercourse with animal, harlot. fish, Squirrelfish. Holocentrus Halia: halokutei. Variant: gagaha spinifer; Holcentrus sp. See: tutup (rape). kamakor. Variant: galeinin tar gagalau (from: gagalaua) n. stingray houhua. species, family Myliobatidae, galgalanteh (from: galgalantehe) n. Duckbill-Ray, Spotted Eagle-Ray, sunburn, skin to peel off after being large Stingray seen in shallow water. sunburned. Halia: talihu. Aetobatus narinari. See: uar. galgalioh (from: galgalioho) v. loose, gagaum (from: gagaumu) n. body too big, doesn’t fit well. a pipene a markings, burned in with glowing galgalio This pipe is loose. Tok end of a stick, tattoo. Tok Pisin: Pisin: lus. mak. galgalut (from: galgalutu) v. garble, gagon (from: gagono) n. insides, pith, make sounds with the mouth as a center of a tree, of some fruits or baby, rinse. Tok Pisin: wasim gut. vegetables papaya or pumpkin the galioh (from: galioho) v. to make unused portion. Tok Pisin: insait; space, to give space. uabus Halia: agoga. uagalioh wash up to make space gagono ro hiron (from: gagono ro gam (from: gama) n. clam species, hirono) n. bone marrow. See: hiron. family Tridacnidae, Pacific Giant gagum (from: gagumu) n. 1) fish Clam. Tridacna derasa. Tok Pisin: species family Scorpaenidae, kramsel. See: tereue; tidungan. Ragged-finned Butterfly Cod or gamagam (from: gamagama) n. plant Rough-scaled Turkeyfish, Dwarf species club moss, family Lionfish. Pteropterus antennata; Selaginellaceae, this is a small Dendrochirus zebra. 2) tube worm ground plant, short looks like a
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miniature palm. Selaginella sp. hiaka. Variant: pepelok. ge (from: g-) COND. conditional ganah (from: ganaha) DEM. marker, if, who, which etc. Devid demonstrative, location, ‘up there’. ger iongiongol David who is brave Tok Pisin: long hap antap. See: Variant: ga; ge; gi; go; gu. -anah. ge ahik (from: ge ahiki) adv. either gane DEM. demonstrative, ‘location or, if not then. Tok Pisin: o nogat. here’, refers to the place. Tok Pisin: geh (from: gehe) v. envy, jealous. Tok ples hia; Halia: a a. See: -ane; gine. Pisin: laikim samting bilong ganehia DEM. demonstrative narapela. See: uelgehe. referring to a further location, ‘there, geheis (from: geheisi) n. plant species over there’. Tok Pisin: long hap sait family Lythraceae. Pemphis acidula. ia; Halia: pal niama. Variant: Variant: gihes. ganehiae. geil (from: geili) v. chase, expel, chase garas (from: garasa) n. plant species, fish toward or into a net, chase pigs. family Commelinaceae, Wandering Tok Pisin: ronim. Variant: gal. Jew species, looks like grass, gel1 (from: gele) v. separate, branch, common near airstrip. Zebrina for one path to branch off from pendula. Halia: garas. From: Tok another. Tok Pisin: yu go olsem na Pisin. mi long hap; Halia: gelo. See: gatie DEM. demonstrative, ‘location uelperian. there’. Tok Pisin: long hap. See: gel2 (from: gele) n. fish species, -atie; matie. family Sparisomidae, Blue-speckled gauar (from: gauara) adj. dusty, parrotfish, family Scaridae, Blue- dirty, skin to peel off. Tok Pisin: barred Orange Parrotfish. das. Leptoscarus vaigiensis; Callydon gaugauar (from: gaugauara) adj. ghobban. See: pasian. dusty. gel uelpakah (from: gel uelpakaha) gaugauil ro butuan (from: gaugauil v. take a different road, go apart, ro butuana) n. whitecaps, white part. See: gel. breaking waves. See: peropere. gele liu v. separate away, go apart, gauil (from: gauili) adj. 1) color part. See: gel. white, off-white. ahik poho sokoro geleu1 (from: geleue) n. haemorrhoid, tar kuah gaugauil Don’t be afraid piles. of the white woman. Tok Pisin: geleu2 (from: geleue) n. palm species, wait. Variant: bitbit. Redup: family Palmae, Fishtail palm, gaugauil. attractive leaves used for decoration — n. 2) type of seaweed. Halia: during special event. Caryota
38 genar a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ginine
rumphiana var. papuana. Variant: giko DEM. that down there. See: katian. giako; -ko; roko. genar (from: genara) n. coral species, gila DEM. that over there. See: -la; flat stone. Acropora sp. -ela. Variant: giala; rola. Gerei (from: Gereie) propN. village gilahia DEM. further away, far away name, one of several villages on the from something, not visible. See: south of Nissan in the Sirouatan gila; -hia. area. gimgimih (from: gimgimihi) adj. giagia n. fish species, family very small. See: gimih. Haemulidae, Sweetlips. Plectorhinch gimih (from: gimihi) v. work us sp.; Diagramma pictum. patiently, work slowly. Halia: giako DEM. that down there, inside, kukuiomoto. Redup: gimgimih. not visible. Halia: iogana. See: ginah (from: ginaha) DEM. -ako. demonstrative pointing to ‘that up giala DEM. demonstrative, ‘that over there’. See: -enah. Variant: gianah; there’, not visible. See: -ala. ronah. giameh (from: giamehe) ALT. gine DEM. this here. Halia: akeni. another, other. tangela a giamehe gine daan (from: gine daana) n. right ro kaheu That over there is another now, today. Halia: teka koru. See: yam. Tok Pisin: narapela. See: -ene daan. gisiameh; giomeh. Variant: gimeh. gineitie DEM. those there. See: -eitie. giameher inet (from: giameher giniameh (from: giniamehe) ALT. inete) ALT. another thing. Halia: another for inanimate things. tabi. Variant: ginameh. giameher kahakah (from: giameher giniko DEM. those things down there kahakaha) ALT. another kind, inanimate. another type, different. Halia: ginila DEM. third person plural halhal. inanimate demonstrative, ‘those over giameher uelhire ALT. give a there’. See: -nila. different version, have a different ginin (from: ginina) DEM. interpretation. Halia: hiabeil. demonstrative, these things gianah (from: gianaha) DEM. that up inanimate. See: ginine. there out of view. See: -anah. gininah (from: gininaha) DEM. giat DEM. demonstrative, that there, demonstrative, ‘those things up not visible. See: -at. there’, inanimate. -gigeig PPRO. first person plural ginine DEM. demonstrative, ‘these inclusive possessive suffix, ‘our’. things here’, inanimate. ginine a See: inggeig; tagigeig. ngis this here is gravel See: ginina.
39 giniomeh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u gogog giniomeh (from: giniomehe) ALT. there,’ animate. See: -sila; rasila. alternative used with class o nouns, gisin (from: gisina) SPRO. third ‘other, another’. See: gisiamehe. person plural subject pronoun, ginit (from: giniti) DEM. ‘they’. gisina ra hohou they are demonstrative, ‘these things’, sleeping Tok Pisin: ol; Halia: nori. inanimate. See: git. See: tasisin; ginin; inggon. ginitie DEM. demonstrative, ‘those gisine DEM. demonstrative, ‘these things there’, inanimate. See: -nitie. here,’ animate. See: gisin. giomeh (from: giomehe) ALT. ‘other, gisis (from: gisisi) DEM. another,’ used with plural or class o demonstrative, ‘these,’ animate. See: nouns. giomeh poluk another one gisit. Halia: tana. See: giameh. gisit (from: gisiti) DEM. girgiris (from: girgirisi) n. fish demonstrative, ‘these,’ animate. See: species, family Therapontidae, gisis. Grunter. Therapon jarbua. gisitie DEM. third person plural gisiako DEM. demonstrative, ‘those demonstrative, animate, ‘those down there’, animate, not visible. there’. See: -ko. git (from: giti) DEM. demonstrative gisiala DEM. demonstrative, ‘those pronoun third person singular, ‘this’. over there,’ animate, not visible. Halia: nonei, tekeso. gisiameh (from: gisiamehe) ALT. gitie DEM. demostrative, ‘that there’. alternative, ‘some others’, animate. Halia: ili. See: -eitie. Halia: palabi, palai. Variant: go v. 1) still born, missed abortion, for gisimeh. the fetus to die in the womb. gisiameher tamat (from: gisiameher 2) break, break off a leaf or leaves. tamata) ALT. alternative, ‘some See: tago. 3) fold over. Halia: peko other people’. Halia: palabir. u pika. gisianah (from: gisianaha) DEM. God (from: Godo) propN. God. demonstrative, ‘those up there,’ Halia: Sunahan. Variant: Got. animate, not visible. From: English. gisiane DEM. demonstrative, ‘these gog (from: gogo) v. hungry. mate tar here,’ animate, not visible. gog starving Halia: bes. Redup: gisiat (from: gisiata) DEM. gogogo. demonstrative, ‘those,’ animate, not gogai (from: gogaia) n. plant species, visible. family Goodeniaceae. Scaevola gisiatie DEM. demonstrative, ‘those taccada. there,’ animate, not visible. gogog (from: gogogo) v. gisila DEM. demonstrative, ‘those — adj. drunk for too much beetle nut.
40 gogohun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u gor
Halia: spak. See: sipak; gog. announce an evening song session to gogohun (from: gogohunu) n. new the village, the signal consists of two leaf unopened. inggono ke seil goal long beats and ten short beats. toro gogohuna ro pos He removed gom (from: gomo) v. wrap, up, cover, the new banana leaves. See: ual. package. Halia: pou. See: gomono gogohun nar uat (from: gogohun nar ‘clothes’; hiku ‘clothe’. uata) n. head of bed. See: dedeik. gomgomonor matan (from: gogoreu (from: gogoreue) n. plant gomgomonor matana) n. eyelid, species, two types, hairy leaf and takes possessive marker for person without hair, family Cucurbitaceae, and number, body parts. Halia: cucumber family. Cucumis melo. hisinmata. See: mata. Variant: gogoua v. grind, twist. gogoua ulunar gomonar matan eyelashes; uatamtamian grind with a twisting gomonor matan; gomonar matan. motion gomo lueih (from: gomo lueihi) n. gogua v. mashed, crush, make powder package of fv:galip nuts. Halia: pou by pulverizing. Halia: pulpula. ngal. See: lueih. gohgohgoh (from: gohgohgoho) v. gomo tane v. cover up, hide by grunt, noise made in fear by a pig. masking. Variant: ragomo tane. goigoi (from: goigoio) n. traditional gomogom (from: gomogomo) adj. dance type, archaic, has fallen into overcast, cloudy. See: gom. disuse, similar to tinoia, once gomono n. clothes, cover, laplap, common on Nissan. See: tinoia. clothes generic. Halia: hasobu. See: Variant: kengkeng; kio; buat. kain. Redup: gomgomon. gol (from: golo) v. break off head, sit gomoul (from: gomoulu) n. plant on head. tokout gol toro species family Bixaceae. Bixa gogohunar ro pos Cut off the hear orellana. of the banana plant. gon (from: gono) n. corner, bay. golar (from: golara) n. plant species Halia: balata. family Euphorbiaceae. Glochidon goon (from: goono) EXCL. reply, ok, sp. ready. Halia: bara. Variant: gan. golgolen ro lun (from: golgolen ro gor (from: goro) n. cone shell species, lu) n. joint of head and spine. See: generic for cone shells, family lun. Conidae, many types. some species golgolie n. bird species, family are listed here. Conus litteralis; Meropidae, Rainbow Bee-eater. Conus leopardus; Conus aulicus; Merops ornatus. Conus generalis; Conus ebraeus. gologol (from: gologolo) n. signal See: karot; lekalek; mustakot. beaten on the men’s slit gong tuk to Variant: ngusunar hueit; kor.
41 gorah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u gulete ualahur gorah (from: goraha) v. frighten with goul (from: goulu) n. plant species, noise, voice, hit tree trunk, hit family Leeaceae also low growing stones. inggo ku goraha tar kapul, plant found in bush with mottled kare ualo I frightend the possum leaves, family Araceae. and then it ran. Leeanacrpous sp. Variant: goulun goreu (from: goreue) n. lime chewed sinal. with betel nut, made from burning gour (from: gouru) n. tree species, coral rocks to a high temperature, leaves and fruit eaten, wood used for used as a medicine and to ward off building family Gnetaceae, Spinich spirits, calcium oxide. Halia: Joint-fir. Gnetum gnemon. Tok golehe. See: ubau. Pisin: tulip. Variant: gourung gorogor (from: gorogoro) n. ginger nehan; gourung retan; gourung plants, generic for ginger plants, uaneran; uiu. family Zingiberaceae, Tumeric, gourouk (from: gourouku) n. small Galangal. Alpinia sp.; Curcuma sp.; basket round with handle. Alpinia purpurata. See: aligog; guam (from: guama) n. baby before it kateng; labum; laia; mariah; learns to walk. Halia: goama. See: palakok; pepekut; uihinar ian; dondon. uol; bu. Variant: poi. guat (from: guata) v. custom, do, gotgotorom pil (from:gotgotorom actions. See: guguguat. Redup: pili) n. 1) plant species family guatguat. Leguminosae, Shackshack guata ualahur (from: guata ualahur) Crotalaria. Crotalaria incana. v. to hurry up, to speed up. 2) edible nut, seed, which is often guguah (from: guguaha) v. sea made into a belt that jingles or lapping the beach. rattles. Halia: sil. Variant: guguguat (from: guguguata) n. bad gotgotorong pil. example, sin. See: guat. gotor (from: gotoro) v. noise of gugun (from: gugunu) n. prepare, something fall, rap, thump, tap. clean, not cleared, clearing, marked for a new garden. See: kaleuator. gou (from: gouo) v. draw to self. guguratah (from: gugurataha) n. goual (from: gouala) v. 1) remove plant species, family Piperaceae the leaves with hands to remove head of variety listed is the tree climbing tree thus killing it. See: go. 2) play. type, pepper. Piper sp. See: hiar. gouin (from: gouina) n. tail of Variant: na hiarar kapul. coconut crab or hermit crab. See: gulet (from: gulete) v. to awaken from kilon. sleep, to arise from bed. See: gouinar kuhuk n. head of octopus. ualagur. See: kuhuk. gulete ualahur (from: gulete 42 gulete uamarein a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u gutur
ualahuru) v. get up quickly, jump inggeim king guang la tar uekih up. We hurried to go fishing. gulete uamarein (from: gulete -guo PPRO. first person possessive uamareini) n. until daylight, to arise pronoun suffix, ‘mine, my’. Variant: during the day time. Halia: halan. -guo; -gu; -g. gulguluh (from: gulguluhu) v. gurgur (from: gurguru) n. nest of a movement, stretch, fidget, rat or snake. a na gurgurur kih the movement of baby in its mother’s rat nest See: niu. Variant: gur. womb. Halia: sos. gurun (from: gurunu) n. flowering, guluh (from: guluhu) v. movement, bunch of immature betelnuts, betel preparing, doing, preparing food, nut flowers, coconut, ketam, pako, readying of food for a feast. Redup: pango. Halia: bela. See: alara. gulguluh. gut (from: gutu) adj. good. See: auia. gum (from: gumu) v. incantations, From: Tok Pisin. ritual talking. See: uelgumgum. guta uakeken (from: guta uakekene) gumi n. eraser, rubber. From: Tok v. begin to do. Halia: hapitan. Pisin. gutgutur (from: gutguturu) n.fish gun (from: guna) v. shake, shake fruit species, family Holocentridae, from tree. gune tagin toro pirik Try Fleshy Squirrelfish. Holotrachys shaking the door. Redup: gunaguna. lima. See: kamakor; poroum. gun (from: gunu) n. gun. See: gutur (from: guturu) n. thud, refers puhapuh; pilan. From: English. to sounds of nature such as a tree gunagun (from: gunaguna) v. rock falling, thunder clap, burning back and forth toss, as a ship in bamboo exploding, inanimate sound. heavy waves. Halia: gutsil. See: puruh; gotor. gunang MDL. hurry, moved to go.
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-ha adv. direction, toward the speaker, Nissan during arrival feast uelpikur inland, on the landward side. See: or arrival of friends the nuts of -me; -ko. habourou, pako, bibir, pango, beu -ha hai (from: -ha haia) adv. all over, different nuts are thrown. Halia: in series, separate. bakaha hai loka. throw separately Morph: -ha hai. had (from: hada) adj. difficult, hard, See: hai. takes a long time. See: parakukuh. hab (from: haba) v. put in, stick in, From: Tok Pisin. lodge in, jab a stick into a hole to hadokin (from: hadok) n. sacrum drive out fish, put stick between legs bone, last bone of the spine, takes of pig to carry. Tok Pisin: putim i possessive marker for person and go insait; Halia: loku. number, body parts. See: toto; habau (from: habaua) n. tree species kaskasi. Variant: suruna ro family Apocynaceae, often used for hadokin coccyx. building and making canoes, these hagar (from: hagara) n. 1) space, passageway, place or opening to go trees can get quite big, the wood is through. 2) the way to do something, easy to work with, has a yellow plan, rules. Halia: ababa. color to it, Palimara, Alstonia. hagou (from: hagouo) v. feel, Alstonia scholaris. See: habauang passively for example, to feel pain, marit. or to feel the wind. Halia: sagoho. habauang marit (from: habauang Variant: nihagou (conscience). mariti) n. plant species, family hagou uasa v. feel bad, upset. Halia: Euphorbiaceae, spurge family. mataloho. See: uelsuk ro bal; Mallotus riciniodes. See: habau. hagou. habin (from: habini) n. keel center hagouo parok (from: hagouo paroko) floor board of the mona canoe. v. feel sure certain, discern. Halia: habin. hah1 (from: haha) v. 1) relief, tired of. haboura v. to plant by scattering haha tar pisar relief from the sun tobacco seeds on the ground. inggo ku haha tena niguata habourou (from: habourouo) n. tamoug teene inggon a uoto 1) palm species, family Palmae. ualtue. I’m tired of my father’s Areca sp. Halia: menamenaka. doing because he is always sending. See: pako. Variant: habarou. See: pisihili; mara pul. 2) skin hot 2) feast after returning from a first rough, measles, skin rash, prickly time trip to a new location, on heat. 44 hah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u halan hah2 (from: haha) n. jellyfish. See: on top, twine, climb. inggon ke banua. Variant: hoh. haiala i rana tar rangkuen He hahaialik (from: hahaialiki) n. keep walked on top of the palm leaves. o watching over, lonely, watch for. uoho ko haia tane tor guaba The Halia: taratarakap. vine covered up the guava tree. Tok hahaiatit (from: hahaiatiti) n. 1) fish Pisin: i go yet. See: -ha hai. species, family Echeneidae, hai (from: haia) adv. series. Suckerfish, Cling-fish, Remoras, haiang balbal (from: haiang balbala) Cobia, attached to sharks and other n. plant disease, spotting, white large fish, will also attach to humans spots. Variant: masmasai. and turtles, this fish is eaten. hail (from: haili) n. 1) flood, ditch, Remora remora; Rachycentron trench. Tok Pisin: bigpela wara. canadus. 2) guard, assistant, body- Variant: larata. 2) hand span, unit guard to the toia, this position is a of measure. 3) glue. Halia: nolo, hereditary position, they would carry seilo. See: tit. out the decisions of the toia, a hain (from: haini) n. metal. From: person who goes along with. See: Tok Pisin. toia. hair (from: hairi) v. sew up as hahang (from: hahanga) v. extend, clothes, as a net, or a sago shingle. enlarge, swell. See: sasang. Tok Pisin: somap. See: samapa; haharan (from: haharana) n. school kair. of fish, type of fish these are eaten hak (from: haka) v. pierce, enter, by other fish such as tuna and lance coconut with pole, beat it mackerel. Halia: ninou. down, hook, spear, as fish, jab, as a hahau (from: hahaua) v. 1) reply, pay hypodermic needle. haka toro back. Tok Pisin: bekim. See: mahar bario Pierce the piece of uelhahau. breadfruit. Tok Pisin: sutim. See: — adj. 2) superior, greater, higher loko; haklous. Variant: sik; hok. than. Halia: soul. hakbise v. spear down, bump over, hahaua liu v. longer, higher, surpass, knock over. Tok Pisin: sutim i go. complete the pay back. inggo u See: bise. hahaua liu tamiroum I have haklous (from: haklousu) v. knock surpassed you two. Tok Pisin: down, knock loose. See: sus; lous; longpela mo. hak. hahauan (from: hahauana) v. in halan (from: halana) MDL. not yet. a exchange, revenge. Tok Pisin: ketam halan te mahoh The pau bekim; Halia: hipou. nuts are not yet mature. Tok Pisin: i hai (from: haia) v. step on, further, go no yet; Halia: tabuna. See: harah.
45 halat a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hanghangut halat (from: halata) v. plan, a kanu; Halia: kikilil. See: niaga. meeting, time set for a meeting. Tok hamas (from: hamasa) adv. slowly. a Pisin: stretim; Halia: lits. See: tamat e lala hamas The man goes uelhalat. slowly. Tok Pisin: isi; Halia: halika n. giant spirit, spirit, eats the hamets. See: hamhamas. Redup: hermit crabs. Tok Pisin: bigpela hamhamas. tambaran. hamhamas (from: hamhamasa) adj. haluh (from: haluhu) v. hit, strike humble, lowly. See: hamas. with fist. a tamata e haluh tar soi Han (from: Hana) propN. Han island The man hit the snake. Halia: in the middle of the Nissan lagoon. atung. Hanupan propN. village name, near haluh go v. break, as to break a leg by Siaken village on North part of hitting. See: go. Nissan, Uanuliek area. haluh polak (from: haluh polaka) v. hangan (from: hangana) n. name, break, knock on the head for takes suffix for person and number. example, killing a possum by mar hanganon What’s his name? swinging it against a tree, or Tok Pisin: nem; Halia: solo. See: breaking firewood by hitting it on a tohangan. rock, swing and break against a hard hangang (from: hanganga) v. to take object. Tok Pisin: paitim bai another’s place, represent, instead buruk; Halia: oubi. See: haluh. of. o palastik rone a hangang tolah haluh pous (from: haluh pousu) v. This plastic bag instead of a woven murder, kill intentionally, swing and bag. Tok Pisin: makim. See: hang. break against a hard object. Tok hangaul (from: hangaulu) NUM. ten. Pisin: patim bai dai. See: uelpus. a hueit o hangaul There are ten Variant: haluh pus. pigs. Tok Pisin: tenpela; Halia: haluhung liouan (from: haluhung maloto. Variant: hangoul. liouana) v. spirit possession, usually hangaul doha torik (from: hangaul happens to men, where spirits take doha toriki) NUM. twelve. Tok possession of the person and he Pisin: twelpela; Halia: tanoge. becomes wild and uncontrollable, a hangaul doha touon (from: hangaul special ritual is performed to cure doha touono) NUM. thirty. Tok him using lime. See: liouan. Pisin: tetipela; Halia: tolahun. ham (from: hama) v. yawn. Halia: hangaulur hangaul (from: mamaha. hangaulur hangaulu) NUM. one haman (from: hamana) n. float, hundred. Halia: osono. outrigger poles, which balances the hanghangut (from: hanghangutu) v. canoe. Tok Pisin: saman bilong keep silent. Tok Pisin: stap isi.
46 hangoguo a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u haul hangoguo n. my name. hangomua tur tane; uelkarus. your name Morph: hango-guo. hasop (from: hasopo) n. hat. See: har1 (from: hara) v. sun to rise and taku. appear over the horizon. Tok Pisin: hatap (from: hatapa) n. plant species sankamap; Halia: purus. See: family Bombaceae, Kapok, Ceiba. boborang. Ceiba pentandra. har2 (from: hara) v. 1) stir turn over hatul (from: hatulu) n. fern species, as when turning cocoa for drying or family Polypodiaceae, Cupfern a grader leveling a pile of karanas species. Dennstaedtia sp.; or gravel. Tok Pisin: tainim. See: Microlepia sp. See: karakar. roro. 2) brush hand on leg, clean hatup (from: hatupu) v. bend knee, garden. Tok Pisin: rausim wantim brace oneself with the knee, han; Halia: rara. especially while standing in a canoe har3 (from: hara) n. shallows. See: and pulling in fish. Tok Pisin: lolou. brukim skru; Halia: hatuku. hara (from: har-) DUB. maybe. hero Variant: hatuk. man Maybe its’ true. Morph: ha- r-. hatup uahiu v. kneel, kneel down. Variant: her-. Halia: hasoleke. harah1 (from: haraha) adv. still, hau (from: haua) Q. what. a hau ro enough, as far as, as long as. raeig guataia What are you doing? Tok ira gulete harah We are still awake. Pisin: wanem; Halia: aha. See: Tok Pisin: stap yet; Halia: noa. hauis. Variant: ahau. See: halan. hau gologol (from: hau gologolo) n. harah2 (from: haraha) v. clean away fish species, family Belonidae, brush and vines, clean tree of vines. Keel-Jawed Long-Tom, Large- haraha parok (from: haraha Scaled Long-Tom. Thalassosteus paroko) v. grope in dark. Tok Pisin: appendiculatus; Stronglura incisa. painim long tudak. See: hauu. Harahar (from: Harahara) propN. hau kangan (from: hau kangana) n. stars, Milkyway, Pleiades a fish species family , Giant Long- constellation of six stars. Halia: Tom, Choram Long-Tom, Hornpike ngata. Long-Tom. Tylosurus indicus; harum (from: harumu) n. needle. Tylosurus crocodilus; Strongylura Tok Pisin: nil bilong somap; Halia: leiura. salum. haub (from: haubu) v. braid, splice, hasakai (from: hasakaia) v. shield strong rope, roll on leg or thigh. Tok from, intercede, stop, prevent, make Pisin: taitim; Halia: sei. peace, rescue. Halia: hatu kap. See: haul (from: haula) v. rub skin lightly,
47 haus sik a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u helemasor
roll on hands, knead bread. Tok mat bilong silip; Halia: holasa. Pisin: rolim long han. See: sauor. — v. 2) cover, lay over, lay on. la heig haus sik (from: haus siki) n. clinic, toro labalab toro tebol Go cover hospital. See: eitpos. From: Tok the table with a cloth. Pisin. heiham (from: heihama) n. fern hauu n. 1) bird species, owl, family species, climbing fern, also a small Tytonidae, Barn Owl. Tyto alba. a leaf type, family Schizaeaceae, hauu ke ein tar papaololik The owl Climbing fern sp. Lygodium ate the chick. Variant: basosogot; circinnatum; Lygodium sp. bangsosogot; hau. 2) fish species, heil (from: heili) v. disoriented, be generic for family Belonidae, Long- lost, missing, loose way. Tok Pisin: tom, Needle-fish, many types, lus; Halia: leienalel. See: touboul. Black-finned Long-Tom. Tylosurus heir (from: heiri) v. 1) give, to give melanotus. Halia: tutul, kur. See: to. Tok Pisin: givim; Halia: mara. hau gologol; hau kangan. Variant: See: ueleheir. Variant: har. hauang boung. — n. 2) type of feast given when the heban (from: hebana) n. plant species bride is taken to her husband’s family Marantaceae. Donax family. See: uelheirie. canniformis. heir bak (from: heir baka) v. borrow, hedong (from: hedongo) v. fill, fill up loan, credit. Tok Pisin: givim with a liquid. Tok Pisin: pulapim. pastaim. See: itu. heir katong (from: heir katongo) v. hehe n. 1) food offering to accompany give to self. Tok Pisin: givim yu yet. the dead person in a sea burial so the heir puk (from: heir puku) v. give other dead would welcome him. freely, contribute. Tok Pisin: givim 2) feast table where food for tasol. See: heir. Redup: heirheir presentation is laid. puk. hehek (from: heheke) v. 1) heirheir boh (from: heirheir boho) v. investigate, make a preliminary tease. Tok Pisin: givim giaman. survey. Tok Pisin: painim aut; heiring uasaluh (from: heiring Halia: hehela. 2) to double over the uasaluhu) v. substitute, put instead coconut leaves in a basket. of. Tok Pisin: givim long narapela heig (from: heigi) n. 1) mat, spread lain; Halia: nalei. See: saluhu; out as a cloth or mat, cove, drape, heir. wall woven from coconut fronds. o helehel (from: helehele) n. tree mamanailik ra rikin tar heig i species family Bigoniaceae. iabas The young men are laying on Dolicnanadrone spathacea. mats in the boy house. Tok Pisin: helemasor (from: helemasoro) n.
48 helempar a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hih
lower leg and lower arm, shin. uahiapa sikoro tang Keren ke helempar (from: helempara) n. dangata pe tar kar I put off Keren crevice, deep split in the cliff. Halia: who asked for the car to drive. inggo sia. ka kulaio u la hire tang Tomboy e helen (from: helene) n. thin, thin as la galasa tar reu, doh inggo ku la paper. helenetiehe tun very very hire puk pare, e la galasonene thin Tok Pisin: bunating. See: daan They told me to go tell meilmeil; rabian. Tomboy to go spear fishing this heleng ian (from: heleng iana) n. afternoon and I went and only told 1) muscular area above lower ribs on them that he was spear fishing now. both sides of the back, it starts under Tok Pisin: surikim long narapela the shoulder blades and goes down taim. to the hips, it is part of the pinen, hiar (from: hiara) n. betel pepper and mudin. See: pinen; mudin. used with chewing betel nut, also 2) body paint. called kala, a vine often planted her (from: here) n. tree species which near house to grow on different grows near the ocean, family trees, many varieties, family Moraceae. Ficus sp. See: luluh. Piperaceae, pepper, also called hero man (from: hero mana) v. karuanis. Piper betle. Tok Pisin: maybe its’ true, to tell a half-truth, daka; Halia: sela. See: guguratah; possibly true. Tok Pisin: ating i tru. makih. Variant: hiara tun; hiara See: har-; man. kubkubar; kabel; kumbout or heu v. make smooth, flatten out, make kombout; sinul; sumakarau; smooth as new cement. heuing uain balanar kaua; boroun; hiaram ro bal over joyed, very happy See: pitu; hiaran teah; iamiamuh; delauan. molei; nasnum; panuan; sikos. heuing goreu (from: heuing goreue) hiarou (from: hiarouo) adv. 1) calm, n. plant species family Solanaceae. quiet, still as a calm sea without Solanum torvum. See: duladul. wind, still. Morph: ua-hiarou. heuing tuk (from: heuing tuku) n. — v. 2) make peace, forgive, plant species family Leguminosae. reconcile. Tok Pisin: belisi; Halia: Pithecellobium sp. maraha. -hia adv. direction, further, further hiden (from: hidene) n. heathen, away. gilahia over there further i pagan. Tok Pisin: haiden, tematan; muduhia after a wile Tok Pisin: i go Halia: tematan. See: tematan; tang moa olsem. kingil. From: English. hiap (from: hiapa) v. put off, excuse, hih (from: hihi) v. peel with hand, make excuse. inggo ku uelhire peel off in strips. hih tar rang kuen
49 hihian a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hiling
Peel the coconut leaf. Tok Pisin: wari. See: kanuh. rausim skin. See: sil; hihion; hihih. hikhiku n. clothes, shirt, outer Redup: hihih. garment dress put on clothes without hihian (from: hihiana) n. 1) grease, sleeves or legs. Tok Pisin: kolos; fat. a tamat ke ein tar hihianar Halia: hasei. See: hiku. hueit The man ate the pig fat. Tok hikhiku tong (from: hikhiku tongo) Pisin: giris; Halia: mola. See: n. fish species, family Plesiopidae, uahihian. Round-head or Long-fin. Plesiops hihian nar kurum (from: hihian nar sp. kurumu) n. white grease on a young hikhikutaling (from: hikhikutalingi) coconut. Tok Pisin: giris bilong n. centipede species, family kokonas; Halia: pupu. Scolpendridae, small type doesn’t hihiar (from: hihiara) n. plant species bite. See: hilang. family Piperaceae. Peperomia sp. hiku v. cover, put on shirt, wear, put hihiarou (from: hihiarouo) n. greasy on over the head, get in. a kuk ke water. Tok Pisin: wara i gat giris; hiku tena tung A crab got in his Halia: topuasa. hole. See: hikung liouan. Redup: hihibau (from: hihibaua) n. spirit, hikhiku. type of spirit. Tok Pisin: tewel. hiku boung v. riot. hihih (from: hihihi) v. pull to pieces. hikul (from: hikulu) n. shell ring, Tok Pisin: pulim na i buruk liklik; shell ring made from giant Halia: las kotskots. See: hih. clamshell. See: kuaman. hihion (from: hihiono) n. peelings. hikung liouan (from: hikung liouana) n. crazy person subject to Tok Pisin: skin bilong kaikai spirit possession, refers to being samting. See: hih. controlled by evil spirits or spirits of hihip (from: hihipi) v. hunt pigs, the dead, often a temporary state. search for food. Tok Pisin: painim Tok Pisin: man i gat tewel insait habus long bus. See: niuan; keip longem; Halia: popoloana. See: lo. hiku. hihir (from: hihiri) adv. completely, hilang (from: hilanga) n. centipede to finish something, to complete. species, Chilopoda, family kalelinale hihir work completely, Scolopendridae, has a poisonous complete work bite. a hilanga ke eit tar kekenon hik1 (from: hiki) v. probe, pry open, The centipede bit his leg. Tok Pisin: probe in a hole with an instrument, plentihan; Halia: lihanga. See: insert. Tok Pisin: subim. hikhikutaling. Variant: binat. hik2 (from: hiki) v. worry, concern for hiling (from: hilingi) v. start high tide. children living far away. Tok Pisin: See: silu.
50 hiliu a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hire tapokis hiliu v. leave something or someone, to a meter and a half in length which let go, divorce. Tok Pisin: lusim; is used to beat the slit gong. See: Halia: hapolasa. tuk. himuk (from: himuku) v. inhale, to hiong (from: hiongo) v. put sense through the nose, snort, like something underneath something, or lime, strong smell, which cause eyes inside something. Tok Pisin: aninit. to water, and body to become hot. hiou (from: hiouo) n. 1) cloudy as inggon ke himuk tar goreu kere unclear, water muddy. 2) slit drum singsingiringuain He inhaled the beater, fv:garamut beater. Halia: lime and then sneezed here and now. kaho. Tok Pisin: pulim win i go insait hir1 (from: hiri) n. fish trap, small had long nek. held for scooping up small fish in hin (from: hini) v. scratch an itch. Tok shallow water. See: iog. Pisin: sikirapim. See: keih. hir2 (from: hiri) v. crawl. a guam e hinahin (from: hinahini) n. flatter, hirhir teil i kot The baby crawled smooth talk, ‘grease’ talk. See: about on the ground. Tok Pisin: hihian. Variant: hinohin. wokabaut long sikuru; Halia: sil. hinakeis (from: hinakeisi) n. magic See: uelhir. Redup: hirhir. sign used by sun worker. See: hir3 (from: hiri) v. inherit features, to bulakeisi. inherit physical features from hinar (from: hinara) n. nose bleed. parents or family. See: ngusun. hirako n. small tapering leaf parcel hinout (from: hinoutu) n. woman’s used in weather magic. See: tam sister-in-law, husband’s sister, palau. husband’s brother’s wife. Tok Pisin: hire v. tell, confess. Tok Pisin: tokim; tambu meri; Halia: eiha. Halia: hatei. See: uelhire. Redup: hing (from: hinga) v. ask for, request, hirhire. plead, to ask strongly, expecting to hire katong (from: hire katongo) v. receive, pray. Tok Pisin: askim; to be self-evident. Tok Pisin: em yet Halia: singo. See: uoto hing; i tokim. uahing. hire tagin (from: hire tagini) v. talk hinga tutup (from: hinga tutupu) v. about someone or something, can be plead, beg. Tok Pisin: askim strong. in favor of or against the one talked See: uoto hing; hing. about. Tok Pisin: toktok taraim; hingia Q. which, question word. Tok Halia: ranga sil. Pisin: wanem dispela; Halia: hire tane v. forbid talk. Tok Pisin: kubese. Variant: hinia. noken tokim. hio n. a rattan bundle of about a meter hire tapokis (from: hire tapokisi) v.
51 hire uakalahar a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ho
talk back, answer, make clear. Tok bone. Tok Pisin: bun; Halia: tsino. Pisin: toktok bek; Halia: See: gagono ro hiron. Variant: hatamaroro. hironon tar puhung uleik femur or hire uakalahar (from: hire humerus; hironon tar puhung uakalahara) v. declare, tell out, helemasor tibia or radius; tokem make known. Tok Pisin: tokaut; fibula or ulna. Halia: ranga hatei. hiron toton (from: hiron totona) n. hire ualatuman (from: hire bones of the spine, pig meat top ualatumana) v. send a message, ask back. See: hiron. through another person, retell. Tok hironon tar uihin (from: hironon tar Pisin: tok save; Halia: butul. uihini) n. choice banana shaped hire uarang (from: hire uaranga) v. section of meat near the lower talk in picture talk, parable. Tok backbone of the pig. Halia: poso. Pisin: tok piksa; Halia: hakeruka. hirup (from: hirupu) v. sip. Halia: hire ueltebeir (from: hire ueltebeiri) toropo. v. talk around, talk about, talk here hiu (from: hiua) v. go down. Tok and there. Tok Pisin: toktok Pisin: go daun. See: uahiu; nabaut. touahiua. Variant: hiuo; hiu. hireng mamantou (from: hireng hiu i du v. to the village or to the sea, mamantouo) v. demean, insult, go from inland toward the sea. Tok gossip. Tok Pisin: toktok long Pisin: go daun long si buruk; bagarapim. Variant: hire Halia: gala. mamantau. hiuan (from: hiuana) n. relative by hirhireio v. recall, refer to, talking marriage, in-law, husband’s parents, about. Tok Pisin: tingim bek na wife’s parents, father of son-in-law. toktok. See: nguru. nogo hiuo my father-in-law Tok hirihir (from: hirihiri) v. feel angry, Pisin: em ol tambu. Variant: hiuon. feelling angry but keeping it in. hiuhiuon (from: hiuhiuono) n. hill, hiro n. fish species family slope of hill. drop off. Halia: Lethrinidae, Small-toothed Emperor. toaseina. Lethrinella microdon. See: iahiah. hiuon (from: hiuono) n. sloping reef, hirohir (from: hirohiri) v. call out, mouth of the sea, slope or valley. for kingfisher bird to call out wile Tok Pisin: papa bilong tambu flying low, to complain loudly. Tok man. Pisin: singaut. hiuor uleik (from: hiuor uleiki) n. hiron (from: hirono) n. bone, pig sickness, swell up. Tok Pisin: solap. meat, rib cage, skeleton. a lo ke ein See: ising. tar hironor ian The dog ate the fish ho v. gas, odor, smell as from cooking
52 hobour a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hongo polak
food. maine ke puka uaho tar people first lived on Nissan, home of sosopan Who here released the odor Timbeheis. See: Timbeheis. of the sauspan. hohouo reu (from: hohouo reue) n. hobour (from: hobouru) v. drift. Tok plant species family Leguminosae, Pisin: tirip. See: bel. Senna species. Cassia multijuga. hog (from: hogo) v. throw. Tok Pisin: hohouong duk (from: hohouong tromoi. See: baka. duku) adv. sleep soundly. Tok hoh (from: hoho) v. 1) drill, bore, Pisin: silip dai. make a hole. See: bo. hoi EXCL. surprise. Tok Pisin: kirap — n. 2) wasp species, fly species, nogut. See: lutar. beetle species, makes holes in posts, holang (from: holanga) adj. hot body, small wood boring beetle, Diptera, perspire. Tok Pisin: tuhat. See: family Asilidae, Robber Fly. tumarang. Machimus sp. 3) bird species family holor (from: holoro) v. lock, close a Accipitridae, Sparrow-hawk, family door or window. Tok Pisin: pasim. Falconidae, Oriental Hobby. Variant: halor. Accipiter eichhorni; Falco severus. homal (from: homala) v. groan with hohai (from: hohaia) v. drifting in pain, moan. Tok Pisin: karai line, a canoe going up on the water. wantaim pen; Halia: har. hohop (from: hohopo) v. drain, hon1 (from: hono) n. taro, generic absorbed, seep as water seeping into term for taro, many types, for native the ground. Tok Pisin: baret. types some have said there are 50 hohopo uahiu (from: hohopo subtypes, other types have been uahiua) v. settle down into the introduced, family Araceae, ground as a post, rotten at the Malanga, Elephants-ear Taro. bottom gradually sinks into the Colocasia esculenta. Tok Pisin: ground. Halia: taspun. kanaka; Halia: uosono. See: hohorobong (from: hohorobongo) n. kongkong taro; singapor. type of yaws, crab-foot yaws. See: hon2 (from: hono) v. support, to lotlotoloik. support. Tok Pisin: halivim bai hohot (from: hohoto) v. firm, firmly samting i noken pundaun, bruk. rooted. a palau o hohot The stone is Redup: honhon. firm in the ground. Honiara propN. Honiara. hohou (from: hohouo) v. 1) sleep, hong (from: hongo) v. break against, close the eyes. mahmahang hohou break against, dislodge as when go to sleep late Tok Pisin: slip; hitting a coconut against a stone. Halia: soho. Halia: putu. — n. 2) traditional village where hongo polak (from: hongo polaka) v.
53 hope a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hua
split, split coconut. Tok Pisin: houlhouloung TB. brukim namel. houm (from: houmu) v. to hold an hope Q. how, in what manner, object in the mouth. Tok Pisin: stap question word. hope ro la pea i insait long maus. Kalil How will you go to Kalil? Tok hounhoun (from: hounhounu) v. Pisin: mekim olsem wanem. provoke, encourage, stir up. Tok Morph: hau + pe. Variant: hape; Pisin: hatim bel. See: houn. hapa. houp1 (from: houpu) v. drown. Tok horohor (from: horohoro) v. hang Pisin: dring solwara. See: dudur. down. e la horhoro dedeko i kot It houp2 (from: houpu) v. bake using a always hangs down to the ground. stone oven, bake, mumu to cook hot (from: hoto) adj. straight. Tok food on the ground with hot stones. Pisin: stret. See: makmakos; Tok Pisin: mumu; Halia: rak. uelhote. houpang (from: houpanga) n. strong hotoro n. insect species, Coleoptera, smell. family Curculionidae, Black Palm hour (from: houru) n. pile of small Weevil, family Tenebrionidae, stones, heap, a small stone fence Darkling Beetle. Rhychophorus used to protect young coconut trees oilineatus; Alcidodes sp.; or other plants from pigs, altar. Tok Trochorhopalus strangulatus; Pisin: bikpela hip ston. Gonocephoum aentheboides. See: hu v. go down, dive for deep water, as bulum; kakaiu. Variant: hakoro; fish, tuna, as the sun or moon. Tok hatoro. Pisin: subim long wara; Halia: houar (from: houara) v. mix solids or hapoto. liquids. Tok Pisin: tainim; Halia: hu pisar (from: hu pisara) v. sun to sohala. set, sunset. Tok Pisin: sun i go houaran tidungan (from: houaran daun; Halia: tsiruku. tidungana) n. rock type, calcite a hua1 v. 1) paddle a canoe, use as a mineral. See: palau. paddle. Tok Pisin: pul long kanu. houarang kuen (from: houarang — n. 2) passage, water passageway, kuene) n. plant species, family place or opening to go through, Compositae. Blumea arfakiana. inlet. Tok Pisin: pasis. See: huais. houhouar (from: houhouara) v. visit, hua2 v. snag, tangle, as a fish in a net, garden, visit hospital. Tok Pisin: go trap. Tok Pisin: string i paul; Halia: lukim. ona. houloung (from: houloungu) v. hua3 v. grow up. huan tagel grow cough, have a cold. Tok Pisin: kus; well, grow strong Tok Pisin: gro; Halia: koso. See: up. Variant: Halia: pusuku.
54 hua uasual a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u huhuian hua uasual (from: hua uasuala) v. carried the pig. Tok Pisin: pik; grow down. Tok Pisin: gro i go Halia: poum. See: huhueitilik; sus. daun; Halia: tous. Variant: huat; suat. huais v. angry, to feel angry, passive hueit legur (from: hueit leguru) n. form of verb. ka huais totoguo orphan pig, baby pig without They are angry with me. See: hua. mother. Halia: kuni. huak (from: huaka) n. crab species, hueit makan (from: hueit makana) land crab, lives under stones. n. male pig, boar. Halia: soki. See: Variant: keror. hueit. huakolkol (from: huakolkolo) n. hueit tinan (from: hueit tinana) n. large squid, cuttlefish bone. Tok sow, female pig, mother pig. See: Pisin: tauka. See: susun. hueit. huan (from: huana) n. rain. na huh (from: huhu) v. 1) nurse at the huanar bir drizzle with sun shining breast. a guama ke huh tang tinan through matang pisar heavy rain The baby nursed from its’ mother. with some sun breaking through Tok Tok Pisin: givim susu; Halia: sus. Pisin: ren; Halia: langits. See: huh. huar (from: huara) adv. clearly, — n. 2) breast milk, milk. carefully, focus on. banghuar see huh luar (from: huh luara) v. wean, clearly namana huar remember Tok to stop the breast or breast milk. Tok Pisin: kilia. Pisin: lusim susu; Halia: hanoa a huat (from: huata) v. carry on sus. See: toubuhuh. shoulder. Tok Pisin: karim antap huhu v. bathe, baptize, wash. Tok long solda. Pisin: waswas; Halia: totobu. See: huata kai (from: huata kaia) v. lift hu. up, lift up on shoulder, honor. See: huhua n. crevice in the coral reef. huat. Halia: soeisoei. hue1 n. fire, firebrand, match, volcano. huhuain (from: huhuaini) v. Tok Pisin: paia; Halia: tula. impatience. Tok Pisin: bel hat. hue2 v. stretch, reach out, to pass huhuatan (from: huhuata) n. something that is beyond another’s shoulder takes possessive suffix for reach. hueing uain ro bal over person and number, body parts. Tok joyed Tok Pisin: stretim; Halia: Pisin: solda; Halia: halahala. See: hasoa. huat. hue kai v. raise up. lift up, raise hands huhueitilik (from: huhueitiliki) n. or feet. See: hue. piglet, small pig, baby pig. See: hueit (from: hueiti) n. pig. o tamata hueit. ra huata teil tar hueit The men huhuian (from: huhuiana) n. bird
55 huhun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hureureuir bialok
species, Osprey, family Accipitridae, Tok Pisin: strogim tingting. brown fish-eating sea bird. Pandion hulung (from: hulungu) v. to fire up haliaetus. Tok Pisin: manangunai; the oven of stones. a kuah ke Halia: kotoiena. See: manulab. hulung tar houp The woman lit the huhun (from: huhu) n. chest, breast, stone oven. Tok Pisin: laitim. See: body part takes possessive suffix. uout. Tok Pisin: susu. See: huh; matanar humalir (from: humaliri) n. mullet huhun. Variant: poinar huhun fish species, large variety, family male breast; isingar huhun mastitis. Mugilidae. See: kabalau. huhun (from: huhunu) n. crossbar of hun (from: hunu) v. sit on shoulders. house, rafter. See: huh. Tok Pisin: sindaun antap long huhur (from: huhuru) v. uproot, dig solda. See: huat. out, dig up. Tok Pisin: digim aut. hung (from: hungu) v. to arrive by huhut (from: huhutu) adv. close. tur transport, to arrive. Tok Pisin: uahuhut Stand close. Tok Pisin: kamap long wanpela hap. See: klostu; Halia: sukusuku. See: pokos. hutung; uahuhut. hung lolon (from: hung lolono) v. hui v. cut in pieces, peel with an dive under, submerge, dive into. instrument as a vegetable. Tok Pisin: Halia: lul. Morph: hu-ng lolon. rausim skin. See: hu; lolon. huian (from: huiana) adj. askew, hung tog (from: hung togo) v. at the diagonally. Halia: halata. same time, happens at the same huihuiun (from: huihuiuna) n. time. Tok Pisin: wanpela taim peelings of fruit, skin of vegetable, tasol. shell of coconut, cast off peelings, hup (from: hupu) v. put in hair. Tok rubbish consisting of peelings. Pisin: putim long garas; Halia: huihuianar koko yam peelings koa. Halia: pem. See: lah; hui. Variant: hupur kosor (from: hupur kosoro) n. huihuian. plant species family Amaranthaceae, hul1 (from: hulu) v. try to escape, also a small leaf type, Cockscomb want to leave quickly, prepare. Tok sp. Celosia argentea. See: na hupur Pisin: redim. kosor. hul2 (from: hulu) n. sore on eyelid, hur (from: huru) v. lever. Tok Pisin: sty, an inflamed swelling of a putim hap diwai i go aninit long sebaceous gland at margin of eyelid. hap diwai or ston na mekim i kam hule n. tree species family antap. Sterculiaceae. Kleinhovia hospita. hureureuir bialok (from: hureureuir hulhul (from: hulhulu) v. influence. bialoko) n. new moon seen in the
56 huru a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u hutung
late afternoon, evening. Tok Pisin: houaram pekih. mun i go daun. See: koburung hurung (from: hurungu) adv. almost. bilaoko. Tok Pisin: klostu stret; Halia: pats. huru n. hair dressing color usually hutung MDL. soon, closely, soon reddish-orange, used for singsings will. sisikinalik kere uahuhutung in times of singing, also used in hung na parau Graim In a little other rituals, red ochre, clay. Tok while and then soon will arive Pisin: pen bilong bilasim het; Graim’s ship. Tok Pisin: klostu Halia: goagoa. nau; Halia: sukusukun. Morph: hurum pekih (from: hurum pekihi) hutu-ng. See: hut. Variant: hutun. n. plant species family Labiate. Redup: huhutung. Ocimum basilicum. Variant:
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I - i i1 SM. subject marker in the verb ran. phrase for first person plural i reh (from: i rehe) adv. far, distant. inclusive pronoun, ‘we, us’. See: mi. Tok Pisin: long we; Halia: lehana. i2 LOC. location, indicates location in See: reh. time or space, ‘at, to’. Halia: i. i um (from: i uma) adv. inside of a -i OM. object marker is suffixed to the house or building, to go home, to go verb or adverb and followed by inside a building, inside. Tok Pisin: pronoun suffix that marks person insait long haus. See: um. and number, has animate and i uoum (from: i uoumu) n. front, even inanimate forms. See: -in; -is; -ig. with, in front of. Tok Pisin: pastaim i du n. where the surf breaks, toward long; Halia: matina. See: uoum; the ocean. Tok Pisin: arere bilong uamu. rip; Halia: lis, gagala. See: du. ia Q. question word, location ‘where’. i duhia n. toward seaward side. Tok ia ro laa Where are you going? Tok Pisin: long sait bilong sibruk; Pisin: we; Halia: ime. Halia: pal gagala. Morph: i du iabas (from: iabasa) n. men’s meeting -hia. See: du. house, men’s ceremonial house, i kot (from: i koto) n. down, toward where visiting men sleep, young ground. Tok Pisin: long graun. See: unmarried men live, contains the kot. large hollowed out drums, which are i lolon (from: i lolono) n. inside, used for signals. Tok Pisin: haus jungle, in to the bush. Tok Pisin: boi; Halia: abasa, tsuhana. See: insait; Halia: hana. See: lolon. iabas uleik. Variant: abas. i morenhia n. toward the front, iabas uleik (from: iabas uleiki) n. outside. Tok Pisin: long poret; large men’s house. Tok Pisin: Halia: pori. Morph: i moren-hia. bigpela haus boi; Halia: lumapiu. See: moren. See: iabas. Variant: abas uleik. i mud (from: i mudu) adv. behind, iaben (from: iabene) n. spirit, spirit of later, behind time, back. tabil i mud a person, image, ghost. iabener Sit in the back. See: mud. tamat spirit of a person Tok Pisin: i muduhia adv. later, in a wile. See: i tewel; Halia: uabiebe, namnamei. mud. See: liouan; iabiabena; iabetua. i ran (from: i rana) adv. up, heaven, Variant: aben; masoloh. Redup: above, high, greater, far out to sea. iabiaben. Tok Pisin: antap; Halia: iasa. See: iabener kilue n. spirit, ghost of 58 iabener pulung a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ian
someone who was eaten, a cannibal Variant: tusing; anguang; victim. See: iaben; Tarhuniau. pampuipui. Variant: abener kilue. iahiahen (from: iahiahe) adj. iabener pulung n. spirit of someone — n. chin, jaw, jaw bone, takes the who hung himself, suicide victim. possessive suffix for body parts. Tok iabener tam palau (from: iabener Pisin: wasket; Halia: uasiese. tam palaua) n. spirit of a dead Variant: ueltukan ro iahiahen joint rainmaker. Tok Pisin: tewel bilong of jaw and head; tengkan ro man is save mekim ren; Halia: iahiahen mastoid bone. liahantau. See: iaben. Variant: iahiaon (from: iahiaono) Q. which abener tam palau. direction. Tok Pisin: long wanem iabener uaen (from: iabener uaene) hap. Morph: ia-hia-on. See: ia; -hia. n. spirit, ghost of a swimmer who iail (from: iaili) n. fish hook. iail killed herself by swimming out to uleiki big hook Tok Pisin: huk sea, this is a form of suicide bilong pis; Halia: il. Variant: ail. common to women, they can also iakah (from: iakaha) adj. tall as a tall paddle a canoe out to sea never to coconut tree also the name of a land return. See: iaben. Variant: abener area on Nissan Lihon. Tok Pisin: uaen. longpela, i longpela, longpela iabetua n. living spirit. See: iaben. kokonas. Variant: akah. Variant: abetua. ialiol (from: ialiolo) n. 1) enclosure iabiaben (from: iabiabene) n. shadow, made of bamboo, or coconut or to cast shadow on something. Halia: wood, corral, often used for pigs, moumou, meila. See: balbalan; fence. Tok Pisin: banis bilong pik iaben. Variant: abiaben. long bambu. See: pang ialiol. iah (from: iaha) n. fish species, 2) herd of animals, herd of pigs. family Carangidae, Whitefish, 3) bundle of firewood, bundle. See: Skinnyfish, Giant Dart. Chorinemus uatuk. Variant: ioliol; oliol. lysan. iamiamuh (from: iamiamuhu) n. iaha v. twist. Tok Pisin: taitim. perfume, body odor. See: amuh. iahia Q. what side, near side. Tok Variant: amiamuh. Pisin: wanem sait. Morph: ia -hia. iamuhuia adj. sweet smelling plant, iahiah (from: iahiaha) n. fish species, smell good. Tok Pisin: em i smel generic for Emperor, fish has a long gut; Halia: lebaleba. See: amuh. nose, head, Emperor, family Variant: amuhuia. Lethrinidae. Lethrinus sp.; Lethrinus ian (from: iana) n. fish, generic term olivaceus. See: tuke palau; mor; for all fish like creatures in the sea. sisirang; uanguang; konat. ualouel kaman ian school of fish
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Tok Pisin: pis; Halia: iena. Variant: iate hamas (from: iate hamasa) v. an. slow to learn. Tok Pisin: i no kissim ian kurum (from: ian kurumu) n. save hariap; Halia: bak kits. fish species, family Acanthuridae, Variant: ate hamas. Blackstreak Surgeonfish. Acanthuru iate luluak (from: iate luluaka) v. s sp.; Acanthurus nigricauda. Halia: know in part, partial understanding. lei. See: mapok; ian kurum toro Inggo ku ate luluaka tar komputer lahalah. Variant: iang kurum. I know partly about the computer. ian kurum toro lahalah (from: See: luaka. Variant: ate luluak. ian kurum toro lahalaha) n. fish sp iate manas (from: iate manasa) v. ecies, family Acanthuridae, Orangeb understand cause. Tok Pisin: save and Surgeonfish. Acanthurus pinis; Halia: hamou. Variant: ate olivaceus. See: ian kurum; mapok. manasa. Variant: ianang kurumun toro iate uahiu v. pass on, to pass on a lahalah. tradition. Variant: ate uahiu. ianan tar kukuhuti n. fish species, iate ualuluahat (from: iate ualuluah family Cirrhitidae, Hawkfish, this is ata) v. understand completely. a new species record for Papua New Variant: ate ualuluahat. iatou (from: iatouo) n. palm species Guinea, being previously recorded family Palmae, sago palm, the pith from Tahiti and the Marshall and of the trunk is eaten by extracting Marianas Islands. Paracirrhites the white milky starch which is hemisticus. See: katotong tar cooked, the leaves are important as pamboiboi. roofing material, the bark is used for iaragai (from: iaragaia) n. outside flooring or siding, for roofing thatch shore ocean side. Tok Pisin: long and food, the plants mature in about solwara o sait bilong solwara. See: ten year the starch is extracted by i du. pounding the trunk fibers and iariare n. tree species family washing to extract the edible starch Leguminosae, Mesquite species, which is then boiled or cooked in a large tree, helps to reclaim old mumu, family Palmae, plant dies gardens, similar to landro. Prospois after flowering and producing seed. insularum. See: landro. Metroxylon sp.; Metroxylon rumphii. iariaren (from: iariarene) adj. o tamata ra susuk iatouo daan i strength, child has strength to stand, Tartumpos The people are sowing muscles have strength. sago leaves today at Tartumpos iate v. know. inggo u ate I know. Tok village. Tok Pisin: saksak; Halia: Pisin: save; Halia: atei. See: niate otoho. See: patat; pum. Variant: ‘knowledge’; uaate. Variant: ate. atou.
60 iaual a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u inin teil iaual (from: iauala) v. fly about like a ihinghik (from: ihinghiki) Q. question, flying fox bat does at night. Tok expecting a negative answer. Tok Pisin: palai nabaut. Pisin: wanem nogat. See: uolihi; iaueit (from: iaueiti) n. fish species, ahik. generic for Wrasse, family Labridae, ilit (from: iliti) n. plant species, family many types. Cheilinus sp. See: Rutaceae. Euodia elleryana. molih; mus; limot; kukuluhur. ilue n. shell species, Thorny Oysters, Variant: rar; koroi; kamoul; ianan family Pectinidae. Spondylus sp. tar ion; other spelling aueit. in (from: ini) v. move, stretch. Tok iauel (from: iauele) adj. yellow, color Pisin: surik. Redup: inin. yellow, light yellow. Tok Pisin: ielo; -in (from: -ini) OM. object marker Halia: hei. Redup: iauiauel. follows and is attached to verb or iauon (from: iauono) Variant: auono. adverb, it marks singular object. n. string line, fishing line, small See: -ig; -is; -i. cord. Halia: ohono. in katong (from: in katongo) v. ibu n. large fish trap. See: hir; moved over by itself. Tok Pisin: mamab. surik em yet. See: in; katong. idal (from: idala) v. tired, tired of inangai (from: inangaia) n. shell someone. Tok Pisin: les. See: species, Cockle family Arcidae. ualapul. Anadara sp. idau (from: idaua) n. fish species, inekih (from: inekihi) n. generic term family Carangidae, Leatherskins. for seashell, many types. Tok Pisin: Chorinemus sp. See: mourut. sel bilong solwara; Halia: kesa. Variant: lah. See: kalibokon ‘shell of hermit ideu (from: ideue) n. arrow made crab’; kukuanan ‘animal of the sea from rib of sago palm leaf, used in shell, or food i.e. what is eaten of the bird hunting, palm leaf base. Tok sea shell’. Pisin: spia bilog bunara; Halia: inet (from: inete) n. thing, something, kapoana. often used as an euphemism. Tok Iesu propN. Jesus. Halia: Iesu. From: Pisin: samting; Halia: haroho. See: English. net. ieuieu (from: ieuieue) n. plant species inila v. move over there. Tok Pisin: family Rutaceae. Euodia elleryana. surik i go. Morph: ini -la. See: See: tubunar ieuieu. uainila. -ig (from: -igi) Variant: -gi. OM. inin (from: inini) v. moved over by object marker suffix for plural itself. Tok Pisin: surikim; Halia: inanimate objects, ‘they’. See: -in; tasula. See: in. -is; -i. inin teil (from: inin teili) n. cripple,
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not able to use legs. Tok Pisin: man ‘he, she, it’. Tok Pisin: em; Halia: o meri i no nab long wakabaut. nonei. See: -on. ininum (from: ininumu) n. shell inggoum (from: inggoumu) SPRO. species, oyster species, Mud oyster second person plural subject family Ostreidae. Ostrea sinuata. pronoun, ‘you all’. Tok Pisin: inua n. fruit trees. Tok Pisin: diwai yupela; Halia: limiu. See: -oum. kaikai. See: kilo inua. io v. sweep, brush, broom made from inuh (from: inuhu) v. serve, cook leaf rib of sago palm. Tok Pisin: with pots and pans. Tok Pisin: sutim brumim; Halia: salo. kaikai. See: uasilungu. iobakan (from: iobakana) n. inum (from: inumu) v. drink, drink cleansing feast where the village from, pouring liquid as from a people clean away, sweep away cracked coconut. Tok Pisin: dring; remains of the previous tigul Halia: gaga. See: kounoum. evening singing and feasting. inum popokoh (from: inum Morph: io-baka-n. popokoho) n. strong drink, alcohol, iog (from: iogo) n. 1) fish trap, larger coffee, whiskey. Tok Pisin: strong- than a hir, hidden in stones and fish plea dring; Halia: u ramun u hiski. are chased into it. a kuah e dol tar ing SM. subject marker for first person iog The woman wove the fish trap. plural exclusive, ‘we’, precedes the Halia: bona. See: hir. 2) tree sp. verb. See: i. Variant: ming. iogan tar dal (from: iogan tar dala) ingga SPRO. second person singular n. fish species, family Gobiidae, subject pronoun, ‘you’. Tok Pisin: White-spotted Goby fish, family yu. See: -a. Pomacentridae Damselfishes. Ambly inggeig (from: inggeigi) SPRO. first gobius albimaculatus; Dascyllus person plural inclusive subject melanurus; Dascyllus aruanus. pronoun, ‘we’. Halia: ra. See: -eig. ioh (from: ioho) v. dig up, root up as a Variant: inggeg. pig roots up the ground. Tok Pisin: inggeim (from: inggeimi) SPRO. first digim; Halia: tul. Variant: oh. person plural exclusive subject ioio n. plant species family pronoun, ‘we’. Tok Pisin: mipela; Malavaceae. Urena lobata. Halia: lam. See: -eim; inggeig. ioioubulik (from: ioioubuliki) n. Variant: inggam. small knife. Tok Pisin: liklik naip; inggo SPRO. first person singular Halia: lahoto. See: ioub. subject pronoun, ‘I, me’. Tok Pisin: iom (from: iomo) n. 1) garden. Tok mi; Halia: lia. See: -o. Pisin: gaden; Halia: kui. inggon (from: inggono) SPRO. third — v. 2) cut grass, mark off a person singular subject pronoun, dimension.
62 iom bubulutun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ium iom bubulutun (from: iom iouiouil (from: iouiouili) n. bird bubulutunu) n. overgrown garden. species, family Pachycephalidae, Tok Pisin: gaden i bus. See: iom. Golden Whistler. Pachycephala iomiomoton (from: iomiomotono) n. pectoralis. slope, hilly, small hills. ira SM. first person dual inclusive ion (from: iono) n. sand. Tok Pisin: subject marker, ‘we two’. raeig ira waisan; Halia: kotolana. la i teh We two are going to the iongol (from: iongolo) v. brave, have beach. courage. Tok Pisin: no save poret; iru n. hot water, broth, hot liquid, Halia: ongolo. See: uaongol. drink a hot liquid. Tok Pisin: hat Variant: ongol. Redup: iongiongol. wara; Halia: siro. ior (from: ioro) n. bark strap back irum (from: irumu) n. plant species pack in which vegetables and other family Sterculiaceae. Sterculia things are carried, made from leaves parksonii. of pandanus plant uaum. Tok Pisin: is (from: isi) n. yeast. From: Tok Pisin. karim long baksait; Halia: teil. -is (from: -isi) OM. object marker thir See: kamang uaum. d person plural animate ‘they’. See: iorih (from: iorihi) n. day after -i; -ig. tomorrow. Tok Pisin: haptumora; ising (from: isingi) v. swollen sore, Halia: elisa. See: nerih. Variant: swell, inflammation, abscess, urih. mumps. a kekeguo e ising Tok Iotiboul (from: Iotiboulu) propN. Pisin: solap; Halia: puku. Variant: isising tropical myositis. village name, Yotchibol, large ismalang (from: ismalanga) v. village on North west side of Nissan sodomy. From: Tok Pisin. near Pokongian plantation and a iting lulun (from: iting lulunu) n. ship channel. first hand of bananas on the bunch. iotiot (from: iotioto) n. crocodile Tok Pisin: rop banana daunbilo (archaic). Tok Pisin: pukpuk. See: stret; Halia: eisangmuna. pukpuk. iting pos (from: iting poso) n. bunch ioub (from: ioubu) n. knife. okale me of bananas, hand of bananas. Tok toro iob Bring the knife. Tok Pisin: Pisin: rop banana; Halia: eisanga. naip. Variant: iab. itu v. fetch water, submerge to fill, fill ioub sinsinak (from: ioub sinsinaka) up with water or liquid. Tok Pisin: n. sword, bayonet. Tok Pisin: kisim wara. bainat. See: ioub. iuhiuh (from: iuhiuhu) n. fishspecies, ioub uleik (from: ioub uleiki) n. large family Acanthuridae, Unicornfish. knife, machete, bush knife. Tok Pisin: Naso hexacanthus. bus naip; Halia: kilata. See: ioub. ium n. inside of house.
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K - k k- (from: k-) CMP. completed aspect tane; ragom tane. marker, prefixed to subject marker, kabel1 (from: kabele) v. over turn. marks the action of the verb as Tok Pisin: kapsait. See: kableng completed. inggo ku ein iauon. manasampe I already ate. kabel2 (from: kabele) n. custom, way ka v. is, be, stative verb always takes of doing something. See: kabeleng the object suffix. Jon kain i um sa. John is in the house. See: kain. kabeleng iauon (from: kabeleng Variant: kae; kar (archaic). iauono) n. short section of rope. kab1 (from: kaba) v. carry, lift. kara kabeleng ulun single strand of hair kaba kai dedengua tar tinih And kabeleng sa n. sin, bad ways, bad way then they lift up always into the of doing something. Tok Pisin: canoe. Tok Pisin: karim. See: keip. pasin nogut. See: niguata uasa; Redup: kabkab. kabel. kab2 (from: kaba) n. small coconut kabih (from: kabihi) n. type of without water. See: kuen. coconut leaf basket prepared for the kabakur (from: kabakuru) n. fish sok feast to honor the dead. See: species, family Mugilidae, Mullet. sok. Valamugil sp.; Crenimugil sp. See: kabilos (from: kabiloso) n. fish malangon; kabalau. species, family Gobiidae, Ornate kabal (from: kabala) n. sing to food goby. Acentrogobius ornatus. to remove taboo with special foods kabin (from: kabi) n. the male child given for those to whom this food of one’s sister, uncle, my mother’s was taboo, these food taboos are brother, is suffixed by pronoun for person and number. Halia: associated with the different clans hanangor. See: totuen. Variant: found on Nissan. Halia: nouaroho. kabig; kabim. kabalau (from: kabalaua) n. mullet kabiokokon (from: kabiokoko) n. fish species, family Mugilidae, small fingernail, toenail, claw, takes variety. Halia: karua. See: possessive marker for person and malangon; humalir; kabakur. number, body parts. Halia: kubiki. Variant: bakelau in Sirouatan. See: lima; keke. kabat (from: kabata) v. 1) grow kabkabel (from: kabkabele) v. rock around. o lulu ko kabata toro kor back and forth, as a canoe or boat, the ficus tree grows around the kor also as a chair or tree can rock back tree 2) to help carry. See: buak and forth. Halia: gere. 64 kabkabelan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kadeuel kabkabelan (from: kabkabelana) n. family Utricaceae. Elatostema sp. tentacles, as tentacles of a squid. See: kabulur kiloun. See: susun. kabulur kiluon (from: kabulur kabkabeleng ulun (from: kilounu) n. 1) plant species family kabkabeleng ulunu) n. strand of Piperaceae, a creeping plant type. hair. Tok Pisin: hap garas. Peperomia sp. See: kiloun; hiar. kabkaben (from: kabkabena) n. Variant: na kabulur kiloun. handle. See: doukdoukin. 2) plant species, family Urticaceae. kabon (from: kabono) n. 1) beads, Dendrocnide sp. See: kabulur bead necklace. Halia: beroana. kiloun pelek. Variant: kabulur 2) type of pandanus family kiloun kubkubar. Pandanaceae. Pandanus sp. See: kadak (from: kadaka) adj. dry, easily uaum. burnable, as dry bush or grass. Tok kabon uleik (from: kabon uleiki) n. Pisin: drai; Halia: kangkanga. See: large bead necklace. Halia: bus. kurkurua. kadal (from: kadala) n. flower kabubur (from: kabuburu) v. falling species, plant species, family off of unripe fruits, teeth falling out. Labiatae. Coleus scutellarioides. See: koubur. See: bun. kabul (from: kabulu) n. vegetable kadau (from: kadaua) v. 1) just do, greens many types, family test, in vain, do anyway, do in spite Malavaceae, family Compositae, of sickness or shame. inggono ke family Convolvulaceae, Sunset eineining kadau He ate it anyway. Hibiscus, Velvet plant, Morning- See: bangkadau. glory species. Tok Pisin: kumu, — adj. 2) white animal. See: aipika; Halia: pel. See: kuhuk; gaugauil. kabulung siapan; kangkong. kadei (from: kadeie) n. fish species Variant: kabul pakpakon; kabul family Apogonidae, One-lined rangkuen; kabulung pinepir; Cardinal fish. Pristiapogon kabul tun; kabul pelek; kabulum exostigma. See: bolematan; pais; kaman birbir; kaman siok; kadeing. sineui. kadeng (from: kadenge) n. fish kabulung siapan (from: kabulung species, generic for Cardinal fish, siapana) n. plant species, family family Apogonidae, many types. Compositae. Crassocephalum Cheilodipterus sp.; Gronovichthys crepidioides. See: kabul. sp.; Apogon sp.; Lovamia sp. See: kabulur kiloun pelek (from: kabulur bolematan; kadei. kiloun peleke) n. plant species, kadeuel (from: kadeuele) n. cataract,
65 kadeueleng a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kailor
clouding of the lens of the eye, kagugun (from: kagugunu) n. blister. obstructing passage of light. Variant: kah (from: kaha) NUM. one. Tok kahang. Pisin: wan. See: siok. kadeueleng marot (from: kadeueleng kahakah (from: kahakaha) n. type, maroto) n. plant species family kind, generation, different. Halia: Leguminosae two species. hei. See: uakahakah. Desmodium gangeticum; Desmodium kahalang (from: kahalanga) v. poor zonatum. See: marout. Variant: eyesight. Halia: ouhana. uakadeueleng marot. kahaue v. mango, traditional word for kadial (from: kadiala) v. capsize. mango, for mango to flower, kadik (from: kadiki) n. red ant builds flowering of mango trees. See: beik; nest in trees, Hymenoptera, family alar. Formicidae, Red tree ant. kahipak (from: kahipaka) n. crab Oecophylla sp. Tok Pisin: korakun; species, Crustacea, similar to Halia: karei. See: kadik karum. milang but back is different, more Variant: kadiking ran; ueluelieit ro crooked with eaves, ornate reef crab boung; kadik luluh flies; kadiking with light brown carapace. See: kout; kadiking tar loloupum. milang. Variant: kaihipak; kadik kurum (from: kadik kurumu) kaihipok. n. large black ant found on the kahkah (from: kahkaha) n. white and ground has a bad sting, which can green crab runs across beach at last for several hours, Black solitary night, Crustacea. Graspus graspus tenuicrustatus. See: kakaruk. ant. Halia: malue. Variant: kahkahal (from: kahkahala) n. kadiking toro han. rainless winds, weather ritual, wind kadoi (from: kadoio) n. Nissan streamers made from plant leaves by women’s cape made from pandanus the weather magician. leaf meis and bantui, has important kahor (from: kahoro) n. tree species, cultural significance. Halia: sinsu. nut tree three types family See: taku. Lecythidaceae. Barringtonia kadudur (from: kaduduru) v. scatter. magnifica. See: ketam. Variant: See: dur. kahor miak; kahor pelek; kael n. wedge used when splitting malakahor. wood. See: polakang douk. kai (from: kaia) adv. up, proud, kaelais (from: kaelaisi) adj. happy, glad, joyful. Tok Pisin: approximate. kusai. kaet (from: kaete) v. climb on, walk kailor (from: kailoro) n. hair dressing up as walk up steps. Halia: sesei. made from leaf of boko iamiamuh Redup: kakaet. tree. Halia: sina.
66 kain a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kakaiu bario kain v. third person, exist, live, be kaiua uariatau; kaiu bario; present, stative, location verb, kaiuokor; kaiu kum. always suffixed by passive, object kak (from: kaka) n. temporary shelter, pronoun. Jon ia kain John, where is lean-to, small house. Halia: taluhu. he? Halia: ka. See: ka. Variant: kar See: pan taluh. Variant: pang kak. (archaic). kakabueir (from: kakabueiri) n. plant kain (from: kaini) n. clothes, species, flower, Family Labiatae. waistcloth, sarong, material, cloth. Coleus seutellarioides. See: bun; Tok Pisin: laplap. pamu. Variant: kakabueir kaing (from: kaingi) v. wail. See: kubkubar; kakabueir pelek. urungu. kakaesa carving. n. Halia: keisa. kaio n. bird species, family From: Tok Pisin. Megapodiidae, Common Scrub- kakaet (from: kakaete) v. climb. fowl, bushfowl, young is called ladder, steps. Halia: toki. See:sisiak kupkupi. Megapodius freycinet. a kai; kaet. Halia: kihau. See: kupkupi. kakahor (from: kakahoro) n. Variant: kaiogog; kaiomanu; 1) turtle grass, grows in the salt kokombia; papakialo. water shallow sandy bottom, family kaioh (from: kaioho) n. burnt food, Hydrocharitaceae. Enhalus koenigii. pans. See: mom. Variant: kakahoro kair (from: kairi) v. sew. See: hair. kabkabel. 2) tree species family Variant: kaer. Lecythidaceae. Barringtonia kais (from: kaisi) n. left hand, use the racemosa. See: ketam; kahor. left hand. Halia: keruka. See: mua. Variant: no kahoror bekil; no kaiu v. 1) scrape, grate, grating inumur bibil. coconut. See: toi. kakaiar (from: kakaiara) n. spider — n. 2) shell species, several types, web. Halia: kahi. the name is related to the use, shells kakaiu n. insect species, Hemiptera, were often used as scrapers in the family Pentatomidae, Shield Bug, past, several families included, some family Pyrrhecoridae, Red Bug. Helmet and Bonnet shells family Megymenum papuense; Amyotea sp.; Cassidae, Tun shells family Tonida, Agonoscelis sp.; Dysdereus sp. Bubble shells family Bullidae, Rapa Variant: kakaiu bario. shells family Magilidae, also some kakaiu bario n. insect species, clams Veneridae. Casmaria Coleoptera, family Dascillidae, Soft- ponderosa; Tonna perdix; Bullina Bodied Plant Beetle. Dascillidae sp. lineata; Hydatina physis; Rapa rapa. See: hotoro. Variant: kakaiuo Halia: kus. See: uaga. Variant: bario.
67 kakakara a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kal kakakara v. clean. kakakara hihir kakaou. n. cocoa family clean completely Sterculiaceae, chocolate, many kakalangar (from: kakalangara) n. people have planted this plant on tiny red biting insect, that causes Nissan, they sell the wet beans to a mild itching. Halia: malo. buyer who ferments them and ships kakaliuar (from: kakaliuara) n. plant them to Rabaul, a very productive species family Leguminosae, Sandal money crop grow throughout North Breadtree. Adenanthera pavonina. Solomons Province, plantations on kakap (from: kakapa) v. scrape up Nissan are not as productive due to something undesirable. limited space and soil types, Cacao. kakar (from: kakara) v. scrape with Theobroma cacao. Halia: kakau. an instrument, as a vegetable, scrape From: Tok Pisin. off dirt and roots from freshly dug kakauer (from: kakauere) Variant: taro, scrape pot. kakar uahiu scrape kakaueren. n. 1) charcoal. 2) plant out kakakara hihir scrape all out species family Araliaceae. Polyscias Halia: harenge. See: hihir. pinata; Polyscias sp. Variant: kakaring (from: kakaringi) n. kauer; pamu; tihatua. 1) grasshopper, generic for kaki adj. brown. See: miak. From: grasshopper, order Orthoptera, Tok Pisin. family, Pyrgomorphidae, Grass- kako n. spider, Araneae. Tok Pisin: hopper, Pigmy Grasshopper. spaida; Halia: kokoratski. See: Desmopterella sp; Atractomorpha kakong retan. Variant: kakong crenaticeos. See: toptopkioh; lolon. sirialum. Variant: kakaring kobor; kakong retan (from: kakong retana) kakaring koup. 2) flying fish n. orb spider. See: kako. species, family, Pug-nosed Flying kakulai (from: kakulaia) n. enchanted fish. Prognichthys gibbifrons. See: leaves feed to novices to help them magalut. in the buai ritual. See: tang makih. kakaruk (from: kakaruku) n. white kal (from: kala) adj. either or, one of. sand crab species, Crustacea, Ghost inggo u turng hire me ra kaluas crab, Soldier crab. Ocypode sp.; Renesin me Christine tar la i Mictyris sp. Halia: kikilu. See: Rabaul I will tell either Renesin or kamuk. Christine to go to Rabaul Me kakarung (from: kakarungu) v. kalamiuoum e turng uangoul crunch, crackle, as when eating tapokisane i Rabaul kare poul something brittle, grit. Halia: baka tang Alfred One of you will kurkurutu. stay back here in Rabaul to help kakau (from: kakaua) Variant: Alfred
68 kalabus a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kalegugun kalabus (from: kalabusu) n. jail. See: kalanguh tun; kalanguh bib; uih. From: Tok Pisin. kalanguh gaugauil; kalanguh kalaer tinih (from: kalaer tinihi) n. gimgimih; kalanguh kut; kalanguh group, fleet of canoes. Variant: kamang tolim; kalanguh helehel; tinaer tinih. kalanguh pakpakon; kalanguh kalahar (from: kalahara) adv. out, tosusun. outside, understandable. baka kalapim (from: kalapimi) v. disobey. kalahar tar lololik Throw the From: Tok Pisin. puppy outside. Halia: tarare. See: kalapit (from: kalapiti) n. left over as uakalahar. Redup: kalkalahar. left over dirt on roots. kalaksiok (from: kalaksioko) n. only kale v. get, take, receive, reach. kale child. teil take along with Halia: lu. kalambar (from: kalambara) v. Redup: kalkale. twitch as a sleeping person or animal kale liu v. remove, take away. kale liu twitches when bothered by flies or tar niein put away leftover food, mosquitoes, jerk when startled. leave food, you are too full to eat Halia: sopete. Halia: lu ban, masul ban. kalan1 (from: kalana) adj. young. kale palih (from: kale palihi) v. kalan2 (from: kalana) n. bean species, substitute, put instead of. lima bean, family Leguminosae, kale poluk (from: kale poluku) v. Sieva bean, a speckled variety of multiply, produce many offspring. lima bean, popular with children kale tane v. get by deception. when young beans, they are sweet. kale toto v. gather, start a group, join Phaseolus lunatus. See: bin. a group, become a member. Halia: kalangar (from: kalangara) n. bird her. sp. Eclectus parrot, family kale uahiu (from: kale uahiua) n. Psittacidae, extinct on Nissan but 1) inherit, receive from, learner, some reintroduced by pets going trainee, apprentice, learn by regular wild. Eclectus roratus. Variant: watching. papot. — v. 2) control, put down, to have kalanguh (from: kalanguhu) n. power over. hibiscus plant species, many types, kale uaruarur (from: kale family Malavaceae, planted near uaruaruru) n. stretcher. village, many different color types, kalebuk (from: kalebuku) adj. dull, also generic for flower. not sharp like a knife. See: tutkobo. Hibuscus rosa-sinensis; Hibuscus kalegugun (from: kalegugunu) v. schizopetalus; Hibuscus mutabilis; horde, collect, share in, the Hibuscus sp. Halia: aloala. Variant: generosity of a fellow clansman.
69 kaleh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kalkalik tarauen kaleh (from: kalehe) adv. next. government station on Nissan, also kalekinale v. work. Halia: kui. See: includes a small hospital, police and uok. other offices, during World War II kalekinale tagu n. fellow workman, was site of main Allied airbase. See: partner. Halia: hahelasolana. Boro Kalil. kalelik tar auen (from: kalelik tar kalilon (from: kalilono) adj. vacant auene) n. fish species family house, village, empty, slack, loose, Epinephelidae, Lunar-tailed rock as a partly filled bag. See: biol. cod. Variola louti. See: roko. kalilonar goreu (from: kalilonar kaleme v. bring, said to one person, goreue) n. lime box. get and come. Halia: luma. kaling (from: kalingo) v. cry. kalen (from: kale) n. vagina, female kalingoh (from: kalingoho) n. live reproductive organs. Variant: coal, ember, firebrand, charcoal. matana ro kalen vaginal opening; Halia: korana. See: kakauere. mianana ro kalen clitoris; kalis (from: kalisi) n. tree species, buturung libur urethral hole. related to Breadfruit tree, only seed kaleng binirin (from: kaleng is eaten, family Moraceae. binirini) n. to be cursed, or receive a Artocarpus leeuwenii. Halia: ariro. curse. See: Binur. See: bario. kaleng uasaluh (from: kaleng kalkalak (from: kalkalaka) adj. uasaluhu) v. put instead of. bright, as breadfruit meat inside is kaleuain (from: kaleuaini) v. remarry. bright. a bario a kalaklang poui kaleuator (from: kaleuatoro) v. The breadfruit meat is bright. prepare especially for a feast, get kalkalak bubuet (from: kalkalak ready for, prepare for. Halia: kabu. bubuete) n. type of song sung by a See: uator. person when they see two chickens kalibokon (from: kalibokona) n. fighting. shell, shell of hermit crab. See: kalkalaris (from: kalkalarisi) v. talk kalol; inekih. to self. kalibuk (from: kalibuku) v. dull as a kalkale liu v. remove many, take out knife or axe that is not sharp. Halia: many, keep removing. mumu. kalkaleul (from: kalkaleulu) n. plant kalil (from: kalili) n. 1) shell species, species family Leguminosae. Turban species, popular food, Desmodium ormocarpoides. common on shallow reefs, family kalkalik tarauen (from: kalkalik Turbinidae. Turbo setosus. See: tarauene) n. fish species, family roroi. Epinephelidae, Fairy Cod, family — propN. 2) location of main Plesiopidae, Round-Heads. Variola
70 kalkaling a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kamakor
louti; Plesiops sp. See: roko. in the ear. See: adod. Variant: Variant: nobih. uelmahing talingan. kalkaling (from: kalkalingi) v. kalom (from: kalomo) n. fork, tongs; scream, cry to be held, baby to cry, tongs used for taking things out of a for its father or mother. See: kiring; fire, instrument with a single prong kaling. used to take out food from a cooking kalkalis (from: kalkalisi) n. neck pot, usually made from bamboo. glands, all glands, boil on neck. Halia: kabis, uahits. kalkalok (from: kalkaloko) n. fish kalopis (from: kalopisi) n. to whip species, family Lutjanidae, with a stick, or cords, to beat. See: Seaperch,Yellow-Margined haluh. Redup: kalkalopis. Seaperch. Lutjanus sp.; Lutjanus kalot (from: kaloto) v. hook fish, fulvus. See: nanum. hook, snag as a thorn in the leg. a kalkaluas (from: kalkaluasa) n. plant ian ke kalotin tar iail The fish was species family Leguminosae. hooked by the hook. Caesalpinia bonduc. kaluan (from: kaluana) n. friend. kalok (from: kaloko) n. fruit tree, that kalouguo my friend Halia: haluma. bears an edible apple like fruit, See: matakaluan. many types, popular food among kalukeken (from: kalukekene) n. Nehan people some medicinal uses, fore leg, pig meat, feet. especially women in child bearing, kalumbet (from: kalumbete) n. man family Anacardiaceae. Spondias in the moon, story of the moon. dulcis. Halia: uamua. See: saoh. Halia: hilhilsei. Variant: bukbukir; inagiangat; Kam (from: kama) n. fish species kokopalalik; leking uatun; family Aluteridae, Brush-sided makikir; matmatang golit; Leatherjacket, Wire-netting Leather- matmatan tuir. jacket, and family Acanthuridae, kalol1 (from: kalolo) n. hermit crab Whitecheeked Surgeonfish.Amanses species, Crustacea, two types on scopas; Cantherines sandwichiensis; found in the water laur and one on Acanthurus glaucopareius. See: ian land mok, shell is called kalibokon. kurum; mapok. Variant: kamang Dardanus sp.; Aniculus sp.; bouh/kamam bouh; kamkamam Coenobita perlatus; Dardanus bouh; sapaler. megistos. Tok Pisin: katu; Halia: kamadak (from: kamadaka) v. keskesa. See: kiloun; kalibokon. thirsty. Halia: maka. See: kadaka. Variant: kalolong mok; kalolong kamakor (from: kamakora) n. fish laur; kalap. species, generic for Squirrel-fish, kalol2 (from: kalolo) n. earache, pain family Holocentridae, Crimson
71 kamakor sangsangle a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kamohuan
Squirrelfish. Ostichthys murdjan; kamang pos (from: kamang poso) n. Holocentrus sp. See: galein; 1) banana leaf, or other leaf, when kamakor sangsangle; gutgutur; used for domestic purposes. kamakor tuktuk. 2) contract, covenant. Halia: loun. kamakor sangsangle n. fish species, Variant: kamam pos; kaman pos. family Holocentridae, Black-Finned kamapis (from: kamapisi) adj. Squirrelfish. Kutaflammeo strong, has a kick, like strong operculare; Ostichthys sp. See: tobacco, beetle nut. See: barang. kamakor. Variant: kamakoran kambiror (from: kambiroro) n. black sangsangle. back white front possum, bush kamakor tuktuk (from: kamakor rodent, similar to the possum. tuktuku) n. fish species, family kamda n. carpenter. From: Tok Pisin. Holocentridae, Squirrelfish. kamelong (from: kamelongo) n. deaf. Myripristis sp.; Ostichthys sp. See: Variant: kamalong; tuiau. kamakor. kamin (from: kamini) adj. single, one kaman iauo n. dead leaf, banana leaf, only, only child. or other leaf, when used for kamkaman toh (from: kamkaman domestic purposes. See: kamang toho) n. fish species, family posopos. Variant: kamang iouou. Platacidae, Batfish, Leaffish. Platax kaman teu (from: kaman teue) n. sp. napkin, diaper, infant’s covering. kamkamang bouh (from: See: napi. kamkamang bouhu) n. fish species, kaman timuh (from: kaman timuhu) family Monacanthidae, n. new leaf still rolled up, unopened, Leatherjackets. Aluterus monoceros; sprout, seedling. Halia: gohus. Amanses scopas; Cantherhines kamanan (from: kamanana) n. leaf, pardalis; Pervagor nigrolineatus; small branch, leaf or pepper chewed Cantherhinus dumerilii. with betel nut. Halia: kala, kamlang (from: kamlanga) n. fish kalanloun. Variant: kamkamina. species, family Carangidae, Bluefin kamang ker (from: kamang kere) n. Trevally. Caranx melampygus. See: verse. potong lang; mourut. Variant: kamang kuen (from: kamang kuene) loholoh. n. coconut leaf, traditional fishing kamob (from: kamobo) n. single, using coconut leaves or other plants, unmarried, either sex. Halia: tahol a the fish are encircled from the beach kakapuku. and either speared or driven into kamohuan (from: kamohuana) n. traps. See: uruk. Variant: kaman ashes which fly through the air. See: kuen. taun.
72 kamot keken a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kapih kamot keken (from: kamot keke) n. kangan (from: kangana) n. axe. toe, takes possessive marker for Halia: tasiko. person and number, body parts. kangan palakurum (from: kangan kamot liman (from: kamot lima) n. palakurumu) n. stone axe. finger. See: lima. Variant: kamot kangkong (from: kangkongo) n. plan uleik thumb; kamot uamakos index t species, family Convolvulaceae, finger; kamot barah long finger; Morning-glory species, grows in kamot iatoi 4th finger; kamot lilir water, leaves and stems eaten. little finger. Ipomoea sp. See: kabul. kamout (from: kamoutu) n. finger, kaoh (from: kaoho) v. sexual relations. toe, digit. Halia: kabele. See: kap (from: kapa) v. end or finish, all. kamot liman; kamot keken. Halia: kapa. kamuk (from: kamuku) n. crab kap (from: kapa) n. cup. From: species, generic for crabs, common English. land crab lives in holes, land crab, kapa n. galvanized sheet metal used for roofs and siding. From: Tok Crustacea. Tok Pisin: kuka; Halia: Pisin. kakalua. See: kakaruk; milang; kapa manas (from: kapa manasa) v. meismeis; rarab; longoroker; to stop doing something. Halia: belabel; huak. Variant: kukang hanoan. retan; kehir; kukakor; bok; podo; kapakpil tamat (from: kapakpil matakubar; kuskuse luar; kamuk tamata) v. treat as a child relate to palau; kahkah; lupluput; na kukar someone as their child, adopt. Halia: manulab; na kuaha ro tauar; na hapien. kuahar lalein; na utur lolou; kapal (from: kapala) v. peel betel nut. rukrukis. See: makih. kanak (from: kanaka) n. native, bush kapek (from: kapeke) n. 1) mouth man, far from home. Halia: kanaka. sore. 2) shell species, family From: Tok Pisin. Lucinidae, Clams. Codakia sp.; kanau (from: kanaua) v. lightning. Codakia tigerina. Variant: kapeken Halia: kanaha. See: pil. tar batbatue; kapeker kahuk; kanokano n. taro grown on Polynesian kukuene uar; tutut. islands. From: Polynesian. kapeker bilin (from: kapeker bilini) kanuh (from: kanuhu) v. anxious. n. cancer of the mouth, comes from Halia: toku. See: sokor. chewing lime. Halia: koba. kanut (from: kanutu) MDL. must kapih (from: kapihi) v. tight, wrong (archaic), not used much, paka fit, wrong size, too small. kapih ‘should’, is more common. Halia: kein tight fit, not enough room han. See: pa-. Halia: pala. See: lab.
73 kapil a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u karanas kapil (from: kapili) v. care for, treat makihi) n. betel nut tree bark. as a child, relate to someone as their kapul (from: kapulu) n. possum. See: child, protect, as a chicken protects kodiau. From: Tok Pisin. its chicks, save. kapulis (from: kapulisi) v. sprain kapipis (from: kapipisi) v. keep back ankle or knee. See: takalouh. for oneself, selfish greedy person, kar1 (from: kara) n. car. From: known to take things without English. permission. Halia: peits. See: kar2 (from: kara) v. stir. kipala. kar- (from: kar-) CNJ. sequential, kapis (from: kapisi) v. flick. Halia: progressive conjunction, used when pirik. events are in a sequence is always kapitu n. game ‘blind man’s bluff’. suffixed by the subject marker for kapkapan (from: kapkapa) n. side of person and number of subject. See: body, ribs, takes possessive marker doh. for person and number, body parts. kara n. bird species, family Laridae, Halia: likiliki. Gulls and Terns, Bridled Tern. kapok1 (from: kapoko) n. 1) woven Sterns snsethetus. Tok Pisin: kanai; wall, woven blind, peel off dead Halia: kira. See: borboreng laur. skin. Halia: takenum. 2) shell Variant: pourgam; kinakin. species family Cerpidulidae, Slipper karakar1 (from: karakara) adv. to do shell common on other shells. in a rush, quickly. guata karakar Crepidula sp. do in a rush kapok2 (from: kapoko) n. tree species karakar2 (from: karakara) n. fern introduced type and wild type family species, generic for many types of Bombacaceae, seed fiber used to ferns, family Polypodiaceae, make pillows, Kapok. Ceiba Feltfern sp., Cupfern sp., Brake fern pentandra; Bombax ceiba. From: sp. Woodfern sp. Cyclophorus sp.; English. Cyclophorus unitus. See: kapokon (from: kapokona) n. skin of karakarang matang kadik; sipol; humans, hide of animals, bark of sipongok; hatul. Variant: na trees, covering, takes possessive karakarar hueit. marker for person and number, body karakarang matang kadik (from: parts. Variant: kapoukous their karakarang matang kadiki) n. fern skin. species, family Polypodiaceae. kapokon ro douk (from: kapokon ro Pteris pacifica. See: karakar. douku) n. skin or bark of a tree. Variant: na karakarar hueit. Halia: leke. karanas (from: karanasa) n. gravel, kapokonar makih (from: kapokonar coral gravel, dug for under the
74 karangas a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u karot
ground used in cement and road insect lives in trees, family repair. See: tulau; siment. From: Phasmatidae, Praying Mantis. Tok Pisin. Anchiale maculata; Stenomantis sp. karangas (from: karangasa) v. tough, Variant: popoho soi. durable, hard to break, and does not karkalaharar uauan (from: rot quickly. Halia: roto. karkalaharar uauana) n. second in karasin (from: karasini) n. kerosene. command, advisor the partner or From: English. right hand man to the chief a karauelhir (from: karauelhiri) v. member of the same clan as the drawn by sound. chief. Halia: peits. kare n. 1) bamboo species family karkarian (from: karkariana) adv. Gramineae. Bambusa sp. 2) razor- active. See: karian. sharp bamboo knife once employed karkarot (from: karkaroto) n. greasy to butcher men and pigs. water, clean water. karekrek (from: karekreke) n. small karkarung (from: karkarungu) adj. things. Tok Pisin: liklik. See: crunchy. Variant: karkarun. kikitilik; aloh. karkaruruan (from: karkaruruana) karengreng (from: karengrenge) n. n. rash. fish species, family karkin (from: karkini) n. war arrow. Plectorhynchidae, Straight-banded Halia: maltohu. See: ideu. Sweetlips, family Terapontidae karong1 (from: karongo) n. plant Crescent Grunter. Plectorhychus species several types family cuvieri; Terapon jarbua. Halia: Rutaceae. Evodia hortensis; pana. See: lager. Variant: made; Melicope sp. Variant: karong gegia; mur. iauiauel or karong kabkabel; karian (from: kariana) v. fast, karongo rokroke; tinupar. quickly. Tok Pisin: hariap. See: karong2 (from: karongo) v. scale fish, uakariana; uateuele. Redup: remove scales from fish. karkarian. karongonor toben (from: karongonor karing (from: karingi) n. fish species tobene) n. plant species, herb, false family Scolopsidae, Breams, oregano family Labiateae. Monocle Bream, Large-eyed Sea karop (from: karopo) v. catch Bream. Scolopis sp. See: lager; quickly, grab with out spread matapusi; marout; matakuh. fingers, fist full, eat with fingers. a Variant: kubetai; kube. kusi ke karop tar kih The cat kario1 adj. brave climber. See: iongol. caught the rat. See: takopo. Variant: kario2 n. insect species, Orthoptera, karob. family Phasmidae, Walking-stick karot (from: karoto) n. 1) immature
75 kartet a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kaskasis
coconut used in many ceremonies. together used also in making Buka Halia: kobul. 2) shell species, baskets and Nissan baskets. Halia: family Conidae, Cones, Marble lahi. cone, common on Nissan in sand. kasap (from: kasapa) n. out at sea Conus marmoreus; Conus vexillum. away from land, no land visible, See: gor. open ocean, deep sea. Tok Pisin: kartet (from: kartete) n. ant species, solwara; Halia: tasi. Hymenoptera, family Fromicidae, kasasas (from: kasasasa) n. plant small brown ant lives in house, species family Combretaceae. doesn’t bite, builds nest in house or Terminalia samoensis. car, ant species found on sugar cane. kasein (from: kaseini) n. 1) fish See: aloh. Variant: kotet; katet; species family Atherinidae, karekrek eats sugar. Hardyheds, small blue green fish, karuh (from: karuhu) v. 1) succeed, Barnes’ Hardyhead. Allanetta sp.; recuperate. 2) after, ahead of, Stenatherina sp.; Hypoatherina already. ke karuh manasar toueitir barnesi. Variant: kasan. 2) plant marein after four days species family Euphorbiaceae. karuka n. small pouch made from Codiaeum variegatum. See: pandanus leaves kaman uaum used kirkiring. for carrying things. kasian (from: kasiana) v. jerk when karuka marein (from: karuka startled, surprised. Halia: potolo. mareini) n. plant species family kasim (from: kasimi) v. sharpen, Compositae. Blumea riparia. whip. Halia: lahus. Variant: kekener hueit Balil name. kasiman (from: kasimana) n. karurunar liman (from: karurunar pumice, lightweight volcanic stones limana) n. fingernail. that can float in water. Halia: karurunar takut (from: karurunar karimana. See: kasimana kurum. takutu) n. plant species family Variant: kasimana gauil. Amaranthaceae. Alternanthera kasimana kurum (from: kasimana manillensis. See: takut. kurumu) n. limestone, detrital karus (from: karusu) v. snatch from limestone. See: palau. Variant: someone else, take without palaua tukeng; palau oreor. permission. Tok Pisin: pulim; kaskasin (from: kaskasi) n. pelvis, Halia: gul. takes possessive marker for person kasang (from: kasanga) v. 1) sew and number, body parts. See: basket, sew as clothes. See: samap; hadoki. hairi. kaskasis (from: kaskasisi) n. plant — n. 2) used to tie mona planks species family Sapindaceae.
76 kasokan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u katup
Allophylus cobbe. See: balatangou. is intended to destroy the work of kasokan (from: kasokana) n. rubbish. rival weather magicians. Tok Pisin: pipia. See: kasuana; katiu n. meat, animal, meat mongmong. distributed at feasts, companion kasol (from: kasolo) v. insert, stick food. See: singsingin. finger into. katkatego n. caterpillar, family kasuan (from: kasuana) n. rubbish. o Geometridae, Large Citrus Looper. bureher kasuan kaig i moren A lot See: beb. of rubbish is in the village. See: katkaten (from: katkatene) v. stick kasokana. out, too big to fit, oversize. Halia: kasun (from: kasu) n. gall bladder, tasoa. takes possessive marker for person katliur (from: katliuru) v. disown, and number, body parts. Halia: cut off from rightful claims. haroete. Variant: kusene ro kasun katom pelek (from: katom peleke) n. bile duct. shell species family Trochidae, Pyramid Top shell. Tectus pyramis. kat (from: kata) v. pluck. See: sisis. katego v. break, undo, as to break a katong (from: katongo) adv. self to law, disobey a teaching, go against a do by self. often used as the rule. See: go. reflexive form of the verb, often katekis n. church worker, church suffixed with the object, passive teacher, instructor. Variant: marker. Halia: peisa. katikist. From: English. katopeil (from: katopeili) n. slingshot katen (from: katene) n. plant species, used often for hunting birds and cotton, family Malavaceae, grown as small game. See: lopou. From: Tok an ornamental, not common. Pisin. Gossypium barbadense; Gossypium katot (from: katoto) n. fish species, acuminatum. From: English. family Cirrhitidae, Marbled kateng (from: katenge) Variant: Hawkfish. Cirrhitus pinnulatus. See: katieng. n. 1) ginger species family katotong tar pamboiboi. Zingiberaceae. Alpinia sp. See: katotong tar pamboiboi (from: gorogor. 2) plant species family katotong tar pamboiboio) n. fish Labiateae. Coleus scutellarioides; species, family Cirrhitidae, Freckled Masona palustris. See: bun. Hawkfish. Paracirrhites forsteri. katereis (from: katereisi) n. bullet, See: ianan tar kukuhuti; katot. cartridge. See: bol. From: Tok Pisin. Katres (from: Katrese) propN. katinghagog (from: katinghagogo) n. Carterets island. Halia: Tuloun. weather ritual performed by a katup (from: katupu) adj. short, not weather magician tam palau, which equal too, fail. Halia: rus.
77 kau a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u keih kau (from: kaua) n. fish species, kaulon tong (from: kaulon tongo) n. family Kyphosidae, Drummer. plant species family Araceae. Kyphosus sp. See: kaua por. Rhaphidophora sp.; Pothos sp. See: Variant: kauan tar douk. kaul. Variant: otom. kaua pour (from: kaua pouru) n. fish kaunsil (from: kaunsili) n. council. species family Kyphosidae, kauu n. plant species family Drummers, Waigeu Drummer. Dioscoreaceae, one type has red fruit Kyphosus vaigiensis. See: kaua. on the inside. Dioscorea sp. See: kaualek (from: kaualeke) v. rush in keheu. Variant: kauung iaban. or out. kedang (from: kedanga) v. decide, kauamaluanen (from: kauamalua- choose, decide wheather one is nene) adj. selective, useless, purpose correct or not, judge. Halia: ona. less, unoccupied, unimportant. See: bang kedang. Halia: pinopino. keden timuh (from: keden timuhu) kauaua n. plant species family v. short lasting. Apocynaceae. Alstonia sp.; keheu (from: keheue) n. generic term Ochrosia elliptica. Variant: kaua. for yam includes many different kauek (from: kaueke) v. protect, types as many as 27, family watch for, guard, supervise. Halia: Dioscoreaceae. Dioscorea sp. Halia: pakoko. ualita. See: kokoti; koko. Variant: kauel (from: kauele) n. plant species kauu; pineu; kurumpor; spelling family Boraginaceae. Cordia kaheu. subcordata. kehua v. receive a just punishment, kauih (from: kauihi) n. backache, receive one’s due for evil, get pay cramp in back. Variant: uelmahing back. Halia: alata. mudin. keih (from: keihi) v. 1) scratch, shave kauiuih (from: kauiuihi) v. right wood. inggo u keih toro lug I direction. scratch my head Halia: golo. kauiuir (from: kauiuiri) v. return. Variant: kah. Redup: keihkeih. kaukauek (from: kaukaueke) v. — n. 2) shell species, Cockles a large watch for, guard, supervise, govern, group with many varieties and rule. Halia: taratara kap. See: names, family Cardiidae, family kauek. Mytilidae, Mussels. Fulvia racketti; kaukauiuir (from: kaukauiuiri) n. Regozara flava; Fragum fragum; policeman. Corculum cardissa; Hemicardium kaul (from: kaulu) n. plant species hemicardium; Modiolus sp.; family Araceae, Centipede Regozara sp. See: kapek. Variant: Tongavine. Epipremnum pinnatum. uioh; uaioh; kahim pul; sampak;
78 keihkeih a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u keketik bulout
kekener hueit; kahim pil; kekebul (from: kekebulu) n. sponge. kangkangan; ueia. kekeheu (from: kekeheue) n. plant keihkeih (from: keihkeihi) n. scabies, species family Convolvulaceae, skin sickness, general includes Morning glory family. Merremia scabies, measles, etc. Halia: peltata. kotokotun. See: keih ‘scratch’. keken (from: keke) n. leg, foot, Variant: na ut ro keihkeih itchmite bottom, base, takes possessive of scabies. marker for person and number, body keinikein (from: keinikeini) v. 1) to parts. o hironar susunar keken stand on tiptoes. Halia: tsige. calcaneum kekemiu your feet Tok Variant: ken. Pisin: fut, lek; Halia: mou. See: — n. 2) plant species. kamot keken; uerunar keken; dungdungunar keken; susunar keing1 (from: keingi) n. hard betel nut like fruit, inedible, betel nut keken heel. Variant: puhung substitute. helemasor lower leg; puhung uleik upper leg; tabtabalanar keken sole. keing (from: keingi) v. high voice, 2 keken lo n. coral species, Brain coral, high voice like a squeak. name means ‘leg of dog’. Platygyra keip (from: keipi) v. 1) bring, carry, sp.; Stylophora sp. transport. keipime bring here Halia: keken uoumur kodiau (from: keken lusana, polasa. uoumur kodiaua) n. front leg of a — n. 3) sea shell species. cooked possum. keip liu v. carry away. Halia: soata kekener kong (from: kekener kongo) ban. See: keip. n. plant species, family Moraceae. keip lo v. hunt pig, hunt wild pig. Fatoua pilosa. Halia: bue. See: hihip. kekener langit (from: kekener keipime v. bring here. Halia: langiti) n. horizon east. Halia: soatsema. Morph: keipi-me. mounangits. keipkeip niu v. make nest. keket (from: kekete) v. tag along, keipkeip uelhire v. gossip. follow. kekete kout follow carefully keis (from: keisi) adj. hard to chew, See: kekete kout. tough, hard to cut as a half dried kekete kout (from: kekete koutu) v. banana tree. Halia: kie. follow carefully, follow slowly after. kek (from: keke) n. sea shell species, See: kekete. generic term for conch, family keketik (from: keketiki) n. child. Stromdidae. Lambis sp.; Lambis Halia: galapien. lambis; Strombus sp.; Strombus keketik bulout (from: keketik lentiginosus. See: buhot. Variant: buloutu) n. male child, boy. Halia: selar; tububnar lekalek. pien tson.
79 keketik kuah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ketketam keketik kuah (from: keketik kuaha) ker (from: kere) v. sing. kereng n. girl. Halia: pien tahol. ualatut song of instruction kekio n. bird species, family kere kai v. high note in singing. See: Alcedinidae, Beach Kingfisher, bird uago; ker. of ill omen especially when hearing kerehin (from: kerehini) adj. sad. it’s call. Halcyon saurophaga. Halia: loho. See: ueldolom. Halia: kiukiu. See: kibuh. Variant: kerehis. kekonar keken (from: kekonar kereker (from: kerekere) n. song keke-) n. ankle, takes possessive with words. Halia: hets. marker for person and number, body kerekereng loutu n. hymn. Halia: parts. See: keken. Variant: kon; kaman lotu. kokonar keken. kereng langit (from: kereng langiti) kela n. trophy, part of the animal hung n. weather song ritual that causes as a sigh of hunting skill. See: miracles such as controlling the ueluelkelae. weather. Halia: ninabis. kelkele n. plant species, Croton, many kereng tua n. medicine song, used in types family Euphorbiaceae, Leaf medicine ritual, curing ritual. See: croton sp. has many variable leaf ker; tua. types. Codiaeum variegatum. See: kering (from: keringi) v. cry. See: doukung uahiarou; kasein; kiring. kirkiring; limanar uoun. Variant: kerker uakeluk (from: kerker kelkele kabkabel; kelkele ligligun; uakeluku) v. sing in response, dedelam; rauhung rorot; takout; chime in after another has begun the takout kubkubar; takout pelek; song. Halia: kama kap. uatauih. keskesu v. surpass, pass. Halia: kenua CNJ. conjunction, ‘then,’ used karasa. to introduce a new thought, ketam (from: ketama) n. type of nut paragraph, mostly used in telling a tree, favorite food in season, family narrative story, often not a true Barringtoniaceae, many types, nuts story. Halia: noahasina. See: song. are eaten fresh or boiled or dried, Variant: kena. some types are wild inedible. kenua belbel (from: kenua belbele) Barringtonia novae-hiberniae. Tok adv. never mind, forget it, just forget Pisin: pau. See: kahor. it. ketama uatuau (from: ketama kenua manas (from: kenua manasa) uatuaua) n. ritual used to prevent v. stop, quit. Halia: hanoa. food presentation at a feast. kepa n. small clay pot. Halia: kepa. ketketam (from: ketketama) n. fish See: ngoh. species, generic for Boxfish, family
80 ketketaman tar i du a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kidod
Ostraciidae. Ostracion sp. See: Merrilliodendron megacarpum. ketketaman tar i du; siksikir. kib (from: kiba) n. fish species, ketketaman tar i du n. fish species, generic for Porgy fish, type of puffer family Ostraciidae, Blue-spotted fish, family Tetrodontidae, small Boxfish. Ostracion lentiginosum. types. Arthron sp.; Canthigaster sp. See: ketketam. Halia: huna. See: kiban tar palau; keto n. fish species, family kiban tar mom; lopitong; Chaetodontidae, Butterflyfish, Oval- barangai; mismising. Variant: Spot Coralfish, Black-backed morola kib; merela. Coralfish, Three-banded Coralfish. kibahio EXCL. Ok! Chaetodon speculum; Chaetodon kiban (from: kibana) n. bag for dried melanotus; Chaetodon trifasiatus. breadfruit. See: pakan tuil; papaol. Variant: kiban tar mom (from: kiban tar paol. momo) n. fish species, family ketong kubul (from: ketong kubulu) Tetrodontidae, Narrow-lined n. fish species, family Toadfish. Arothron immaculatus. Chaetodontidae, Long-snouted See: kib. Coralfish. Forcipiger longirostris. kiban tar palau (from: kiban tar See: keto. palaua) n. fish species, family keu (from: keue) v. bury, cover with Tetrodontidae, Black-spotted dirt, grave. inggon ka keuin He was Toadfish. Arothron nigropunctatus. buried. Halia: hu. See: kib. keuar (from: keuara) n. leaf necklace kibeihin (from: kibeihi) v. used in feasts, singsings, ornament satisfaction at others misfortune, on body, bundles of scented leaves feeling of satisfaction, relieved. can hang down the back, crown kibuh (from: kibuhu) n. bird species, made from flowers. Halia: mago. family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers, See: busil. Sacred Kingfisher, Collared keukeuaran (from: keukeuarana) n. Kingfisher, Mangrove Kingfisher. pig meat top back. Halia: punhulu. Halcyon sancta; Halcyon chloris; kial (from: kiala) v. flip. Coyx pusillus bougainvillei. See: kiali n. hair decoration for traditional kekio. dance, clusters of feathers. nas kiali kibun (from: kibunu) n. pig meat the peng hailand a matiantiehe tun hind calf. Halia: goroso. The hair decorations of the highland kibung (from: kibungu) n. meeting people are very pretty. often lasting more than one day. kiare Variant: kiampu. n. plant Halia: gum. From: Tok Pisin. species family Icacinaceae. kidod (from: kidodo) n. cricket
81 Kieta a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kilo inua
species, Orthoptera, family carrying a baby on the back. Halia: Cryllidae, Cricket, Hemiptera family peipei. Cicadidae, Cicada, family kikikiab (from: kikikiaba) v. shake Fulgoridae, Lantern fly. with hand or foot. Cardioldactylus sp.; Pasturia sp. kikimor (from: kikimoro) v. cramp in Variant: sirsirialum; sirialum; hand. neinein; kidod. kikion (from: kikiono) n. big ax, Kieta propN. major town on metal axe. See: kangan. Bougainville, large wharf and kikipo n. wood shavings, wood curls seaport at one time government left over from planning wood. center. kikisong (from: kikisongo) adj. kih1 (from: kihi) v. tear, rip. Halia: narrow. a tinih a kikisong The kis. Redup: kihkih. canoe is narrow. Halia: teki. kih2 (from: kihi) n. rat. Halia: kikitilik (from: kikitiliki) adj. small. moamoto. Tok Pisin: liklik; Halia: kikilu. See: kihanga v. put aboard as aboard a -lik; karekrek. Variant: kitilik. canoe or car, place food on fire, go kikitlik tun (from: kikitlik tunu) adj. for something. Halia: hosa. tiny, very small. See: kikitilik. kihanga v. put aboard as aboard a kil (from: kila) Variant: kilo. v. call canoe or car, place food on fire, go for, call someone’s name, name, for something. Halia: hosa. give a name to. kihibok (from: kihiboko) Variant: kila mate v. talk to dead, talk with kihiboh. n. bird species, family ancestors, necromancy. Halia: hulei. Scolopacidae, Tattler, large Variant: kilo mat. sandpiper bird, lives on beach, kila mate v. talk to dead, talk with Whimbrel. Tringa incana; Numenius ancestors, necromancy. Halia: hulei. phaeopus. Halia: kokoku. See: Variant: kilo mat. tulia; tuliang kuen tobib. kila toto v. join a group, become a kihil (from: kihili) adj. thin, under member. developed. See: babau. Variant: kila uator (from: kila uatoro) v. pungar tukunun; hironan. welcome, invite, take in stranger. kihkih (from: kihkihi) v. break up kilang ualeil (from: kilang ualeili) n. into many pieces, pull to pieces. flag. See: uahire. Halia: pipeko. kilo inua v. to call fruit trees to bear, kihkih siksikin (from: kihkih ritual of singing to the fruit trees in siksikini) v. shred. order for them to fruit, magic rocks kik1 (from: kiki) v. kick. and a small sacrifice of a possum are kik2 (from: kiki) n. backpack for often used in these rituals. See:
82 kilo mat a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kiring uaboung
inua. Variant: kilo bario (call the curly hair, kinky hair. See: sikoi. breadfruit). kingkingit (from: kingkingiti) n. flat kilo mat (from: kilo mate) n. calling adz used for carving canoe planks the dead, summoning the dead. and paddles. Halia: guriguri. kilok (from: kiloko) n. clock, time. kioh (from: kioho) See: tidungana; From: english. tereue. n. shell sp. family kilouakaet (from: kilouakaete) n. Tridacidae, Giant Clam. Tridacna alternate name. maxima. kiloun (from: kilounu) n. coconut kipal (from: kipala) v. habitually crab a large form of hermit crab stingy, selfish. Halia: pepeits. See: without a shell, lives in caves in kapipis. rocks, eats coconuts, Crustacea. kipol (from: kipolo) n. citrus species, Birgus latro. See: kalol. lemon family Rutaceae. Citrus kimit (from: kimiti) v. 1) pick at. limon; Citrus aurantifolia. Tok kimit tar lot Pick the sore. Pisin: muli. See: molih. kimit kout (from: kimit koutu) v. kipolak (from: kipolaka) v. break break open with the finger. Halia: into pieces. Halia: taptapose. kero butu. kipong (from: kipongo) n. type of kimkim (from: kimkimi) v. for a fish man’s dance tinoia where painted especially a reef fish to bite or strike wooden masks are used. See: tinoia. at the bait or hook. Halia: top. kiras (from: kirasa) v. swipe, brush kimkimit (from: kimkimiti) v. break off using leaves, a ritual that preceds up into many pieces. a fishing expedition involves kinalal (from: kinalala) n. charm, striking the fishing canoe before seduction magic, using magic and departure with certain enchanted ritual to cause usually a women to leaves, sweep in a magical sense. desire a man, often used during kirasa liu tasir liouan beating off feasts and other social occasions. the spirits See: uanaman. kirei (from: kireie) n. pudding, made kinale n. helper’s feast for those of tapiok and sometimes banana, working to help a friend or cooked in earth oven. Halia: clansman. Halia: hatuku. See: kikiono, gogi. Variant: kerei. kalekinale. kiring (from: kiringi) v. cry, cry as a king n.king. See: toia. From: English. child, call as an animal, sing as a kingil (from: kingili) n. war leader. bird. Halia: ngala. See: kering. toia kingil traditional war leader Redup: kirkiring. See: toia; tang kingil. kiring uaboung (from: kiring kingkingit (from: kingkingiti) n. uaboungu) n. fish species family
83 kirismas a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kobur
Siganidae, Spinefeet or Rabbitfish. ko adv. shot form of puk, only, just. Siganus puellis; Siganus punctatus. inggono ke huh kompe, ke huh See: ualahan. kompe She just nursed and nursed. kirismas (from: kirismasa) n. See: puk. Christmas, year, season. From: -ko adv. direction, down, away from English. speaker. See: giko. kirkirasam bah (from: kirkirasam ko tentur ro balan(from: ko tentur baha) n. plant species family ro balana) v. become angry, Ehphorbiaceae, Spurge family. loseone’s temper. Halia: soala. See: Mallotus philippensis. balan. kirkiring (from: kirkiringi) n. plant kob (from: kobo) n. shell species species family Ehphorbiaceae. family Isognomonidae, Hammar Codiaeum variegatum. See: kasein; Oysters. Malleus malleus. See: bek. doukung uahiarou; kelkele. kobaka n. reed species used for kiskis (from: kiskisi) n. bird species, hitting a man. family Zosteropidae, Island White- kobar (from: kobara) n. light from eye, Nissan Silver-eye, young boys inside water at night. often hunt these for food. Zosterops kobin (from: kobini) n. membrane grisetinctus. See: kiskis merek. part of the fruit the seeds are Variant: kiskis uatuau; kiskisialok. attached to. kiskis merek (from: kiskis mereke) kobkobo n. shelf, table, inside or n. bird species, family Myiagridae, outside the house used for storing Island Monarch Flycatcher, young things. See: patehe. boys often hunt these for food. kobkoburun ro uaruaron (from: Monarcha cinerascens. See: kiskis. kobkoburun ro uaruaro) n. kiskisin (from: kiskisi) n. under arm, sternum, takes possessive marker for armpits, takes possessive marker for person and number, body parts, person and number body parts. point below sternum is called Halia: kapkapits. kit (from: kiti) adj. little, small, makmakih. See: makmakih. familiar or intimate designation. kobkoburunar hiron (from: Halia: tsi. kobkoburunar hirono) n. cartilage. kitkitot (from: kitkitoto) n. legendary See: ngusun. Variant: dwarf lives in caves in the cliff and kobkoburunar ngusun nasal bone. steals food. Halia: bekil. kobor (from: koboro) 1) adj. inside, kitup (from: kitupu) v. darkness, dim, inside garden. 2) innocent spectator. unable to see well. Halia: kuhil. kobur (from: koburu) adj. immature kiukiu n. myth, story, tale. Halia: fruit, garden. a iomo kobur harah hahatate. The garden is still not mature.
84 koburung bialok a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kokolatan koburung bialok (from: koburung koh tar tung (from: koh tar tungu) bialoko) n. new moon. v. dig a hole for planting vegetables. kod (from: kodo) adj. over mature Halia: tahi. sweet potato, tapioca, root kohik (from: kohiki) n. mosquito. Tok vegetables. o kumala ko kodo Pisin: natnat; Halia: kuhelu. manasampe The sweet potatoes are koi n. fish species, family over ripe. See: purasa. Sphyraenidae, Yellowtail Barracuda. kodiau (from: kodiaua) n. possum, Sphyraena flavicauda. See: otop. family. Phalanger orientalis. Tok kok (from: koko) n. plant species Pisin: kapul, kuskus; Halia: kori. family Araceae. Pothos rumphii. See: kapul. Variant: kore. koki n. cockatoo. Halia: koki. From: kodkodoh (from: kodkodoho) adv. Tok Pisin. correct, directly, straight, righteous. koko1 n. 1) lesser yam, white yam, 23 See: uelkodoh. types, family Dioscoreaceae, generic kodoh (from: kodoho) v. judge, term for yam, popular food given at discern, criticize. feasts, along with pig meet is a kodom (from: kodomo) n. water, rain primary part of food presents at water, fresh water. Halia: ramun. feasts. Dioscorea esculenta. Halia: See: laur. rurun, patu. See: keheu. Variant: kodom uleik (from: kodom uleiki) n. koko tun. 2) thorny root of yam lake. Halia: ramun a perperere. species. Halia: keriau. See: mour. Variant: kodom uiluilo. koko2 n. plant species family kodouil (from: kodouili) n. plant Umbelliferae. Centella asiatica. species family Rubiaceae. koko pialek (from: koko pialeke) n. Myrmecodia sp. Variant: tree species family Moraceae. Ficus kulkulatut; kadouil. septica. See: lulu; bukal. koe n. fish species in the barracuda kokobur (from: kokoburu) n. for old family. garden to be overgrown with bush. koenalu n. duck species, family Halia: kobukobul. Anatidae, Pacific Black Duck. Anas kokokor (from: kokokoro) v. move superciliosa. on the surface of the water, ride a koerat (from: koerata) n. bird wave, part of the canoe, which species, family Ardeidae, Eastern moves on the water. See: koro. Reef-Egret, white heron. Egretta kokol (from: kokolo) n. bend head, sacra. See: kompul. bow head. kokolo tur bend the head koh (from: koho) v. dig out with hoe, standing See: sug. heap up the ground, pile up mound. kokolatan (from: kokolatana) n. leaf Halia: gan. eating worm, caterpillar with many
85 kokomo a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kolit
small hairs, which cause a skin Blacktail Sergeant. Abudefduf irritation on contact, very common lorenzi. See: koual. during certain seasons. Halia: kokouarang (from:kokouaranga) n. kasori. See: tabara douk. 1) bird species, family Charadriidae, kokomo n. hornbill bird extinct on Lesser Golden Plover, small type of Nissan. From: Tok Pisin. sandpiper bird. Pluvialis dominica. kokonar liman (from: kokonar lima) 2) shell species, family Tellinidae, n. wrist, wrist protrusion, takes family Mactridae, small clams, possessive marker for person and which live in the sand a favorite number, body parts. See: lima. food, collected by children. Phylloda Variant: loklokinar kokonar liman foliacae; Tellinota albinella. See: wrist joint. uer; mia. Variant: munue. kokop (from: kokopo) v. cover up, kol1 (from: kolo) v. hit with an cover with leaves, also to control instrument, knock on the head, with cover. Halia: kopo kap. See: a stick or an instrument. Halia: uelkokopo. poko. kokopon (from: kokopono) n. pot lid, kol2 (from: kolo) n. 1) rain cloud at leaf covering for cooking pot. Halia: horizon. 2) tree species from which kinakopo. the outrigger float is made family kokopong kuku n. batten, purling, Boraginaceae. Cordia aspera. used on roof of house. Halia: Halia: uoga. kikimoto. koleis (from: koleisi) n. shell species, kokor (from: kokoro) v. canoe family Donacidae, Wedge shells. maneuver, shape, arrive, design. Deltachion electilis; Latona faba. Halia: soku. See: kokokoro. Variant: no koleisir kaio. kokora n. type of traditional mask kolel (from: kolele) n. barb on a spear made on Nissan with a wig of or arrow, made from the same human hair, is called the assistant of material, as barbs on a war arrow. pateki, this mask differs kolem (from: koleme) n. 1) plant substantially from other masks in species family Sapindaceae. that it is carved entirely of wood. Allophylus cobbe. 2) plant species, See: pateki. family Marantaceae. Cominsia kokosir (from: kokosiri) n. tall grass. gigantea. Variant: koleme Halia: kunai. kubkubar. kokoti n. type of yam, type of keheu, kolit (from: koliti) n. plant species, family Dioscoreaceae. See: keheu. gourd, family Cucurbitaceae, used as kokotouel (from: kokotouele) n. fish a holder for lime, wild pumpkin. species, family Pomacentridae, See: pumkin.
86 kolkolong iamun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kongoul kolkolong iamun (from: kolkolong fish eating heron species, sometimes iamunu) n. plant species family made into pets, this is the dark phase Leguminosae. Cassia sp. Variant: the white phase of the same species kolkolong iamum. is called koerat, feathers are used in kolmur (from: kolmuru) Variant: dances at feasts. Egretta sacra. kolamur. n. plant species family Halia: koei. See: koerat. Euphorbiaceae, Spurge family. kon (from: kono) n. 1) hook, long Cleidion spiciflorum. bamboo pole with hook on end, pick kolo meirimeir (from: kolo by pulling, fruit hook for picking meirimeiri) n. fish species family tree fruit, pick fruit. Halia: kona. Chromidae, Pullers, White-tailed 2) cramp, cramp in leg if bent. See: Footballer. Dascyllus aruanus. padpador. kolohis (from: kolohisi) n. beetle konat n. fish species, family species, Coleoptera, family Lethrinidae, Yellowlip Emperor. Scaraebidae, Scarab Beetle, Lethrinus xanthochilus. See: iahiah. Rhinoceros beetle, eats coconut Variant: komat. konkon (from: konkono) n. plant leaves. Halia: mu. See: bulum. species family Cannaceae, India kolon (from: kolo) n. heart, body part Canna. Canna indica. Variant: takes suffix for person and number. konokono. Halia: kikimus. See: deuating; uat; konkonomon (from: konkonomo) n. koton. Variant: kusener kolon throat, body parts, takes possessive aorta. marker for person and number. kolongguigui n. the whole dry Halia: kohi. See: kulkulo. coconut shell. gitie a kolongguigui kong (from: kongo) n. bird species, That there is a whole coconut shell. family Ardeidae, Rufous Night kolopang (from: kolopanga) v. Heron, long-legged bush fowl, lives circumcise. inggon ke poko in the bush. Nycticorax caledonicus. uakolopang tang Aisak tar tualir Halia: buki. marein i mud ka poho peion He kongkong (from: kongkongo) n. cut circumcise Isaac the eighth day Chinese person, Jew’s harp. Halia: after his birth. kongkong. From: Tok Pisin. komadia n. young unmarried woman. kongkong taro n. taro, introduced Halia: kukubei. See: mamanailik. type, family Araceae, Chinese Taro. komourouh (from: komourouhu) v. Xanthosma sagittifolium. Halia: clear throat. harobi. See: singapor; hon. From: kompul (from: kompulu) n. bird Tok Pisin. species, family Ardeidae, Reef kongoul (from: kongoulu) n. soreness Heron, Eastern Reef-Egret, small in the joints, wasting sickness.
87 kopa a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kotou kopa n. traditional public feast of See: kor. vengeance, no longer practiced on koroh (from: koroho) n. fern Nissan, revenge feast. species family Ophioglossaceae. kopet (from: kopete) n. uvula, fleshy Helminthostachys zeylanica. See: lob in the middle of the back of the karakar. mouth, name means ‘hole in sand in koropendek (from: koropendeke) n. which water comes up at high tide’. pancreas, is attached to the stomach See: uouan. by rarain. kopin (from: kopini) n. small men’s koror1 (from: kororo) v. crow as a house, with coconut frond roof. rooster. Halia: soapili. koror2 (from: kororo) n. fish sp. kopir (from: kopiri) n. wild banana korousei (from: korouseie) n. cross, species, family Musaceae, not Southern Cross constellation. Halia: common. Musa sp. tupala. From: English. kopkopal (from: kopkopala) n. kospau (from: kospaua) n. tumor on 1) plant species, vine, family back, face, leg anywhere on body, Aristolochiaceae, Dutchmanspipe full of blood. See: dukpale. sp. Aristolochia tagala. 2) young kot (from: koto) n. ground, below, possum. down, low, earth. Halia: puta. See: i kopra n. dried coconut meat, sold for kot. the oil extracted. From: English. kotan (from: kota) n. liver, body parts kor (from: koro) v. boil. Halia: takes suffix for person and number. gololo. See: kolon. Variant: kotan. korak (from: koraka) v. chew betel kotet (from: kotete) v. stutter, nut. Halia: kora. See: makih. stammer, difficult speaking from Redup: korkorak. shame. Redup: kotkotet. korkorak (from: korkoraka) n. 1) pl kotkotou v. recite accuse, blame. ant species family Rhizophoraceae, inedible type of mangrove. koto kubar (from: koto kubara) n. Rhizophora stylosa. See: red clay, from which hair dye is korkorakar bah; pekon. made. Halia: haperoana. — v. 2) chew betel nut. See: korak. kotohia n. tail or bottom end of the korkorakar bah (from: korkorakar bed the side of the house nearest the baha) n. plant species, family bottom of the beds, downstairs. Rhizophoraceae, mangrove species. Halia: singmou. Ceriops tagal. See: korkorak; kotou (from: kotouo) v. say, identify, pekon. pray, worship, prayer, mass, korkoro ding (from: korkoro dingi) religion, the way spoken, how said. v. boil over. Halia: gololo tsutsu. See: misa.
88 kotou kudul a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u koun kotou kudul (from: kotou kudulu) v. koudeik (from: koudeiki) n. snake to talk directly, to say openly. See: species, family Boidae. Enygrus kotou uagele. carinatus. See: soi. Variant: lair; kotou uagel (from: kotou uagele) v. uapus bialok. to say another way, to talk more koue n. well, fresh water spring, near discreetly. See: kotou kudulu. the sea. Halia: kokoei. See: nor. kotou ualeil (from: kotou ualeili) v. kouh (from: kouhu) v. guilty, to talk around something not deceive, speechless, astonished. directly, circumlocution. See: kotou mene uakouh condem, speak guilt kudulu; ualeil. See: uakouhu. kotou uarang (from: kotou uaranga) kouhkouh (from: kouhkouhu) n. fish v. another way of saying, hidden species family Hemirhamphidae, talk, alternative names. Barred Garfish, if larger pounpoun. kotouan teil (from: kotouan teili) v. Hemirhampis commersoni. See: guess incorrectly, say without pounpoun; kusub. Variant: knowing. koukouh. kotpokos (from: kotpokoso) v. begin koul kurum (from: koul kurumu) n. to happen. See: pokoso; uakeken; fish species, family, Pomacentridae, uakotpokos. Damselfish. Pomacentrus sp. See: kotpokos uabureh (from: kotpokos poroum. Variant: mahang uleik. koulmout (from: koulmoutu) n. uaburehe) v. produce many weakling. offspring. koulun (from: koulu) n. penus, takes kotpokos uateuel (from: kotpokos possessive marker for person and uateuele) v. person appear suddenly, number, body parts. Halia: kol. come out. Variant: tapokosonor koulun kou (from: kouo) v. bear fruit, banana urethra; kapokonar koulun to flower. foreskin; malotonor koulun glans. koual (from: kouala) n. fish species, koumkoum (from: koumkoumu) v. generic for family Pomacentridae, payback, sorcery. Sergeant-Majors, Banded Sergeant. koun1 (from: kounu) v. bear down, Abudefduf sp.; Adudefduf push, as a women giving birth to a septemfaciatus. See: porom; child. a keketik e koun gete beh kokotouel. The child bears down when koubout (from: kouboutu) v. mark defecating. See: poh. with lime, to make small smudges of koun2 (from: kounu) n. corn 3 types lime on the body to ward off, protect introduced, family Gramineae, not from evil spirits. Halia: sapi. See: common, some plant it. Zea mays. uelkoubout; tang uelkoubout. Variant: kon. From: Tok Pisin.
89 kounoum a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kuah kounoum (from: kounoumu) v. someone to kill someone, to get swallow. Halia: tongolo. See: uoho someone to do something for you. kounoum; inum. kout1 (from: koutu) v. cut, cut hair koungoul (from: koungoulu) n. especially head hair. Halia: kuli. arthritis, rheumatism. Variant: kout2 (from: koutu) n. plant species, pilpilot. several types, family Amaranthaceae. kouok (from: kouoko) n. plant species Amaranthus tricolor; Amaranthus sp. family Araceae. Homalomena sp. See: kout kubkubar; na hupur kouokou n. spotted sea snake black kosor; oupa. Variant: kout todtodin and white, family Hydrophilidae, or pakpakon; koutung huru; small form nomnompol. Laticauda koutung goreu. colubrina. See: tadalimon. Variant: kout3 (from: koutu) v. court, accuse. kauakau; noumnoumpol; kangel. From: Tok Pisin. kouokou (from: kouokouo) n. large kout kubkubar (from: kout kubkubara) n. plant species family black and white sea snake. Amaranthaceae. Celosia argentea; koup (from: koupu) n. 1) traditional 1 Celosia cristata. See: kout. Variant: canoe, large dugout canoe with balanar hueit; kout pelek. double outrigger, is no longer made kout uapuhin (from: kout uapuhini) on Nissan. See: pang koup. v. rope. 1) packet. koutkout (from: koutkoutu) v. tree koup2 (from: koupu) v. grow, rust, blocking road, block, hinder. grow as a child in his mother, grow koutkoutkout (from: koutkoutkoutu) above or off the ground as a adj. lumpy. mushroom on a log or moss on a koutkoutul (from: koutkoutulu) n. fly tree. a keketik e koup to i lolono species, yellow-green biting fly, toro balana tinan The child grew types of horse fly, eats human hair. there inside of his mothers stomach. Halia: longalout. See: lang. kour (from: kouru) n. tree species, Kristo propN. Christ. From: English. nut species 11 types favorite with ku n. coconut oil, important in many children, grows near ocean, leaves rituals, made from boiling many turn red at certain times family grated coconuts to extract the oil, a Combretaceae, Tropical Almond. coconut oil preparation is used as Terminalia catappa. Tok Pisin: telis; food for the dancers in the buai Halia: koto. ritual. See: tang makih; uarkong. kourkourum bario Variant: houthout. kuah (from: kuaha) n. woman, n. plant species family Rubiaceae. female, wife when used with the Neonauclea solomonensis. possessive. nagu kuaho my wife kouru v. hire assassin, betray, to pay Halia: tahol. See: bulout.
90 kuah kamob a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kuen sasang kuah kamob (from: kuah kamobo) owl has bulging eyes. Halia: n. unmarried woman. Halia: amoba. mata-kururu. kuaman (from: kuamana) n. shell kubar (from: kubara) n. orange or money, rings made from the shell of reddish orange color/brown/ the giant clam, important in many “redskin” person, a non- cultural practices. See: palauer; Bougainvillean. Halia: marara. hikul; patambal. Redup: kubkubar. kuan (from: kuana) v. sorry for, kubetai (from: kubetaia) n. fish sympathy for. See: uledouloum. species, family Nemipteridae, kuanalik (from: kuanaliki) v. sorry Yellow-Banded Threadfin-Bream. for, sympathy for. See: kuana. Pentapodus trivittatus. kuap (from: kuapa) v. 1) husk kubik (from: kubiki) n. bruise on toe, coconut, also stick for husking from stubbing toe. coconuts. See: liuh. kubkubara matan (from:kubkubar — n. 2) fish species, generic for Saury matana) n. conjunctivitis. pink eye, fish, family Synodontidae, Lizard eye pain eye inflammtion, common fish, Saury. Saurida sp. Halia: kets. among children. See: matan. kuar (from: kuara) n. 1) tobacco, 3 Variant: matang kadik. types family Solanaceae, grown in kubul (from: kubulu) n. rotten log. gardens and near houses, many kud (from: kudu) v. bake, oven. kudu people use it. Nicotiana tabacum. tar koko Bake the yam. See: houp. See: brus. Variant: gunanur; kudul (from: kudulu) adv. among, habiti; talmiat. 2) powerful magical with. uangoul kudul live among device, can repel sorcery and inflict kuen (from: kuene) n. coconut fruit, serious damage on others, used in coconut tree, 18 types many uses the dance magic for protection and mature nut is called kurum family harm. See: balilai. Palmae, some types are kuas (from: kuasa) v. many sorrows, distinguished by the color of the nut i.e. yellow, orange, tall mature trees plural of single form. See: kibeih; are called kuen akah, most baskets kuana. are made from the leaves of this tree. kuaua n. guava plant species family Cocos nucifera. Tok Pisin: kulau Myrtaceae, small tree, popular food green nut, kokonas tree, dry nut; of children. Psidium guajava. From: Halia: uele. Variant: kuendouk; Tok Pisin. kuentobib. kubak (from: kubaka) v. to not kuen sasang (from: kuen sasanga) n. defend (a brother). See: baka. plant species, bush with red berries kubalau (from: kubalaua) adj. planted near coconuts to make them bulging eyes. a hauu a kubalau The bear. See: pinuar.
91 kuenging a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kulkula hung kuenging (from: kuengingi) v. pig hamago, kabono, paiou. See: squeal. kabon. kuh (from: kuhu) adj. favorite, best. kukuking (from: kukukingi) v. kuhur kalomua your best friend squeal of flying fox. kuhot (from: kuhoto) n. fish species kukukuen (from: kukukuene) n. family Aulostomidae, Trumpetfish seaweed not algae, turtle grass, or Painted Flutemouth. Aulostoma grows on sandy bottom in large chinensis. mats. See: kakahoro. kuhuk (from: kuhuku) n. octopus, kukulebang (from: kukulebanga) Class Mollusca, used for fish bait, adv. underneath. Halia: kopina. also eaten. Tok Pisin: kurita; Halia: kukuluhur (from: kukuluhuru) n. lout. 2) plant species, family fish species, family Labridae, Malavaceae. Abelmoschus manihot. Double-Headed Maori Wrasse. See: kabul. Variant: sineui. Cheilinus udulatus. See: iaueit. kuhukaior (from: kuhukaioro) n. big kukurai (from: kukuraia) n. chief. octopus. From: Tok Pisin. kuikui n. plant species family kukurumon (from: kukurumona) n. Leguminosae, Sensitive plant, leaves deep water at edge of shore. See: close up when touched. Mimosa kasap. pudica. kul (from: kula) v. say or call, order, kuk (from: kuku) n. crab species. command. See: kula tut; kila. kuku n. peak of roof, roof. Halia: Variant: kulo. Redup: kulkula. kohuaka, pungana. kula tutu (from: kula tut) v. echo, kukuah (from: kukuaha) n. shell sound returning. See: kul. species Albumen moon snail, family kula tutup v. order, to force. See: Naticidae. Polinices albumen. tutup. kukuahalik (from: kukuahaliki) n. kula uiuir (from: kula uiuiri) v. call young girl, when breasts begin to off. See: kul. form, beginning of adolescence. See: Kulis (from: Kulisi) propN. village uakalis. name on south west coast of Nissan, kukuanan (from: kukuanana) n. one of few villages not on the fruit, meat, berry, bear fruit, all soft lagoon but on outer cliff. parts that are eaten. Halia: hua. See: kulkap (from: kulkapa) n. plant singsingin. species family Acanthaceae a few kukubako n. hot fire, red hot fire. varieties. Hemigraphis sp. Variant: kukuet (from: kukuete) v. bracelet, kulkap pelek or kulkap tun; drape especially around neck or kulkap kubkubar. shoulders, hang necklace. Halia: kulkula hung (from: kulkula hungu)
92 kulkula tut a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kura
v. right on, say right, to say dance is about to make its approach. something that is exactly right. See: kumohuan (from: kumohuana) n. kula. light ashes that blow in the wind. kulkula tut (from: kulkula tutu) v. See: taun. imitate another by repeating a kumpat (from: kumpata) n. plant persons words. species family Simaroubaceae. kulkulatut (from: kulkulatutu) n. Soulamea amara. echo. kumuh (from: kumuhu) n. shell for kulkulon (from: kulkulo) n. windpipe, shaving, shave the beard, razor. body parts, takes possessive marker Halia: kumkum. for person and number. See: kumung (from: kumungu) n. a large konkonomo. stand of plants, group, bunch. a kulo ualeik (from: kulo ualeiki) v. bureher kumkumung rauot re tur shout, speak strongly, speak with i Iaka Many large stands of bamboo authority, speak loudly. Halia: ele. are standing at Iaka. Redup: kulo uanet (from: kulo uanete) v. kumkumung. sarcastic. kumung pos (from: kumung poso) n. kulou (from: kulouo) n. gray hair pig. stand of banana trees. Halia: hun kulut (from: kulutu) n. face paint, poso. paint the face. kumung rauot (from: kumung kumahuan (from: kumahuana) n. rauoto) n. stand of bamboo. Halia: ashes that go up with the smoke. hun kaur. See: taunu. kunai (from: kunaia) n. grass. From: kumakum (from: kumakumu) n. Tok Pisin. crab species, white, shore slater, kundu n. common hourglass shaped Mole crab. Ligia sp.; Emirita sp. drum used in dances, made from kumal (from: kumala) n. sweet hollowed out wood and covered potato 17 types grown on Nissan, with lizard skin or fish skin. From: popular everyday food, family Tok Pisin. Convolvulaceae, introduced form kunkuning tar i du n. fish species the South Solomons, grown in older family Chromidae, Pullers, small gardens. Ipomoea batatas. Tok active perch-like fish, similar to Pisin: kaukau; Halia: koukou, demoiselles and sergeant-majors. kumal. Variant: kumkumarok. kupkupi n. bird species, family kumbak (from: kumbaka) n. drum Megapodiidae, young, chick of flourish, drummers who accompany Common Scrubfowl. Megapoidus the dancers beat a drum flourish to freycinet. See: kaio. inform those in the village that the kura n. native frog lives in the bush,
93 kuras a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kusub
looks like a leaf, has horns on head, kurur (from: kururu) n. missing a has a distinctive bird like call, two limb or finger or part of the body. types one yellow one brown. See: piuk. Ceratobatrachus guentheri. Halia: kus (from: kusa) v. hang, grab, catch kura. See: rokrok. hold of, call with a kissing sound, kuras (from: kurasa) v. scatter as kiss. Halia: kute. Variant: kuse. throwing out peelings for animals, kusa kout (from: kusa koutu) v. splash, scatter water. o daua ka grab, catch hold of. kuras i laur The daua splashed the kusa tane v. hold fast. Halia: pile water. Halia: tsihasa. kakap. Variant: kuse tane. kuriabin (from: kuriabini) n. bird’s kusa uanon (from: kusa uanono) v. tail. Halia: oupi. hold strong. Halia: pile kap, poto. kuriap (from: kuriapa) n. dolphin, See: uoho uanon. Variant: kuse often seen near reef, follows boat, uanon. often in schools. Tok Pisin: kusa uatur (from: kusa uaturu) v. ambusa; Halia: busa. See: obuh. stand up. Halia: haluma. Variant: kurik (from: kuriki) n. king, kuse uatur. traditional leader, older term for toia kusakus (from: kusakusa) v. who is male, kulurik is for a toia hanging, partly broken, as a bent who is a woman. See: toia. reed, cut but still hanging. Halia: kurkur (from: kurkuru) n. tasopolo. cockroach, Orthoptera, family kuse labur (from: kuse laburu) v. Blattidae, Australian Cockroach. hang downwards. Periplaneta australasiae. Tok Pisin: kuse luar (from: kuse luara) v. let go, kakalak. See: uit. Variant: forgive. Halia: kato peko. See: kurkurung toro kubul. luaka liu. kurkurum (from: kurkurumu) n. kusen (from: kusena) n. umbilical black-skinned, dark-skinned a very cord. Halia: ngorngorere. black person from south kuskus (from: kuskusu) n. plant sp., Bougainville as contrasted with a plant species family Passifloraceae, light-skinned person from Buka, Tagua Passion flower. Passiflora dark, color black, dark part of the foetida. ocean, deep sea. Halia: korokun. kuskusen (from: kuskusene) n. stem See: kurum. Variant: kukurum. of a leaf or frond, handle. Halia: kurum (from: kurumu) adj. black, pongponga. See: kabkabena. mature coconut, copra. Halia: kusub (from: kusubu) n. fish species, ruruhana. Variant: kukurum. family Hemirhamphidae, Half- Redup: kurkurum. beaks, Garfish. Hyporhamphus sp.
94 kusun torek a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u kuu
See: pounpoun; kouhkouh. kutur (from: kuturu) v. pick. Barry kusun torek (from: kusun toreke) n. ke kutur tar kaman kalanguh plant species, family Euphorbiaceae, Barry picked the hibiscus. flower Spurge family. Bridelia sp. kuu Variant: ku. n. bird species, kut1 (from: kutu) adj. blind, see family Columbidae, Spotted Cuckoo poorly, bad eyesight. Halia: -dove. Macropygia mackinayi. See: matakiau. bun; baluh. kut2 (from: kutu) n. bud as a new flower. Halia: kiau.
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L - l la v. 1) go, walk. Redup: lala. a group, become a member. Halia: — DIR. 2) movement, to happen, peigi. toward. Halia: la. See: me. la tapokis (from: la tapokisi) v. return, -la DIR. over there. See: gila; -ala. retreat, go back. Halia: kopis. la bang (from: la banga) v. visit. la tar liliuolik (from: la tar liliuoliki) la dur (from: la duru) v. run through a v. go early, go to work early. crowd, break through a crowd. la toto v. go together, for an entire la hamas (from: la hamasa) adv. go village to leave together, leaving no slowly. Halia: lolomoto. one behind, go often, gather together la heir (from: la heiri) v. deliver. and go. Halia: sasalo. la hiku v. something, go down under, la tututur (from: la tututuru) v. go go through, go between. Halia: sipi. slowly, stroll. Halia: halona. See: la. la hire v. call together, send out a la ualahur (from: la ualahuru) v. go message, announce. quickly. Halia: hahan. la i lolon (from: la i lolono) v. implies la ualaung (from: la ualaungu) v. go to go inland, refers to going to the frequently, often. Halia: seke. bush or the gardens, away from the la ualiuliuo v. go early, go to work village. Halia: kete. early, secretly retreat from a meeting la keinikein (from: la keinikeini) v. go or a crowd. on tiptoes. la uanon (from: la uanono) v. careful, la kil (from: la kila) v. call together, walk stealthily, walk sneakily. Halia: send out a message, calling a hatskapa. meeting/announce. Halia: hibus. la uantinanin (from: la uantinanini) la kokol (from: la kokolo) v. stooped, v. go through, go between. walk hunched over. See: kokol. la uasa v. crippled. See: peil. la liu v. leave, go away from. la uatul (from: la uatulu) v. go meet la liu uanom (from: la liu uanomo) v. someone waiting. sneak away. la uelbange v. walk toward one la sol (from: la solo) adv. pass by, go another. through, go between. Halia: sila. la uelhir (from: la uelhiri) v. go la sosogot (from: la sosogoto) v. walk forward, meet. Halia: hagigiono. through. la uelpakah (from: la uelpakaha) v. la surasur (from: la surasuru) v. walk go apart, part, go separate. Halia: la stop walk stop. kata. la tagu v. in a group, procession, join la ueltapokise v. go from place to 96 laanah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lakok
place, go back and forth. Halia: off as a small path that forks off a hula. larger path. Redup: laglagonon. laanah (from: laanaha) v. go up lah1 (from: laha) n. coconut shell, the inland for a short distance. Halia: empty coconut shell with meat sousei. removed, used as fuel to dry copra. lab (from: laba) adj. loose fitting Halia: gotana. clothes, loose as clothes too big, lah2 (from: laha) n. fish species, opposite of tight clothes. See: kapih. family Carangidae, Double-spotted labalab (from: labalaba) n. clothes, Queenfish. Scomberoides lysan. waist cloth, sarong. See: laplap. laha v. direction, come, come toward lablabur (from: lablaburu) adj. fallen speaker. Morph: la-ha. See: -ha; la. breasts. lahlahan ro uerunar keken (from: lablaburur huhun (from: lablaburur lahlahan ro uerunar keke) n. huhuna) n. shiny black breasts. kneecap, body part takes possessive Halia: susubong. suffix for person and number. See: labum (from: labumu) n. plant species keke. family Zingiberaceae, Ginger family, laia n. plant species family the dance master tang makih often Zingiberaceae several types, Ginger carry this plant as a headpiece for it family. Zingiber sp. See: gorogor. symbolizes their work, they claim Variant: laia tun; laiar gorogro; na that the plant provides a means of laiar kih. “seducing spirits” so that they obey lair (from: lairi) n. snake species, one’s will. Alpinia novae- family Boidae, any large snake, adult pommeraniae. See: gorogor. mature form. Bothrocheilus boa; Variant: bumbu; bum; bu. Enygarus carinatus. See: soi; lada n. ladder, steps. See: kakaet; lilioropour; kodek; soi kurum. touku. From: English. lakelak (from: lakelake) n. fish laer (from: laere) v. launch out in a species family Acanthuridae, Poll canoe, begin a long sea journey. Unicornfish, Striped-Face Halia: toulele. Unicornfish. Calilicanthus lituratus; lager (from: lagere) n. fish species Naso lituratus. See: mapok; pulung. family Scolopsidae, Rainbow lako v. go down a short distance, from Monocle-Bream, two-lined Monocle- inland to the road, village or beach, Bream, family Nemipteridae, Bream. go away from speaker. Halia: golala. Scolopsis temporalis; Scolopsis Morph: la-ko. See: -ko. bilineatus; Pentapodus sp. See: lakok (from: lakoko) n. skull. Halia: karing; uoiut. Variant: matakuh. lak. Variant: matang uakeluk lagon (from: lagono) v. corner, fork occiptal bones; polpolasin parietal
97 lala a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lantieh
bones; iabiaben ro iahiahen lalein tun (from: lalein tunu) n. fish temporal bones; na kodom ro ut species, family Soleidae, Soles, grove base of skull. Dappled Sole, Ocellated Sole. lala v. walk, travel. See: la. Variant: Aseraggodes melanostictus; nila; lihikot. Aseraggodes persimilis. See: lalein; lala hamas (from: lala hamasa) adv. lalein kaman takip. go slowly. Halia: mokomoko, sese. laleinin tar hua n. fish species, family lala uatouk (from: lala uatouku) v. Bothidae, Flounders, Left-handed leave one by one. Flounder, translation of tar hua ‘of lalah (from: lalaha) n. basket for ocean passage’. Bothus pantherinus; catching fruit, mango, oranges, Bothus mancus. See: lalein. avocado, to keep from bruising. lam1 (from: lama) n. lamp. From: lalakom (from: lalakomo) n. thrush, English. mouth infection, especially in lam2 (from: lama) n. plant species children, caused by fungus, white family Euphorbiaceae, Castor bean, spots in mouth. See: uouan. from which Castor oil is made, not lalang (from: lalanga) v. rub skin with common. Ricinus communis. hot leaves. laman (from: lamana) v. arrive back lalang tagin (from: lalang tagini) v. safely. i lamana bak to arrive safely refers to balancing while walking on Lambom (from: Lambomo) propN. logs, tree limbs, narrow ledges. Lambom island on the South end of Halia: tete. New Ireland island. lalaot (from: lalaoto) adj. perfume, lame v. come, come to me. Morph: smells nice. la-me. See: laha. lale n. large feathers, large bird lamlameh (from: lamlamehe) n. plant feathers. See: ulun. species family Cyperaceae rushes, lalein (from: laleini) n. fish species nut grass, Flatsedge. Cyperus generic for Flounders, Flat-fish, Sole, rotundus. family Bothidae, many types. landro Variant: latoro. n. tree species Pseudorhombus sp.; Bothus sp. family Leguminosae. Leucaena sp. Halia: lal. See: laleinin tar hua; See: iariare. From: Tok Pisin. lalein tun; lalein kaman takip. lantana n. plant species introduced lalein kaman takip (from: lalein plant, family Labiatae, Common kaman takipi) n. fish species, family Lantana. Lantana camara. From: Soleidae, large types, translation of English. name kaman takip is ‘leaf of Birdnest Fern’, these fish are similar lantieh (from: lantiehe) v. very fast, to a leaf. Brachirus sp.; go quickly, hurry. Halia: tala soku. Dexillichthys. See: lalein. Morph: la-ntieh. 98 lang a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lek lang (from: langa) n. housefly, generic sea water, salt water. Halia: u for flies, Diptera, family Muscoidea, ramun. See: kodom. fly and similar small insects. Tok le v. marry, married person. See: nile. Pisin: lang; Halia: kusi. See: hoh; leamuh (from: leamuhu) n. shell eirieir; koutkoutul. Variant: langa species, mostly Drupe shells family bukir green fly; langa penpen; lang Muricidae, subfamily Thaidinae. manulab; langang toro taun. Thais kieneri; Mancinella sp.; Thais lang malioh v. leave in anger. Halia: hippocastanea; Thais hippocastanea. noso. See: malioh. Variant: laemuh kurum; leamuhur lang tagin (from: lang tagini) v. walk kong; leamuhur kekio; pampang carefully. kuen; matanar baluh; matanar lang uasaluh (from: lang uasaluhu) v. dorom. substitute, put instead of, put off. Lean propN. name of Nissan ancestor langan (from: langana) n. straight brother of Bangar, sons of line. Halia: len. Variant: langang. Timbeheis, many cultural stories langit (from: langiti) n. sky. Halia: associated with this man and his koasi. See: mahar langit ‘cloud’. brother, especially as to the origin of langon (from: langono) n. sign of the coconuts, pigs, cannibalism, different passage, stick stuck in the reef to clans etc. See: Timbeheis; Bangar. show the passage for boats and lean (from: leana) n. bow, wooden canoes. part without the string, type of palm laplap n. clothes. See: labalab. From: tree. Halia: hil. Tok Pisin. leanang laur (from: leanang lauru) n. laplapar (from: laplapara) n. tree salt water spear gun. grows close to beach, strong wood, leb (from: lebe) v. plant, plant reddish wood, leaves used to protect vegetables in garden, sow by a place from spirits, family dropping seed in garden. o pos ra Guttiferae. Mammea ordorata. See: leblebeig ahik pehe kotpokoso kalpulene; beu. katong Bananas are planted they laruh (from: laruhu) v. pull out. don’t come up by themselves. Halia: las (from: lasa) adj. last. From: habora. English. lebang (from: lebanga) n. sheer cliff, latlateil (from: latlateili) v. walk from cliff, tomb, cave. Halia: tapei. See: place to place, walk about. Halia: uerut. Redup: leblebang. hula la. leblebig (from: leblebigi) v. grow. lau (from: laua) n. pig’s bed made in legur (from: leguru) n. orphan. Halia: the dirt, a shallow depression. binai. See: Lelegurulik. laur (from: lauru) n. water in general, lek (from: leka) v. enter, pass, go in.
99 lek i lolon a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lengas
leka tar um Enter the house. Lelegurulik (from: Leleguruliki) Variant: leke. Redup: lekalek. propN. Lelegurulik historical lek i lolon (from: lek i lolono) v. go mythical hero who is raised by his inside, as into a bag or hole. grandmother and defeats many leka uapoulin (from: leka uapoulini) attempts to kill him, has many n. partner, fellow workman. Halia: mystical powers. See: legur. helasolana. lelehun (from: lelehunu) n. fish lekalek (from: lekaleka) n. 1) shell species, family Acanthuridae, species, includes several families, Valming’s Unicornfish. Cyphomycter Olive shells family Olividae, some vlamingi. See: pulung. cones family Conidae, made into a lelen (from: lelene) n. section, whole bell. Oliva sericea; OLiva careulea; section. leleng iatou Conus textile; Conus geographus. leleng hueit (from: leleng hueiti) n. See: gor. 2) door of a fence. See: track made by pigs in the bush. leka. leleng iatou (from: leleng iatouo) n. leke uanom (from: leke uanomo) v. sago shingle joint, where two break into a house, break into shingles come together. Halia: secretly, break open. Halia: hela. hispan. Variant: leka uanom. leleng kekio See: leleng mate. n. lekus (from: lekusu) v. pick by batten/purling, used on roof of house. breaking off, as coconuts or leaves. leleng moren (from: leleng morene) Halia: tseko, toeitoei. Redup: n. main road. Halia: margaras. leklekus. leleng teh (from: leleng tehe) n. beach lel (from: lele) n. road, path. Halia: path, path leading to the sea. Halia: kalana. haliana. lele n. tree species whose leaves are leleten (from: leletene) n. fin, fin of a used for bottle plugs, family fish. o leletener bakue The fin of the Myristicaceae, Nutmeg species, fruit shark. See: leten. is eaten by baluh pigeon, wood is leleuar (from: leleuara) adj. used to make canoes. Myristica fatua multicolored, mixed colors, different var. papuana. Halia: galatana. Variant: leleng Balil. things. lele puhin (from: lele puhini) n. short lelio v. to confuse, mixed up, unsure. cut, path that leads directly into the See: ualelio. village from the direction of the leng (from: lenge) n. 1) plant species bush. Halia: golgolala. family Guttiferae. Garcinia sp. lele tuk (from: lele tuku) n. dead end 2) plant species, family path, path leading nowhere. Halia: Rhizophoraceae. Carallia brachiata. suhupeko. lengas (from: lengasa) n. plant species
100 let a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u liliuolik
family Labiatae, herb. Ocimum name, large area north of air strip on americanum. Nissan. Variant: Iakah. let1 (from: lete) n. pus. See: ising. lihun (from: lihunu) n. center of tree, let2 (from: lete) n. leather, belt. Halia: strong wood. lete. From: English. lik (from: liki) n. armlet, bracelet on leta n. letter. See: pasa; bol. From: upper arm, solid and round, not English. beads, often woven popular for feasts leten (from: letena) n. fin. leletenar and dancing. Halia: koamana. ian fish fin Halia: kilil. Variant: -lik (from: -liki) DIM. dimutive leletin. Redup: leleten. marker, small, also adds expressive leu (from: leue) adv. not possible. See: meaning. banoto leu. liliaheir (from: liliaheiri) adj. liah (from: liaha) v. take apart, divide. generous. Halia: lu kakata, lu kata. liliatan (from: liliatana) n. parts, all liaha liu v. cancel. parts of house building. liangana n. straight line. lilil (from: lilili) n. song and dance for liat (from: liata) v. servant, get food a dead chief, mourn, stomp the foot. for guests. lililiah (from: lililiaha) v. take apart, libur (from: liburu) v. urinate, urine. divide. Tok Pisin: pispis; Halia: tous. See: lilio v. confused, mixed up, uncertain. tinus. Variant: libur deuating ualilio uaia tun teres ninamanasin blackwater fever; liburiaro unable to Confuse well their thinking. See: urinate. sibo; uaruara naman; heil. Variant: ligligun (from: ligligunu) n. twisted, lelio; ualilio. knotted, tangled. lilior (from: lilioro) v. 1) drape ligun (from: ligunu) v. fold, coil as a especially around neck or shoulders, snake. Halia: pam. Redup: ligligun. hang necklace. See: uahekebe. lih1 (from: lihi) n. louse egg, nit. — n. 2) tree species family Rubiaceae, lih2 (from: lihi) v. 1) walk along the Wild coffee species. Randia albituba. road, to travel by foot. 2) choose, lilioropour (from: lilioropouru) n. discern. lih uasaion find bad in him snake species, family Boidae, young lihi mud (from: lihi mudu) adv. arrive form quite different from adult. late, just too late. Bothrocheilus boa. See: soi kurum. lihlihila i hohou (from: lihlihila i liliouan (from: liliouana) n. plant hohouo) v. for the spirit of a dead species family Myristicaceae. person to prepare to go to the place Horsfieldia spicata. See: liouan. of the dead. Halia: pari. liliuolik (from: liliuoliki) n. predawn Lihon (from: Lihono) propN. village light, before the first rays of the sun
101 limah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lisilis
begin to light the ground. Halia: lio n. fish species generic for large lunlan. See: lulen. trigger fish, one species builds its limah (from: limaha) n. wooden bailer nest in the sand of the channel, used for bailing out canoes and boats. family Balistidae. See: lio hiku; lio Halia: limasa. pango; buout; rauraumanis; lio liman (from: lima) n. hand, arm, takes dar. possessive suffix for person and lio dar (from: lio dara) n. fish species, number, body parts. Halia: lima. See: family Balistidae, Black Triggerfish, kokonar liman. Variant: mudinar Yellow-Spotted Triggerfish. limon back of hand; tabtabalanar Melichthys niger; Pseudobalastes limon palm; pokopokonar limon line fuscus. See: lio. s on hand; limon. lio hiku n. fish species family limanar uoun (from: limanar uounu) Balistidae, Blue-finned Triggerfish. n. 1) algae species. 2) plant species, Balistoides viridescens. See: buot family Euphorbiaceae, Croton. kih; lio. Codiaeum variegatum. See: kelkele. lio pango n. fish species, family limot (from: limoto) n. fish species, Balistidae, Green Triggerfish, Yellow family Coridae, Bridled Beauty, margin Triggerfish. Pseudobalistes Cleaner Fish, bright blue color, seen flavimarginatus. See: lio. close to reef cleaning other fish. liouan (from: liouana) n. a non-human Labroides dimidiatus. See: iaueit. spirit, capable of changing form at ling (from: lingi) v. sense, taste. lingin will, and capable of both good and saio It tastes bad to me. evil. Halia: liliahanei. See: iaben. lingia adj. sweet, not salty, good Variant: poliling liouan (prowling tasting, refreshing. a rom a lingia spirit). The wind is refreshing. Halia: liouana roke n. wild spirits, bush angata. spirits, are considered for the most linging sa Variant: ling sa. adj. taste part to be malicious toward people. bad, bitter. Variant: lingin saio. Halia: mate a hie. See: san. Variant: linging tang ou (from: linging tang liouanar palau (rock spirits). ouo) adj. tasty, taste very good, liplip (from: liplipi) n. plant species delicious. See: lingia. family Verbenaceae, Jamaican False linglingin (from: linglingina) n. valerian. Stachytarpheta jamaicensis. 1) tune. 2) taste. See: alialinga; ling. Variant: purpur. From: Tok Pisin. lingut (from: lingutu) n. 1) moss, lir (from: liri) v. mumble, babble. generic for moss and lichens. Halia: Halia: porete. Redup: lirolir. koleba. 2) type of nut, a galap nut, lisilis (from: lisilisi) n. plant species which opens by it’s self. See: lueih. family Leguminosae, vine uoh.
102 lita a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lobau
Adenanthera pavonina. Variant: Halia: liho. See: liuahur. Variant: karkare uoun. liuon uamun incisors; liuon lita n. liter. From: English. kotkotou canines; singsinginir liuon liu1 v. curve, curl as a boar’s tusk, gum. bend. Halia: koela. liuon touk (from: liuon touku) n. liu2 n. free gift. Halia: tago. main teeth, large teeth. See: tagirin. liu3 adv. away, away from. Halia: ba. Variant: liuon uleik. See: baka liu; kale liu. Redup: liuong kotkotou (from: liuong liurliu. kotkotouo) n. sore on the tooth, liu4 adv. accompany. cavity. Halia: poki. liuahur (from: liuahuru) n. pyorrhea, liur (from: liuru) v. escape, take out, inflammation of gums, teeth become pull out undress, take down, pick loose, common due to chewing beetle without effort, as papaya change nut with lime. See: liuon. skins, peel off skin. Halia: lous. See: liuh (from: liuhu) v. husk, remove liuruna. Redup: liurliu. coconut fiber from coconut remove liur bak (from liur baka) v. take off, pitun from coconut. a kuene ke remove someone from one’s thoughts. takaliuh The green coconut is liur liu v. take away from. husked See: kuap; sasang. liurun (from: liuruna) n. shed skin of lium (from: liumu) n. dugong, snake, crab or other animal. See: mermaid half fish and half human in liur. mythology, reintroduced to Nissan, liuruna ro pak (from: liuruna ro several have been seen recently in the paka) n. the second part of the bride lagoon. Tok Pisin: bonon, payment, can include money, other bulamakau bilong solwara; Halia: things. See: uelhouana. bonono. lo1 n. dog. Tok Pisin: dok; Halia: lou. liuo n. morning. aliuo tun Halia: lo2 n. law. See: ualatoh. From: hatsisoasa. Variant: aliuo tunu. English. liuo tun (from: liuo tunu) EXCL. lo kadau n. 1) white breaking waves, greeting, good morning. Halia: tsi whitecaps. See: gaugauil; kadau. bongbong. See: liuo. 2) white dog. liuoliu n. plant species, family lo roke n. wild dog. Halia: kinon. Apocynaceae. Rejoua novoguineensis. lob (from: lobo) n. swamp. Halia: Variant: pipiasanoh. sapsaputu. See: lobolobo. liuon (from: liuo) n. tooth, takes lobau (from: lobaua) n. 1) fruit bat possessive marker for person and lives in caves similar to large black number, canine teeth are said to flying fox bat bekio but smaller, appear when child starts to talk. there are about five species of fruit
103 lobis a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u longeis
bats that live on Nissan, three other loklokin (from: lokloki) n. joint, takes smaller species have been identified possessive markers for person and plus one insect eating species bibil. number, body parts. See: kokonar See: bekio; bibil. 2) fish species, keke. Variant: loklokinar kamot family Acanthuridae, Purple-Finned limon finger joints; loklokianr Sailfin-Tang, considered unfit to eat keken ankle joint. has a strong biting flavor. Zebrasoma lokloko pokos (from: lokloko pokoso) veliferum. See: bubuil. v. make holes in something, full of lobis (from: lobisi) n. woven coconut holes, torn, riddled. Halia: bubutu. basket used for storing nuts, such as lol (from: lolo) v. tie up, hang up. ketam, lueih etc. lolon (from: lolono) n. inside, jungle, loblobau (from: loblobaua) n. plant bush, inside of something. Halia: species, family Compositae. ulaha. Variant: i lolon. Ageratum conyzoides. lolong kapul (from: lolong kapulu) n. lobolob (from: lobolobo) n. mud epilepsy, name means hanging puddle, pond. possum, refers to the jerking loging (from: logingi) n. logging. movements made by a dying possum. From: English. Halia: kotskotsibong. loh (from: loho) v. to wear a cloth, a lolou (from: lolouo) n. low tide, coral laplap around waist. See: loh palihi. reef. Halia: kotsibong. Redup: lohloh. lolouon (from: lolouono) See: lolouo. lohloh (from: lohloho) v. take apart, n. shallow. tear down, as a house, take apart, as a loman (from: lomana) n. plant species machine. family Euphorbiaceae, China laurel loho palih (from: loho palihi) v. species. Atidesma sp. change clothes. lombo n. pepper species, small hot red loholoh (from: loholoho) n. fish pepper used in cooking, family species family Carangidae, Trevally, Solanaceae, Chili pepper. Capsicum Cale-Cale Trevally. Gnathanodon annuum. Halia: boro. Variant: speciosus; Ulna mandibularis. See: lombo barbarah; lombo tabtabil. mourut. Variant: bil. lomoh (from: lomoho) v. put out as a fire or lamp, extinguish. Halia: hoso. lok (from: loko) v. jab as a hypodermic longeis (from: longeisi) n. small needle, pierce, to jab at a fish with a barnacle sp. often found attached to spear without releasing the spear, drift wood. kare banganguaono lance. Bo sirot ra loklokohia tar tasir longes ra toko teil toro huk But the Sirots they spear with rongrong And then he saw now here the hook (spear). See: bel; hak. the barnacles attached about the Variant: lokoin. driftwood.
104 longen a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lor longen (from: longene) v. drunk, Callostoma Top shells. Calliostoma confused. See: poupuluana; goggog; sp.; Astraea sp.; Tectarius pagodus. sipak. longoro uaia v. listen carefully, pay longgini n. type of banana, family attention. Musaceae, favorite eating banana, longoro uatut (from: longoro uatutu) eaten while still green, sweet, small v. just listen. longor uatut tar slender plant. See: pos. uelhire Just listen to the talk. longlongkuk (from: longlongkuku) n. longorong duk (from: longorong bird species, family Accipitiridae, duku) v. hear without paying Brahminy Kite. Haliastur indus. See: attention to hear and not answer. manulab. Halia: hengo papala. longlongor (from: longlongoro) v. longorparok (from: longorparoko) v. obey, respect, faithful, dependable. to hear and recognize voice of Halia: hengo haniga. See: longor; someone, identify. Halia: hengo palakat. marei. longlongoro boh (from: longlongoro lop (from: lopo) n. bamboo species boho) v. disobey, ignore. family Gramineae. Bambusa sp. See: rauot. longor (from: longoro) v. hear, listen, loper (from: lopere) n. shell species, obey. Tok Pisin: harim; Halia: several types family Trochidae, Top hengo. Redup: longlongor. shells, family Janthinidae, Violet longor alialing (from: longor snails. Umbonium sp.; alialingi) v. hear faintly, recognize Phasianotrochus sp.; Janthina sound. janthina. Variant: lopereng laur; longoro boh (from: longoro boho) v. teneragor. hear without paying attention. lopitong (from: lopitongo) n. fish Redup: longlongoro boho. species, family Tetrodontidae, longoro ker (from: longoro kere) n. Pufferfish, Reticulated Pufferfish or crab species, small crab disguises as Toadfish. Arothron reticularis; a stone, water crab. See: kamuk. Arothron meleagris; Arothron longoro kout (from: longoro koutu) v. mappa; Arothron stellatus. See: rumor. See: longor; kout. mismising; kib. Variant: lopetong. longoro namanate v. hear with lopou (from: lopouo) n. sling, sling understanding, find out by listening. used for throwing stones. Halia: Halia: hengo sabe. loloho. See: katopeil. Redup: longoro ton (from: longoro tono) n. loplopou. shell species, several families, lor (from: loro) v. caught on Trochidae, Turbiinidae, Littorinidae, something like fish, hook, snag as a Rotary Star, Pagoda Periwinkle, thorn in the leg.
105 lorat a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lueih lorat (from: lorata) n. hole, ditch, loulouar (from: lolouara) adv. trench. harangue, harangue angrily. losbang (from: losbanga) n. tree loulouar (from: loulouara) See: species, family Sapindaceae. louara. v. rebuke, speak strongly to Tristiropsis sp. call down, yell at. Halia: lohala. See: lot1 (from: loto) n. sore. Halia: pi. uelkukuru. lot2 (from: loto) n. plant species family loum (from: loumu) n. stick used in Apocynaceae. Thevetia peruviana. garden to support yam vines to climb lotiatun (from: lotiatunu) n. plant on. species family Scrophulariaceae. lour (from: louru) v. 1) tempt, cause to Limnophila rugosa. Variant: lotiatun do wrong, lure, deceive, trick. See: kubkubar; lotiatun pelek. uelour. 2) to get something like a lotlotin (from: lotlotini) n. leaf stem. fish bone stuck in the throat, blocked Halia: kakuts. throat. Halia: amus. lotlotolik (from: lotlotoliki) n. yaws lous (from: lousu) v. pick by pulling, disease, not as common on Nissan as a bunch of betel nuts pick by since the introduction of antibiotics, breaking off, as coconuts or leaves name means small sores. See: kapek; hiar, mimi, muli, kalok, sweetsop, pik; hohorobong. pumpkin. See: takalouh; haklous. lotong guam (from: lotong guama) n. loutu v. 1) pray. yaws disease, sores, from the yaws — n. 2) church, religion. Variant: lotu. disease usually affected only From: Tok Pisin. children. Halia: pekin. lua v. vomit, seasick. nilua vomit Tok lotong kokor (from: lotong kokoro) n. Pisin: traut; Halia: lua. leprosy or skin disease. Halia: toba. luak (from: luaka) v. loose as a belt, lotor bilin (from: lotor bilina) n. lip slack as a rope, set free, untie, undo, sore. unstick. hiliu luluaka tar um Leave lou (from: louo) v. spit. Halia: kahus. the house messy. Halia: lukapa. See: buha liu. Variant: nilou spittle. Variant: luaka liu. Redup: luluak. louar (from: louara) v. shout, angry luar (from: luara) v. shut up. rebuke, impatient. Halia: hou. lubak (from: lubaka) n. ripe betel nut, Redup: loulouar. ripe nuts, good to eat. inggo a tang louh (from: louhu) v. remove, remove korak tar lubak I’m a chewer of clothes from line, to remove a ripe betel nut. See: makih; singinan. hanging basket from a nail or tree, lueih (from: lueihi) n. tree species, the custom of removing ornaments galip nut, family Burseraceae 23 from dancers worn or carried, types, a favorite food among the undressing the performer. Nehan people, the nuts are seasonal
106 lueih bubulum a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u luluhar
with two seasons per year, often lul1 (from: lulu) v. 1) chase, catch, as a these nuts are included in special big fish chasing and catching other feasts, the wood is also popular for fish in the water. building, Tahitian chestnut. — n. 2) fish species family Canarium indicum. Tok Pisin: galip; Carangidae, Trevally, Gold-spotted Halia: ngalibol. See: lueihim parau. Trevally, Blue-spotted Trevally. Variant: hiror; lueh. Carangoides fulvoguttatus; lueih bubulum (from: lueih Carangoides bucculentis. See: bubulumu) n. nut, galip nut with mourut; marot. Variant: potang blue skin. Halia: rahana. lang. lueihin parau (from: lueihim paraua) lul2 (from: lulu) v. pay back anger, n. peanut family Leguminosae. revenge. ka me lul to pay bak, Arachis hypogea. See: lueih. revenge Variant: pinut. lulen (from: lulene) n. early morning luguo n. my head. See: lun. Variant: before sunrise 2-4am. See: nalulen. lug. luluahar (from: luluahara) v. drift in, luh (from: luhu) v. burn as fire, glow, come in with the tide. Halia: saku. as a flame, shine as a torch, scorched, Variant: luluhar. burned as a finger in the fire. Halia: luluapol (from: luluapolo) n. plant kulupu. See: suk. species family Myrtaceae. Eugenia luh uakap (from: luh uakapa) v. burn up in a fire, be sacrificed. nutans. luhkubar (from: luhkubara) n. angry luluh1 (from: luluhu) v. fly. Halia: man, fighter, destructive person. tapa. luhluh peikih (from: luhluh peikihi) luluh2 (from: luluhu) n. fig tree n. caterpillar eats taro, caterpillar of species, banyan tree, family Sphinx Moth. a luhluhpeikih e Moraceae, often grows on other turung beb The catapillar will trees, similar to og. Ficus benjamina. become a butterfly. See: katkatego; Halia: lus. See: bukal; og; bouh; pekul. Variant: koutkout peikih. her; nun. luhuluh (from: luhuluhu) n. 1) haze, luluh pokos (from: luluh pokoso) v. smog, fog. 2) fish species. See: arrive hurriedly. bubuil. luluh uapudpudo v. fly crookedly. luhuluh ro hue n. flying spark, cinder Halia: tapa hagigiono. from fire. Halia: kikiporara. luluh ueltebeir (from: luluh lui v. catch. ueltebeiri) v. fly around from place lukup (from: lukupu) v. run away, to place. Halia: hula tapa. escape, clear away, get out of the luluhar (from: luluhara) n. things that way. Halia: bus. drift ashore, rubbish on the beach,
107 luluhun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u lutar
people without land, strangers. possessive marker for person and luluhun (from: luluhunu) n. flame, number the form lun is third person large flame, flame up. Halia: hil. singular, ‘his head’, this noun takes lulun (from: lulu) n. head of tree, top the o article, body parts that are of tree, suffixed by the appropriate divisible by two or more take the a possessive pronoun. Halia: kopul. article. Halia: baku. Morph: lu-n. See: lun. Variant: golgolen ro lun joint of lulun nara uat (from: lulun nara head and spine. uata) n. the side of the house where lungan (from: lungana) n. back side the heads of the beds are, it is not of a house. Halia: biau. See: birum. proper to walk along this side of the lunglungan (from: lunglungana) n. house. Halia: singiol. See: uat. fish species, family Polynemidae, lulung (from: lulungu) v. bend, break Threadfins. Polydactylus sp. as a tree, vine or rope break lup (from: lupu) v. slip from hand. something in two, as wire, rope or lupur (from: lupuru) v. discharge string. a lulungur keken bent leg fecal matter. See: beh. Halia: lohe. lusio NUM. nine. Halia: tosie. lulung tapor (from: lulung taporo) lutar (from: lutara) v. surprised, adj. heavy with fruit, wants to break, excited, suffer physical spasms be crest as a wave just before breaking. startled, jerk when startled. Halia: Halia: kei. asingoto. See: kasian. lun (from: lu) n. head usually possessed as inalienable, takes
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M - m ma CNJ. conjunction for reason result maene. clause, important in discourse, maene CNJ. therefore, reason here. always joined to a demonstrative. ae Morph: ma -ene. See: ma; -ene; maene ko la i Kalil Why? What maeit. Variant: maeitie; matie. reason did you go to Kalil? See: magah (from: magaha) n. tree maene. species family Malvaceae, grows ma- (from: ma-) PURP. marks into a large many branching tree, purpose, in order to. Halia: sil. leaves and flowers are reddish in Variant: mer-; mir-; mor-. color, wood is used for canoe mab (from: maba) n. oven for outrigger. Hibiscus tiliaceus. breadfruit and other things. See: magalut (from: magalutu) n. flying houp; mamab. fish, family Exocoetidae, Flyingfish, mad (from: mada) n. fish species many types. Cypelurus sp.; family Lutjanidae, Yellow-and-Blue Exocoetus sp. Tok Pisin: flaipis, Sea Perch, Sea Perch. Lutjanus winpis; Halia: magalut. See: kasmira; Lutjanus sp. See: pudik; karkaring. bukbuk; nanum. Variant: mada magigil (from: magigili) v. itch, sting, gauil; puroia. irritation caused by such things as madai (from: madaia) adj. pale, mosquito bites and nettle bushes. faded, clothes, flowers. a kalanguh Halia: makala. Variant: mamagil; ke madai manasampe The hibiscus uelmagigil. faded now. See: pada. magoul (from: magoulu) n. wilted, madil (from: madili) n. fish species wilted, fresh young as new plants, family Epinephelidae, Red-flushed green as newly cut wood. Variant: Rock-cod, family Haemulidae, magol. Painted Sweetlips. Aethaloperca mah1 (from: maha) adj. slack, flat, as rogaa; Diagramma pictum. See: a flat tire. Halia: taha. roko; madiling du. mah2 (from: maha) v. wish, want, madiling du n. fish species, family desire. inggo u maha puk ge paku Haemulidae, Oriental Sweetlips. la i Rabaul I wish only I could go to Plectorhinchus orientalis. Rabaul. See: mala. Redup: madmadeu (from: madmadeue) n. mahmah. clear area. mahalua n. plant species family maeit (from: maeiti) CNJ. reason Leguminosae. Derris indica. that, so. Morph: ma -eiti. See: mahanam (from: mahanama) v. 109 mahang a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mahoh
tame, unafraid, pigs that live in the mahar iabas part of the men’s bush and come to the owner to be house Halia: hapala. fed, half wild. Halia: alena. See: mahar hueit (from: mahar hueiti) n. roke; purapur; uamanom. pig meat, part of the side. mahang MDL. unable, unlikely, maheh (from: mahehe) n. fish won’t. mahang kap unable to finish species, family Mullidae, Dash-and- mahang ate n. unable to know. Halia: dot Goatfish, Bar-Tailed Goatfish, baku-tu. with whiskers. Parupeneus mahang bato v. unable to learn, hard barberinus; Upeneus tragula. See: to learn from discipline or teirteir; tio. Variant: puhung mistreatment, or hardship, bokou. difficulties. See: bato. mahidok (from: mahidoko) n. mahang heir (from: mahang heiri) v. hiccup, quiet burp. Halia: stingy, keep back for oneself. tugulbaha. Redup: mamahidok. mahang kotouo n. difficult to say, mahileh (from: mahilehe) adj. tough, hard to say, without words, humble, hard to chew, hard to cut as a half may result from surprise or from a dried banana tree. See: keis. fear of saying something. to not mahing (from: mahingi) v. pain, respond can refer also to a wise painful. See: uelmahing. person who chooses to keep quiet. mahing por (from: mahing poro) n. mahang kotkotouo teil speechless headache. Halia: pirpiriki. Halia: hahalongolo. mahing ul (from: mahing ulu) n. mahang kotouo n. difficult to say, headache to top of head, at the front hard to say, without words, humble, is called mahing por, malaria. See: may result from surprise or from a lun; poren. fear of saying something. to not mahirum (from: mahirumu) v. to respond can refer also to a wise warm one’s self by a fire, to sit close person who chooses to keep quiet. to the fire to get warm. mahang kotkotouo teil speechless mahmah (from: mahmaha) v. covet, Halia: hahalongolo. lust. mahang kul (from: mahang kulu) v. mahmahang ngung (from: disobedient, big headed, stubborn. mahmahang ngungu) v. hold Halia: hipus. breath. mahang malian (from: mahang mahoh (from: mahoho) n. elder, maliana) n. angry, anger. See: mature, fully grown used for nimalian. vegetables, root crops, and garden mahar (from: mahara) n. part of or foods grown on or under the ground, half of or other side, piece of. also refers to any food including
110 mahohon sioun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u malahir
bananas, papaya, etc. that are makikir (from: makikiri) adj. goose harvested at maturity before they bumps. fully ripen, also a mature person in makit (from: makiti) v. shrink, curl his thoughts and actions. Halia: up as a dying spider. Halia: tangoho. kikingo. mahohon sioun (from: mahohon makmakal (from: makmakala) n. siounu) n. very old person. plant species family Flacourtiaceae. mahohontieh (from: mahohontiehe) makmakih (from: makmakihi) n. n. old man, old male animal. Halia: 1) dear one, loved one, friend, spot tsonpan. Morph: mahoho-ntieh. below sternum. See: kopkophurun mahur (from: mahuru) adv. full from ro uaruaro. 2) shell species family eating, satisfied appetite, full. Halia: Mytilidae, Mussels. Variant: masul. Redup: mahmahur. katibelo. mai (from: maia) Q. who, whoever. makmakor (from: makmakoro) adj. Halia: eresi. See: maion; mais. dried out, hard as a biscuit. maion (from: maiono) Q. who is it. makmakos (from: makmakoso) adv. See: mai; mais. straight, right, correct. See: tun mais (from: maisi) Q. who are they. uamakmakos. See: mai; maio. makos (from: makoso) adv. choose, mak (from: maka) n. mark, tattoo, discern. See: uamakmakos. Redup: skin marking, color. Halia: mak. makmakos. From: English. mal (from: mala) n. arm guard. maket (from: makete) n. market, mala- (from: mala-) MDL. desire, trade. See: buturung uabulaua tar want to, prefixed to words such as niein. From: Tok Pisin. inum drink. malainum desire to makih (from: makihi) n. betel nut, drink See: malar. many types, family Palmae, a malabeh (from: malabehe) v. want to popular food on Nissan the nuts are defecate, desire to go to the chewed for the mild stimulant they bathroom. See: beh. contain, many other cultural uses are malabitoi (from: malabitoio) n. plant associated with the betel nut, the species family Lauraceae. Litsea trunks are used for roofing material. guppyi; Litsea sp. Variant: Areca catechu. Tok Pisin: buai; malagauil. Halia: kutu. See: korak; tang malabobour (from: malabobouru) v. makih; hiar; lubak; singinan; forget. Halia: solopala. See: bobour. uarbat. Variant: bolia; guruner malagir (from: malagiri) adj. easy. pekon; kaliliabot; kekener manu; malahir (from: malahiri) v. desire, lengas; mil; sumok; tataliangat. love, like. uelmalhire love each
111 malahong a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u malioh
other Halia: ngil. See: malauelhir Carangidae Black-Spotted Dart. ‘love’. Trachinotus bailloni. See: mourut. malahong (from: malahongo) n. cold, malauelhir (from: malauelhiri) v. mildew. malahongontiehenguampe love, like, desire. See: malahir; ene It is very cold here now indeed. uelhir. Halia: hulul. See: rigarig. malbulut (from: malbulutu) n. malainum (from: malainumu) v. unripe, bitter, bitter fruit, not ripe. thirsty. Morph: mala- inum. See: Halia: haputun. kamadak. malera n. plant species, family malaisi n. mucus. See: up. Euphorbiaceae, Spurge family. malanout (from: malanoutu) n. plant Homalanthus novoguineensis. species, family Anacardiaceae. Variant: mataloplop; mataloplop Buchanania arborescens. kubkubar. malangon (from: malangono) n. fish malgug (from: malgugu) n. belch, species, generic for Mullet fish, burp. Halia: togala. family Mugilidae, Round-headed malian (from: maliana) v. anger, Mullet, some people are forbidden to wrath. tar mahang maliana ger eat this fish, associated with food enon His never finishing wrath. See: taboo. Liza strongylocphalus; Liza nimalian. sp. Tok Pisin: karua. See: kabakur; maliang (from: malianga) n. plant kabalau. Variant: kalap. species family Euphorbiaceae, malanguh (from: malanguhu) v. several types. Acalypha grandis; refers to food that is spoiled, Acalypha sp. Variant: malianga kubkubar; malianga ligligun; especially bananas, papaya, taro and malianga rokroke. sweet potato, can still be eaten, maligom (from: maligomo) v. refrain leftover food from a feast, over ripe. from noise in honor of dead, Kere malanguheit kara baka mourning silence. Halia: kokomoto. manasain And then that spoiled and See: ualagon; banbanam. then they threw it now away. Halia: malim (from: malimi) n. eyes sore as putaka. Variant: magolia. result of over-exposure to sea and malapour (from: malapouru) n. plant sun. Halia: malim. species, family Sterculiaceae. maling (from: malingi) v. to complain Heritiera littoralis. about something. See: uelsigala. malar (from: malara) v. want. Halia: malioh (from: malioho) v. child to katsin. See: marang; mala-. pout, upset, dislike, angry, malau (from: malaua) n. house sometimes the child throws itself on construction. the ground and screams until it gets malauai n. fish species, family it way.
112 malit a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mamai malit (from: maliti) n. rattan cane mamab (from: mamaba) n. fish trap vine, family Palmae, used for used in kaman kuen to catch fish binding walls and other uses. that are chased into it. See: hir; Calamus sp. Halia: pata. See: pata. mab. Variant: ibu. malkodom (from: malkodomo) adj. mamadelau adj. smooth. watery, taste watery. See: malteh. Halia: mamarohana.Variant: malkoi (from: malkoio) v. brown mamadelauan. lagoon water. mamadia n. brown stinging ant, malmalatah (from: malmalataha) Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, adj. flat, flat surface, smooth. See: found in old coconut stumps stings uerueretian. like a fire ant. Variant: momadia. malmaluan (from: malmaluana) v. mamadik (from: mamadiki) n. small 1) fatigue. ant species. See: kadiki. — n. 2) waist, area below ribs without mamahanung (from: mamahanungu) bone, takes possessive marker for v. gag, can’t breath, suffocate. person and number, body parts. mamahang1 (from: mamahanga) v. Variant: malamluanan. itch as after rolling in the grass, malteh (from: maltehe) adj. salty, sting mildly. Halia: rerengana. taste salty. See: malkodom. mamahang1 (from: mamahanga) adj. maluana v. weak, dizzy, tired, tired fuzzy. from work. Halia: tutupu. See: mamahang ung (from: mamahang manguh; uamaluan. Redup: unga) v. asphyxiate, asphyxia, malmaluan. unable to breathe. See: ung. maluana v. weak, dizzy, tired, tired mamahialik (from: mamahialiki) n. from work. Halia: tutupu. See: brothers of same mother. manguh; uamaluan. Redup: mamahidok (from: mamahidoko) v. malmaluan. cry, whimper, hiccup. Halia: nguts. maluanauain (from: maluanauaini) Redup: mamahidok. v. over tired, tired again, continue to mamahoholik (from: mamahoholiki) be tired. See: maluan. n. young adult, name means ‘little malum (from: malumu) v. marry in adult’. Halia: mataroropits. See: same clan in same moiety not same mahoh. sib. Halia: tsikolo pouts. mamahol (from: mamaholo) v. malumbor (from: malumboro) n. children play. See: papatimi. tree species from which the mamai (from: mamaia) n. approach outrigger float is made, family songs, songs sung as people Ulmaceae. Trema cannabina. See: approach a village. Variant: magah. mamaing tigul.
113 mamakit a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u Mantoia mamakit (from: mamakiti) v. wrinkle. mamaun (from: mamaunu) adj. mamaloh (from: mamaloho) v. stale, stale smell, dried out, old strained by exertion. closed up smell. mamanailik (from: mamanailiki) n. man1 (from: mana) v. true. Halia: young man, male adolescent, mana. See: tagorong man ‘faith, unmarried. Halia: hitots. See: believe’; o man ‘truth’; noman komadia. ‘Lord, man of truth’. mamanououm (from: mama- man (from: mana) adj. sharp as a nououmu) v. need example, decide. sharp knife or axe. Halia: nou. See: kedang. man sisidang (from: man sisidanga) mamantou (from: mamantouo) v. n. sharp pointed. Halia: rireke. damaged, ruined, destroyed. Halia: manai (from: manaia) n. group. omi hakapa. Variant: mamantau. Halia: hun. manai kurum (from: manai mamang adj. every, many, all. kurumu) n. very large crowd Variant: mamang inetelik. (archaic). mamangga n. mouth sores from manai tamat (from: manai tamata)n. eating mangos. See: kapeke. group of people. Halia: hun katun. mamangran (from: mamangrana) manas (from: manasa) adv. now. Jon adj. capricious. ke la manasampe John went now. mamangusul (from: mamangusulu) Halia: tala. v. hate, look angry, persecute, frown manate v. know. upon, go against. Halia: mata homi. mani n. money. See: kuamana. mamaol (from: mamaolo) v. light From: English. weight, relieved. Halia: gegaha. manin (from: manini) n. point, tip, See: alialah. cutting edge. mamaoun (from: mamaounu) adj. manman (from: manmana) n. fish moldy, mildew, moldy smell. See: species, family Centriscidae, bibinan. Razorfish, Black streak from snout mamara lua v. nauseated, about to through eye to tail, occurring in vomit, sea sick. Halia: kah. schools, often seen amongst sea mamarekan (from: mamarekana) v. urchins, suspended in the water with lightweight, relieved, not heavy. head pointed toward the bottom. mamau (from: mamaua) adj. cold, Aeoliscus strigatus. Variant: kaman worn out, flat. niein mamau cold toh; turtur uasual; kaman bit; food Halia: momola. maman. mamaul (from: mamaulu) adj. tramp Mantoia propN. village name, large down grass our small brush without village on North end of Pinipir cutting it. island.
114 manulab a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mariah manulab (from: manulaba) n. bird mapokon tar i du n. fish species species, fish eagle, family family Acanthuridae, Thomposon’s Accipitridae, White-Belied Sea- Surgeonfish, Yellowfin Surgeonfish. Eagle, brown fish-eating sea bird, Acanthurus thomposoni; Acanthurus sometimes young are made into xanthopterus. See: mapok. pets, also eats flying-fox bats. marakih (from: marakihi) adj. Haliaeetus leucogaster. Tok Pisin: brown color. taragau; Halia: manu. See: marang MDL. to want, to like huhuian. Variant: pasukadau; something. Halia: ange. Morph: tatate kubul. mara-ng. See: malar; malahir; manur (from: manuru) v. prepare. mala. See: uiniator. marang (from: maranga) n. tree manus (from: manusu) n. plant species, edible fruit, similar to apple, species family Compositae. family Myrtaceae some are native to Synedrwlla nodiflora. Nissan and some introduced. mangih (from: mangiha) Q. question Jambosa easum; Jambosa word, when. Variant: mangihi. malaccensis. Tok Pisin: laulau; mangihon (from: mangihono) Q. Halia: amua. Variant: marong. when is it. Halia: hangisa. See: marapul (from: marapulu) v. tired as manghi. from working, weak. See: ualapul. mangmango n. fish species, family marasin (from: marasina) n. Muraenesocidae, family medicine. From: Tok Pisin. Leptocephalidae, Pike-eels, Conger- marauanio v. smile. eels. Muraenesox cinereus; marein (from: mareini) n. daylight, Brachyconger platynchus. day. mareining loutu church day, manguh (from: manguha) v. weak, holy day Halia: lan. See: uamarein. lazy, sloth. See: maluan; marapul; Variant: maran. Redup: pul. Variant: manguhu. marmarein. Mapiri propN. village name, large marein uleik (from: marein uleiki) n. area on Nissan south of air-strip. noon, greeting at noon time. Tok mapok (from: mapoko) n. fish Pisin: bik de; Halia: soasa. species generic for Surgeonfish, Variant: mareing uleik. family Acanthuridae, Surgeonfish. Mareining pepe uah (from: Acanthurus sp. See: ian kurum; Mareining pepe uaha) n. Sunday, lakelak; pulung; ian kurumun Sabbath day, rest day. Halia: Lan u toro lahalah; mapokon tar i du. Goagono. Variant: mareining Variant: mopok; tiuot; kamang loutu. boh; bobol. mariah (from: mariaha) n. plant
115 mariot a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mata
species family Zingiberaceae, Ginger mas (from: masa) n. must. Halia: family. Alpinia sp. See: gorogor. mas. See: kanut. From: Tok Pisin. mariot (from: marioto) n. shell, type masboung (from: masboungu) v. rat of Nautilus small spiral shell, trap, trap, usually in a wire loop, Shipworm shells family snare with a rope, these traditional Teredinidae, Watering Pot and rat traps are made of bamboo tube Common Shipworm. Spirula with a wire snare at one end. spirula; Penicillus penis; Teredo masingol (from: masingolo) n. to navalis. Variant: mariotong tar avoid, mutual avoidance that holds rongrong. between brothers-in-law, cannot marmar (from: marmara) n. plant identify each other by name and species family Leguminosae, Flame often refer to each other in the plural tree, Poinciana. Delonix regia. as plural pronoun ‘they’. See: marmarang (from: marmaranga) n. ualaturu. 1) fish species, family Carangidae, masket (from: maskete) n. musket, Smooth-Tailed Trevally. Selaroides gun, rifle. From: Tok Pisin. leptolepis. See: mourut. maslean (from: masleana) n. plant 2) immature coconut, coconut not species wild form of boboal, family yet mature still green, not yet Rutaceae. Euodia hortensis. See: kurum. See: kuen. boboal. Variant: maslam. marmarein (from: marmareini) n. maslin (from: maslini) n. ritual done day light, brightness, light, open to a body of a dead person to make clear place. Halia: ualesala. See: the body invulnerable. marein. masol (from: masolo) n. escape door, marmaror (from: marmaroro) adj. hole, traditional window. ter accurate, correct, right. masolala ro uoto bele laigir pas re marmaroronor inet the correct la toro gimeh uan It is the slot over thing, the right way See: kokodoh. there where you always put the maror (from: maroro) v. to be in letters to go to another place. order, to be acceptable. e kulon mat (from: mate) v. die, death. Halia: ahik mete ualo uamaroro He said sohamatana. Variant: mata; mate he wasn’t able to go in an orderly uapuh faint. Redup: matmate. way. See: marmaror; uamaror. mata (from: mat-) CMP. prefix to Redup: marmaror. subject marker, marks past negative marout (from: maroutu) n. fish and complements that verb often species family, Gerridae, Silver- used with the negative word de biddies. Gerres sp. Variant: lul; ‘dislike’ different forms agree with marout lale; talop. subject marker. gisin ahik mata la
116 matabeng a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u matanar huhun
They didn’t go. gisin ra de mata blink. Halia: matakumis. See: ein They didn’t want to eat. Variant: matan. Redup: matmatakut. miti; mete; mutu; moto. matal (from: matala) v. ashamed, matabeng (from: matabenge) n. shame, shy. inggo u matalo cloudy emission from the eye, eye totomua I have shame towards you. drainage, eye pus. Halia: pereke. Halia: matsingolo. See: matmatol. matagagaum (from: matagagaumu) Redup: mamatal. n. fish species, family Lutjanidae matam pisar (from: matam pisara) Maori Seaperch. Lutjanus rivulatus. n. wind from the southeast. Halia: matahin (from: matahina) n. sib, tounhoeis. family member of same clan, matan (from: mata) n. eye, face, brother, sister. See: matin. takes possessive marker for person matahinalik (from: matahinaliki) n. and number, window, bulge out as relatives not just those in same clan. bulging eyes the natural hole or soft See: matmatatahinalik. spot in the coconut shell, arch at matahohou (from: matahohouo) v. base of eyes is called poinar matan. tired, sleepy as a cranky baby. Tok Halia: mata. Variant: laurunar Pisin: ai i slip, ai i hevi; Halia: matan tears; matabeng eye dirt; haguga. Morph: mata-hohou. gauilinar matan white of eye; mataia adj. beautiful, pretty, nice to kurumunar matan pupil; kusener look at. Halia: tsimala. matan eye muscles; ulunar matakaluan (from: matakaluana) n. gomgomonar matan eyelashes; dear one, loved one, friend. mata gomonar matan eyelid. kaluan tan touon a man and his matan uleik (from: matan uleiki) n. three wives mata kaluan tan torik bulging eyes. a man and his two wives Halia: gei. matanahua n. place for canoes to See: kaluan. come, haven. matakeu (from: matakeue) n. shell matanahuam bulout (from: species, the Sunburst Carrier shell, matanahuam buloutu) n. men’s family Xenophoridae, some Turban haven, area of beach where men shells family Turbinidae, Delphinula meet and discuss important issues. shell. Stellaria solaris; Angaria See: matanahua. delphinus. See: sisis. matanar baluh (from: matanar matakuh (from: matakuhu) n. fish baluhu) n. plant species, family species, family Nemipteridae, Rubiaceae. Geophila repens. Whitestreak Monocle-Bream. matanar huhun (from: matanar Scolopsis ciliatus. See: karing. huhu) n. nipple, breast nipple. See: matakut (from: matakutu) v. wink, huhu.
117 matanar um a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u matmaten matanar um (from: matanar uma) n. paralyzed arm or hand. Halia: lima window. See: na leler rom. mate. See: kikimor limana. matang (from: matanga) adj. looks mater tukunun (from: mater like. See: banga sir. Redup: tukununu) v. paralyze in part or matmatang. whole of body. Halia: matekata. matang kadik (from: matang kadiki) See: ininteili. n. plant species family Gramineae matie DEM. there. Morph: me-atie. from Mapiri, at Balil a type of See: gatie. karakar fern. Centotheca lappaceae. matin (from: matina) n. clan, matang turak (from: matang ancestors, lineage, this passes turaka) n. cousins as a group. through the mother, mother and her Halia: hahinasuna. See: turak. children excluding the father. Pita te matapekpek (from: matapekpeke) n. ro matina tang Ligus Peter is the plant species family Ebenaceae. ancestor of Ligus. Halia: pinaposa. Diospyros peekelii; Diospyros sp. See: matmatame; matahinalik; matapusi n. fish species family bungun. Nemipteridae, Sea-Bream, Large- matina hueit (from: matina hueiti) n. eyed Sea Bream also family group of pigs. Halia: hun poum. Lethrinidae Longfin Emperor. matmat (from: matmata) n. grave, Monotaxis granoculis; Lethrinus graveyard. Halia: kahokaho. See: erythropterus. See: karing. mat. From: Tok Pisin. matare n. eye of coconut, husk of matmatal (from: matmatala) adj. kuen young coconut color of young gleaming bright. coconut. See: rare. matmatame n. family, mother and mate keip (from: mate keipi) v. die father with children. Halia: hialoei. with secret knowledge, to die with See: ramatambulout. their knowledge, no to pass it on. matmatang hinot (from: matmatang See: mate. Variant: mata keip. hinoto) n. sisters-in-law. mate uapuh (from: mate uapuhu) v. matmatatahinalik (from: die, faint associated with falling matmatatahinaliki) n. siblings all unconscious, dead person, ancestral of same clan, same mother, also spirit, ghost. Halia: mate. children of mother’s sisters. matehu v. finished, become extinct, matmate v. die strongly, no longer found. overwhelming. matmate teil start matem bekio v. die with eyes open, and stop, go badly matmate hamas convulse in a death tremor. Halia: wonderful See: mate. pesese. matmaten (from: matmatene) n. mater liman (from: mater limana) n. mortal spot.
118 matmatin a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mene uaia matmatin (from: matmatini) n. clan meir (from: meiri) n. fish species. helpers, your children or the younger meis (from: meisi) n. pandanus members of your clan that help you species, family Pandanaceae, this in work projects. Halia: tupou. species is often used in weaving, matmatol (from: matmatolo) Variant: small thin leaves. Pandanus sp. matmatal. v. eyes hurt from the sun, Halia: kobu. See: uaum; dorom. shy. Halia: minmini. meismeis (from: meismeisi) n. crab matot (from: matoto) v. enough, able, species, a blue bush crab. See: adequate. matoto teil to have kamuk. enough See: uamatot; banot. meit (from: meiti) n. shell species, matualutar (from: matualutara) v. family Pinnidae, Pen shells. Pinna die suddenly. sp.; Atrina vexillium. Variant: matubua n. extended family, family takalom. including granparents and melen (from: melene) n. watermelon grandchildren. See: matmatame. family Cucurbitaceae popular food maue n. plant species family on Nissan two types are grown a Meliaceae. Aglaia sapindinca. yellow and a red variety, they are maul (from: maulu) adj. drooping. often sold or given as gifts. Citrullus lanatus. From: Tok Pisin. me1 CNJ. and with. Halia: mei. Variant: mes. mem (from: meme) n. chewed betel nut. See: korak; makih. me2 DIR. come. Halia: mi. See: la. meme1 n. goat. Halia: meme. See: me3 IART. indefinite article before nouns and adjectives. Halia: ta. sipsip. Variant: mem. From: Tok Pisin. Variant: mo. meme v. crumble. From: Tok Pisin. me giameher binak (from: me 2 memet (from: memete) v. animal giameher binaka) n. happen now feeding, bird or fish search for food. and then, happen once in a while. men (from: mene) n. talk, sound, Halia: katokatotoa. noise. mene huar speake clearly me nu CNJ. and also. See: nugen. See: uatat. Redup: menemen. meil (from: meili) n. chiton species mene tuman (from: mene tumana) v. lives on rocks on ocean side, speak also, speak in addition to, add considered edible, Class to something already said. See: Amphineura, Snake’s skin chiton. tuman; men. Variant: mene Ischnoradsia sp.; Sypharochiton tumanan. pelliserpentis. Variant: meil mene uaia v. sound good as the sound tamata; meil kerem; pula bario. of a drum when a professional meilmeil (from: meilmeili) n. thin as drummer is beating it, sound proper. paper. Halia: lamelame. Halia: giri.
119 menemen a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u misa menemen (from: menemene) n. mi SM. subject marker for first person inanimate sound, sound, talk. See: exclusive pronoun, ‘we’. Variant: men; menemeneng ran. ming. menemeng ran (from: menemeng mia n. shell species, Venus clams rana) v. meaningless talk, talk with family Veneridae. Tapes literata; no importance. Tok Pisin: tok Tapes sp. nating. miak (from: miaka) adj. brown, menia adv. at the same time, in brown nut. o kuene roone o miak concert, along with. This coconut is brown. See: menmene tane v. go against, oppose, marakih. push down. mian (from: mia) n. tongue, takes mepahen (from: mepahe) adv. alone, person and number possessive to go alone or do something alone, marker, body parts. miomua your the words have person and number tongue Halia: mia. Variant: peng marked, for example mespahes is tongue muscles. marked in the word for third person mil (from: mili) n. purple inside beetle plural by the last and first s. ku la nut, purple color inside nut. See: mepaheg I went alone. Halia: tabeliah. pepeisa. Variant: mepaheg; milang (from: milanga) n. crab mepahem; mespahes; mepahene. species, mangrove crab, lives in mud mer (from: mere) n. fish species, in mangroves, favorite food on family Rhynchobatidae and, family Nissan gets quite large, Crustacea, Rhinobatidae, Shovelnose-Rays. Semaphone crab. Caphyra sp. Rhynchobatus djiddensis; Rhinobatos Variant: manauih. batillum. See: uar. mimi n. papaya, family Caricaceae. meromer (from: meromere) n. plant Carica papaya. Tok Pisin: popo; species, family Urticaceae. Halia: hamioko. Variant: mimiako. Leukosyke sp. mindal (from: mindala) n. ear ring, mes CNJ. third person plural decoration hangs in pierced ear lobe, conjunction, ‘and with’. Inggo mes hanging leaves used as decoration Peter doh Jon king la I with Pete and magical purposes. Halia: baba. and John we went. See: me. mira SM. subject marker for first mesmai adv. with whom. Halia: person dual exclusive pronoun, ‘we meresi. See: me. two’. metmetun (from: metmetu) n. mirakul (from: mirakulu) n. miracle. shoulder blade, takes possessive See: tou. From: English. marker for person and number, body misa n. mass, Catholic mass, religious parts. Variant: kep clavicle. service. From: English.
120 misal a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u molih misal (from: misala) n. jaundice, with property of a deceased person, hepatitis. to make taboo, forbid. See: dedeil; misana pare n. for example. Halia: tok; toub; mokong mat. hena. See: ngohin. Variant: pagere. mok i ran (from: mok i rana) n. put misian (from: misiana) CNJ. like, on top. similar to. See: ngohin. mokamok (from: mokamoko) n. mising (from: misingi) v. tired, mild extra, leftover. Halia: kurapa. See: disgust exasperated expression made pagopag. with the mouth. Inggono ke moko baka teil n. contract. marapul tasir keketik, kere moko dede v. last a long time. Halia: uamising He was tired of the kakapala. children and then frowned. moko keip (from: moko keipi) v. mismising (from: mismisingi) n. fish stick loosely into something, lodge species, Suborder Tetrodontoidei, between. Halia: skapa. See: family Diodontidae, Spotted uangoul keip. Porcupine fish. Diodon hystrix. See: moko uanom (from: moko uanomo) kib. v. to put back without telling misua n. anemone species, Speckled anyone, secretly put back. Halia: anemones. Oulactis sp. See: banua; halata. tunar mumude. moko uoum (from: moko uoumu) v. -miu PPRO. possessive pronoun leave it, leave be. Halia: haka ban. suffix for second person plural ‘you mokon sioun (from: mokon siounu) all’. v. strong, durable. mo IART. indefinite article ‘some’ for mokong mat (from: mokong mate) class o nouns and plural class a n. time of mourning for the dead, nouns. See: me. mourn. See: mok; mate. moah (from: moaha) v. distributed. mol (from: molo) adj. cold, for food moh (from: moho) n. plant species, to become cold, something to vine from which nets are made, become cold. See: rigarig. family Apocynaceae, Cablecreeper. molih (from: molihi) n. 1) citrus Anodendron paniculatum. species family Rutaceae, leaves are moh (from: moho) adj. cooked, used to flavor food, children play tender, soft, well done, used only with the fruit. Citrus sp.; Clymenia with food. Halia: tsiki. Redup: polyandra. Tok Pisin: mulih. See: mohmoh. sisis; kipol; molmolis. Variant: mok (from: moko) v. to place or put mulih. 2) fish species family something, a place, region, Coridae, Triple-tailed Maori- stationary, immobile, also associated Wrasse, family Labridae, Tuskfish,
121 molih tar kurkurumun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mongmong
Yellow-Dotted Maori Wrasse. species family Meliaceae. Cheilinus trilobatus; Cheilinus Chisocheton sp. Variant: puk; chlorourus. See: molihing tar muhumpih. palau; molih tar kurkurumun; moloi (from: moloio) n. afternoon, iaueit. Variant: hud. mid afternoon around 3 o’clock, molih tar kurkurumun (from: molih greeting. moloi tun good afternoon tar kurkurumunu) n. fish species Halia: lahi. See: reu. Variant: family Coridae, Telescopefish. maloi. Epibulus insidiator. See: molih. moloi tun (from: moloi tunu) EXCL. molihing tar palau (from: molihing good afternoon, greeting. Halia: tsi tar palaua) n. fish species family lahi. See: moloi. Coridae, Yellow-dotted Maori- molomol (from: molomolo) adj. soft, Wrasse. Thalliurus chlorurus. See: cold. Halia: hosohoso. molih. molon (from: molono) v. safe, free molmolis (from: molmolisi) n. citrus from danger. species family Rutaceae. Citrus mom (from: momo) n. algae species, papuana; Citrus hystrix. doha kelp species. See: kakahor; alap. keketik kuah ke ueldolomo uasa Variant: mom kingkingit. tun tena molmolis and the girl was momol (from: momolo) adj. calm. very sorry about her oranges See: momouh (from: momouhu) v. sick, molih. fever. momouh tabil sick person molmolising iaragai (from: sitting Halia: lolanga. See: molmolising iaragaia) n. plant uelmomouh. species, family Apocynaceae. momouh uleik (from: momouh Cerbera manghas. uleiki) n. plague, big sickness. See: molmoloi v. shade, overcast. uelmate. momoloina ro douk shade of a tree mon (from: mono) n. large fabricated See: moloi. canoe, was used for inter island trips molmolon (from: molmolono) v. cool for trading and war, no longer made breeze. Halia: balala. See: mol. on Nissan. See: saru. molmolouin (from: molmolouini) n. monih (from: monihi) v. stir up, shade, in the shade, shade of tree or water stirred up by wind. See: shelter. Halia: pipina, uoho. uamonmonih. Redup: monmonih. Variant: momolouin. monomon (from: monomono) n. molmolouina ro douk (from: plant species family Gramineae, molmolouina ro douku) n. shade of Bristlegrass, Millet, Palmgrass. tree, shade under a tree. See: mol. Setaria palmifolia. molohing (from: molohingi) n. plant mongmong (from: mongmongo) n.
122 mor a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mout
trash, rubbish. Halia: bita. bridegroom. See: bulout re le. mor1 (from: moro) n. fish species, Variant: maulatini. family Lethrinidae, Reticulated mour (from: mouru) n. large Emperor, Brown-Headed Emperor, limestone pond, usually close to Thumbprint Emperor. Lethrinus limestone formations, fresh water reticulatus; Lethrinus hypselopterus; and can be source for drinking and Lethrinus harak. See: iahiah. cooking water, are only found on mor2 (from: moro) n. first day of a Nissan near Karuia community three day celebration ending the school. dedication of a new men’s house. mourut (from: mourutu) n. fish Halia: hatasa. species, generic for Trevally family, moren (from: morene) n. outside, Jack, family Carangidae, popular front of house, village center. See: food on Nissan caught by line, hook birum. and by spearing, many types. morohian (from: morohiana) n. Caranx sp.; Carangoides sp. See: goose bumps, skin bumps, from cold mourutung tar boung; lul; or excitement or fear. kamlang; tuna ro pihpihkal; mosang (from: mosanga) n. plant dedel; idau; mourut na lot; potong species family Gramineae, East lang; mourut iaban. Variant: musuntau; kabelau; kelkele; Indies Pennisetum. Pennistum pelkadah; polpolirik. macrostachyum. mourut iaban (from: mourut moso IART. with. Morph: mo -s -o. 1 iabana) n. fish species, family See: mo. Carangidae, Giant Trevally. Caranx moso2 v. protect from spirits, protect. ignobilis. See: mourut; mourutung See: babat. tar boung. mot (from: moto) v. climb, climb on mourut na lot (from: mourut na something. Halia: sei. Redup: loto) n. fish species, Black-banded motomot. Kingfish. Zonichthys nigrofaciata. motmoton (from: motmotono) n. See: mourut. Variant: kapkaptio. shavings. mourutung tar boung (from: moto n. boat, different from a canoe mourutung tar boungu) n. fish and a ship. Halia: bout. From: species, family Carangidae, Bigeye English. Trevally. Caranx sexfasciatus. See: motogugun (from: motogugunu) v. mourut. exploit, take advantage of. mout1 (from: moutu) v. rotten tree, mouit (from: mouiti) NUM. seven. decayed. Halia: mula. Halia: mohit. Variant: touit. mout2 (from: moutu) adj. dizzy, moulat (from: moulata) n. weak, unsteady.
123 -mpe a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u muskurum
-mpe adv. just, indeed, emphasis. See: female or young is called koitung -ntieh. has no white feathers. Caloenas mu (from: mung) SM. second person nicobarica. See: baluh. Variant: plural subject marker for pronoun, koitung. ‘you all’. See: ung. mumun (from: mumunu) n. plant mua DIR. right. pam mua right hand species, vine, derris root used for See: kais. stunning fish, family Leguminosae. -mua PRO. second person singular Pongamia pinnata; Derris sp. Halia: pronoun suffix, you. ie. mud (from: mudu) adv. behind. See: i munmuniara See: munmuniar. adj. mud. Variant: mudi. long time, very long time, many mudin (from: mudi) n. back, buttocks months or years. From: Tok Pisin. his back, behind him underside, all mura SM. second person dual subject of the back side, takes possessive marker, ‘you two’. marker for person and number. murak (from: muraka) adj. refers to Halia: murinen. See: mud; uihin. ripe fruit or anything that grows mudinar keken (from: mudinar above ground that is ready to eat. kekena) n. back foot of animal, Halia: huri. See: mahoh. insect. Halia: kalolo. See: keken. murung toro kuen (from: murung muduhia n. later, rear end of a canoe toro kuene) n. fish species, family or vehicle. Halia: pal tou. Siganidae, Silver Spinefoot. Siganus mudumud (from: mudumudu) n. argenteus. plant species, family Annonaceae, mus1 (from: musu) v. slurp, sound Ylangylang. Cananga odorata. made from drinking a coconut. muhmuhum peng muhumpih (from: mus2 (from: musu) n. 1) bird species, muhmuhum peng muhumpihi) n. family Psittacidae, Red-Flancked plant species family Piperaceae, Lorikeet, Lovely Lorikeet. pepper family. Peperomia sp. See: Charmosyna placentis. Variant: molohing. rimit. 2) fish species family muke v. fight with fists, box. See: Coridae, Olive Clubnosed-Wrasse, ueluelpaete. Variant: ueluelmuke. Telescopefish. Gomphosus varius; mumuer (from: mumuere) v. all die Epibulus insidator. See: mus toriki; in mass, leaves all dry out. iaueit; molih. 3) head of femur. mumum (from: mumumu) n. bird mus torik (from: mus toriki) n. fruit species, family Coulmbidae, White- bat species with large nose. tailed Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, muskurum (from: muskurumu) pigeon with bright blue head and 1) adj. sweat, dirty skin. a keketik a white tail, feathers used for feast, musmuskurumunan the child is
124 mustakot a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u mutura
dirty See: dikdiku; uh. Redup: stiffness. musmuskurum. 2) taboo to eat as mutur (from: muturu) n. fish species one’s own pig. family Plectorhynchidae, Harlequin mustakot (from: mustakoto) n. shell Sweetlips. Plectorhynchus species, family Conidae, Cones. chaetodontoides. See: karengreng. Conus litoglyphus; Conus pertusus; Variant: ianang kukur. Conus sp.; Conus miles. See: karot; mutura CMP. third person dual past gor. negative, ‘they’. rasin ahik mutura musung kodeik (from: musung la They didn’t go. See: mat-. kodeiki) n. stiff neck, pain in neck,
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N - n na PART. third person possessive sand dollar, sea urchin type. Fam: article used with class a nouns, ‘his, Asteroidea. See: bakue. hers, its’. See: no. na tungur kuhuk (from: na tungur na hueitir liouan (from: na hueitir kuhuku) n. octopus hole, cave liouana) n. 1) scorpion, translated containing sea water. Halia: kioun ‘the spirits pig’, small usually found lout. See: kuhuk. under bark of rotting tree, sting is na umar keu (from: na umar keue) mildly painful. Halia: gamomate. n. a small house built over a grave, 2) fish species family Scorpaenidae, some of these are quite elaborate, Turkeyfish, family Plotosidae, usually they are in the village or Tandan. Amblyapistus taenianotus; close to the house of some close Neosilurus sp. See: gagum. relative. na hupur kosor (from: na hupur na ura soi (from: na ura soio) n. kosoro) n. plant species, family plant species family Gramineae. Amaranthaceae. Deringia Oplismenus compositus. amarantheodes. See: kout. naboung (from: naboungu) n. last na ianar manulab (from: na ianar night. See: boung. manulaba) n. fish species, family nagigeig (from: nagigeigi) PPRO. Grammistidae, Six-Lined Perch. first person plural inclusive Grammistes sexlineatus. See: possessive pronoun, ‘our’, including manulab. hearer. Halia: i tarara. Variant: na iomor bialok (from: na iomor nagigieg. bialoko) n. halo around the moon. nagiut (from: nagiutu) EXCL. let me Halia: porpori. see. na leler mat (from: na leler mata) n. nagu bulouto n. my husband. Halia: gable of roof. Halia: maloanga. tson i tar. See: bulout; nomat. na leler rom (from: na leler romo) n. nagu kuaho n. my wife. Halia: tahol window. See: matanar um. i tar. See: kuah. na lilior soi (from: na lilior soio) n. -nah (from: -naha) DEM. up there. plant species, family Psilotaceae, See: ginah. Psilotum, small primitive type plant, nahikir baluh (from: nahikir baluhu) grows in dense cover on trees or on n. small nut, small galip nut. Halia: the ground. Psilotum nudum. See: tegene. See: baluh; lueih. seserekan. nahinum (from: nahinumu) n. na nouhur bakue n. shell species, pandanus species, family 126 naho a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u nanam
Pandanaceae. Pandanus sp. See: go carefully with thought Variant: uaum; meis. namanah. naho n. plant species family namanantieh (from: namanantiehe) Solanaceae, Nightshade species, v. think a lot about something, vine. Solanum ferox. worry. Halia: hakats sil. See: nahom (from: nahomo) v. grow naman; -ntieh. feather. namanpoukis (from: namanpoukisa) naliuo n. this morning past. See: liuo; v. change mind, reconsider. See: roliuo. uiuir naman; namana tapoukis nalulen (from: nalulene) n. early sioun. Variant: namana tapokis. morning between 3am and 6am. See: namantagin (from: namantagini) v. lulen. think evil of another, suspect. Halia: nam (from: nama) v. give it to me, buku. See: namana uatuk. Variant: give here. Halia: i tarara. See: heir. namana tagin. naman (from: namana) v. think, to namang manate v. understand, know think about something. Halia: about, educated. Halia: atei sil. hakats. Redup: namnaman. Variant: nang manate. namana bak (from: namana baka) v. namiueim (from: namiueimi) PPRO. think about, consider. Halia: hakats first person plural exclusive nena. possessive pronoun, ‘our’, excluding namana dede v. remember, not forget. hearer. Halia: i tamulam. See: namana dede uaia remember well inggeim. Halia: hakats kap, hakats kakap. namiuoum (from: namiuoumu) See: sanga dede. PPRO. second person plural namana huar (from: namana huara) possessive pronoun, ‘your’. Halia: i v. recall belatedly, to think of tamilimiu, milimiu. See: inggoum. something. namnamana dede v. brood. See: namana poluk (from: namana namana dede. poluku) v. remember again, recall to nan PART. his. See: na. Variant: mind. Halia: hakats sabe. nanon. namana tapokis sioun (from: namana nana kaman douk (from: nana tapokis siounu) v. thinkback, kaman douku) n. bunch of leaves reconsider. Halia: hakats kopis. wrapped up. Halia: pou kala. namana uasa v. think evil. nana randouk (from: nana randouku) namana uatuk (from: namana n. bundle of sticks. Halia: kits roei. uatuku) v. suspect. See: namantagin. nanam (from: nanama) v. to kill by namanaeh (from: namanaehe) v. cutting throat as a way of killing ponder, consider. lang namanaeh pigs.
127 nanon a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u niguat nanon (from: nanono) PPRO. third the island in the Mapiri district. person singular possessive pronoun, neinein (from: neineini) n. cricket. ‘his, hers, its’. Halia: enu, i tanen. See: kidad. See: nan. neneng (from: nenenge) v. deafening nanum (from: nanumu) n. fish noise chirping sound such as made species, family Lutjanidae, Black- by crickets, tree frogs and cicadas. And-White Sea-Perch, Midnight Halia: koriki. Snapper. Malcolor niger; Malcolor nerau n. yesterday. Halia: i nolaha. macularis. See: kalkalok; mad. nerih (from: nerihi) n. day before nang Morph: na-ng. PART. owner of. yesterday. Halia: alisa. See: iorih. Halia: terena. Variant: nurih. nang mai Q. whose, belonging to net1 (from: nete) v. thing, uh! used whom. nang mair tinih Whose when can’t think of right verb, do it. canoe is this? Halia: teresi. See: inete. napi n. diaper, infant’s covering. net2 (from: nete) n. shell sp. Halia: kola. From: English. ni n. a child’s familiar term of address napon (from: napo) n. relative for its mother now replaced by the brother-in-law. term ‘mama’. Halia: uouo. See: nas (from: nasi) PPRO. third person tinan. plural possessive article, ‘their’. nas ni- (from: ni-) NOMR. nominalizer, umur tamat houses for people prefix on verb to make them nouns. Morph: na -si. See: na; res. ni- guat custom nas mahoh (from: nas mahoho) n. niag (from: niaga) n. outrigger float paramount chief, head of an that stabilizes the dugout canoe. important clan or group of clans. Halia: oga. Halia: mounahan. niate n. knowledge. See: iate. nasira PPRO. third person dual niduh (from: niduhu) n. weight, possessive pronoun, ‘their’. heavy, problem. Morph: ni-duh. nasisin (from: nasisina) PPRO. third See: duh. person plural possessive pronoun, niein (from: nieini) Redup: nieinein. ‘their’. Halia: i taren. See: nasi; n. food. Halia: kannou. Morph: ni- gisin. ein. See: ein. negongon (from: negongono) adj. nieinein to n. food leftover, extra greedy, miser. food. See: ein. Nehan (from: Nehana) propN. The nigeil (from: nigeili) v. exile, name the Nissan people call deported. Morph: ni-geil. themselves, refers to a location on niguat (from: niguata) n. custom, Nissan where people first lived on what happens happen customarily,
128 niguata uasa a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u -nit
magic used for good purposes. nilou (from: nilouo) n. spittle. Halia: Halia: butubutu, markato, kalala. kinahus. See: lou. See: guat. nimalian (from: nimaliana) v. anger, niguata uasa n. sin, doing bad, bad angry. Halia: raharaha, si. See: custom. Halia: markato a omi. malian. Redup: nimnimalian. nihagar (from: nihagara) n. body nimnimlian (from: nimnimliana) decorations such as face paint, adj. easily angered, quick tempered. leaves and flowers used in feasts, to Halia: susoala. See: nimalian. apply traditional medicine. Halia: -nin (from: -nina) DEM. kalalan hitots. demonstrative, plural visible, niheir puk (from: niheir puku) n. ‘these’. See: ginin. gift, present, something sent to ninaman (from: ninamana) n. idea, someone. Halia: hebala. thought, thinking. See: naman. nihing MDL. recently, just happened, -ninanine DEM. demonstrative the most recent, the last to happen, meaning ‘these here’. a just now. inggono ke nihing la He binakaninanine these times here just went Halia: hagou, hamanasa. See: -nine. nihing (from: nihingi) n. ask for, -nine DEM. demonstrative for plural prayer, request. Morph: ni-hing. inanimate things, ‘these here’. a See: hing. nieininine the food here See: nihing bang (from: nihing banga) v. -ninanine; ginine. new, strange, not to recognize. ningning (from: ningningi) v. dizzy Halia: halel. Variant: nihim bang. from looking down from a high nihing pokos (from: nihing pokoso) place, afraid of falling. Halia: v. appear suddenly, come out. Halia: mamari. nipetut (from: nipetutu) n. drama, tapabutu. model, imitate. nihing tamat (from: nihing tamata) nipok (from: nipoko) n. design the n. descendants. motif or design on the bow and stern nihuan (from: nihuana) n. sandbank, of a mona canoe. Halia: rori. See: section of beach, point, cape. Halia: pok. bun kotolana. See: duduelen. nirikin (from: nirikini) v. sleeping nikotou (from: nikotouo) n. appointed, place, a place where someone has marked location. Halia: pun. slept. Halia: hiatung kop. See: rikin. nil (from: nili) n. nail. From: English. niroron (from: nirorono) n. clearing -nila DEM. those over there. See: marked for a new garden. Halia: las. ginila; ternila. -nit (from: -niti) DEM. demonstrative nile n. marriage, married person. See: plural visible, ‘these’. posonit these le. bananas See: ginit.
129 nitabil a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u non nitabil (from: nitabila) n. fashion, niuelsauor (from: niuelsauoro) n. custom, habit. See: basir; tabil. finish off, finish completely. -nitie DEM. demonstrative third plural niuih n. prisoner. See: uih. inanimate, ‘those there’. See: ginitie. no PART. third singular possessive nitou (from: nitouo) n. miracle, article for class o nouns, ‘its’, his, creation. See: tou. her’. See: na. nituh (from: nituha) adj. artificial, no aguro soi (from: no aguro soio) n. created, made object. See: tuh. plant species, family Polypodiaceae. niu1 n. nest. Halia: suhana. Dynaria sp. niu2 v. rub as rubbing the eyes when no bekolo Timbeheis n. cowry sleepy, or when something is in the species, family Cypraeidae, name eye, or as fish rubbing against a net means ‘cowry belonging to trying to break it, or as rubbing Timbeheis’. Cypraea mauritiana. sticks together to make fire. Halia: See: bekol; Timbeheis. nino. no dalar kuhuk (from: no dalar niuahiu (from: niuahiuo) n. trainee, kuhuku) n. coral species. apprentice, disciple, learn by regular Pocillopora verrucosa. See: dal. watching. Halia: tsitsilo. no koleisir bor (from: no koleisir niualatoh (from: niualatoho) n. boro) n. plant species, family instruction, direction, command, Portulacaceae, Common Purslane. teach. See: ualatut; ualatoh. Portulaca oleracea. niuamatoto tar kuah (from: No Uelhire God (from: No Uelhire niuamatoto tar kuaha) n. Godo) n. God’s news, Bible, sacred bridegroom, or a man appointed to book, God’s talk. Halia: Buk u marry a woman. Halia: tsonun hit. Goagono. See: bulout re le; moulat. noknokos (from: noknokoso) n. plant niuan (from: niuana) n. each separate species, family Rubiaceae. Randia phase of the pig hunt hihip. See: dryadum. hihip. Variant: nitar. noman (from: nomana) adj. niuangoul (from: niuangoulu) n. way important, true, really. Morph: of life. Halia: markaka. See: no-man. See: tamata noman. uangoul. nomat (from: nomata) n. husband. niuator (from: niuatoro) n. decoration, See: bulout. body decoration for feasts, or nomua PPRO. second person singular singsings. Halia: purupuru. possessive pronoun, ‘your’. Variant: niueldolom (from: niueldolomo) n. nom. sorrow. Halia: tori-tiama. See: non (from: nono) adj. tight, doesn’t ueldolomo. move or shake. See: uanon.
130 nonop a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u nun nonop (from: nonopo) n. placenta, noum (from: noumu) v. suck. bag. See: pohpoha. noumnoum kodom (from: nongnong (from: nongnongo) v. still noumnoum kodomo) n. ribbon rain, to drizzle very slightly, quiet, worm found in ocean different types. the light rain before rain stops. Variant: uatunar kalok sandworm; Halia: kuikui. See: hiarou. koulun taperet lugworm; na kiali nor (from: noro) n. water to flow, rain ro palau tube worm; ininum water on the ground flows, spring, kodom. high tide returns. See: silu; koue. noungnoung (from: noungnoungu) nornoran (from: nornorana) n. fish v. sit on something, step on. species, family Lutjanidae, Two- nout (from: noutu) n. fruit tree Spot Banded Seaperch. Lutjanus species, similar to avocado, sweet biguttatus. buttery fruit, family Sapotaceae, noso PART. third person plural many types. Burckella obovata. possessive article for plural objects. Variant: gigin; iaueleng kau; kopal nouareuir paol (from: nouareuir ; kuaman; duk laur; lingin tena paolo) n. comb of a chicken. Halia: bah; log; matang mulih; mosomoso. See: kakaruk. Variant: sosoleitilik. nouareuion. -ntieh (from: -ntiehe) adv. very. nouguo PPRO. first person possessive uelsukuntieh very hot See: tun. pronoun, ‘mine’. Halia: i tamul, i nu CNJ. person. See: nugen. tar. Morph: no -guo. Variant: nagu; nua v. mark time. noguo. nugen (from: nugene) EXCL. person. nouh (from: nouhu) n. clay cooking Halia: habus iam. See: nu. pot, clay bowl. Halia: tabeli. nuknuk (from: nuknuku) v. throb. nouh miak (from: nouh miaka) n. See: pisi. pot or pan in which is kept clay for nul (from: nulu) n. soften, hit aganist hairdressing. Halia: kupi. something to soften, bruise, nouiu n. stonefish species, family inflammation. See: ising. Redup: Scorpaenidae, family Synanceidae, nulnul. Scorpionfish, Guam Stonefish, Reef nulnula v. hit, soften, hit against. kere Stonefish has poisonous spines, nulnula katongoin tar palau And found under rocks in shallow water, then cut himself with stones. See: or on the bottom where it doesn’t nul. move and tries to blend in with the nun1 (from: nunu) n. earthquake. rocks, is eaten after cooking. Halia: nun. Scorpaenodes guamensis; nun2 (from: nunu) n. fig species Synanceichthys verrucosus. Tok family Moraceae, Dye Ficus. Ficus Pisin: nilpis; Halia: nohu. tinctoria. See: luluh; bouh.
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-ng1 GEN. genitive, connects words emphysema. Halia: siku. that have a special relationship. a ngau (from: ngaua) v. measure, count uma-ng huhu the housae for bathing time, measure distance. See: r-. ngaum (from: ngaumu) v. 1) cut off -ng2 PPRO. second person possessive top of taro, pineapple, sugarcane, etc. suffix. It is suffixed to the possessive — n. 2) taro stem. Halia: tama. article. inggo ku tena-ng kuaha I ngeh (from: ngehe) n. raspy throat, saw your wife. hoarse cough, bronchitis, emphysema. ngad (from: ngada) n. grass species, ngeit (from: ngeiti) v. notch, family Gramineae. Ischaemum measurement. muticum. See: garas. ngingih (from: ngingihi) v. show teeth. ngahngah (from: ngahngaha) n. ngio n. split lip. See: bilin. refers to a girl who giggles, not a ngis (from: ngisi) n. coral pieces. boy. Halia: gogotete. Halia: nasa. ngal (from: ngala) v. hold over ngisangis (from: ngisangisi) v. mend, without touching, as a helicopter over join back, grow together again as a the ground, refers to objects that are broken bone. Halia: suonoto. spatially adjoining but not in actual ngit (from: ngiti) v. creak as tree limbs contact. or boards in a house rubbing together ngaliahun (from: ngaliahunu) n. tree when shaken by the wind. Halia: species, family Burderaceae, Canary- ngilngiliki. See: rourueit. tree. Canarium vitiense. ngitingit (from: ngitingiti) n. vine sp. ngang v. pig cry when it wants ngod (from: ngodo) v. 1) eat unripe something. food. 2) pigs or magic that ruin ngangas (from: ngangasa) v. gnaw, to garden. eat through the top. a bekio ke ngas ngoh (from: ngoho) adj. dry throat tar ketam The flying fox ate through from eating dry food like nuts. the top of the ketam. ngohin (from: ngohina) CNJ. be ngangauh (from: ngangauhu) n. plant likened to, compare with, similar. species family Vitaceae. Cayratia sp. gitir tetiaua ngohinar baluh This ngap (from: ngapa) n. hook. See: aili. bird is like a pigeon. Halia: tua, ngar (from: ngara) v. breathless, here. See: misian. Variant: ngohini. winded, scrape with mouth. Halia: ngohngohon (from: ngohngohono) n. heahea. See: unga. beak, bill of bird. a ngohngohonor ngarangar (from: ngarangara) n. kompul o barah The beak of the hoarse cough, bronchitis, black crane is long 132 ngol a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ngutngut ngol (from: ngolo) v. chop down tree Christian context. to ground level. ngungut (from: ngungutu) v. bite, ngong (from: ngongo) EXCL. crunch, chew bones biscuits kill fish exclamation used when showing by biting head. Halia: kutu. disapproval or impatience, detest ngur (from: nguru) v. gossip, slander, something, not someone, strongly speak against, oppose, backbiting dislike of something unpleasant, secretly, murmur. Halia: tuts. yuck. Halia: ba; Halia: tsikis. See: Redup: ngurngur. sisingot. ngurngur (from: ngurnguru) v. hum. ngongo n. hornbill, extinct on Nissan. See: ngur. Halia: ngungu. See: kokomo. ngurungur (from: ngurunguru) n. ngor (from: ngoro) v. not able to speak fish species, generic for Angelfish, loudly, laryngitis, hoarse. Halia: family Pomacanthidae, Imperial gelolo. Angelfish, Six-Banded Angelfish, ngorih (from: ngorihi) v. blow out the Yellow-and-Black Angelfish nose. (Bicolor Angelfish). Pomacanthus ngorngoron (from: ngorngorono) n. imperator; Pomacanthus semicirucla shell species family Vasidae, Vase tus; Pomacanthus sexstriatus; shells. Vasum turbinellus; Vasum sp. Centropyge bicolor. Variant: ngoroi (from: ngoroio) v. snore, noise kukubalau. made while sleeping, noise from ngurungurung tar i du n. fish species, nose. Halia: kolanga. family Chaetodontidae, Hunched- ngot (from: ngoto) v. gnaw, bite on. backed Coralfish. Heniochus varius. Halia: kolo. ngusun (from: ngusu) n. nose, takes ngou (from: ngouo) n. fungus, grille, possessive marker for person and scaly skin, ringworm. Tok Pisin: number. Tok Pisin: nus; Halia: es. girile; Halia: ragu. Variant: Variant: kobkoburunar ngusun masmasai. nasal bone, cartilage bones; lulunar ngouil (from: ngouili) n. type of ngusun or kokoburunar ngusun coconut good for drinking, yellow in nosetip; uatunar beik septum; kelil color. nose sores. -ngua adv. here now. See: -mpe. ngusunar hueit n. cowry species, nguh (from: nguhu) v. kiss, nuzzle family Cypraeidae, not common on with nose close. Redup: nguhnguh. Nissan, map cowry, name means ngung (from: ngungu) v. smoke, to “nose of pig” which it resembles. smoke over the fire, such as fish, Cypraea mappa. See: bekol. coconut meat, etc. Halia: ruhu. ngut (from: ngutu) v. make faint Redup: ngungngung. inarticulate noises. ngungun (from: ngungunu) v. ngutngut (from: ngutngutu) v. wine, dedicate, bless when used in a cry for something, hungry. 133
O - o o ART. article, before nouns and obiobur (from: obioburu) adj. tender, adjectives usually plural but may be easy to eat like mature coconut singular. Halia: u. meat, nuts. Halia: motomoto. o SM. second person singular subject obor (from: oboro) v. clear bush for a marker, ‘you’. garden/section of bush cut and -o PRO. first singular subject suffix, drying for burning in preparation for ‘I, me’. See: -a. a garden, cut a new patch of bush for o bulout (from: o buloutu) n. men. a garden, etc. aboro liu cut bush Halia: pal tson. See: bulout. away Halia: binin, lopo, o bun tun (from: o bun tunu) n. sagumana. children of one mother. See: bung. obot (from: oboto) adj. thick. o inet (from: o inete) n. things. Halia: obuh (from: obuhu) n. whale. Halia: man ka. meinana. See: buhu. o iom (from: o iomo) n. year, season. odeil (from: odeili) n. whole. Halia: Halia: hiningal. See: kirismas. ugala iena. See: udeil. o le n. fiancee, spouse can refer to a odoh (from: odoho) n. growth magic legitimate mate or to an adulterer or used for pig growth. prostitute. Halia: hahatongo. og1 (from: ogo) n. fish trap. See: hir. o man (from: o mana) EXCL. true. og2 (from: ogo) n. fig species family Halia: boka, u mana. Moraceae similar to luluh but o maniran (from: o manirana) adv. slightly larger leaves, grown often very true, It’s very true, really. for shade. Ficus virgata. See: luluh; Halia: u mana koru. Morph: o man bouh. i ran. See: man. ohai (from: ohaia) adj. type of o Mapiri n. people of fv:Mapiri people, kind of people, different. village. See: o peng. See: babeir. o nihing tamat (from: o nihing oi (from: oio) EXCL. sound used when tamata) n. descendants. See: calling from a distance. Halia: auu. tubuna. ok (from: oko) n. roundworm, o peng n. A collective word referring intestinal parasite, nematode, to people as a group. o peng tor the threadworm. island people Halia: tei. See: pe. olol1 (from: ololo) n. 1) type of o uoum keip (from: o uoum keipi) n. banana. Halia: ping. 2) tree species leaders, chiefs. Halia: pal kapan. family Casuarinaceae, Australian See: uoum; uoum keip ‘first’. Pine, Horsetail Beefwood, large 134 olol a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u oupsalou
trees, which grow quite well near Philodendron. Raphidophora salt water, often planted as peekelii. ornamental for young trees are quite otop (from: otopo) n. fish species, attractive. Casuarina equistifolia. family Sphyraenidae, Great Tok Pisin: yar. Barracuda, Giant Sea-pike. olol2 (from: ololo) n. corral of stones Sphyraena barracuda. Tok Pisin: or wood for keeping pigs or animals. malisa. See: onoh; koi. Variant: iolol. otoung (from: otoungu) v. delay in -on (from: -ono) PRO. third person comming, delayed. pronoun suffix, ‘he, she, it’. See: ou (from: ouo) v. hidden, invisible. inggon. See: uaou; roou. Variant: oouo. onoh (from: onoho) n. fish species, ouh (from: ouhu) EXCL. find, look family Sphyraenidae, Barracuda, for, search. See: sir; roou. young otop. Sphyraena sp. See: ouih (from: ouihi) n. symbol, branch babulis; otop. of small tree used to send a message ong1 (from: ongo) v. put into a pot or about ownership of the ground, basket. ni ke ong tar niein i lolono piece of the tree used with other tar sosopan Mother put the food things to symbolize. See: titiding; into the sauce pan. See: ute. uahire; pupulungung tua. ong2 (from: ongo) n. pus. ouiouil (from: ouiouili) n. bird oou EXCL. goodbye. species, family Pachycephalidae, oroh (from: oroho) adv. left out, not Golden Whistler, small brown bird included, short changed, not enough with a black neck. Pachycephala food at a feast. A gavaman ke pectoralis. Halia: keruru. uaoroho tasir Iatiboul tar saplai -oum (from: -oumu) PRO. second The government left out the people person subject suffix, ‘you all’. See: of Yatiboul from the supply. inggoum. os (from: oso) v. put out as a fire or ouo keip (from: ouo keipi) v. run lamp, extinguish. oso toro hue Put away with a woman, elope. out the fire. See: lomoh. ouon (from: ouono) n. hidding place. osongion (from: osongiono) v. fill oupa n. plant species family with sand. Amaranthaceae, Amaranth species ot (from: oto) n. anchor. Halia: introduced to Nissan, grows wild,. hangga. some people eat it. Amaranthus sp. otioten (from: otiotene) n. flower at See: kout. Variant: aupa. From: end of a bunch of bananas. Tok Pisin. otom (from: otomo) n. plant species, oupsalou (from: oupsalouo) EXCL. family Araceae, climbing exclamation of surprise, “Oops!”.
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P - p pa CNJ. like this, adverb conjunction handle. Halia: soei. Redup: similar to Tok Pisin ‘olsem’. See: pagpagolo. pare; pagiare. Variant: paar; — n. 2) sea wasp. Chironex sp. pagere. pagopag (from: pagopaga) n. extra, pa- (from: pa-) IMP. should, would, leftover. See: mokamok; pag. purpose. Variant: paka; pake. pagpagur (from: pagpaguru) n. plant pad (from: pada) adj. dull, change species family Rhamnaceae. colors in death, uncooked part of Colubrina asiatica. Variant: food, food that fades in color. See: materebobo at Mapiri. madai. pagur (from: paguru) n. Jew’s harp paden (from: padene) adj. flat, made from bamboo. barren, no trees, open space. a butur paha (from: pah-) IRR. verb marker, a paden The place is an open space. irrealis marker, often used with pador (from: padoro) n. wall, front, negative word ahik, often agrees back side of house. Redup: with person and number of subject, padpador. it denotes an unreal situation as padpador (from: padpadoro) adj. opposed to the realis word dah-. stiff, cramp in leg if straight. See: ingga ahik poho kanuh you don’t kon. be anxious Halia: gi. Morph: pah- pael (from: paele) n. file. See: puh. a. See: dah-. Variant: poh-. From: English. pahabung (from: pahabungu) n. fig paet (from: paete) v. hit. From: Tok species family Moraceae. Ficus sp. Pisin. See: bouh. Variant: mahamung at pag (from: paga) adj. few. Painikot. pagan (from: paga) n. crotch, takes pahe v. passive verb, often preceded possessive markers for body parts, by me and is suffixed with a person crotch of a tree. marker, means to do something pagia CNJ. conjuction, adverb, ‘like alone without anyone else. mepahen this’. See: pare. he is alone mepaheg by myself pagiare CNJ. common conjunction mepahem by yourself similar to the olsem conjunction pahenein (from: paheneini) v. alone, found in Tok Pisin. See: pare. disagree with the consensus of Variant: pagere. opinion one person disagreeing with pagol (from: pagolo) adj. 1) stiff, the rest. Halia: ranga hasogo. See: aching as tired muscles, trigger, pahe; mepahen. 136 pahin a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pakpakon pahin (from: pahini) Variant: pakal (from: pakala) v. slide into. pouhin. n. twin. See: pouhu. Halia: tasukupu. paia n. side of pig, section of pig, pakalan (from: pakala) n. upper jaw, pledges of major pork sections to be takes possessive marker for person presented at the forthcoming feast, and number, body parts. in this case a side portion, the side pakambe n. ceremonial tree, this is includes one of the forelegs and the tree on which betel nuts and extends from one ear to the coconuts are hung and men, women midsection. Variant: manulab (rib and children dance around it singing. section); talingan (anterior half of Myristica fatus; Cordia subcordata. side section); iankaruk (posterior Halia: hakaloho. See: tigul. half of side section). pakan tuil (from: pakan tuili) n. fish pain (from: paini) adj. 1) part, half, species, family Chaetodontidae, place, space, side close to fence, Saddled Coralfish, Racoon marked space between plantings. Butterflyfish. Chaetodon ephippium; — n. 2) fish species family Chaetodon lunula. See: keto. Pempheridae, Bullseye, Oulan pakapkah (from: pakpakaha) adj. Sweeper. Pempheris oualensis. separately. ur pakpakah to group painap (from: painapa) n. pineapple family Bromiliaceae, introduced things uatoka pakpakaha tasir popular food but rare on Nissan. tagun Place eggs separately in the Ananas comosus. Variant: paenap; egg carton. ananas; kakainapiu. From: Tok pakel (from: pakele) v. prune, trim Pisin. tree. painene n. this side. Halia: pala reka. pako n. palm tree species, hard beetle painhia n. other side. Halia: pal nut like fruit, inedible, family hapala. Palmae, nuts are used in traditional Painikot (from: Painikoto) propN. feast uelpikur to throw at houses. village name, village area, region, Areca sp.; Brassiophoenix sp. Halia: between Balil and Lihon, usually kumoko. See: uelpikur. Variant: refers to the ocean area of Uonoleik, raho. name means ‘place below’. pakoul (from: pakoulu) n. palm painir bialoko n. half moon. species family Palmae. Licuala sp. pak (from: paka) v. carry in a sling, pakpagol (from: pakpagolo) adj. put hand inside. Halia: sakepe. See: firm, hard used with such things as kiki. stones, wood, unripe fruit, and a ball pakah (from: pakaha) v. divide, pumped too tight. Halia: kihil. single minded, angry. See: pakpakon (from: pakpakona) n. uelpakah. gizzard, stomach organ. See: balan.
137 pakpakun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pale kurum pakpakun (from: pakpakunu) n. mamadelaua) n. smooth stones. anchor bone of the large sago leaf. pavement, stone floor, flat stones. Halia: harekata. See: palau; mamadelau. pal (from: pala) n. 1) open. See: puk. palau uelsuk (from: palau uelsuku) 2) middle plank of wood in the large n. brimstone, lava, red-hot stones. mona canoe. Halia: uahiahi. See: palau. palakat (from: palakata) v. diligent, palau uleik (from: palau uleiki) n. faithful. boulder. See: palau. palakok (from: palakoko) n. plant palauer (from: palauere) n. shell species family Zingiberaceae, money imported from Anir island Galangal sp. Alpinia sp. See: north of Pinipir called Uaneran, gorogor. another type is called palboroi, it is palakurum (from: palakurumu) n. hung in a room to end strife. See: black stones, river stones often of Uaneran; palboroi. granite imported to Nissan used in palboroi (from: palboroio) n. small stone oven and ax heads also type of shell ring, used as traditional important in many magical rituals, money, used in many cultural especially the weather magician tam payments. See: kuaman. palau which means ‘master of the pale n. generic for lizard, skinks stone’. Halia: hahahei. Morph: species, family Scincidae. Emoia palau-kurum. See: palau. sp.; Dasia sp. See: pale bulout; pale palang (from: palanga) n. plank. See: kokor; pale kurum; bal; pale tar mahar douk. lebang. Variant: pale uelsauor. palange n. strong sorcery, powerful pale bulout (from: pale buloutu) n. form of magic that can be used as lizard species, family Scincidae, dance sorcery, can cause great harm Skink, a bit black, smooth skin. to those it is directed against. Dasia smaragdipa. See: pale. palapal (from: palapala) adj. naked, Variant: pale takoupir. open, apart. Halia: beloso, kakata. pale kokor (from: pale kokoro) n. palau (from: palaua) n. rock, stone, lizard species, family Scincide, generic for stone, rocks, coral Skink, yellow with long lines marks. limestone, rock from the sea. Halia: Emoia baudini. Halia: kupou. See: hatu. See: kasiman kurum; pale. Variant: pale helehel; paleng houaran tidungan; sil; tene kot. Timbeheis; dal. Variant: palauan pale kurum (from: pale kurumu) n. tar lebang; palauan toro uerut; lizard species, family Scincidae, teteio calcium carbonate. large black skink, climbs trees slow palau mamadelau (from: palau moving. Emoia nigra. See: pale.
138 pale tar lebang a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pang pale tar lebang (from: pale tar pampanet (from: pampanete) n. lebanga) n. lizard species, family transport. See: panet. Scincidae, Skink. Emoia pamu n. plant species, family atrocostata. See: pale. Araliaceae, often grown as a hedge palih (from: palihi) v. change. See: between houses, eaten as a green uapalih. vegetable. Polyscias sp. palihin (from: palihini) n. successor. pan deuating (from: pan deuatingi) paluk (from: paluku) n. tree species, n. 1) fetus, undeveloped fetus, family Flacourtiaceae, large tree women’s period also use boro tar with large fleshy fruit, the wild bialok, miscarriage, missed forms are poisonous, cultivated abortion, for the fetus to die in the varieties are edible. Pangium edule. womb. Halia: posamate. Variant: Tok Pisin: tobo, mapak. Variant: pang deuating. 2) plant species ngesnges. family Cucurbitaceae, Cucumber pam (from: pama) v. pump. From: family. See: keken golia at Mapiri. Tok Pisin. pan douk (from: pan douku) n. pam mua n. right hand/side. Halia: plank. See: palang. matou, pal matou. See: kais. pan taluh (from: pan taluhu) n. small pamboiboi (from: pamboiboio) n. shelter. See: taluh; kak. between the deep edge of the reef pan tua n. place of recovery from and where the surf breaks, where the illness, which lies in the direction of cliff meets the deep sea where there Anir island. See: pang mat. is no reef. e la rakopo puk tar Panduh (from: Panduhu) propN. sea tektekener pamboiboi. He goes side village, village name from over only the side of the reef. Halia: ocean side. sal, elutu. See: tokoutin, hiuon; paneng (from: panenge) n. orange rakopo. Variant: pangboiboi. decorative coconut, medicinal, pamolo n. citrus species, grapefruit, protects from lightning. family Rutaceae, large Grapefruit panet (from: panete) v. go aboard, like citrus with thick skin, not bitter. ride. board. Halia: osa. Citrus grandis. Variant: pomelo. panis (from: panisi) v. punish. From: From: Tok Pisin. Tok Pisin. pampamat (from: pampamata) panpandouk (from: panpandouku) Variant: poumpoumot. adj. hard, n. large grain tapioca, sand, ground. crunchy. See: makmakoro. pantui n. stone fence. See: pampandouk (from: pampandouku) pangpangior. Variant: pangtui. adj. crunchy, to have parts of the pang (from: panga) adj. part. whole. Variant: pan; pun.
139 pang anian a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pangpang kuen pang anian (from: pang aniana) n. See: pam mua. chief’s bed, toia’s bed. pang mat (from: pang mate) n. place pang gul (from: pang gulu) n. stick of death, which lies in the direction for singsing. See: tinoia. of Buka. pang ialiol (from: pang ialiolo) n. pang mon (from: pang mono) n. fence of fallen trees and bush. plank in the center of each side of Halia: bei. See: ialiol. the bow and stern of the mona pang kais (from: pang kaisi) n. left canoe. Halia: tariomo. side, left hand. Halia: pal keruka. pang posopos (from: pang posoposo) See: pam mua. n. straps, banana tree fiber this is pang kak (from: pang kaka) n. used for tying and carrying shelter consisting of a sloping roof backpacks. Halia: lits. and four supports. pang rom (from: pang romo) n. very pang kalor (from: pang kaloro) v. strong wind, gale, storm. bulge out as bulging eyes. Halia: pang sok (from: pang soko) n. kururu. pounding bowl, pound food with a pang kapkapan (from: pang stick. Halia: tutu. See: sok. kapkapana) n. ribs, side of body. pang ten (from: pang tene) n. pang kot (from: pang koto) n. piece bottom. of ground. pang tua n. direction to the East, pang koup (from: pang koupu) n. means ‘Part of Life’. Halia: hatasi. traditional coffin on Nissan made pangang (from: panganga) v. to open from a section of a canoe i.e. koup. the mouth, open mouth. Halia: pang kubar (from: pang kubara) n. panga. tropical ulcer, large sore. See: lot. pango n. palm species, includes pang liman (from: pang limana) n. benches or planks made from this foreleg, foreleg of pig. Halia: tree, family Palmae, used paliesa. extensively in house construction, pang limar kapul (from: pang limar floors are made from mature trees kapulu) n. front leg of a cooked and walls and siding is made from possum. Halia: hala. younger trees. Archontophoenix sp.; pang magalut (from: pang Kentiopsis archontophoenix. Tok magalutu) n. school of flying fish. Pisin: limbum; Halia: uapu. Halia: inase. pangpang kuen (from: pangpang pang mahoh (from: pang mahoho) n. kuene) n. shell species, several cross section of population. families included, Spindle shells pang makos (from: pang makoso) v. family Fasciolariidae, Turid shells right hand, within sight and reach. family Turridae, Wentletraps family
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Epitoniidae, Numegs family papaintagon (from: papaintagono) Cancellariidae. Fusinus sp.; Turris n. abalone species, family sp.; Cancellaria sp. Variant: Haliotidae. Haliotis sp.; Haliotis uelgumgume. asinina. o bureher papaintagon ra pangpangior (from: pangpangioro) mok i du There are lot of abalone at n. fence made of wood. Halia: ololo. the ocean side. Variant: pentagon; See: pantui. paintagon; katibelo. pangtapes (from: pangtapese) n. papakoul (from: papakoulu) n. 1) broken cliff. 2) flock of parrots limpet species, family Acmaeidae, flying. usually found only in temperate pangu huan (from: pangu huana) n. regions there are shells similar to storm, large rain storm, hurricane. these on Nissan. Acmaea sp. a uoun See: huan. ke tokong papakoul The turtle was panguan (from: panguana) n. on the limpet. Variant: ingit; tukur country, province, large area of land koual. with villages. papalangon (from: papalangono) v. pangurau (from: panguraua) n. large troll for fish, fishing. Halia: afternoon clouds from the direction palangono. Variant: papalaong. of Bougainville i.e. southeast, the papaol (from: papaolo) n. fish direction from which major rain species, generic for Coralfish, many clouds come. types, family Chaetodontidae, paol (from: paolo) n. chicken. From: family Zanclidae, Pennant Coralfish, English. Moorish Idol. Heniochus paolo tinan (from: paolo tinana) n. acuminatus; Zanclus canescens. female chicken, hen. Halia: heko. See: keto. See: paol. papau (from: papaua) n. tree species pap (from: papa) n. lobster species, Crustacea, Slipper lobster. Scyllarus large tree which grows near the sp. See: urang; kamuk. water, large distinctive seeds are papa n. daddy, child’s usual term of often found on the beach and address for its’ father. Halia: papa. become toys for children, family From: Tok Pisin. Barringtoniaceae (Lecythidaceae). papadak (from: papadaka) v. Barringtonia asiatica. evaporate, dry out, dry. par1 (from: para) n. 1) coral species, papadakan (from: papadakana) n. blue coral. Heliopora coerulea. See: shallow. Halia: kakahi. dal. Variant: palau pelpeleh; na papaet (from: papaete) n. white tukur houal. magic used for good purposes. — adj. 2) color purple in nuts, yam From: Tok Pisin. and sweet potato.
141 par a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u paspasin par2 (from: para) v. come late to conjunction, ‘thus’. Tok Pisin: meeting or to store, which is closed. olsem. See: pa; pagia. Variant: See: tur peil. pagere; paar; para. parah (from: paraha) v. put foot parihan (from: parihana) v. in a against something, place foot firmly. garden iom to mark space between paraha toro tui v. shiver, shake as a plantings. See: iomo. pig when dying, convulse, have parok (from: paroko) adv. decern. death tremor. See: bangparok; pirpir. Redup: paraha uagutur (from: paraha parparok. uaguturu) v. stomp. Halia: tohu. parparok (from: parparoko) v. parahbise v. push with flat of foot. 1) predict, guess, sign of something See: parahpous. will happen. Halia: ki. See: tang parahpous (from: parahpousu) v. parparoko ‘prophet’; poropeit. crush with foot, kill with foot by 2) pulse, heart beat. crushing. See: parahbise; pous. pasak (from: pasaka) v. bind, bind up parakalu n. plant species family by tying. Leguminosae. pasian (from: pasiana) n. 1) generic parakukuh (from: parakukuhu) adj. term for Parrot-fish, many types, difficult hard, take a long time. family Scaridae. Callydon sp.; Halia: pina. Xanothon sp. See: pasianang tar paranda n. floor, passageway, dal; toben. Variant: paisan diku; hallway. Halia: makumun silsila. pasian kubul; behesis; rar; pasian From: Tok Pisin. bukir. 2) plant species family pararan (from: parara) n. cheek, Liliaceae. Pleomele angustifolia. takes possessive marker for person pasianang tar dal (from: pasianang and number. Halia: uabuabu. tar dala) n. fish species, family pararin (from: pararini) n. pig meat Scaridae, Bleeker’s Parrotfish. feet. Halia: keke. See: pourpourin. Xanothon bleekeri. See: pasian. parat (from: parata) v. lie askew, at a Variant: behesisin tar dal. diagonal, angle. pasing (from: pasingi) v. break at parau (from: paraua) n. 1) foreign. point it joins tree leaf and branch, 2) ship. Halia: skuna. See: pem strip as leaves off a branch, snap off. parau. paslan (from: paslana) n. shell parauang uiliatung (from: parauang species family Cypraeidae, Cowry, uiliatungu) n. war ship, literally Snake-head Cowry. Cyprea `ship-of-war’’. Halia: manuwo. caputserpentis; Cyprea sp. See: pare CNJ. conjunction, connects verb bekol. Variant: nenekon; paslean. phrases together, adverbial paspasin (from: paspasini) n.
142 paspasing a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u paus
dramatic episodes within a dance a bird or to the ears of a pig, the tinoia, could be an imitation of characteristic facial design consists eating or throwing some object. See: of a single or double line extending tinoia. Variant: pidpidin. from the outer corners of each eye to paspasing (from: paspasingi) n. plant the sides of the face, the term is also species family Euphorbiaceae, used as an insult to people with large Christmas bush. Alchornea rugosa. ears. See: tadak; penan. pat (from: pata) v. 1) break long way, patep (from: patepe) n. fish species, break off something. Variant: tapat. family Siganidae, Spinefeet, 2) pay for a wound, payment. Rabbitfish, Blue-Lines Spinefeet. pata n. palm species family Palmae, Siganus puellus. See: ualahan. rattan species. Calamus sp. See: patepat (from: patepata) n. plant malit. Variant: patabuil. species family Euphorbiaceae, patahiu n. plant species, family Spurge family. Macaranga tanarius. Labiatae, East Indies Basil, Basil pater (from: patere) n. priest. Halia: species. Ocimum gratissimum. pris. From: Tok Pisin. patal (from: patala) n. feast food pato v. horde, unused, uninhabited. which may also be placed on the Halia: oping. Redup: patpato. feast table, it consists of scrapings of patoh (from: patoho) v. save, set yam and coconut meat that have aside for future use, save up. been wrapped in pandanus leaves patou (from: patouo) v. duck. From: and baked in the ovens with the English. other feast foods, this food is made patour (from: patouru) n. gray hair, by men in the men’s house. gray beard. Halia: patol. patambal (from: patambala) n. shell patpatang (from: patpatanga) v. disk with small hole in center, can float. be hug around neck, made from patpatim (from: patpatima) n. use as giant clam shell. See: kuaman. a toy, play, pet, toy. Halia: patat (from: patata) n. strong hapipien. backbone of the sago leaf, leaf rib, patpatoh (from: patpatoho) v. put inside of the iatou leaf rib, often away, until later, keep, preserve. used for carving and making toy Halia: haputu. boats or cars. Halia: geromo. See: pau (from: paua) v. dumb, unable to iatou. talk. Halia: biru. Variant: pao. pateh (from: patehe) n. table used for pauabut (from: pauabutu) n. falsely storage or placing food on. accuse. See: baka to. pateki n. mask type with long ears paus (from: pausu) n. purse. Halia: which are compared to the wings of paus. Variant: paos. From: English.
143 pauset a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pekul pauset (from: pausete) n. spleen. ground, scrape. Variant: par. pe MAN. manner, way, used in many peirpeir (from: peirpeiri) v. trample, constructions. hope re baka pe scrape off foot, scrape mud off foot. what is it like? gisina ka pe u la peirpeiring luai (from: peirpeiring bango tasisin daan I saw them luaia) n. plant species family today the way they are. Variant: Cyperaceae, Flatsedge sp. Cyperus per. kyllingia. peh (from: pehe) n. old coconut peis (from: peisi) v. pick, pinch off. without a sprout cannot be planted, peis uadel (from: peis uadele) v. inedible. Usually used with betel nuts, pehahau (from: pehahaua) v. coconuts, and fruits that are hard to revenge, pay back. God ahik poho pick. Not used with papaya. Halia: pehahau tenas niguata uasasinene sekil. God don’t pay back this sin of peit (from: peiti) n. mole, wart. theirs. pekato n. sin. From: Latin. pehua v. serves you right. peke n. bald, no hair on head, close pehuar (from: pehuara) v. win, over cropped hair, shaved head. Halia: come, succeed, victory, be kela. victorious. Maene ra pehpehuara pekih (from: pekihi) n. cooked taro sir paha bureh This is the reason leaves, cooked hon leaves. See: they win like there were many. hon. Halia: hakesi, saluhe. See: buh; pekon (from: pekono) n. mangrove uapehua. species, several species on Nissan pei v. gather, fetch leaves, fetch and Pinepir family Rhizophoraceae, coconuts. one type is a stable food on Pinepir, peih (from: peihi) n. fish species, the sprouted seeds are eaten with family Engraulidae, Anchovies, fish or other food prepared by minnow, small smelt like fish. See: boiling and soaking in salt water uai. over night then cooking in a stone peikpeiking kour (from: peikpeiking oven or houp. Bruguiera kouru) n. plant species family gymnorrhiza. See: korkorak; Euphorbiaceae, China laurel. toubupekon. Variant: masour. Antidesma platyphyllum. pekpeke n. tree species family peil (from: peili) v. lame. Halia: mou Euphorbiaceae. Endospermum omi. See: babaur; la uasa. medullosum. See: peikpeiking peileit (from: peileiti) n. plate. Halia: kour. pelet. From: English. pekul (from: pekulu) n. insect peir (from: peiri) v. rub, rub foot on species, Lepidoptera, family
144 pelek a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u perer
Splingidae, Sphinx Moth. Hippon bother, annoy, as flies bother sp. Halia: pikula. someone. pelek (from: peleke) adj. unripe, pepe uah (from: pepe uaha) v. relax, unripe fruit, young fruit or rest, have holiday, visit, casually vegetable. Halia: kukutu, peli. stroll. Halia: roro, lanin roro. See: pem parau (from: pem paraua) n. mareining pepe uaha. foreigner, white person, European, pepe uanet (from: pepe uanete) v. literally ‘man from the ship’. Halia: make fun of. tuntolala. See: parau. pepekut (from: pepekutu) n. plant pemai (from: pemaia) v. depend on, species family Zingiberaceae, be in care of. Halia: sola. Ginger species. Globba marantia; pen (from: pene) n. plant species, Zingiber zerumbet. See: gorogor. family Sterculiaceae. Melochia pepemboung (from: pepemboungu) odorata. v. too slow. pen sioun (from: pen siounu) adj. pepenanalik (from: pepenanaliki) n. old, from before, of before. See: plant species family Compositae, sioun; pen. Variant: peng sioun. Ironweed sp. Veronia cinerea. penan (from: penana) n. the purple pepenkuah (from: pepenkuaha) adj. bulb or flower at the end of a bunch feminine, masculine (derogatory). of bananas. 2) type of mask, said by pepensiounulik (from: some to be pateki’s wife, the mask pepensiounuliki) n. stunted, trees is marked by a complex facial and plants to grow slower than they design called ‘ track of the hermit should. Halia: rore. crab’ hirhiring kalol. Halia: pepentieh (from: pepentiehe) v. over kokua. See: pateki. do. pensioun (from: pensiounu) adj. old. pepengran (from: pepengrana) v. pentantane v. insist. condemn, marked for death, peng adv. belong to, from. Halia: insecure. toun. Morph: pe-ng. Variant: pen. per (from: pere) adj. bad galip nut peng (from: penge) n. millipede, inside the shell. Diplopoda, family Iuidae, perak (from: peraka) v. straddle Strongylosomidae. Variant: peng between legs. Redup: perperak. iauar brown; penga gauil white; perer1 (from: perere) n. Chambered penge kurum black. Nautilus, Class Cephalopoda, family pepa n. paper. From: English. Natulidiae. Nautilus pompilius. pepe v. stay, live. pepe uah vacation perer2 (from: perere) v. argue, hold See: uangoul. one’s own in an argument. Redup: pepe kout (from: pepe koutu) v. perperer.
145 peroper a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pikur peroper (from: peropere) n. foam, pidipid (from: pidipidi) n. shrimp bubble. peroperentieh very foamy species, Crustacea, Squilla, Halia: poei. Stomatopod, Mantis shrimp. Squilla perperak (from: perperaka) adv. oratoria; Lysiosquilla maculata. unexpected, to arrive unexpectedly. Halia: tsintsin. See: pout. Variant: See: perak. rapid. pesiau (from: pesiaua) v. to do by pidir (from: pidiri) n. 1) large fixed accident, make a mistake. Halia: limestone boulder standing by itself, hakibis. See: siau; sigil. forming a small hill, on Nissan a pesmahar (from: pesmahara) n. seer, small separated island. Halia: uru. prophet, associated also with the tan 2) plant species family sa, pagan. See: tan sa; parparoko; Euphorbiaceae. Excoecaria tang kingil. agallocha. pet (from: pete) n. guard, sorcer’s pigog (from: pigogo) n. woman chief, helper, one who gets material such matriarch. Halia: tetahol. as hair, food bits for sorcerer to pigpigog (from: pigpigogo) n. 1) shell work magic with. Halia: hihilu. sp. Class Scaphopoda, Tusk shells. peteil (from: peteili) v. continue, do Dentalium sp. 2) caterpillar, makes a for along time. large fibrous nest which hangs form peter (from: petere) v. rattle, rumble trees, also the caterpillar of the as thunder, make noisy sound. Sphinx Moth. See: pekul. Halia: pararaka. Redup: petpeter. pih (from: pihi) v. to pass gas. mai ke petut (from: petutu) v. act out, pih Who passed gas? Tok Pisin: imitate, do like. Variant: tang petut puinga, kapupu. actor. pik (from: piki) n. infection. sickness, petutup (from: petutupu) v. granuloma, a mass or nodule of persistent, determined. ku petpetutp chronically inflamed tissue with uapoul tar la I persisted over and granulations, yaws of anus, sores on over again to go. See: petut. Redup: anus. See: lotlotolik. petpetutup. pikon (from: pikona) n. operculum pid (from: pidi) v. shine as sun, moon, only for certain shells eg. kalil, stars, dry in the sun. Halia: piri. ririhas. pikono ro ririhas pidal (from: pidala) v. writhe in pain. operculum of tapestry turban See: pidgin (from: pidgini) v. dice, play ririhas. dice. From: Tok Pisin. pikur (from: pikuru) v. 1) pour, pour piding pisaran (from: piding pisarana) n. shoulders at back out water, water something. Tok above scapula, name means ‘place Pisin: kapsait; Halia: kis, tsu. See: that sun shines on’. uelpikur.
146 pikurung manulab a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u piok
— n. 2) plant species family woman, the stress a newly weaned Zingiberaceae, Ginger family. child feels. See: ubau; uapinalas. Ridleyia sp. pinen (from: pine) n. back, lower pikurung manulab (from: pikurung back, takes possessive marker for manulaba) n. plant species, family person and number, body parts. See: Apocynaceae. Alstonia brassii. mudi; uihi; heleng ian. pil1 (from: pili) n. rattling sound, Pinepir (from: Pinepiri) propN. sound as of a truck or thunder. another atoll north of Nissan, This Halia: guru, pila. island is about 10 miles long with pil2 (from: pili) v. lock, close a door or about a 1,000 people living there. window. a nipil uapopokoho tun See: Uaneran. Variant: Pinepel. locked very strongly pineu (from: pineue) n. yam species, pilai v. play. From: Tok Pisin. many types, family Dioscoreaceae. pilan (from: pilana) v. shoot. Dioscorea pentaphylla. See: koko; piles (from: pilese) v. action, keheu. Variant: pineu tun; movement. nipiles actions Redup: kamandung; pineu lakok; mising; pilpiles. kurumpor. pilisur (from: pilisuru) n. plant pinin (from: pinini) n. small of back, species, family Gramineae, Lemon buttocks. grass, Citronella grass, grass is pinipit (from: pinipiti) n. rhythm, boiled to make a lemon tea, uses to beat, poetry. flavor food. Cymbopogon flexuosus; pinpindik (from: pinpindiki) n. type Cymbopogon nardus. of mask which consists of an pilpiles (from: pilpilese) v. action, uncovered frame made of a sago active, shake. See: uoto piles; piles. frond stalk in the form of an outline pilpiltan (from: pilpiltana) n. itchy of a face with a great nose, round rash with raised bumps. Halia: eye rims and a wide gaping mouth, piskono. Variant: piltang. used in surprise night time visits to a pilul (from: pilulu) n. 1) plant village which has sent out species, type of bamboo, large type, invitations to a feast. family Gramineae. Bambusa sp. me pinuar (from: pinuara) n. garden tan siok e la tokout mo pilul magic used especially with fishing someone cut some bamboo See: and planting gardens, person who is rauot. 2) flute, recorder, musical knowledgeable of this type of magic instrument. is called a tam pinuar. Halia: pinalas (from: pinalasa) v. to feel masaloho. stress, feeling which causes pingli n. tree species, family sickness, the way a woman feels Lecythidaceae. Planchonia papuana. when her husband is seeing another piok (from: pioko) v. push out by
147 pip a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pispisik
squeezing for example, squeezing a break off a bit of food from a larger galip nut out of its paper skin. piece. Halia: pose. See: tapis. Halia: ruha. pis2 (from: pisi) v. irritate, irritation, pip (from: pipi) n. plug, stopper for a skin or sore irritation. e pis na lot sink. Halia: eipipi. His sore is irritated. See: uelpisir. pipiasakangan (from: Variant: pisir. pipiasakangana) n. plant species pis liu v. jump away. Variant: uapis family Flacourtiaceae. Casearia liu. clutiaefolia. Variant: puserkangan. pisar (from: pisara) n. sun, bright, pipigogolik (from: pipigogoliki) n. clear. matang pisar heavy rain but old woman. Halia: tobuana. sun shines through Halia: alesala, Pipikalik (from: Pipikaliki) propN. pitala. See: huan. cultural hero, name of a flying fox pisgo v. break off into many pieces. bat who threw coconuts throughout pisihil (from: pisihili) v. tired of what the island and so caused them to is happening, tired of course of grow all over. action. See: hah. pipis (from: pipise) v. twist, fold into pisik (from: pisiki) v. blow lime, a garment, in the folds of a garment. refers to the manner in which blown Halia: hatube, pits. lime forms a brief cloud before the pipise teil (from: pipise teili) v. ring blower. See: goreu. Redup: out. pispisik. pirik (from: piriki) n. door, close up pisipis (from: pisipisi) n. shrimp opening, plug. Halia: tamana. species, generic for shrimp, Redup: pirpirik. Crustacea, Banded Coral shrimp, pirik ro balan (from: pirik ro Prawn, Cleaner shrimp, sand shrimp. balana) v. upset, constipated. Stenopus hispidus; Penaeus sp. See: pirik ro lun (from: pirik ro luna) pidipid; pout. adj. disobedient, stubborn. piskai (from: piskaia) v. bounce, pop out. Halia: tapiraka. pirpir (from: pirpiri) v. tell riddle, pispis (from: pispisi) v. roll, twist. make guess, hidden talk, talk with pispis tar simuk roll the cigarette hidden meaning, parable. Halia: pispis siksikin (from: pispis hakiki. See: parok. Variant: pirpir teil. siksikini) v. break off into many pieces. pirpirak (from: pirpiraka) n. fish species, family Blenniidae, pispis uabureh (from: pispis Blenny, White-speckled Blenny. uaburehe) v. break off into many pieces. Halia: poseposei. Halmablennius meleagris. See: sasapo. pispisik (from: pispisiki) n. 1) tree species. 2) spark, crackle. pis1 (from: pisi) v. break off as to
148 pispiskai a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u polil pispiskai (from: pispiskaia) v. v. cut apart. Halia: pokata. bounce, pop out. Pokongian (from: Pokongiana) pit (from: piti) v. stamp. propN. Pokonian plantation, a Pita propN. Peter. From: English. plantation of coconut trees started on pitopit (from: pitopito) n. star. Halia: Nissan at the beginning of this pitopito. century. See: Tongolan. Variant: pitpit (from: pitpiti) n. wild sugar- Pokonian. cane family Gramineae. Saccharum pokos (from: pokoso) v. arrive. See: spontaneum. See: to. From: Tok uelpokos. Pisin. pokosokotin (from: pokosokotini) n. pitun (from: pitunu) n. coconut husk. shortcut, linking path, connecting Halia: putun. path, most direct route. Halia: piuk (from: piuku) v. maimed, to be hiarohi. without an arm or a leg or a finger or pokpok (from: pokpoko) v. cut into toe. Halia: korus. See: kurur. small pieces, chip. Halia: bulbul. plaua n. flour. From: English. pokpokong kilue n. plant species pod (from: podo) n. crab species, family Cyperaceae, Flatsedge sp. Crustacea, Red rock crab, Spanner Cyperus javanicus. crab. Ranina ranina. poksair (from: poksairi) v. to change, podal (from: podala) v. pull off be different. Melinda ke banana leaf by stripping it down the uamalmaluana tar uluguo, bo tena trunk, pick tobacco. nibanga Ariana ginin ahik pah ka poer (from: poere) n. abscess on poksair Melinda worked on my hair groin. See: lot. but to Ariana it wasn’t different. poh (from: poho) v. give birth, born. here kaempein me inete re Tok Pisin: karim pikinini; Halia: uapoksair Maybe there is posa. See: koun. something which causes change. pohouanua adj. woman past child See: palih. bearing years. See: pipigogolik. polak (from: polaka) v. carve, pohpohan (from: pohpoha) n. womb, splinter. bakpolaka split up, break uterus, takes possessive markers for up Halia: peko. See: tapolak. body parts. Halia: ninatuna. See: polekan (from: polekana) n. plant nonop. Variant: popohan. species family Pittosporaceae, Rusty- pok (from: poko) v. mark, write as on wool. Pittosporum ferrugineum. paper, carve as arrows. poles (from: polese) n. plant species poko polak (from: poko polaka) v. family Tiliaceae. Trichospermum sp. cut open. Halia: ngats kata. polil (from: polili) v. pursue sexually, poko siksikin (from: poko siksikini) a person who is habitual women
149 polis a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u popokoh
chaser or involved in sexual pampamot. prowling is called a tang polil. Tok pon (from: po) n. brother in-law, Pisin: puspusim, givim bel. See: wife’s brother, takes apporopriate ualeit. possessive endings that mark person polis (from: polisi) n. police, village and number. na pon his brother in- police, or government police. From: law English. pon1 (from: pono) adv. also, too. polokang douk (from: polokang Halia: molata, has. douku) n. wedge as when splitting a ponai1 (from: ponaia) n. seat in tree or fastening raft logs together canoe, bamboo raft. with hardwood nails. Halia: tapala. ponai2 (from: ponaia) v. slap, slap See: kael. someone especially on the back of polol (from: pololo) n. anus, rectum is the head. called pulusen ten. See: pulusen pono siau adv. just too late. Halia: ten. sun. See: siau. polouang (from: polouanga) adj. ponponin (from: ponponini) n. hill, hollow. Variant: polouan. small mountain. See: siusan. polpol (from: polpolo) n. 1) track ponpou (from: ponpouo) n. fish made by pigs in the bush. Halia: species family Hemirhamphidae, marmaroro. 2) dance track, dance Barred Garfish, if small kohkoh. movements with the feet, way in Hemirhamphus commersoni. which dancers change places within Variant: kohkoh. the dance formation. See: tinoia. pong (from: pongo) n. 1) fish species, Variant: pes. family Fistulariidae, Smooth polpolak (from: polpolaka) v. cut to Flutemouth. Fistularia petimba. pieces as a tree, cut off as a limb. Variant: auil. 2) plant species Halia: kom. family Anacardiaceae, Sumac poluk1 (from: poluku) v. charge, fine, species. Rhus taitensis. pay a fine can be a pig or money, pongal (from: pongala) n. plant bail out, buy back, redeem. Halia: species family Leeaceae. Leea sakahis. See: tokolek; sagaman. indica; Leea suaveolens. See: poluk2 (from: poluku) adv. again. pongalang Waneran. Halia: patu, uas. pongalang Waneran (from: pomot (from: pomoto) adj. 1) strong, pongalang Wanerana) n. plant tough, durable. Redup: pompomot. species, family. Leea macropus. — n. 2) something to burn, fuel for See: pongal. fire. popoiang (from: popoianga) adj. pompomot (from: pompomoto) adj. orange color. hard as a biscuit. Variant: popokoh (from: popokoho) adj.
150 popong a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u porporin
strong, powerful, strength. Poriuon (from: Poriuono) propN. popokohontieh very strong Halia: village name in Uanuleik area of tagala. See: tampopokoh. Nissan island near Sigon Catholic popong (from: popongo) n. ant nest mission. in tree for the large red ant, kadik. Poriuoun (from: Poriuounu) propN. See: kadiki. village name south of Salipein in popor (from: poporo) v. agreement. the Uanuleik area of Nissan isalan. See: uelhote. porobisbise v. shake uncontrollably, poporom (from: poporomo) v. convulsion. Halia: toltololo. unconscious, shock. porok1 (from: poroko) v. intimidate, poposolik (from: poposoliki) n. small unable, late to eat, missing, late banana. Halia: bana. See: pos. unsure, fail to keep as one’s word, popot (from: popoto) v. heal as a sore break promise, disallow. or wound closes up, blocked, loaded porok2 (from: poroko) n. mark on to capacity. forehead by eye tattoo or use clay. popotor (from: popotoro) n. porom (from: poromo) n. fish freeloader, a man who comes into species, Damselfish, family your house and helps himself. Pomacentridae. Pomacentris sp. popouluan (from: popouluana) adj. See: koual; bubul; koul kurum. crazy, stupid, insanity, delirium. Variant: poram; koul kadau; Halia: bibironi, kokotsira. Variant: kunkun; gutgutur. popouluanar mahoh senility. poropeit (from: poropeiti) n. prophet. por (from: poro) v. shake, shake in Halia: propet. See: parparok. fear, rush to go. Halia: supa. Redup: From: English. poropor. poropor (from: poroporo) v. por uasa tun (from: por uasa tunu) convulse in a death tremor shiver, as v. convulsion, shake. with cold, tremble as with fright, porag (from: poraga) n. wheat. tremble. Tok Pisin: guria; Halia: Halia: uit. From: English. petete. See: por. poren (from: pore) n. forehead, face, poroporontieh (from: takes possessive marker for person poroporontiehe) v. convulsion, and number, body parts, frontal shake uncontrollably. bone. Halia: pole. porotiu v. receding hairline, partly poretad (from: poretada) v. receding bald. See: poretad; peke. hairline, partly bald. Halia: soheke. porporin (from: porpori) n. kidney, porin (from: pori) n. kidney, takes body par takes possessive marker for possessive markers for person and person and number. Halia: number, body parts. kekerepono.
151 porporo a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u poupouk porporo v. arbitrate. See: tam scar. porporo ‘arbitrater’. potong lang (from: potong langa) n. pos (from: poso) n. banana, generic, fish species, family Carangidae, 56 types, family Musaceae, an large Trevally species. See: important food on Nissan, included kamlanga; mourut. in many feasts, some are eaten potpot (from: potpoto) v. 1) dust with cooked and some as fresh fruit, stick, dust by brushing off, glancing usually bananas are eaten with other off. See: io. foods. Musa sp. poso lingia sweet — n. 2) plant species, orchid species, eating banana Halia: poso, bunri. Orchidaceae. Appendicula sp. See: See: longgini; einpahen; aua. seserekan. Variant: poso paluk. pouh (from: pouhu) n. twin used of posal (from: posala) n. slap especially people and animals. Halia: puna. on the back of the head. Halia: Redup: pouhpouh. uamunei. poukis poluk (from: poukis poluku) posar (from: posara) adv. able. See: v. renew, give life to. Halia: banot. halanga. See: tapoukis. posaran (from: posarana) v. give poul (from: poulu) v. help, assist. back, pay back, debt. See: dinau. Halia: taguhu. Variant: pal; paul; posarleu (from: posarleue) adv. paun. impossible, unable to. Halia: lagi. poulpoul (from: poulpoulu) n. trap See: banoto leu. usually in a wire loop, snare with a posono tar kokobour (from: posono rope. Halia: piriki, tanga. See: tar kokobouru) n. banana tree in poulu. overgrown garden, to become thin poum (from: poumu) n. stool, foot and unhealthy. Halia: bulo. stool. See: tabtabil. posopos (from: posoposo) n. orchid poun (from: pounu) n. swelling on species, family Orchidaceae, a the leg. See: ising. ground orchid grows in dense under pounpoun (from: pounpounu) n. fish growth common near the airstrip on species family Hemirhamphidae, Nissan. Corymborkis veratrifolia. Long-billed Garfish. Rhynchor- See: seserakan. Variant: pospos or hamphus georgi. See: kohkoh; daledal; potpot. kusub. posposar (from: posposara) v. spank, poupou (from: poupouo) n. plant discipline, slap. Variant: posposar species family Euphorbiaceae, Fly haluh. roost, Leaf flower. Phyllanthus poton (from: potono) n. scar. Halia: niruri. Variant: poupou kubkubar. uahil. Variant: pipidakan raised poupouk (from: poupouku) v. fish at
152 pour a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u puh
night, search for fish at night. tan prick finger to draw blood. torik dehe kura poupoukene daan. — n. 2) crayfish species, small The two truly are going night fishing crayfish, very small that pinches, now. lives in holes, has large pincer. See: pour (from: pouru) n. tree species pidipid. Variant: uahu. family Leguminosae, Tahitian provins (from: provinsi) n. province. chestnut, a popular food when in Halia: provins. From: English. season, the large fruits are shaped puah (from: puaha) v. sea breaking like an ear, they are boiled and taste on sand or stone, sound of waves. like potatoes, starchy, several types. puahakai v. sound of waves, breaking Inocarpus fagiferus. See: pour of waves against a cliff. Halia: pelek. Variant: tauol; pour miak; posa. pour miakul; pour ngouil. pual (from: puala) v. soaked, pour pelek (from: pour peleke) n. drenched by rain, numb. Halia: tree species, family Leguminosae. ngongo. Indocarpus rubidus. See: pour. pudik (from: pudiki) n. fish species pourpour (from: pourpouru) n. type family Lutajanidae, Snapper, of large oyster species. Variant: Ehrenberg’s Seaperch, many types. pourapour. Lutjanus ehrenbergi. See: mad; pourpourin (from: pourpourini) n. kalkalok; bilkoup; pumbor. pig meat. Variant: tingoran; ian penan; pourus (from: pourusu) n. plant eiting bulout; liuokah. species, family Bignoniaceae. pudpudo adj. crocked, twisted. Halia: Dolichandrone spathacea. kolkolits. pous (from: pousu) v. 1) squeeze by pueir (from: pueiri) n. boil in crotch wringing, cook food in coconut oil. or between legs. See: tub. See: pouspousu. 2) kill. Halia: pugul (from: pugulu) n. feast, main pots. See: haluh pous. feast within the community, pouspous (from: pouspousu) n. mortuary feast, many debts finished, 1) coconut fiber used for squeezing pacificatory feast, peace feast to stop out coconut milk. quarreling within the community. — v. 2) squeeze. Halia: eipots. umang pugul feast sponsor’s house pouspous (from: pouspousu) n. rock See: uapugul. type, coquina. puh (from: puha) v. 1) pop, explode pouspouspous (from: as burning bamboo, sound of an pouspouspousu) v. stiff, numb with explosion. Redup: puhapuh. cold, cramp. See: tingting mhele. — n. 2) file, file stone. See: pael. pout (from: poutu) v. 1) prick, to puh (from: puhu) n. part as half an
153 puhapuh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u puluh
arm span, or half the value of a coin only. Halia: banei, habong, lahas, half measurement, side. Halia: puku. tukata. puk teil (from: puk teili) adj. just go. puhapuh n. gun. pukek (from: pukeke) v. hurt in the puhin (from: puhina) adj. short. joints, have rheumatism. Halia: makum. pukpuk (from: pukpuku) n. puhun douk (from: puhun douku) n. crocodile. See: iotioto. From: Tok stick without leaves, stripped Pisin. sapling. Halia: tukutuku. pukpukuan (from: pukpukuana) n. puhung (from: puhungu) adj. piece. measles, skin sickness, chickenpox, puhung helengmasour (from: skin rash. puhung helengmasouru) n. shin, pukpukuan (from: pulpukuana) n. thigh. rash. puhung kitup (from: puhung pukuh (from: pukuhu) v. 1) to pluck kitupu) n. twilight, dusk, literally feathers, to pluck feathers from a ‘part dark’. Halia: lagimarei. chicken. puhung leleng (from: puhung — n. 2) sideburns, hair near ears. lelenge) n. connecting path between pukumpe adv. freely. Halia: villages. Halia: marhan. pukpuku. Morph: puku -mpe. puhung uelpouh (from: puhung pukungua adv. only, merely. Halia: uelpouhu) n. brief talk, little piece siba. Morph: puku -ngua. of talk. Halia: bun ranga. pul (from: pulu) adj. 1) lazy. Halia: puhung uihin (from: puhung uihini) karous. n. pig meat buttocks, buttocks of — n. 2) Beche-de-mer, Sea-cucumber pig. Halia: tube. species, Sea-slug, family puhung uleikir keken (from: puhung Holothuroidea. Holothuria uleikir keke) n. thigh. Halia: leucospilota; Stichopus variegatus. lagulagu. Tok Pisin: pislama. Variant: pul puil (from: puili) n. 1) tree species kurum; pul gagauil. family Leguminosae. Albizia pulaot (from: pulaoto) n. tree species falcataria. 2) tree species, family used in traditional coconut fishing, Leguminosae, cultivated type, bamboo tied together. See: rauot; Flamboyant tree. Delonix regia. kaman kuene. puk (from: puka) v. open, uncover, pulepul (from: pulepulu) n. plant wide open as a door, wake up, open species family Araceae. Aglaonema eyes. Halia: kalata. Variant: puke; sp.; Homalomena sp. puku. puluh (from: puluhe) v. do the puk2 (from: puku) Variant: ko. adv. impossible, loose strength. kare
154 pulung a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pupuhinalik
puluheis tar reihreih kai They had grown as a popular food on Nissan. no strength to raise up. Halia: piono. See: kolit. Variant: pulung (from: pulungu) n. 1) fish pangkein. From: English. species, family Acanthuridae, Short- puntan (from: puntana) adj. snouted Unicornfish, Long-snouted unfinished, rough as a unfinished Unicornfish, many types. Naso sp.; piece of wood, whole coconut with Naso brevirostris; Naso unicornis. husk still on it. See: mapok; lakelak; bubui. pung (from: punga) v. fall, fall down 2) type of ghost of a person who as a tree. Halia: puku. [?? \rdp hanged himself, if a person pupunga] approaches the place of the hanging pung i kot (from: pung i koto) v. fall he sees and hears the pulung, which down. Halia: rus puta. produces a choking sound because pungan (from: pungana) n. support its tongue extends to its ankles. beam running full length of house. pulusen ten n. rectum, body part pup (from: pupu) v. 1) leak, slow takes possessive marker for person drip, spit slowly, dribble. a tinih a and number. See: pong. pup The canoe is leakey. pum (from: pumu) n. large grub — n. 2) place where seeds which have found on the ground, doesn’t bite, often found in sago palm trunk, fallen from birds sprout such as iatou, these can be eaten by soaking ketam. Halia: tsits. Variant: har in first in coconut milk then frying. Uanoleik and Pinepir. Redup: See: ueil. Variant: siabor/sebor. pupup. pum barah (from: pum barahi) n. a pupual (from: pupuala) n. speech, long time, season. Halia: solon. formal speech within the feast or Variant: puhung barah. celebration, funeral, often made by pumbor (from: pumboro) n. fish the host or head man of the village, species family Lutjanidae, Paddletail it is often a welcome speech and Snapper. Lutjanus gibbus. See: contains many other cultural mad; pudik. Variant: o ian symbols, in terms of subject matter kubkubar; matagagaum. they deal either with the dead or pun (from: punu) n. part, section, with the success of the feast. piece. See: pang; puh. Variant: pupuam (from: pupuama) n. strong, puhun. healthy growth, especially referring pun douk (from: pun douku) n. stick, to the skin as a baby’s skin turning piece of wood. Halia: makumun dark or a leaf maturing. Halia: roei, pitanum. See: randouk. balata. punkin (from: punkini) n. plant pupuhinalik (from: pupuhinaliki) n. species, family Cucurbitaceae, midget, dwarf, very small person.
155 pupulungung mat a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u pusakia pupulungung mat (from: purut (from: purutu) n. tree species pupulungung mata) n. similar to family Oxalidaceae, star fruit, four pupulungung tua but used when a corner fruit, favorite fruit of children big man dies. It is taboo to climb very sour, a variety grown in Rabaul trees near the beach. is sweet. Averrhoa carambola. pupulungung tua n. a stick made up Variant: paep kona. From: Tok of coconut leaf and a pig jaw it Pisin. symbolizes that the reef is off limits pus (from: pusu) n. wooden club used for fishing till a small feast and a in tribal wars, belt. Halia: tuk, washing has occurred. It shows that baru. Redup: puspus. a important person was sick but is pusak1 (from: pusaka) v. empty out, now better. The stick used is called or clean fish. ouih. See: pupulungung mat; ouih. pusak2 (from: pusaka) n. small cane pupup (from: pupupu) v. contribute, species, a flexible cane sometimes contribution from relatives in bride used for making beds, family price. Gramineae, Silvergrass. Miscanthus pupupuak (from: pupupuaka) n. sp. Halia: nga. See: pusak rash, prickly heat, rough skin. Halia: gaugauil; pusak pelek. porporutu. pusak gaugauil (from: pusak purak (from: puraka) v. surface, to gaugauili) n. plant species, family break the surface of the water. See: Gramineae, Silvergrass. Miscanthus lulu. japonicus. See: pusak. purapur (from: purapuru) n. tame, pusak pelek (from: pusak peleke) n. toy, pet. Halia: hahatuna. See: plant species, family Gramineae, mahanam. Silvergrass. Miscanthus floridulus. puras (from: purasa) n. nearly rotten See: pusak. taro, bread fruit not ripe. See: kodo. pusakia n. ghost of a mother to die purpur (from: purpuru) n. flower, with her baby whom she could not generic for flower. See: liplip. give birth, spirit of a woman who died in childbirth this kind of spirit puruh (from: puruhu) v. carve, shape, by carving, flatten, as when is said to be evil, and lives in the jungle. Halia: posakia. carving flat planks. Halia: talasa, toki.
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R - r r- (from: r-) LIG. dependent clitic, ramamahialik (from: ramamahialiki) ligature, important particle, which n. two brothers, two siblings of same joins many words together. clan. Halia: mun toulana. See: beireitinitir nieinein the left over ramatatahinalik; ramatahinakuah. bread See: -ng. Variant: -r; -r-. ramatahinakuah (from: ra SM. third person plural subject ramatahinakuaha) n. two sisters. marker, ‘they’, made up of the See: ramatanturaka. ligature r- and the third person ramatambulout (from: plural marker a. See: a; tura. ramatambuloutu) n. husband and rab (from: raba) v. shimmy up a tree wife. Halia: mun tahol. See: without rope, crawl on the stomach. matmatame. Halia: orar. ramatame n. father and child. Halia: rabian (from: rabiana) adj. wide. mun tamana. Halia: tatabala. See: helen. Redup: ramatin (from: ramatina) n. mother rabrabian. and child. Halia: mun tsinana. raeig (from: raeigi) SPRO. first person ramit (from: ramiti) n. shrimp dual inclusive subject pronoun, ‘we species, Crustacea, Spiny prawn, two’. Painted prawn, Snapping shrimp. raeim (from: raeimi) SPRO. first Stenopus sp.; Hymenocera sp.; person dual exclusive subject pronoun, ‘we two’. Homola sp.; Alpheus sp. See: rako DEM. those two down there. pisipis. Variant: rapid. See: giko. ran (from: rana) n. 1) branch of tree. rakop (from: rakopo) v. turn over. e Variant: ranana; rang. 2) above. la rakopo puk tar tektekener Halia: kalan roei. See: i ran. pamboiboi. He goes over only the ranah (from: ranaha) DEM. side of the reef. Halia: lakopo. See: demonstrative, dual location ‘up bakrakop. there’, ‘those two up there’. rakrakut (from: rakrakutu) adj. randouk (from: randouku) n. sticky, sticky to the hands like tape. firewood. Morph: ran-douk. See: Halia: rokrokoto. See: takut. pun douk. Variant: taktakut. ranis (from: ranisi) n. citrus, orange rakut (from: rakutu) v. stick. Redup: fruit, muli. rakrakut. rang koukour (from: rangkoukouru) ramakabia n. Nehan maternal uncle n. kindling, small firewood. Halia: and nephew. Halia: mun hinasina. kakalolo. See: randouk. 157 rang kuen a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u rasitie rang kuen (from: rang kuene) n. species. See: mom. green coconut frond. Halia: raput (from: raputu) v. grab clump of kalanpili. See: bit. leaves, hair. rang talekuk (from: rang talekuku) rar (from: rara) n. 1) fish species n. 1) fish species family Serranidae, family Scaridae Parrotfish. See: Trout Cod. Epinephelus maculatus. pasian. 2) crab species. See: rarab. See: roko. 2) cinder. See: talekuk. rarab (from: raraba) n. crab species, rang uleik (from: rang uleiki) n. Crustacea, Red porcelain crab, Box large branch, forked branch. Halia: crab, water crab, flat with small hikalan. claws. Petrolisthes sp.; Cycloes sp.; rangah (from: rangaha) n. fish Percnon sp.; Leptograpsus sp. See: species, family Acanthuridae, Blue- kamuk. Variant: rar. lined Surgeonfish. Acanthurus raraou (from: raraouo) v. sunshine lineatus. See: mapok. briefly during an overcast day. rangrang iatou (from: rangrang Halia: loanga. See: pid. iatouo) n. fish species, family rare adj. pale color, color of lueih Istiphoridae, Pacific Sailfish, skin, pour a white pink brown mix sometimes caught when trolling near color. See: matare. reef. Istiophorus orientalis. Tok rasiko DEM. demonstrative, dual Pisin: sopis. location ‘down there’, ‘those two rangrang ketam (from: rangrang down there’. See: gisiko. ketama) n. fish species, family rasila DEM. deomonstrative, dual, Caesiodidae, Slender Fusilier, Red- location, ‘over there’, ‘those two bellied Fusilier, Yellowback over there. See: gisila. Fusilier, small perch-like fish, found rasin (from: rasina) SPRO. third in schools, family Aphareidae, person dual subject pronoun, ‘those Small-toothed Jobfish, family two’. See: rasit. Carangidae, Runners. Pterocaesio rasine DEM. demonstrative, dual, pisang; Caesio cuning; Aphareus location, ‘here’, these two here’. rutilans; Caesio teres. See: See: gisine. takapou; mourut. rasis (from: rasisi) DEM. raoum (from: raoumu) SPRO. demonstrative, dula, ‘these two’. second person dual subject pronoun, See: rasin; gisis. ‘you two’. rasit (from: rasiti) DEM. rapan (from: rapana) v. all over, demonstrative, dual, ‘these two’. involve all. See: rasin; gisit. rapat (from: rapata) v. break apart, rasitie DEM. demonstrative, dual, separate, clear area. Halia: kala. location, ‘there, ‘ those two there’. rapraput (from: rapraputu) n. algae See: gisitie.
158 rat a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u rehualagun rat (from: rata) n. tree species root types family Gramineae. Bambusa from which red dye is taken, used to sp. Halia: kaur. See: lop; pilul. paint mats and umbrellas two types Variant: kare; rouot. a long leaf and a short leaf type — v. 2) divine using a length of family Rubiaceae, Indian Mulberry. bamboo to find hidden things such Morinda citrifolia. as those used in sorcery. rauh (from: rauhu) v. pull through raurau (from: rauraua) n. plant hand. species, two types a yellow leaf and rauhug iauon (from: rauhung green leaf variety, family iauono) n. plant species, family Leguminosae, Coral bean species, Amaranthaceae. Cyanthula Coral trees, leaves can be eaten as a prostrata. See: rauhung rorot. spinach substitute, though not rauhung pagol (from: rauhung commonly eaten on Nissan, very pagolo) n. plant species family versatile plants used for living Anacardiaceae, Marking nut species. fences, garden supports and is easily Semecarpus decipiens. cut. Erythrina variegata; Erythina rauhung roia n. plant species family indica. Tok Pisin: balbal. Variant: Zingiberaceae, Galangal species. raurau balbal. Alpinia sp. rauraumanis (from: rauraumanisi) rauhung rorot (from: rauhung n. 1) fish species family Balistidae, roroto) n. plant species, two types Clown Triggerfish. Balistoides from two different families conspicillum. See: buout; lio. Euphorbiaceae, Leaf croton species — adj. 2) attractive clothes, pretty variegated, and family apparel. See: mataia. Amaranthaceae, the relative status of rebeng (from: rebenge) v. make holes these two types is somewhat unclear. in something, full of holes, torn, The names are synonymous and riddled. some people state they are regi PART. first person possessive alternative names of the same plant, plural article for food and other others that they are two types that closely related things, ‘our food’. can be included together. Codiaeum See: teregi. variegatum. See: rauhung iauon. reh (from: rehe) adj. far away, distant rauit (from: rauiti) v. lean, brush location. I Nehan i rehentiehe tun against. See: tabara. tar hailen Nissan is very far away raun (from: raunu) adj. selfish, grab everything for self, want everything from the highlands. See: uangoul i for self. reh. rauot (from: rauoto) n. 1) bamboo, rehualagun (from: rehualagunu) n. generic term for bamboo, many ritual used to draw people together 159 reih a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u rigirig
from a far distance, it is intended to thorns on the figure of Jesus for make the drum beat audible over a Easter services. distance, so that it will summon reng PART. second person possessive many people to the performance. article used with food or close reih (from: reihi) n. pull as a river or alienable objects like sore, blood, the tide, drift with the tide or thinking etc. ‘you food’. reng current. a mongmong ke reihing nitogorongmana totoguo ke uauia toro reih The rubbish was pulled by totomua Your faith in me has made the tide. Halia: uolo, las, kul. you better. reih rauot (from: reih rauoto) v. rer1 (from: rere) v. land ownership, divination, practice necromancy, count descendants by land, clan, talk with the dead, talk with a spirit. family history, relationships to land, See: rauot. genealogies. ni e uoto rere toro reih uahiu v. pull over, pull down. mok te maeit ring ate inggeim Halia: las tsibil. See: reih. Mother always tell us who owns the reihin (from: reihini) v. pull up, pull land that’s why we know it. rere out to sea, pull passive form, for the toro matin count decendants See: wind to pull a canoe away from uelrere. shore. Halia: las sei. rer2 (from: rere) v. sore to get bigger. reihing lolou (from: reihing lolouo) See: lot. n. out going tide also to trap fish res PPRO. third person plural inside the reef. Halia: mats kap. possessive article for food and close reihreih (from: reihreihi) v. pull one associated things, ‘their food’. res after the other. See: reih. nieinisin their food See: nas. reihreihin (from: reihreihini) v. pull res koul ro kuah (from: res koul ro against one another, tug-of-war, two kuaha) n. fish species, family people or several groups working Coridae, Sharp-nosed Rainbowfish. against each other. Halia: laslas. Cheili inermis. See: molih; mus; reingreing (from: reingreingi) v. pasian. Variant: biam; limot; koul singe, commonly used to refer to ro kuah. singeing freshly killed meat to seal Retan (from: Retana) propN. the off the blood, singe raw meat briefly island of Buka as referred to by the to dry the blood. Halia: lei. Carterets-Nehan people. Halia: reir (from: reiri) v. make a mark. See: Leitana. anas. reu (from: reue) n. evening, time just rekok (from: rekoko) n. dried yam before darkness. Halia: lahibong, vine, yam vine that has died and lahilahi. Variant: rau. dried out, is used as a crown of rigirig (from: rigirigi) n. cold as
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water, cool. Halia: bout. See: See: roko kasauatok; roko kuriap; malahong; mol. Variant: rigarig. madil; roko sipih; rokon tar dal; rikin (from: rikini) v. lie on the back, kalkalik tarauen; tongol; roko lie down. tar tineitie re rikininir demen. Variant: roko uaruareng; keketik the room where the child roko baluh; tourtour iaban. was laying Halia: ketara. roko demen (from: roko demene) n. rikin katong (from: rikin katongo) v. fish species, family Serranidae, lay, lay oneself down. Halia: Coronation trout. Variola louti. See: tuhopu. roko. rikin tad (from: rikin tada) v. lie on roko kasauatok (from: roko the back. Halia: opoketara. kasauatoko) n. fish species, family rikin uatek (from: rikin uateke) v. lie Epinephelidae, Saddle-tail Cod. on the side. Epinephelus fuscoguttatus. See: rikinin (from: rikinina) n. between roko. Variant: pigog kaseuatok. tides, high tide, calm. See: hiarou. roko kuriap (from: roko kuriapa) n. ririhas (from: ririhasa) n. shell fish species, family Epinephelidae, species, Cat’s Eye Turban, Tapestry Greasy Cod. Epinephelus tauvina. Turban family Turbinidae, attractive roko sipih (from: roko sipihi) n. fish shell, popular food. Turbo species family Epinephelidae, Flag- petholatus. pikono ro ririhas tailed Rock Cod, Tomato Rock Cod. operculum of Tapestry turban shell Cephalopholis urodelus. See: roko. See: roroi; kalil. rokon tar dal (from: rokon tar dala) ro v. gather sand or gravel etc. n. fish species, family roeit (from: roeiti) DEM. Epinephelidae, White-lined Rock- demonstrative, location, ‘there’ , Cod, Rock-Cod. Anyperodon ‘that there’ used with class o nouns,. leucogrammicus; Cephalopholis sp. roia n. the line bordering a fish net, or See: roko. pig net, longitudinal border ropes. rokos (from: rokoso) v. tie up, choke. Halia: lohiana. rokos douk (from: rokos douku) n. roke adj. wild. Halia: hie. See: bundle of sticks, branches. mahanam. rokrok (from: rokroko) n. large roko n. fish species, generic for Rock- marine toad introduced to Nissan, Cod, Grouper fish, Big mouthed South American Cane toad. Bufo grouper fish, Rock cod, many types, marinus. See: kura. Variant: family Lpinephelidae or kurang amerika. From: Tok Pisin. Epinephelidae, Honeycomb Cod. rola DEM. demonstrative, location, Epinephelus sp.; Epinephelus merra. ‘there’, that over there’ used with Tok Pisin: bikmaus; Halia: lou. class o nouns. See: gila.
161 roliuo a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u rous roliuo n. tomorrow. naliuo this rorok (from: roroko) v. crackle, morning (past) See: naliuo; liuo. crunch as when eating something rom (from: romo) n. 1) wind. Halia: brittle. Halia: bolaka. lomolomo. 2) plant species family rorongon (from: rorongono) adj. Convolvulaceae, Morning glory spiny, to have spines. tabo species. Erycibe sp. rorongon without spines romo lingia v. cool breeze. See: rom. rorot (from: roroto) n. to snag small romong kukur (from: romong fish, cane fishing pole, handle. kukuru) n. south wind. Halia: Halia: hiata. See: doukdouk. belbelaha. ros (from: roso) v. cut into small rone DEM. demonstrative, location, pieces, dice. See: gimgimihi; poko ‘here’, this here’, used with class o siksikin. nouns. See: gine. rot (from: roto) v. to make a hole in Ronsingel (from: Ronsingele) propN. an object like a coconut, usually female ancestor, daughter of made by rats. a kih ke roto toro Timbeheis. See: Sinsamlik; kaheu The rat chew a hole in the Timbeheis. yam. rong (from: rongo) PPRO. second rotie DEM. demonstrative, location , person possessive article, plural ‘there’, ‘that there’, used with class objects, ‘your food’. o nouns. See: gitie. rongas (from: rongasa) adj. dry and Rougous (from: Rougousu) propN. brittle. village name, Southern most village rongrong (from: rongrongo) n. drift on Pinipir island, many people from wood. Balil are related to people of this roon (from: roono) DEM. village. demonstrative, ‘this,’ used with roup1 (from: roupu) n. dew, class o nouns. Variant: roeit. condensation, mist, steam, vapor, roou (from: roouo) v. irretrievably stinging vine found in the ocean. lost, die, ruined, destroyed, dissolve. Halia: karekul. See: ho. Halia: lansihua, taia. See: heil; ou. roup2 (from: roupu) n. plant species roro v. clean garden, remove rubbish, used for rope and net making, leaves and grass. See: har. century plant an introduced species. roroi (from: roroio) n. shell species, rour (from: rouru) v. roar as heavy Giant Green Snail, family surf, heavy rain, pounding sound. Turbinidae, collected to sell for Halia: angul. mother-of-pearl, once common now rous1 (from: rousu) v. cut up leaves. rare on Nissan. Turbo marmoratus. rous2 (from: rousu) n. rust, for metal See: kalil; ririhas. to rust. From: English.
162 ruaru a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u rurus ruaru n. large bird species, airplane. a through the bush, blaze trail through ruaru e luluh The airplane flew the bush. See: balus. rurueit (from: rurueiti) v. creaking ruh (from: ruhu) v. invite, invite noise, rubbing noise, sound of tree people to a feast. See: rang limbs rubbing together. See: kalingi. karongo. Redup: ruhruh. Variant: uarueit. ruhruh adv. unplanned, not done rurus (from: rurusu) v. strip as leaves well. niguatang ruhruh not done off a branch, brush down. Halia: well, not planned well See: sits. kaleuator. rukup (from: rukupu) n. make a trail
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-s PRO. third person pronoun suffix, for first time to a new place, also a ‘they’. See: gisina; -sin. type of mortuary feast. See: sa v. bad, evil, wrong, go against beildouk; uelpikur. custom. Tok Pisin: nogut; Halia: salarur (from: salaruru) v. skin kos. See: uasa. oneself as by sliding down a tree, sab (from: saba) v. throw dirt, sand, scrape oneself as by down a steep lime, shake. trail. Halia: asa puraha. saba liu v. fling off. salasalalik (from: salasalaliki) n. sabal (from: sabala) n. trip, walk braggart. about, journey. See: lih. Redup: saligom (from: saligomo) n. crab sabsabal. species, Crustacea, Box crab. saban (from: sabana) n. feast type Calappa calappa. Variant: kahipak. held whenever some variety of fruit Salipein (from: Salipeini) propN. or nuts was in season or when food village name south of Siar before was plentiful. Poriuoun. sagaman (from: sagamana) v. salkout (from: salkoutu) v. break. exchange, to exchange something of salol (from: salolo) n. planks in canoe. less value with a fine poluk, give to Halia: pal. the person fined. See: poluk. saluh (from: saluhu) v. postpone, sair (from: sairi) v. cross. missing, lost, late, delayed, fail. sairkout (from: sairkoutu) v. cross Halia: tia. over, bridge, span. Halia: aroho, samap (from: samapa) v. sew as roaroho. clothes sew together, as a laplap, saksakal (from: saksakala) v. pass make a raincape. Halia: tul. See: excrement. See: beh. kaer; hairi. From: Tok Pisin. sal1 (from: sala) v. boast, smart. san (from: sana) n. bad place, place sal2 (from: sala) n. palm species, that is taboo, these places are family Palmae. Ptychosperma sp. avoided, often in the past these Variant: memia; keng. places were associated with powerful salahinen (from: salahinene) n. tree sorcery and other magicians. See: species family Lauraceae, tang sa. Cinnamon, spice, collected at Sande propN. Sunday. See: mareing Lihon. Cinnamomum solomonense. pepe uah. From: English. Variant: loman at Balil. sang1 (from: sanga) n. stalk of betel salahu v. feast after someone leaves nuts. See: makih. Redup: sasang. 164 sang a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u sasapo sang2 (from: sanga) n. 1) pole with a sarip1 (from: saripi) n. grass knife. noose to catch a pig with, a rope From: Tok Pisin. loop on a cane. sarip2 (from: saripi) n. fish species. — v. 2) attach. kuru la sanga baka saru n. fabricated canoe. Halia: puk toro palau And then I go attach mona. See: mon. first only a stone. sasal (from: sasala) v. slip, slide, sanga dede v. remember well. slippery, slick. Halia: poraka, sanga uanon (from: sanga uanono) poporara. Redup: sasasal. v. hold strong. See: sanga dede. sasalik (from: sasaliki) adj. tiny, sangsangamat (from: little, small, familiar or intimate sangsangamata) n. a location where designation. Halia: gimis, makosi. the corpse was tied to stones for sasang (from: sasanga) v. 1) divide, burial at sea in traditional Nissan break off with the stem, remove part burial. of the coconut fiber to leave part. saoh (from: saoho) n. plant species sasanga tar kuen Remove part of family Euphorbiaceae, Omphalia the coconut fiber. See: liuh. species, vine with large leaf fruit — n. 2) plant species family eaten. Omphalea gageana. See: Euphorbiaceae, Leaf croton species. kalok. Codiaeum variegatum. See: sap (from: sapa) n. plant species dedelam. family Araceae. Amorphophallus sp. sasaop (from: sasaopo) v. overflow, sapal (from: sapala) n. adz. swamp as canoe filled with water in sapaler (from: sapalere) n. fish rough sea. a tanga ke uoun sasaop species, family Monacanthidae, The tank filled to overflowing. Scribbled Leatherjacket. Aluterus Variant: sasaup. scriptus. See: lio. sasapiramun (from: sasapiramunu) sapur (from: sapuru) v. splash. sapur n. plant species family Acanthaceae. kai splash up Halia: tapitsiki. Asystasia sp.; Leptosiphonium sapur kai v. the breaking of waves stricklandii. Variant: talimain. against a cliff. sasapo n. fish species, family sarala v. motion someone with hand Blenniidae, Blennies, and family to do something, touch someone Periophthalmidae, Mud-skipper, with slight hand motion asking them small land fish lives on rocks and in to ask someone about something. mangroves, in tide pools where it sarang ion (from: sarang iono) n. lives in the surf among rocks, Barred beach, shore line of sand. Mud-skipper. Halmablennius sp.; Sarere propN. Saturday. See: puh Periopthalmus vulgaris vulgaris. pepe uaha. From: English. See: pirpirak. Variant: bikbik; sasapo tar pekon.
165 sasasal a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u sesei sasasal (from: sasasala) adj. slippery, seint rosima n. plant species family slick. See: sasal. Leguminosae, Pigeon wings species, sasasalan tar i du n. fish species introduced species. Clitorea family Coridae, Gaimard’s ternatea. From: Tok Pisin. Rainbowfish. Coris gaimardi. seir (from: seiri) n. 1) horn. Variant: sasaseil (from: sasaseili) v. swing. uas. 2) comb. ia kain rogo seirio Halia: kukuni. Where is my comb? See: uelsikir. Satan (from: Satana) propN. Satan. 3) fish species family Ostraciidae, Halia: Satan. From: English. Long-Horned Cowfish. Lactoria satu v. dice, play dice. Halia: satu. cornuta. From: Tok Pisin. selar (from: selara) n. shell species, saui n. fan, fan made from coconut Conch shell, family Strombidae. leaf. Halia: eisaku, saku. Strombus gibberulus; Strombus saul (from: saulu) v. fan, create wind mutabilis; Strombus urceus. See: by movement, breeze. kek. sauoi (from: sauoio) n. foot wrapping selek (from: seleke) v. to appoint for climbing, tree bark foot someone, appointed, choose. wrapping used for climbing trees. inggono ka selekein He was Halia: eipinias. appoined. See: kedang; uamatot. sauor (from: sauoro) v. rub, brush. selekbit (from: selekbiti) n. bird Halia: musasa. See: haul. species, family Cuculidae, Long- sausauor (from: sausauoro) n. tree Tailed Koel. Eudynamys taitensis. which grows near the beach or ocean seluanono ro lo n. feast for first son, side. including pigs for first born sebek (from: sebeke) v. pull off a leaf daughter. by stripping it down the trunk, pick sem (from: seme) v. scoop out coconut shell. seme tar pang tobacco. sebekeng kaman bit kurum Scoop out the coconut meat. unwise spending, spendthrift Halia: See: lah. tekil. seng (from: senge) n. bird species, seil (from: seili) v. quick jerk, give family Psittacidae, Rainbow power through ritual to, empower Lorikeet, often hunted by young through ritual. a keketik e seil luh boys for food. Trichoglossus tar liman The child jerked up his haematodus. Halia: kalkala. See: arm. Variant: sal. kimit; sipih. Variant: malip. seilus (from: seilusu) v. pluck, sep (from: sepe) n. mash. remove, feathers, hair. inggo u sesei n. net in which fish are caught, seilus toro lalenar paol I plucked net fish by hand after hooking. See: the chicken feathers. ueinueinut; uben.
166 seserekan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u sikir seserekan (from: seserekana) n. sianan (from: sianana) n. pig meat, generic for many types of epiphytic stomach muscles. Halia: topitor. plants, orchids, ferns, Club moss, Siapan (from: Siapana) propN. Waxplant, etc. families are Japan. From: English. Lycopodiaceae Psilotaceae, Siar (from: Siara) propN. Siar, Orchidaceae, Asclepidaceae, the village name, south of Balil. types of orchids identified so far siaruh (from: siaruhu) n. windless, from Nissan are listed here, this list cloudless sky and a still ocean, a is not complete. Grammatophyllum dead calm. See: hiarou. scriptum; Grammatophyllum siau (from: siaua) v. miss. inggono ke papuanum; Acampe longifolia; uan siaua tar ian He shot missing Podpchilus australiesis; Sarcochilus the fish. moorei; Thrixspemum sp.; Calanthe sibo v. unsure, hesitate, undecided. sp.; Dendrobium capituliflorum; Halia: hamama. See: lelio; tel. Dendrobium lineale; Dendrobium sigal (from: sigala) v. mock. Halia: bifalce; Dendrobium acerosum; sigala. See: uelsigala. Dendrobium sp.; Bulbophyllum sigil (from: sigili) v. offend, hurt, macranthum; Appendicula sp.; Hoya victimize, languish. deng sigil fail, sp.; Lycopodium sp. See: takip; not do well See: pesiau. seserekan kabkabel; na lilior soi; Sigon (from: Sigono) propN. mission potpot; uanuana pos. Variant: station, parish, close to Tabanglek seserakan. village, has community school and seserekan kabkabel (from: seserekan aid post. See: Sisigonolik; Tungol. kabkabele) n. plant species, sik1 (from: siki) n. serve something, epiphyte, family Lycopodiaceae, pick up with a fork. Halia: ahits. hanging club moss, used for sik2 (from: siki) v. sick. See: decoration around house, grows quite momouh. From: Tok Pisin. large. Lycopodium phlegmaria; sikeil (from: sikeili) v. scale. Halia: Lycopodium sp. Variant: seserekan skel. From: English. soi. sikin (from: sikina) DIM. little, small siak (from: siaka) v. jump, bounce, amount of something. Halia: pop out. Tok Pisin: kalap; Halia: hakureke, gamon. Variant: siken; kurapa. Redup: sisiak. sikini. Redup: siksikin. Siaken (from: Siakene) propN. sikinar binak (from: sikinar binaka) village name, south of Poriuon and adv. short time, not long ago, soon. north of Lihon. Variant: Siakein. Halia: manmanasa. siaklo n. hop, jump, hopscotch game. sikir (from: sikiri) DIM. small Halia: tukutuku. amount. See: sikin; sikoro.
167 sikoi a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u sineir sikoi (from: sikoio) adj. straight hair. silu v. high tide, tide to be at high See: kingkingiti. level, high water, tide coming in. sikor (from: sikoro) DIM. little. See: Halia: sopo. See: lolou; hiling. siken. Variant: sulu. siksik (from: siksiki) v. poke, siment n. cement. See: karanas. influence. See: hulhulu; siki. From: English. siksikala Variant: siksikal. n. plant simok (from: simoko) n. shell species species family Piperaceae, Pepper family Solenidae, Jackknife clams, species. Piper caninum. family Vulsellidae. Solen sp.; siksikir (from: siksikiri) n. fish Vulsella vulsella. Variant: sumok. species family Ostraciidae, Long- simsimuk (from: simsimuku) n. horned Cowfish. Lactoria cornuta. smoke, steam, vapor. Halia: toho. See: ketketam. See: simuk; totongungu. From: sikul (from: sikulu) n. school. From: Tok Pisin. English. simuk (from: simuku) v. smoke sil (from: sili) v. peel with the hand as cigarettes. See: tongungu. From: fruits, such as oranges and bananas Tok Pisin. Redup: simsimuk. with fingers or fingernails. Halia: sin (from: sini) v. pounce. bem, kipi, sis. See: liuru; hih. -sin (from: -sina) PRO. third person -sila DEM. demonstrative, third plural pronoun suffix, ‘they’. See: plural, ‘those over there,’ animate. gisin. See: gisila; -asila. -sinah (from: -sinaha) DEM. silak (from: silaka) n. skin, husk or demonstrative, third plural, ‘those pulp leftover after eating. Halia: up there’. See: gisinah. mimete. sinalang (from: sinalanga) n. feast silakanar makih (from: silakanar ritual, magic used to draw people to makihi) n. skin of the beetle nut tree a feast. that falls off when each new bunch sine n. yam species, family of nuts sprout, thus forming a new Dioscoreaceae. Dioscorea sp. See: joint. Halia: kuraheo. koko; keheu. silel (from: silele) v. diarrhea. Halia: -sine DEM. demonstrative third purus. person plural animate, ‘these’. See: silolo n. sea worm species, Bristle gisine. worm. Eurythoe complanta. See: sineir (from: sineiri) n. spear, long gagum. Variant: bul. piece of metal, not with wooden silsilon (from: silsilono) n. rubbish handle, the spear of a spear gun. consisting of peelings. Halia: Ariana ke keip tenagu sineirio bembau. Ariana carried my spear. See: bele.
168 sinio a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u sipsip sinio n. food poles used to display number one. siokor binak one time food at a feast, men fix these short See: kah. straight saplings in the ground and — adv. 2) all, all together, one group. place a tohen basket alongside each, Halia: hatoa. Redup: sisisiok. coconuts, betel nuts, bananas and siokon (from: siokono) adj. equal, other nuts all intended to accompany same, even with, measurement. the food presentations are hung from Halia: bo, hihinatoei, himantei. the several braches remaining on siokor binak (from: siokor binaka) these poles. n. one time. Halia: tara toa poata. Sinsamlik (from: Sinsamliki) propN. siokor hung (from: siokor hungu) v. female ancestor daughter of crowd together. Halia: songo. Timbeheis, creator of seduction siokor la v. all go together, all go in a magic, she is now a rock at hohou group. See: la toto. that is scraped in the performance of sioun (from: siounu) adv. before, such magic. See: Timbeheis; distant past, distant future far kinalal; Ronsingel; hohou. removed from the present relative to sinul (from: sinulu) n. wild betel the context. Could mean ``many pepper 13 types mostly inedible, years from now’’ or, ‘many hours family Piperaceae, pepper species. from now’. Halia: iomin. See: pen Piper betle. Halia: kutakuta. See: sioun. hiara. Variant: guguratah. sip (from: sipi) v. patch the roof of singapor (from: singaporo) n. taro, palm leaves, cover the hole, extend introduced type, family Araceae, sides of basket. Singapore Taro. See: hon; sipak (from: sipaka) v. to drink kongkong taro. From: Tok Pisin. liquor, to get drunk. See: gogogo; singinan (from: singinana) n. unripe longene. From: Tok Pisin. betel nut between ripe lubak and sipih (from: sipihi) n. bird species, aged kurum. bor singinan inggo u family Psittacidae, Cardinal lorikeet. de But the unripe betel nut I dislike. Eos cardinalis. Halia: halei. See: See: lubak; makih. seng. singir (from: singiri) v. sneeze. Halia: sipol (from: sipolo) n. fern species, atsihele. Redup: singsingir. family Polypodiaceae. Pteris sp. singsingin (from: singsingini) n. See: karakar. muscle, meat, flesh. See: hihian; sipongok (from: sipongoko) n. fern kukuanan. species, family Polypodiaceae. sioh (from: sioho) v. chase pig. See: Dryopteris sp. See: karakar. geil; sup. sipsip1 (from: sipsipi) n. sheep. See: siok (from: sioko) NUM. 1) first, meme. From: Tok Pisin.
169 sipsip a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u sisidum sipsip2 (from: sipsipi) n. plant species name is often used to distinguish family Ulmaceae, Hackberry sp. those villages which speak a slightly Celtis nymanii. different dialect than the rest of sir (from: siri) v. 1) seek, locate Nissan. See: Uonoleik. position of something while it is still sirsiro kadau (from: sisiro kadaua) covered, search. Halia: kaku butu. n. plant species family Labiatae, 2) to miss someone, feel bad they Coleus species, Basil species. are gone, reminisce. ka sirisioum Coleus sp.; Ocimum sanctum; totoguo You miss me? Ocimum americanum. Variant: sir (from: siro) v. 1) view from sisioro kurum. vantage point, overlook. Halia: sirup (from: sirupu) n. 1) insect tsilo. species, dragon fly, Odonata. ku — adv. 2) as, comparative. sir paha bang tasir burher sirup tar koue I as though Variant: sira. saw many dragon flies at the well sir bulout (from: sir buloutu) v. Halia: piriri. Variant: siroup. make arrangements for getting a 2) bird species, family husband for a young woman. Halia: Phaethontidae, Red-tailed Tropic hatson. bird. Phaethon rebricouda. See: sir kapul (from: sir kapulu) v. hunt belsirup. possum. Halia: mani. sis1 (from: sisi) n. 1) salt spray, steam, sir uabirin v. curse, to be cursed, vapor. 2) for seed to sprout that no have misfortune, bad thing happen one had planted, plant, wild plants, to. See: binir. plants not planted by someone. See: sirialum (from: sirialumu) n. cricket, sisimbar. Locust, Orthoptera, family sis2 (from: sisi) v. swollen. Cryllidae, Acrididae, Cricket, -sis (from: -sisi) DEM. demonstrative Locust, or type of scorpion. See: na third plural, ‘these’, animate. See: hueitir liuana; kidad; kakaring. gisis. Variant: sirsirialum. sisas (from: sisasa) n. scissor. Halia: Sirot (from: Siroto) propN. village kamuru. From: English. name, village on North of Nissan sisiaka kai n. steps. See: kakaete. also the small island separated from sisiakes (from: sisiakese) n. steps, the main island by two channels. staircase. See: Barahun. sisidanga n. needle for sewing palm Sirouatan (from: Sirouatana) propN. leaves together. Sirouatan, south area of Nissan, sisidum (from: sisidumu) n. sickness includes the Tungol parish and the in which all body surfaces swell and smaller land area of Nissan, this which is fatal if not treated, can be
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caused by someone trespassing on a sisirot (from: sisiroto) n. plant species weather magicians area of the bush. family Scrophulariaceae, Marsh- See: bulakeis. Variant: pensasan. weed species. Limnophila fragrans. -sisie DEM. demonstrative, third Variant: sirsirot. plural, location ‘here’, these here, sisis (from: sisisi) n. 1) wild native animate. See: gisisie. citrus, family Rutaceae, oil of this Sisigonolik propN. name of a citrus can cause a serious allergic traditional hero, he was a dwarf, he reaction to the skin causing large killed some people from Pinipir. blisters which persist for some time. See: Sigon. Citrus sp. See: molih; kipol. 2) shell sisikinalik (from: sisikinaliki) adv. species, several families, many Top almost, little by little, bit by bit. shells family Trochidae. Clanculus Halia: gimgim, tsitabubu. puniceus; Trocus lineatus; Trocus sisimbar (from: sisimbara) n. nursery maculatus. See: bia. Variant: for plants, to grow plants from seed longoroton; bolia. in containers or in the ground. See: sisisiak (from: sisisiaka) adj. bumpy, sis. platform to jump in the water from. sisingot (from: sisingoto) v. dislike See: siak. strongly, repungent. See: ngong. sisisiokos (from: sisisiokoso) NUM. sisio n. termite nest, white ant, few. See: paga. Isoptera, family Termopsidae, -sitie DEM. demonstrative, third Termite, this term refers to the plural, location ‘there’, ‘those there,’ termite nest which is a large earthen animate. See: gisitie. nest built attached to trees or inside siu v. put up, hand up sago fronds, a house, the termite itself is called roofing material, to the man on the kadik. Halia: pesula. See: kadik. roof. sisiokong binak (from: sisiokong siusan (from: siusana) n. mountain. binaka) n. one at a time, different Halia: pokus. See: ponponin. ones at different times, sometimes. sobok (from: soboko) v. poke in the Halia: hihiese. eye. See: uelsoboko. sisiput (from: sisiputu) n. imature soh (from: soho) n. top planks of mon coconut. See: karoto. canoe. sisir (from: sisiri) n. mirror, clear soi (from: soio) n. generic for snake, reflection in the water. land and water snakes. sosoilik sisirang (from: sisiranga) n. fish small snake Halia: kukutsi, pilus. species, family Lethrinidae, Yellow- soi kurum (from: soi kurumu) n. Spotted Emperor. Lethrinus snake species, black snake, family kallopterus. See: iahiah. Boidae, Ring boa, adult form. See:
171 sok a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u soupuntieh
lilioropour. Variant: lair. the house, recluse. sok1 (from: soko) v. crush, pound, sor (from: soro) v. scrub, scour, as grind as nuts. Halia: kukono, kono. scrubbing a sauce pan. sok2 (from: soko) v. 1) sacrifice, for a sosogot (from: sosogoto) adv. to stare person to kill some of his own pigs intently of use with the verb to see in honor of the deceased to show bang. to stare at intently, peer at. grief. See: beil. sosoi (from: sosoio) n. worm. See: — n. one of several feasts to honor the souleit. dead, where people give pigs to sosoilik (from: sosoiliki) n. small honor the dead. See: kabih. Variant: snake, larvae. Halia: tutuol. See: mat. ueil. sokor (from: sokoro) v. fear, afraid, sosopen (from: sosopene) n. pot, pan. cowardly, run away from danger. See: nouhu. From: Tok Pisin. soksokorolik coward Halia: bulu, sosor (from: sosoro) v. run water from matout. See: kanuh. a faucet, drip, drool. Halia: rere. soksokor (from: soksokoro) n. See: uasasor. coward, soldier who runs away from sosoro liu v. hang up to drip. a fight. Halia: bulbulu. Variant: soubisoub (from: soubisoubi) adj. soksokorolik. watery, rice with water, muddy. See: sol (from: solo) v. through. a paraua uounuounuoun. ke solo tar hua The ship sailed soul (from: soulu) v. curse, threaten. through the passage. souleit (from: souleiti) n. earthworm. soldia n. soldier. Halia: soldia. See: Halia: kakabelekoa. See: dol; tamatang uiliatung; ami. From: sosoi. English. soum (from: soumu) v. chew. Halia: solihang (from: solihanga) n. cyclone, tam. Redup: soumsoum. typhoon, tornado, whirlwind, soumsoum (from: soumsoumu) v. waterspout. Halia: solihanga. See: chewing, keep chewing. Halia: uasul. tamtam. solol (from: sololo) v. fall in a hole, soup (from: soupu) v. thrust, stab as roll into a hole. ke sololo tar when planting a post in the ground. loboblob Halia: sopu, saka. Solomon (from: Solomono) propN. soupuahung (from: soupuahungu) v. Solomon Islands. toward, come directly at something. song CNJ. conjunction at the end of soupuntieh (from: soupuntiehe) v. speech, ‘so then’. Halia: toan. See: thrust, stick strongly into something kenua. as a nail or knife lodged firmly in songeum (from: songeumu) n. stay in wood. Halia: tsiki.
172 sour a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u susuk sour (from: souru) n. fish species used for inserting. Halia: soga, family Holocentridae, Blue toka. Squirrelfish. Ostichthys adustus. sulsul (from: sulsulu) v. flip See: kamakor. something with a stick. su n. shoe, sandal. Halia: sendol. sungkak (from: sungkaka) n. porch, From: English. lean to joined to house. Halia: sua v. 1) nod sleepy. Redup: susua. hasapi. — n. 2) insult songs intended to evoke sup (from: supu) v. chase dog. See: laughter, sung at the end of a tigul geil; sioh. session, especially if the session sur (from: suru) v. recount someone’s lasts until morning. debts, account against, become sual (from: suala) v. discredit, put angry. someone down, overcome, reverse, surakout (from: surakoutu) v. stop an effort by one person to cause short of destination. another’s shame. Halia: pita puta. surun (from: suruna) adj. tip end, tip, suat (from: suata) v. divide the clump end of table. Variant: sirun. of bananas, remove the sprouts for sus (from: susu) n. 1) male pig planting. See: hueit. uncastrated. Halia: poum a hie. sue v. plant yam, taro. See: leb. 2) hernia. sug (from: suga) v. bend down head, sus (from: susu) v. knock down, bow at waist, bend a joint as the knock out. Franklin ke sus bise knee or elbow. tula uasuga toro lun tqar kuene toro rauot Franklin Push the head forward. See: kokol. knocked down the coconut with the suga uahiu (from: suga uahiua) v. bamboo. Gualbert e susus puk tar kalok xe Gualbert just hit the kalok. bend over, bow down, stoop. Halia: Variant: haklous. Redup: susus. turu. See: suga. susu n. plant species family suk (from: suku) v. scorch, burned as Solanaceae. Solanum mammosum. a finger in the fire, scalded. See: luh. susua v. sleepy, small seizure, peti- suksukpor (from: suksukporo) n. mal seizures. susua tabil toro lun space between upper lip and nose, nodding off See: sua. ridge from nose to mouth on upper susubil (from: susubili) n. shell jaw, space where mustache is. See: species, mostly Tritons family ueisueis. Variant: tamionon ro Cymatiidae, some Murex species. suksukpor ridge upper lip. Cymatium sp.; Charonia sp.; Murex sul (from: sulu) v. stick into, probe in sp. See: tuil; teretere. a hole with an instrument, insert as susuk (from: susuku) v. sew, as when two men on a pole inserted clothes or roof leaves of saksak, between its tied feet, instrument shot, punch hole. 173 susuk labalab a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u susus susuk labalab (from: susuk — n. 2) squid. Halia: hatoumuri, labalaba) n. plant species family putsputs. See: huakolkol. Compositae, Beggarticks species, susun2 (from: susunu) n. testicles. seeds stick to clothes, name means Tok Pisin: bol. Variant: kapokona ‘sew clothes’ or ‘make holes in ro susun scrotum; isina ro susun clothes’. Bidens pilosa. Variant: hydrocele. einiein gomon at Mapiri. susunar keken (from: susunar keke) susukung kuen (from: susukung n. heel, body part takes suffix for kuene) n. shell species, some Auger person and number. See: keke. shells, family Terebridae. Terebra susus (from: sususu) n. plant species maculata; Terebra sp. family Nyctaginaceae, Pisonia susun1 (from: susunu) v. 1) back up, species. Pisonia longirostris. go backwards.
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T - t ta- (from: ta-) MDL. self acting prefix ke taboho tar sosopen The pop on the verb, indicates that actor is korn popped in the pan. not in focus. tapolak break See: to-. taboin (from: tabo) v. absent, passive Tabanglek (from: Tabangleke) verb, not present, to be absent. See: propN. village name near Sigon tabotana; kain. mission station. See: Sigon. tabotan (from: tabotana) adj. tabar (from: tabara) v. prop beside, uninhabited, empty no person lean on the side, alongside. Halia: present. Halia: ski. See: batob. tukun, tuol halata. See: dokot; tabotengkan (from: tabotengkana) ueltabar. n. 1) leafy parasitic growth in trees, tabara douk (from: tabara douku) n. vine. Halia: sohisohi. See: uohong butterfly species, Lepidoptera, toro uerut. 2) no meaning, no family Nymphalidae, Nymph foundation, no base. Butterfly. See: kokolatan. Variant: tabtabil (from: tabtabila) n. 1) seat, tabaro douk. bench. Halia: gumgum. See: tabil; tabeliah (from: tabeliaha) adj. pink, tabil uleik; poum. 2) plant species, purple color. Halia: marahi. family Gesneriaceae. Boea tabil (from: tabila) v. to sit down on magellanica. chair or ground. tabilang pahen sit tabtabuar (from: tabtabuara) n. alone Halia: manei. Redup: fresh, young as new plants, green as tabtabil. newly cut wood. Halia: pelpeli. tabil uleik (from: tabil uleiki) n. tabtabung luai (from: tabtabung throne. Halia: gumgum u goagono. luaia) n. foot fungus, athlete’s foot. See: tabtabil. Halia: kakalelua. Variant: tabila tagu v. sit together. Halia: gum ueuelang. takono. tabuar (from: tabuara) v. grow tabila uah (from: tabila uaha) v. rest, strong healthy, hardy, as garden breathe easy. Halia: husa. plants grow big quickly. tabuara tabo tengkan (from: tabo tengkana) uaia grow well, grow correctly n. plant species, family Halia: bokoko. Loranthaceae. Cassytha filiformis. tabukoko n. 1) plant species family Variant: uohong toro uerut. Leguminosae. Pterocarpus indicus. tabo uihin (from: tabo uihini) n. 2) clan which has for it’s name, skinny buttocks. Halia: rou. ‘taboo the eating of yam’. Variant: taboh (from: taboho) v. pop. pop kon toubukoko. 175 tabung a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tagor tabung MDL. not yet. See: halan. tagau (from: tagaua) n. bird species, tabung ualeit (from: tabung ualeiti) family Sulidae, Red-footed Bobby n. virgin. or Gannet. Sula sula. Variant: taburok (from: taburoko) v. not butuan. catch as fish, pig, possum. tagauil (from: tagauili) n. shell tad (from: tada) adv. up, upward species, family Naticidae, Moon direction. See: ueltad; taro. snails. Polinices mamailla; Polinices tadak (from: tadaka) n. traditional stramineus. masks and masked figures. sisiaka tagegel (from: tagegele) v. roll, roll tadak jumping masks See: kokora; on the ground. rasin kura tagegele pateki; penan. uahiuoko i kot They rolled down on tadakai (from: tadakaia) v. look up, the ground. respect. Halia: gagasei. See: tageih (from: tageihi) v. separate, uatadakai. divorce. See: ueltageih. tadalakout (from: tadalakoutu) v. tagel (from: tagele) v. 1) prop up, look through, transparent. Halia: support, pillow. tara butu. See: bangkout. — n. 2) hip, greater trochanter. tadalakout kapul (from: tadalakout tagigeig (from: tagigeigi) OPRO. first kapulu) v. hunt possum, hunt person plural inclusive object possum at night with full moon. pronoun, ‘we, us’. See: inggeig. Halia: hapasa. tagin (from: tagini) adv. watch, try. tadalimon (from: tadalimono) n. sea uedang tagin try out See: uatagin. snake species, family tagin teil (from: tagin teili) v. prepare Ophichthyidae, Harlequin Snake- oneself for something, watch out for, Eel, large sea snake body half white look out. Halia: hanei. and half black. Myrichthys tagiraeig (from: tagiraeigi) OPRO. colubrinus. See: kouoko. first person dual inclusive object tading (from: tadingi) v. pour out, pronoun, ‘we two’. See: raeig. flow out. Marout ke tading na tagirin (from: tagirina) n. 1) goreu Marout poured out his lime. foundation. 2) molars, back teeth. See: ding. Halia: ngei. See: liuon. Variant: tadod (from: tadodo) v. bump head. tagirinar liuon. tagal (from: tagala) adj. 1) healthy, tago v. break, fracture, broken bone. fresh, young as new plants, green as See: go. newly cut wood. See: uatagal. tago luak (from: tago luaka) v. split, Redup: tagtagal. broken, complete break. — n. 2) tree species, used as a tagor (from: tagoro) v. believe, know perfume on Nissan. Halia: tago. well, anticipate. See: uelueltagor; See: kadala. ueltagtagor; tagorong man;
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namana. Redup: tagtagor. tahimulik (from: tahimuliki) n. your tagorong boh (from: tagorong boho) relatives. See: tahina. Variant: v. refuse to believe, refuse to accept tatahimulik. as true, disbelieve. Halia: tahin (from: tahi-) n. brother, sibling. hahamana. See: tagorong man. tahiguo, tahig my brother See: tagorong man (from: tagorong tatahinalik. mana) v. truly believe, trust, faith. tahinalik (from: tahinaliki) n. sister. tagorong mana tar gabaman Trust Morph: tahina-liki. Variant: in the government. See: tagor. tatahinalik. Variant: nitagorong man. tahulak (from: tahulaka) v. reveal. tagtagegel (from: tagtagegele) v. roll tai (from: taia) n. feces, excretement. down, be rolled. teisir lo the dog’s excretement Tok tagtagis palau (from: tagtagis Pisin: pekpek; Halia: tei. palaua) n. plant species, family taia n. tyre. Halia: taia. See: kar. Apocynaceae. Bleekeria sp. From: English. tagtago siksikin (from: tagtago taiar (from: taiara) n. back ache. siksikina) v. splinter wood, break Takahor (from: Takahoro) propN. into many pieces, as glass or village name, in the Lihon area of splintered wood. Nissan island just north of airstrip. tagu adv. together. Halia: mia. takal (from: takala) v. break, bone to tagugun1 (from: tagugunu) n. blister. break. leg to break. a hueit ke tagugun2 (from: tagugunu) v. move takalar keken The pig broke its’ together to the side. o tmata ra leg. See: tapolak. tagugunuko i teh The people takalouh (from: takalouhu) v. moved together to the beach. separate by separating into two tagun (from: taguna) n. egg. Tok parts, dislocation. See: lous; Pisin: kiau; Halia: nata. kapulis. tahal (from: tahala) n. the size of the takapiok (from: takapioko) v. peel. holes in a net, especially the holes in takapou (from: takapouo) n. fish a pig net, which approximate the species family Caesiodidae, Gold- diameter of a pig’s head about banded Fusilier, also family twenty centimeters, a board this size Carangidae, Runners, Rainbow is used to wind the robe around to runner, popular fish caught by make the net. See: uben. Variant: trolling along reef. Caesio matang uben (eye of the net). coerulaureus; Elegatis, bipinnulatus tahang (from: tahanga) adj. wide . See: rangrang ketam; mourut. space. takar (from: takara) v. scrape, tahimua n. your brother. Variant: scratch the skin. See: uelmagigil. tahim. Variant: ueltakar.
177 takaus a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u taltal takaus (from: takausu) v. disconnect. rakrakut. Redup: taktakut. takes (from: takese) n. hair line, front talekuk (from: talekuku) n. cinders, corners of hairline. See: pukuh. unburned wood, leftover wood from Variant: nongel. fire that hasn’t burned. rang takih (from: takihi) v. tear. talekuk piece of unburned wood takip (from: takipa) n. bird’s-nest taliah (from: taliaha) v. separate up, fern, grows up in trees epiphytic, can break up food in preparation for the become quite large, family feast, last day of the feast, end of the Polypodiaceae, Spleenwort species. feast. Redup: taltaliah. Asplenium nidus. Variant: takipa talimain (from: talimaini) n. tun; takipa kabkabel. imported white paint of volcanic takis (from: takisi) n. tax. Halia: origin, put on forehead of dead, takis. Variant: het takis. From: Tok prepared for burial. Pisin. talingan (from: talinga) n. ear, takes takop (from: takopo) v. hold with possessive marker for person and hands. a keketik ke takop tar pale number. Tok Pisin: yau, ia; Halia: The child held the lizard. See: talinga. Variant: tenar kohik uasangana. earwax; galolonar talingan inside takout (from: takoutu) v. 1) cut, ear; dungdunganar talingan earlobe; lulunar talingan ear top; finish, end. 2) agree. longlongorongor talingan ear takout liu v. beak loose as a vine, drum. rope or cord. Halia: korupus. See: talingana uelmahing (from: toukout liu. talingana uelmahingi) n. earache. taktakih (from: taktakihi) v. tear. talinganar bekio n. plant species, See: takih. translation of name ‘ear of flying taku n. hat, any head covering. Halia: fox’, family Euphorbiaceae. hata. See: kadoi. Borreria laevis; Spermacoce takuras (from: takurasa) v. crack, assurgens. hatch as eggs. Halia: toto. See: talingor (from: talingoro) n. shelter. tapias. talop (from: talopo) n. fish species takusing (from: takusingi) v. family Gerreidae, Deep-Bodied disjointed, strain in paddling a canoe Silver Biddy, family Leiognathidae, against the tide or wind, strained. Common Ponyfish. Gerres takut (from: takutu) n. gecko species, abbreviatus; Leiognathus eguula. family Geckonidae, found in house, taloumen (from: taloumene) adv. can get quite large. Gehyra absent. See: taboin. ocenanica. See: pale; baha; taltal (from: taltala) v. spit up as does tambokai. Variant: takut a baby. Halia: bula. See: lua.
178 taltaliah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tamato taltaliah (from: taltaliaha) v. Thaididae, Rock shells. Thais scattered, break up, as a result of a armigera. family fighting among themselves. tamaripas (from: tamaripasa) n. fish See: taliah. species, family Balistidae, taltaling (from: taltalingi) n. coral Vermiculated Trigger-fish, there is species, soft coral. Turbinaria sp. apparently a darker and a paler See: dal. Variant: molomol. variety of this same species, which taltaling kih (from: taltaling kihi) n. probably accounts for the two 1) algae species. Variant: taltaling vernacular names. Balistapus kapul. 2) hangnail. undulatus. See: buot kurum; buot. taltaling kior (from: taltaling kioro) tamas n. third person plural father, n. fish species family Ophichthyidae, ‘fathers’. See: taman. Snake-eels, Serpent-eels, eel with tamat (from: tamata) n. person, ears lives in the reef. Ophichthys human, man. Halia: katun. cephalozona. Halia: ton. tamata nihikung liouan (from: taluh (from: taluhu) n. shelter, garden tamata nihikung liouana) n. spirit shelter, lean-to, small temporary possessed person. Halia: sesein structure. See: pantaluh. mate. talung (from: talungu) v. mark off a tamata noman (from: tamata dimension, measure a dimension, nomana) n. lord, chief, headman, garden space, property, shelter. leader literally ‘man (person) of tam palau (from: tam palaua) n. rain truth’. Halia: tsunono. maker, sun worker, literally ‘master tamata uleik (from: tamata uleiki) n. of stone’, weather magician, big man, chief. tamata uraur (from: tamata urauru) includes two categories: rainwork n. immoral person. Halia: uahuan and sunwork uapisar. tsiktsikolo. See: uraur. Variant: tang genar; langiting tamatang iate n. wise man, man who hiarou; pipiriam; sangsanguan; knows, magician. Halia: katun a palauan tinagir. hahatongo, tson atei. Variant: tamamiueim (from: tamamiueimi) n. tamatang ate. our father. See: taman. tamatang kalekinale n. hard worker, tamamiuoum (from: tamamiuoumu) servants, laborers, workers. Halia: n. your (plural) father. See: taman. kukui, palabasa. See: liata. taman (from: tama) n. father, must tamatang uiliatung (from: tamatang take the possessive suffix. uataman uiliatungu) n. soldier, fighter. See: to father, cause to begin Halia: uiluiliatung. tama. See: papa. tamato n. tomato family Solanaceae, taman bakaru n. shell species, family several varieties are grown on 179 tamiraeim a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tanen
Nissan, the small cherry tomato fortunate you are God and a person seems to do the best. Lycopersicum that’s why you overcome the pain. esculentum. Variant: tomato. From: tan sisisiok (from: tan sisisioko) adv. English. each his own, separate. Halia: tamiraeim (from: tamiraeimi) OPRO. kalakala. first person dual exclusive object tan tolim (from: tan tolimi) NUM. pronoun, ‘we two’. See: raeim. five people. Halia: elalima. tamiraoum (from: tamiraoumu) tan tonom (from: tan tonomo) NUM. OPRO. second person dual object six people. Halia: elonomo. pronoun, ‘you two’. See: raoum. tan torik (from: tan toriki) NUM. tamiueim (from: tamiueimi) OPRO. two people. Halia: elasolana. first person plural exclusive object tan touan (from: tan touono) NUM. pronoun, ‘us, we’. See: inggeim. three people. Halia: elapisa. tamiuoum (from: tamiuoumu) tan toueit (from: tan toueiti) NUM. OPRO. second person plural object four people. Halia: elahats. pronoun, ‘you all’. tana OPART. object possessive non- tamokai (from: tamokaia) n. large topic article, ‘its’, his, hers’. gecko species, family Geckonidae, Tanaheran (from: Tanaherana) found in trees, people fear them, propN. village name, north of Kulis spotted colorful, same species as on outer west coast of Nissan. takut but lives in the bush not in the Tanakot (from: Tanakoto) propN. house. Gehyra oceanica. See: takut. village name, ocean side of Variant: tambokai. Uanuleik area on Nissan island. tamouguo n. my father. tamoumua, Tanamalit (from: Tanamaliti) tamoum your father Variant: propN. village name, south of tamoug. Mapiri. tamoum (from: tamoumua) n. your Tanatubok propN. village name near father. See: taman. Tungol catholic mission. See: tampan (from: tampana) v. sprain. Tungol. See: kapulisi; tapeili. tane adv. stop, prohibit, prevent, used tampatoh (from: tampatoho) v. save, to improve growth and fruit bearing put away, until later, keep, preserve. of gardens, and plantations, protect. tampopokoh (from: tampopokoho) tur tane prevent, stop Halia: n. power, strength. See: popokoh. hohots. See: babat. Redup: tamuh (from: tamuhu) v. fortunate, tantane. lucky, special. tamuh puk ingga a tanen (from: tanene) n. owner of, God doha tamat, temaeit ko boss of. inggono tanener iom He is pehuara tar uelmahing You are the owner of the garden. See: tanig.
180 tanig a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tang uadot tanig n. father of, owner of, belong to. tang inet (from: tang inete) n. rich See: tanen. person, person of things. Variant: tanik (from: tanika) adv. do ahead of, tang mani. prepare ahead of, anticipate. inggon tang kalekinale n. workmen. Halia: ke guata tanik tar inet He did tsekotsekokala, tsonun kui. See: ahead the thing. tamatang kalekinale. taninin (from: taninini) OPRO. third tang kapil uaia n. holds on to, keeps person plural inanimate object to self, good stuart. pronoun, ‘these’. See: tasisin; ginin. tang kauek (from: tang kaueke) n. tanio n. plant species, Pepper species, overseer, guard. Halia: tson family Piperaceae. Piper sp. See: pepeito. hiar. tang ker (from: tang kere) n. singer, shaman who magically controls the tantane tutup (from: tantane weather and crop growth. Halia: tutupu) v. go ahead, act despite kekeits. opposition. tang kingil (from: tang kingili) n. tantansian (from: tantansiana) adj. pagan, heathen, cannibal. See: mealy, starch. kingil; einein tamat. tang (from: tanga) n. tank, tank for tang kuaman (from: tang kuamana) holding rain water, made of metal, n. rich. Halia: katunun moni. See: cement or plastic. From: English. kuaman; tang inet. Variant: tang tang1 PART. person marker, master. mani. See: anan; tang bilih. Variant: tam; tang makih n. dance master, teaches tan. dance tinoia, name means, ‘master tang2 ART. for certain class o nouns of beetle nut’. See: makih. ‘that’. tangela a giamehe ro kaheu tang naman (from: tang namana) v. That over there is another yam. creative, healthy, smart. Halia: tang bilih (from: tang bilihi) n. koskos. sorcerer. Halia: tsora. See: bilih; tang polil (from: tang polili) n. tang. adulterer. See: polil. tang giameh (from: tang giamehe) n. tang sa n. master of evil, sorcerer, another person. Halia: tai. very powerful person in Nissan tang hohou (from: tang hohouo) n. history, many stories associated with diviner, clairvoyant, literally ‘person these people. See: barang; san; of sleep’. Halia: tson sueke. See: pesmahar; sa. Variant: tang kingil; hohou. Variant: tang hohouong tan sa. kinale. tang uadot (from: tang uadoto) n. tang iate adj. wise, intelligent. Halia: agreeable person, an individual who atei koru. always agrees.
181 tang uah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tapesek tang uah (from: tang uaha) n. jolly Thunnidae, Yellowfin Tuna. person, happy person. Halia: golgol. Neothunnus macropterus. See: atun. tang uakapis (from: tang uakapisi) tangou (from: tangouo) adj. ripe, n. captain, steersman. Halia: tou. mature, for fruit, coconut, beetle nut. tang uakeluk (from: tang uakeluku) lingin tangou mature taste, ripe n. follower, apprentice. Halia: taste katunun tsitsilo. See: uakuakeluk. taon1 (from: taono) v. place fish trap tang ualasir (from: tang ualasiro) n. among rocks. teacher. Halia: titsia. taon2 (from: taono) n. town. Halia: tang ualatue n. boss, one who gives taun. From: English. orders. Halia: tson susoata. See: taong (from: taongo) v. 1) caught, ualualatue. held fast, pinned in as in a crowd, tang ualeng (from: tang ualenge) n. stranded. Halia: pasasa, kats. joker, one who plays tricks, tease. — n. 2) man made pool, pond, tide Halia: hihionga. See: ualeng. pool. tang ualualatouk (from: tang tap (from: tapa) n. large kettle. pot, ualualatouku) n. commander, usually metal. leader, boss. tapador (from: tapadoro) v. tang uekih (from: tang uekihi) n. straighten. Redup: taptapodor. fisherman, skilled at catching fish. tapako n. container for weather Halia: huhoata. Variant: tang magician in which he puts things to uokih. cause rain, rainwork parcel, contains tang uelkoubout (from: tang powerful magic. See: tam palau. uelkouboutu) n. medicine man. tapat (from: tapata) v. fracture, part See: koubout. to break off, diagonal part to break tang uelpouh uakalahar (from: tang off as a tooth. uelpouh uakalahara) n. announcer, tapeil (from: tapeili) n. sprain. See: second in command, advisor. kapulisi. tang uelpus (from: tang uelpusu) n. tapeis (from: tapeisi) n. meteor. murderer. Halia: katun a hihipuli. Halia: tapisu. See: pus. tapeka n. tobacco. See: brusu; tang uraur (from: tang urauru) n. kuara. From: English. one who commits sexual sin. Halia: taperak (from: taperaka) n. skin tson a tskotskolo. between legs and fingers. See: tangan (from: tangana) v. to hand liman; keken. Variant: taperakanar over, to give up, initiate, start, begin, limon; taperakanar keken. allow to do. See: uatangan. tapesek (from: tapaseke) adj. only tangili n. fish species, family one, one child, one alone. See: siok.
182 tapias a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tarak tapias (from: tapiasa) v. crack. See: puku) v. easy to break, delicate. takuras. taptapokos (from: taptapokoso) adj. tapiasa siksikin (from: tapiasa break open in several places, siksikini) v. shatter, break into many become full of holes. Halia: pieces as glass or splintered wood. tabtabutu. See: tapokos. Halia: tabtabuta. taptapolak (from: taptapolaka) v. tapiok (from: tapioko) n. tapioka, break up completely as a ship on the cassava 5 types, family reef in a storm. Halia: takatakata. Euphorbiaceae, often made into a tapuak (from: tapuaka) v. to split a type of cake after grating and mixing part as a bale of sugar. with bananas or other foods called tapuh (from: tapuhu) v. blow up. kirei. Manihot esculenta. Halia: Morph: ta- puh. See: puh. topioko. From: Tok Pisin. tar OART. article for object, tapis (from: tapisi) v. break off small instrument, location, indirect object piece. See: pis. article or non-topic article many tapisir (from: tapisiri) v. chip, chip as forms, singular class a, plural class o a cup, break off a small piece. nouns. Inggo ku ein tar dog I ate tapokos (from: tapokoso) n. hole, the dog. Tok Pisin: long; Halia: opening. tapokosonor harum the tara. Variant: tarir; toro; tara; tang; tas; toso; tasir. hole of the needle Redup: tar binak (from: tar binaka) CNJ. taptapokos. while, when. Halia: tara poata. tapolak (from: tapolaka) v. break. tara OART. object article, non-topic Halia: buta. See: tapor; polak. article for third person dual, ‘the tapolaka uelpakah (from: tapolaka two’. See: rasin; tar. uelpakaha) v. break open, break tarah (from: taraha) n. type of dance open many coconuts. Halia: buta magic, used in buai ritual by the kakata. dance master to safeguard his dance, Tapongal (from: Tapongala) propN. is a complicated ritual of protection, village name, located on a small involves the spirit of sea snakes. peninsula in the lagoon, can be taraiu n. work area in the bush used reached now by car. by tang makih “dance master” to tapor (from: taporo) v. break. See: rehearse and prepare his line dances tapolak. in a proper style. See: tang makih. tapoukis (from: tapoukisi) adv. to Variant: draiu. return to go back again. Halia: tarak (from: taraka) v. to take pouts. Morph: ta-poukis. See: offense, to think people are talking poukis. about them, to become angry, taptapiasa puk (from: taptapiasa suspect.
183 taran a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tatahinalik taran (from: tarana) n. buttress of a third person plural object form tree. o taranar tauol The butress of animate, ‘those there’. See: gisitie. the tauol tree. tasrasin (from: tasrasina) OPRO. tarangu n. poor person. kuasalikir third person dual object pronoun for toking tiome kura gog I’m sorry animate, ‘those two’. See: rasin. for the two poor hungry people. See: tat1 (from: tata) v. raise up, raise sail. tiome. From: Tok Pisin. tat2 (from: tata) n. tree species similar tarapat (from: tarapata) v. to tear to bread-fruit tree. See: bario. open. tatabalanar keken (from: taratar (from: taratara) adj. pat the tatabalanar kekena) n. sole of foot. baby to make it sleep, or stop crying. See: tatabalanar liman. tarausa n. pants, trousers. From: tatabalanar liman (from: English. tatabalanar limana) n. palm of Tarhuniau (from: Tarhuniaua) hand, palm, bottom of hand. See: propN. name of village where the tatabalanar keken. ghosts abener kilue ‘ghost of a tatabuat (from: tatabuata) n. plant cannibal victim’ went to live, it is species small tree, grows near the located near the Siar area on the ocean, family Meliaceae. Xylocarpus south coast of New Ireland. See: granatum. Tiriman. tatading (from: tatadingi) v. full to taro adv. up toward inland, on the overflowing, overflow. Halia: landward side. Halia: sesei. See: saputu piu. See: ding. tad. tatadur (from: tataduru) v. collapse, Tartumpos (from: Tartumposo) breakdown, to break up as a country propN. village name, name means, fighting among themselves. ‘the banana hole’. tatadur ueltebeir (from: tatadur tas OART. object article used with ueltebeiri) v. spread out as people or proper names, ‘them’. See: tar. animals running away in different tasir OART. third person object article directions. Halia: sata. See: dur; for living things, ‘the’. Halia: tere. tatadur. See: gisin; tar. Variant: tos. tatagig (from: tatagigi) RPRO. first tasisin (from: tasisina) OPRO. third person plural inclusive reflexive person plural object pronoun, ‘they, object pronoun, ‘we, us’. See: them,’ animate. See: gisin. inggeig. tasisis (from: tasisisi) DEM. tatahinalik (from: tatahinaliki) n. demonstrative third person plural sibling of opposite sex, man’s sister, animate, ‘these’. See: gisis. woman’s brother. Halia: hahina. tasisitie ODEM. demonstrative for See: tahin.
184 tatamiu a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u te tatamiu RPRO. first person plural Gymnothorax richardsoni. See: exclusive objective pronoun tauar. reflexive, ‘us, ourselves’. See: tauara roko n. moray eel species, inggeim. family Muraenidae, Leopard moray, tatamiu RPRO. second person plural Painted or Bar-cheeked moray, both reflexive pronoun, ‘yourselves’. See: these moray eels are similar in inggoum. coloring to roko fish. See: tauar. tatan (from: tatana) RPRO. third tauarang laur (from: tauarang person singular reflexive pronoun, lauru) n. moray eel species, family ‘himself, herself, itself’. Muraenidae, Mottled moray, Black- tatanon (from: tatanono) OPRO. spotted moray, Speckled moray. third person singular object pronoun, Gymnothorax undulatus; ‘he, she, it’. Gymnothorax melanospilus; tatangouon (from: tatangouono) n. Gymnothorax meleagris. See: tauar; jungle, forest, uncut bush. Halia: tauara bolang. Variant: tauara latu, uruhu. Variant: tatangouan. bolang. tatar (from: tatara) v. hold up to cut tauatau (from: tauataua) n. grass like vines growing on the ground. species, family Gramineae. Halia: puraha. Cymbopogon sp. tatas (from: tatasa) RPRO. third tauet (from: tauete) v. out, exit, leave. person plural reflexive object Halia: lakasa. See: uatauet. pronoun, ‘themselves’. taui v. bar, hoe with a hoe, hoe out tauar (from: tauara) n. fish species, generic for Moray-eels, family sweet potatoes. Halia: taka. Muraenidae, lives in caves in the tauliah (from: tauliaha) v. break reef, many types, popular food on open, separate, spread out as many Nissan. Gymnothorax sp. Halia: coconuts. Variant: taliaha. kalpou. See: tauara bolang; taun1 (from: taunu) n. black ashes tauarang laur; tauara roko; rising from a fire. taun e luluh tauara rarat. Variant: mamalaut flying ashes Halia: kumahoana. eyeless. See: kamohuan. tauara bolang (from: tauara taun2 (from: taunu) n. morning star. bolanga) n. moray eel species, Halia: tounlan. See: pitopit. family Muraenidae, Starry or te (from: t-) COP. copula joins Clouded moray. Echidna nebulosa. clauses and phrases as a conjunction See: tauar. Variant: tauara gauil. also introduces copula phrases, ‘it tauara rarat (from: tauara rarata) n. is’. inggono ter uleikintehe tun He moray eel species, family it is the very big one. gutu lao If it is Muraenidae, Richardson’s moray. that I go.
185 Teah a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tenang
Teah (from: Teaha) propN. village tekteken (from: tektekenono) n. his name, village on East coast of side. Halia: rehinen. Pinipir island. tel (from: tele) v. not know about, tebeir (from: tebeiri) adv. around, all confused, unskilled. e tele teil He is over, about. See: ueltebeir. innocent. Halia: hahal, tutu. See: teene CNJ. because, ‘that is here’, sibo. copula te plus a demonstrative fv- teltele boh (from: teltele boho) v. fain ene. Halia: taraha. Morph: te-ene. ignorance of knowing how to do teh (from: tehe) n. lagoon, beach something, ignore. inside the reef, salt taste of salt. temaeitie CNJ. therefore, it is the teil (from: teili) adv. around, about. reason that, copula with reason word latlateil walk about and demonstrative. Halia: gaha teis (from: teisi) n. lift up to look tsiponi. Morph: te-ma-eitie. See: te; under. temaene. teisir lang (from: teisir langa) n. temaene CNJ. therefore, it is reason honey. See: hani. here, copula with reason word and teiteir (from: teiteiri) n. fish species, demonstrative. Morph: te-ma-ene. family Mullidae, Bar-Tailed See: temaeit. Goatfish. Upeneus tragula; Upeneus tematan (from: tematana) n. sp. See: maheh; tio; bulung kuen. unbeliever, heathen. See: hiden; Variant: pumbokou; teirteir. tang kingil; pesmahar; einein tek1 (from: teke) v. lie on the side. tamat. From: Tok Pisin. See: tekteken. tena OPART. third singular object tek2 (from: teke) adj. 1) sour, bitter, possessive article. Jon ke la ualuh very salty. Halia: mal. See: uelteke; tena um. John burnt his house. lingia. 2) dislike, hate. inggo e teke Variant: teno. tunuio tena uelhire tamateit I tenag OPART. first person singular really dislike the talk of that man. possessive object article. inggu u la See: de. tenag um I’m going to my house. tekeng garas (from: tekeng garasa) See: inggo. n. curved weeding knife. Halia: tenagi OPART. object possessive kingo. See: sarip. article for first person plural tekteken (from: tektekena) n. side, inclusive, ‘our’. See: teregi; the side of something. e la rakopo inggeig. puk tar tektekener pamboiboi He tenami OPART. first person plural goes over only the side of the reef. exclusive possessive article, ‘our’. Halia: pal, rehi. See: tek; tolili; See: inggeim. mudina. tenang OPART. second person
186 tenar susun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tera
singular possessive object article, mai ke tuha tenogo hihikuo Who ‘your’. See: ingga. touched my shirt? See: inggo. tenar susun (from: tenar susunu) n. Variant: tenag. plant species family Compositae, tenomio OPART. first person plural name means, ‘excrement of squid’. exclusive possessive article for class Eleutheranthera ruderalis. o nouns. See: inggeim. tenaro takip (from: tenaro takipa) n. tenongo OPART. second person fern species, epiphytic on tree singular possessive article for plural trunks, a large attractive plant, object or class o nouns. See: tenang; family Ophioglossaceae, Adders ingga. tongue sp., two types a long leaf and tenoso OPART. third person plural a short leaf type, long filament like possessive article for class o nouns. leaves, names means, ‘excrement of See: gisin. bird nest fern’. Ophioglossum tentenar lo n. plant species, two types pendulum. a long leaf and short leaf type, tenasira OPART. third person dual family Compositae. Adenostemma possessive object article. rasin kura lavenia. la tenasira um They (two) went to tentur (from: tenturu) v. get ready, their house. See: rasin. start as a group with one accord, tenasiro OPART. third person plural cause. Halia: takei. See: uatentur. possessive article, for class o nouns tentur ualahur (from: tentur or plural class a. See: gisin. ualahuru) v. get up quickly, stand tene Timbeheis n. rock type, up quickly. Halia: supatakei. See: bioclastic limestone, translation, siaka kai. ‘feces of Timbeheis’. See: palau; teng (from: tenge) n. tank. From: Timbeheis. English. tener lah (from: tener laha) n. tengkan (from: tengkana) n. base, bottom of coconut shell. bottom, purpose, meaning. Halia: tenerogor (from: tenerogoro) n. shell mouna, tutul. Variant: tenkan. species, family Architectonicidae, teprosia n. plant species family Variegated Sundial shell. Heliacus Leguminosae, small bush with white variegatus. flowers, introduced, Native to Africa teno OPART. third person possessive and continental Asia. Tephrosia pronoun article for class o nouns. candida. From: Tok Pisin. inggono ke kangana teno douk He ter uoum (from: ter uoumu) n. the axed his tree. first. Halia: ka tutun. See: uoum. tenogo OPART. first person object tera OART. third person dual object possessive article for class o nouns. article. See: rasin.
187 tereg a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tien tereg OPART. first person possessive tereue n. giant clam species, smaller object article for food and other than gam, a favorite food on Nissan. closely related objects. inggono ke family Tridacnidae, Giant Clam, kale tereg nieinio He got my food. Fluted Giant Clam. Hippopus See: inggo. hippopus; Tridacna squamosa. See: teregi OPART. object possessive gam; tidungan. Variant: kioh. article for first person plural ternila ODEM. third person plural inclusive for food and other closely inanimate object demonstrative, related things. See: tenagi. ‘those there’. See: ginila; -nila. teregira OPART. object possessive tesno OPART. third person plural article for first person dual inclusive. possessive object article for third See: raeig. person plural possessor. See: gisin. tereig (from: tereigi) OPART. object tesrasin (from: tesrasina) OPRO. possessive article for first person third person dual object pronoun, plural inclusive food or closely ‘those two’. See: rasin. related objects. See: tenagi; inggeig. tetepal (from: tetepala) v. dizzy, light terela n. wagon, carriage, the wagon headed, shell sp. often pulled by a tractor. Halia: tetepal (from: tetepala) n. shell karis. species family Mactridae, Trough teremi OPART. first person exclusive shell, family Amphidesmatidae, possessive object article, used for Wedge shells. Austromactra sp.; food and other closely related things, Amesodema sp. tetepen (from: tetepene) v. act like. “our food”. See: inggeim. tetiau (from: tetiaua) n. bird, generic teremira OPART. object first person for all flying animals. Halia: apena. dual exclusive possessive article ti la EXCL. let’s go, we go, compare used with food and other closely goan in Tok Pisin language. Halia: related objects, “our food”. ingga o la mou. See: inggeig. guata teremira nimalra raeim You tiakol (from: tiakolo) n. charcoal. do for us what we two want. See: kalingohono ro toh a popokoh raeim. Charcoal of the quila tree is strong. teres OPART. third person possessive See: kalingoh. From: English. object article used with food items tidungan (from: tidungana) n. clam or other closely related objects. See: species, scoop, family Tridacidae, gisin. Giant Clam. See: tereue; kioh. tereter (from: teretere) n. shell tieh (from: tiehe) EXCL. Oh!, Hey! species, mostly Murex species, Halia: pua. family Muricidae. Murex ramosa. tien (from: tiene) n. chain. From: See: susubil. English.
188 -tig a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tinamar
-tig (from: -tigi) adv. up toward, away manulab; tene Timbeheis; from the speaker. Inggeig i latig Buntione; Lean; Bangar; tena uma Linda We go up to Sinsamlik; Ronsingel. Linda’s house. See: taro; -ko. timtimbil (from: timtimbili) n. canoe tigoutur (from: tigouturu) v. do bad, seat, cross pieces in the mon canoe to know to do good but to do bad on which seats are placed. Halia: anyway. mapou. tigul (from: tigulu) n. night singing timuh (from: timuhu) adj. new one. with a story, dance and sing in a Halia: tsimus, lel. circle at night. tuktukung tigul timuh sikor (from: timuh sikoro) tigul beats on the slit gong Halia: adv. almost new, quite almost. rurena, tsigul. See: tuk; doum. tin (from: tina) v. 1) hammer, to Variant: tigul kokop. crack, to divide nuts in half, nail, tigutur (from: tiguturu) v. make a divide. mistake, wrong. — n. 2) room part of a house. Halia: tiking puhung uleik (from: tiking pasa, ti. See: tine. puhung uleiki) n. lap. Halia: mela. tin (from: tini) n. metal tin used for tiko n. musical guessing game, where kerosene or flour common as a seat. participants hide behind woven mats From: English. and try to guess the identity of each tina mak (from: tina maka) n. other, by singing tiko verses. marking scar, these markings, worn only by leaders, may be on a Variant: siko. person’s face or upper body. Halia: tila siksikin (from: tila siksikini) v. goum. See: tin. Variant: tut mak. cut up into small pieces. tina polak (from: tina polaka) v. timan (from: timana) v. examine look split. Halia: loba. See: polak. closely at, read. Halia: ruto. tinaburok (from: tinaburoko) n. timanakek (from: timanakeke) v. weather ritual, curse of track. ineffectuality, to prevent other Timbeheis (from: Timbeheisi) weather magicians from succeeding propN. Nissan female ancestor, great in their rituals, refers to anything cultural hero, sometimes equated that renders a magical ritual with the creator, a mythical person- ineffective, whether this be counter- god conceived by a banana and gave magic or ritual impurity on the part birth to Lean and Bangar two male of the performer. See: katinghagog. mythical ancestors with many Variant: tinaborok. stories about them, she is said to tinamar (from: tinamara) n. food, have come from an egg of manulab. packed lunch, picnic lunch. See: Halia: Matanatsil. See: ein tar lo; niein.
189 tinan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u Tiriman tinan (from: tina) n. mother, his tinpis (from: tinpisi) n. tin fish, mother, takes possessive suffix for usually tin mackerl, sold at trade person and number. tinana Jems stores. From: Tok Pisin. mother of James Halia: tsina. tinus (from: tinusu) v. go to the bath tinana hueit (from: tinana hueiti) n. room, urinate only. See: libur. female pig, mother pig. Halia: ting (from: tingi) v. cut into small heolo. pieces. tinih (from: tinihi) n. dugout canoe tingoran (from: tingorana) n. fish with outrigger. Halia: tsinihi. See: species, family Lutjanidae, Red kopo; saru. Bass. Lutjanus bohar. tinih uleik (from: tinih uleiki) n. tingting (from: tingtingi) n. tree large canoe. Halia: honua. species family Lauraceae. tinog (from: tinoguo) n. my mother. Cryptocarya kamahar. Variant: Halia: tsinar. See: tina; ni. Variant: tingting kaukau. tinaguo. tingting mahel (from: tingting tinoia n. line dance, usually done at mahele) n. muscle cramp. See: feasts, some at night, can be men or poupouspous. women type never mixed, some tio n. fish species family Mullidae, types are listed here, these are often Yellowstripe Goatfish. taught by the dance master tang Mulloidichthys flavolineatus. See: makih. tuttut tinoia masters of teirteir; bulung kuen; maheh. dance Halia: sakesake, pitanlan. Variant: titiolik. See: goigoi; kipong; doum; tang tiome v. poor person. Halia: hatsomi. makih. Variant: baba or kaka; See: tarangu; uanibaharalik. nakampar; abener kilue; bel or Variant: tabo hangan. salesale; tinoiang Nehan or patep; tiop (from: tiopo) v. drop into water, nekampar; rumu; liouana roke; straight, drop feet first, like leplep; beb; matang man; liu; mangrove fruit drops into the water. bilolo; papatangol; parparik; tiotio n. large cane, large pitpit cane utun; dukduk; kulau; limbung; similar to sugar cane. Halia: gar. tabuna. tinoian tar marein (from: tinoian tar tirakum (from: tirakumu) n. plant mareini) n. daytime singing with species family Rubiaceae, Velvet dance. See: doum. seed, grows near the beach on cliffs tinom (from: tinomua) n. your or sand. Guettarda speciosa. mother. ia kain tang tinomua Tiriman (from: Tirimana) propN. Where is your mother? See: tina; village of the dead, where the dead tinoguo. go to live, said to be underground
190 tiring a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u todin
entrance to is near the traditional tiuan (from: tiuana) v. sprout new village of Hohou ‘sleep’ near the leaves, for tree to grow new leaves, ocean side of Tanamalit. See: grow back especially plants. Halia: Tonokusermat. alanga, bututu. tiring (from: tiringi) n. shell species tiuhan (from: tiuhana) n. men’s family Cerithiidae, Auger shells house, boy house, older term. See: family Terebridae. Rhinoclavis iabas. fasciatum; Terebra cerithina; tiuout (from: tiuoutu) n. fish species, Terebra affinis; Terebra chlorata. family Menidae, Moonfish. Mene See: susukung kuen. maculata. See: mourut. tiroron (from: tirorono) n. the two to n. sugarcane, family Gramineae, handles on the slit gong drum or Sweet cane. Saccharum officinarum. garamut. Halia: bitsitsi. See: tuk. Tok Pisin: suga; Halia: buntsihau, tit (from: tita) n. this is the name of tohu. Variant: kabul; kib; kobo; both a tree and its hard fruit, which tombalmatuan. is used as a glue, it turns black when to adv. adverb of location, points to dry, family Rosaceae. where something happens, ‘at’. Cyclandrophora laurina. Halia: inggono ke poho toala She gave tsita. See: titang retan. birth over there. titang Retan (from: titang Retana) n. to- (from: to-) MDL. acted upon tree species, family Rosaceae, name prefix on the verb, indicates that the means tit from Buka. actor is in focus. topolok broke it Cyclandrophora excelsa. See: tit. See: ta-. titia n. teacher. See: tang ualasir. toba n. leprosey, skin disease, leper. From: English. toben (from: tobene) n. fish species, titiain (from: titiaini) v. during, in the family Scaridae, Double-headed midst of an action. Parrotfish, Humphead Wrasse, large titiauan (from: titiauana) n. wing, fish in small schools, rarely caught, bird wing. Halia: pakapaka. titiding (from: titidingi) n. tree cultural feast associated with species family Urticaceae. Pipturus catching this fish. Bolbometopon argenteus. Variant: titiding muraticus. See: pasian. kubkubar. todin (from: todi) n. abdomen, titir (from: titiri) v. shake out, to intestines, takes possessive marker shake out paper or cloth, to shake for person and number, body parts. out tablecloth. Halia: kumono. Variant: kabeleng tititil (from: tititili) v. surf, move on todin; kabeleng balan stomach and the surface of the water, ride a wave. intestines; kabeleng kut empty Halia: tsil. intestines.
191 tog a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tokliah tog (from: toga) adv. same time, Halia: kot. See: baka to; baktul. arrive same time, arrive just too late, Variant: toho tola. arrive on time, go ashore, a canoe to toi1 (from: toio) v. grate coconut. be beached. guata togatog do toi2 (from: toio) n. toy, spinning top, without thinking, throw stuff made from the bottom of the together Halia: sung. Redup: coconut. See: papatim. From: togatog. English. togar (from: togara) v. choke. Halia: toia n. 1) traditional leader, very nol. Redup: togtogar. powerful chief, king. nitoian togotog (from: togotogo) v. do kingdom Halia: tsunono mal. See: anyway without a reason, search kurik. 2) money. without knowing, do in case toin v. place, location. Morph: to -in. something happens. tok (from: toka) v. stay, put, together togur (from: toguru) n. swollen body at the same time in concert, located, parts, elephantiasis, filaria, not stay put or perch as a bird in a tree. common on Nissan usually swollen tok i ran put on top Halia: tutoa, legs. topo. See: uatok. Variant: toko. toh (from: toho) n. tree species of tok (from: toko) v. dip. toko toro very hard dark wood often used for hiar tar goreu song ro koraka Dip house posts and building, grows the betel pepper in the lime and then near the cliffs, family chew. Halia: kana. Leguminoseae, Ironwood, Common tokah (from: tokaha) adv. all together Ipil. Intsia bijuga. Tok Pisin: kwila. as one, all together. tohangan (from: tohangana) v. has tokem (from: tokeme) n. fibula bone. name, authority someone with tokin (from: tokini) v. cut as with a authority, refers only to speech, knife, chop as with an axe. literally ‘with name’ Tok Pisin gat toking adj. pair. Morph: toki-ng. See: numba. inggono ke namana torik. Variant: tiking. katongoin pare, a tohangan He toking pain (from: toking paini) n. considered himself to be someone both sides. Halia: hihapala. important. Halia: tsine. See: tokliah (from: tokliaha) n. type of hangan. sorcery, used by one community tohen (from: tohene) n. large woven against another to make the people basket often used in feasts to hold confused, causing quarrels to erupt food. Halia: kalobaka, kabata, and men pursue one another’s wives, nikia. See: tolah. even their own female kinsmen, toho tola v. blame, pass the blame. remedy is to perform the ritual of tohotoho tolain to be accused there tulan, which drives the curse back
192 toko uahiu a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tonglik
to its source. kaleng tokliahin curse object possessive article for class o on a village See: tulan. nouns. gisin ka kale tono inekih toko uahiu v. squat, the position taken Jon They got John’s shell. See: when defecating. Halia: pipi. tena. toko uaou (from: toko uaouo) v. tonogo OPART. object first person hide, to hide self. Halia: mous. See: possessive article for class o nouns. moko uaou. See: inggo. toko uatur (from: toko uaturu) adv. Tonohel (from: Tonohele) propN. directly over head. place name, location on the Nissan tokolek (from: tokoleke) n. type of cliff. fine that is mainly paid in pigs. See: Tonokusermat (from: Tonoku- poluk. sermata) propN. name of location tokouasa v. angry, irritated with, cross, where the dead return to before upset, hate. Morph: toko-uasa. See: going to the village of the dead uasa. Tiriman, name means ‘of the tolah (from: tolaha) n. small woven hanging of the dead’. See: Tiriman. basket, bag. Halia: kabekabe, pora. tonom (from: tonomo) NUM. six. See: tohen. Halia: monom. Variant: monom; tolahang einein (from: tolahang manom. eineini) n. food basket. Halia: sei. tonongo OPART. second person tolau (from: tolaua) adj. glutton, eats singular object possessive article for it all himself, nothing left for others. class o nouns. See: ingga. tolil (from: tolili) n. hip, joint of tonosira OPART. third person dual femur and pelvis. See: teken. object possessive article for class o tolim (from: tolima) NUM. five. nouns. See: rasin. tolimar toia five cents Halia: lima, tonoso OPART. third person plural tolima. Variant: tilim. possessive object article for class o toloi (from: toloio) v. mislead, unable nouns. See: gisin. to execute plans. Halia: gamopino. tong (from: tongo) n. hole or recess in toltolau (from: toltolaua) v. target a tree where ants birds and other practice, shoot arrows or gun at a animals make their nests. Halia: target. See: puh. pola, lugu. toluk (from: toluku) n. bird species, tongal (from: tongala) adj. ripe family Sturnidae, Singing Starling, banana, skin is still green. See: Square-tailed Starling. Aplonis tulumu. cantoroides; Aplonis metallica. See: tonglik (from: tongliki) n. upper arm derom. Variant: kirkiring. under deltoid muscle, name means tono OPART. third person singular place for arm band. See: lik.
193 tongo seng a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tororangol tongo seng (from: tongo senge) n. the Topo propN. village name, near nest hole of the rainbow lorikeet. Salapen village on North part of See: seng. Nissan island, Uanuleik area. tongol (from: tongolo) n. large toptopkioh (from: toptopkioho) adj. grouper fish, can grow larger than a 1) to talk a lot, talkative. Halia: man, family Epinephelidae, very kerenamu. rare now on Nissan, two of them — n. 2) Long-horned Grasshopper, used to live in the channel near Orthoptera, family Tettigonidae. Balil, but were speared long ago. Phanoptera sp. See: kakaring. Halia: tongolo. See: roko. tor (from: toro) n. island, stand of Tongolan (from: Tongolana) propN. forest or ground standing alone. plantation name, area occupied by Halia: tolo. Redup: totoro. Allied forces during WWII, two torah (from: toraha) n. tree species, airstrips were built there, one is still used for carving slit gong drums and in use today for commercial flight paddles, has a strong yellowish- from Buka and Rabaul. See: white wood, family Verbenaceae. Pokongian. Vitex cofassus. Halia: tolasa. tongong kuen (from: tongong kuene) torik (from: toriki) NUM. number n. fish species, family Balistidae, two. Halia: solana. toro OART. object article for singular Redtooth Triggerfish, Starry o class nouns and plural article for Triggerfish. Odonus niger; Abalistes class a nouns. See: tar. stellatus. See: boutkih; lio. Torohatap (from: Torohatapa) tongoran (from: tongora) n. spinal propN. village name, village near cord, brain, takes possessive marker Tungol Catholic mission. See: for person and number, body parts. Tungol. ueliner tongoran spinal cord injury torom boung (from: torom boungu) Halia: tonala. n. twilight, dusk, with heavy rain, tongoran (from: tongora) n. brain, darkness caused by heavy rain. See: takes possessive marker for person reu. and number, body parts. toror (from: tororo) v. show love, tongung (from: tongungu) v. smoke, popular, do quickly. Tok Pisin: cigarette. inggo u marang tongung hariap tumas. me sigaret I want to smoke a tororangol (from: tororangolo) n. cigarette. sorcery used in dance magic against toon (from: toono) EXCL. that’s it, another person, the sorcery is that’s right, that’s the way to do it. worked upon a hand piece, which is Halia: ena. Morph: to-on. carried in the dance, and is directed top (from: topo) v. peck. Halia: topi. at a particular rival to destroy him.
194 tosno a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u touabuin tosno OPART. third person plural totongung (from: totongungu) v. object article for class o nouns. See: smoke, for smoke to rise up or out. o gisin. Variant: tesno. diku ko totongung kai The smoke tosnoso OPART. third person plural rose up. object possessive art for plural totop (from: totopo) v. drink through objects. See: o; na. a straw, uses a piece of bamboo and toso OART. third person plural object drink through it, put in a coconut or article. Variant: tas. cup and drink. toto v. group, heap, pile up, crowd totor (from: totoro) n. tree species together in large numbers. a kaheu used for carvings, hard wood, family ra moko totoig i surun The yams Boraginaceae. Cordia subcordata. are place in a heap at the end. Halia: totorom pon (from: totorom pono) n. kopa. plant species, small shrub, grows on toto douk (from: toto douku) n. pile bare cliffs, coral rocks, conspicuous of sticks. Halia: kopa roei. long tubular flower, family toto huanan (from: toto huanana) v. Rubiaceae. Bikkia grandiflora. do without back up, just do, go even totoul (from: totoulu) n. plant if raining. species, vine, bean, family totodin (from: totodini) n. coral Leguminosae, Cowpea sp., Seashore species, mushroom coral. Fugia sp. cowpea. Vigna marina; Vigna sp. See: dal. Variant: uanohor bakue. Variant: totoulung iaban. totog (from: totogo) RPRO. first totououm (from: totououmu) adv. person singular reflexive pronoun, past. See: sioun. totueig (from: totueiguo) n. my ‘myself’. See: totoguo. sister’s child, female, my niece, totoguo OPRO. first person singular uncle my mothers brother male is object pronoun, ‘me, I’. See: inggo. kabig. See: totuen; kabin. totoh (from: totoho) v. erect, to be totuen (from: totue) n. the female erect as a tail. child of one’s sister, niece, uncle, totom (from: totomo) RPRO. second the term is reciprocal. See: kabin. person singular reflexive pronoun, tou (from: touo) v. create, appear, ‘yourself’. See: totomua. begin, arrive, come into being, totomua OPRO. second person happen. Halia: butu. See: uatou. singular object pronoun, ‘you’. See: Variant: toou. ingga. toua kaloton (from: toua kalotono) toton (from: toto) n. backbone, n. clasp of a necklace. vertebrae, takes possessive marker touabuin (from: touabuini) n. for person and number, body parts. southeast wind, coming from the Variant: tumanan ro hiron toton sea. See: uarat. transverse processes.
195 touahiu a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u toubupekon touahiu (from: touahiua) v. to ein tar lo; ein tar baluh. overcome, to control. Morph: toubuhueit (from: toubuhueiti) n. to-ua-hiu. See: hiu. taboo to eat pig clan, one of several touain (from: touaini) v. change time. sibs or sub clans found in the ‘eat touamatot (from: touamatoto) n. the dog’ clan, or Moiety. Morph: time up, deadline. See: matot. toubu-hueit. See: ein tar lo; hueit; touan (from: touana) NUM. three, the toub. number three. Variant: tauan. toubuhuh n. finished nursing, weaned touaou (from: touaouo) v. hide. See: from breast. See: huh; huhu luar. ou. toubukalol (from: toubukalolo) n. toub (from: toubu) v. forbid, taboo clan name part of ein tar lo clan, food especially relates to pregnant or name means ‘taboo hermit crab’. nursing mothers, many sub clans or Morph: toubu-kalol. See: kalol. sibs have food taboos. inggon a Variant: toubukubkubar; toubu bario He is in the forbidden toubupar; toubupeh. to eat breadfruit clan. Tok Pisin: toubuketam (from: toubuketama) n. tambu; Halia: agono. See: uele; one of many sub clans on Nissan mok. associated with a food taboo, this touboul (from: touboulo) v. unsure, one is taboo to eat ketam nut which bewildered, mystery. See: is a nut tree grown on Nissan, this ualatouboul; heil. sub-clan is associated with the clan toubuareu (from: toubuareue) n. ein tar baluh. Morph: clan name found in the ein tar lo toubu-ketam. See: ketam. clan, name means ‘taboo garden toubulueih (from: toubulueihi) n. tubers’. Morph: toubu-areu. clan name part of ein tar baluh toububah (from: toububaha) n. clan clan, name means ‘taboo lueih nuts’. name, part of the ein tar baluh clan Morph: toubu-lueih. See: lueih. though some say they are in the ein toubunout (from: toubunoutu) tar lo clan, this is the most recent n. clan name, part of ein tar lo clan, sib to appear on Nissan, it was these people are said to be imported from Buka i.e. Retan. descendents of the snake Morph: toubu-bah. See: bah. Tabsikirion, who came to Nissan toububario n. clan name on Nissan, from the siar area of New Ireland. associated with breadfruit, name Morph: toubu-nout. See: nout. means ‘forbidden to eat bread fruit’ toubupekon (from: toubupekono) n. this clan is under one of the other clan name part of the ein tar baluh main two Nissan clans i.e. ein tar clan, name means ‘taboo mangrove’. baluh. Morph: toubu-bario. See: Morph: taoubu-pekon. See: pekon.
196 toubupour a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tountoun toubupour (from: toubupouru) n. toukout liu v. cut loose, cut away. clan name part of ein tar baluh See: toukout. clan, name means ‘taboo pour nuts’. toukout puk (from: toukout puku) v. Morph: toubu-pour. See: pour. cut open. See: toukout. toueit (from: toueiti) NUM. four, the toukout uahiu v. cut down as a tree. number four. Halia: hats. Variant: Halia: ngats lupu. See: toukout. nouat; dan. toukoutouk (from: toukoutouku) touerum (from: toueruma) n. area of adj. spotty, has different markings or house. Halia: punluma. colors, as the spotted cowry. Halia: toug (from: tougu) n. bump, blister. kolkoloto. Redup: tougtoug. touktouk (from: touktouku) v. cut tougtougur mian (from: tougtougur into pieces break into small pieces, miana) n. sore tongue. See: mian. chip. tougtougur uauan (from: tougtougur touktoukout (from: touktoukoutu) n. uauana) n. sore mouth. Halia: 1) curved adz for cutting out a uama. See: uauan. dugout canoe. touih (from: touiha) Q. amount, how — v. 2) chopping. Halia: giro, kom. many, amount the number or toul (from: toulu) v. active, to do quantity of something, estimate, things quickly, always talking or how much. ingga touihar keketik doing. See: karkarian. Redup: You have how many children? toultoul. Halia: lahisa, bobo. Variant: toultoul (from: toultoulu) adj. almost touihi. wild. See: roke. touk (from: touku) v. cut. See: toun1 (from: tounu) v. 1) press, put ueltouk. pressure on. See: toun uanon. touk uabultana v. bleed sap from a — n. 2) stick to push boat with. See: tree. Halia: potsing. See: bultan. tun. toukin (from: toukini) adj. cute. toun2 (from: tounu) n. high tide. See: toukout (from: toukoutu) v. cut, cut silu. off, interrupt. toun tagel (from: toun tagele) n. toukout (from: toukoutu) v. cut waist. Halia: popous. down, cut into pieces as dried toun uanon (from: toun uanono) v. coconuts when shelled, take a press hard with effort, pressure. shortcut cu, cut as with a knife, chop Halia: tono. Variant: toun hahai, as with an axe. Halia: toki kakata, pat. tupeko, ngats. Redup: touktoukou. tountagel (from: tountagele) v. put toukout gol (from: toukout golo) v. hands on waist. behead. Halia: pagoto. See: tountoun (from: tountounu) v. to toukout. touch something with the arm.
197 toungung a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tubunar lio toungung (from: toungungu) n. grandchild, my grandparent. Halia: smoke. tutubugilia. See: tubu. Variant: touon (from: touono) NUM. three, the tubug. number three, few. Halia: topisa. tubuguor kuah (from: tubuguor tua v. alive, living, to live. Halia: kuaha) n. female ancestor, my toatoa. Redup: tuatua. grandmother, my female ancestor. tua poluk (from: tua poluku) v. Halia: tubur a tahol. See: tubun. revive as a person who briefly dies, tubumua n. your grandparent, your come back to life. grandchild. jon-mak a tubumua tua tapokis (from: tua tapokisi) v. John-Mark is your grandchild. See: come back to life, return to life. tubu. Variant: tubum. Halia: sorianga. tubun (from: tubu-) n. ancestor of, be tual (from: tuala) NUM. eight. Halia: descendant of, grandparent, hatoal, toal. Variant: tuali; toual. grandchild, takes possessive marker for person and number, kin term. tuan1 (from: tuana) n. steps, narrow bridge on cliff trail, ladder. Halia: Halia: hatubuna, tubu. See: panete. tubuguo; tubumua. tubuna ro buh (from: tubuna ro tuan (from: tuana) v. to prepare for, 2 buhu) n. plant species family choose proper time. mu tuana uaia Taccaceae, wild taro, voodoo plant, me binak geri laeig i Pinipir You grows under Pandanus near cliffs, chose a good time to go to Pinipir. very distinctive divided leaves, tuang inet (from: tuang inete) n. a flower with long filaments, eaten in ghost who kills a person by eating some countries but not on Nissan to his insides, associated with payback our knowledge. Tacca pinnatifida. sorcery. Halia: abasaliahana. See: buh. tuau (from: tuaua) n. eel species tubuna ro ngitingit (from: tubuna ro family Echelidae, Schultze’s Worm- ngitingiti) n. plant species, family Eels. Muraenichthys schultzei. See: Vitaceae. Cayratia sp. tadalimon. tubunar ieuieu (from: tubunar tub (from: tubu) n. boil. See: bubout. ieuieue) n. plant species, family Variant: bunan. Acanthaceae. Lepidagathis sp. See: Tubiana propN. large Catholic ieuieu. Variant: talinganar mourut mission station on Bougainville at Lihon. island near Kieta, includes cathedral tubunar kolomermer (from: and large boys high school called tubunar kolomermere) n. fish Rigu, most of all building were species family Abudefdufidae, destroyed during Bougainville crisis. Sargeant-Majors. Abudefduf sp. tubug (from: tubuguo) n. my tubunar lio n. plant species family
198 tubunon a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tukan
Menispermaceae, name means, for signaling. Charonia tritonis. ‘descendent of lio fish’. Stephania Halia: tuhil. See: susubil. jabonica. See: lio; tubun. tuir (from: tuiri) n. plant species tubunon (from: tubunono) n. his family Meliaceae, grows near the grandparent, grandchild. Halia: ocean, large round fruit, not eaten. tubunen a tson. See: tubun. Xylocarpus granatum. tuguo n. my child. kurt a tuguo Kurt tuk (from: tuka) adv. until, till. is my child See: tu. Variant: tug. tuk (from: tuku) n. 1) slit drum, slit tuh (from: tuha) v. touch, make, lay gong, large wooden hollow drum hands on. tuha kout touch slightly, made from a tree trunk, these are of brush aganist Halia: hatakopo, different sizes and stored in the sebele, tsiki, kato, salasa. See: village men’s house, they signal guat; tuha kout. many different things, death, feasts, tuh hamas (from: tuh hamasa) v. work slowly, work patiently. and many cultural events. Tok Pisin: tuha kout (from: tuha koutu) v. garamut. See: hio. touch slightly, brush against. See: — v. 2) hit the slit drum, beat the slit tuha. gong, each beat of the slit gong tuha parok (from: tuha paroko) v. signals a particular event. feel with the hands for something, tuktukung la signal to go recognize by touch. tuktukung pokos signal of arrival tuharom (from: tuharomo) n. make 3) done secretly. ahik dehono paha wind, windy, white-capped sea. tuk no real sound of slit drum (done Halia: lolou. Redup: tuharomorom. secretly) tuhatuh (from: tuhatuha) v. hard tuk bise v. knock over, bump over. working, obedient. Halia: Halia: tukupiu. mamanieta. See: tuh. tuk rauot (from: tuk rauoto) n. small tuhtuhaum (from: tuhtuhauma) n. slit-gong drum made from bamboo. house builder, carpenter. See: Halia: kungkung. kamda; tuh. tuk tar marein (from: tuk tar tui n. boundary mark, border of a mareini) n. until daylight. garden or plantation or village, tukah (from: tukaha) v. to prop open usually stones. the window, prop up something. tuiau (from: tuiaua) adj. slow to Halia: toka, tuku. See: tuha. learn, slow to understand, slow tukain (from: tukaini) v. bump itself, learner. See: tang iate; kamelong. stumble. a keketik ke tukain tar tuil (from: tuili) n. Triton trumpet pador The child bumped against the shell, Pacific Triton, family wall. Halia: tatapula. See: pung. Cymatiidae, often made into a horn tukan (from: tukana) n. walking
199 tukar a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tulaur
stick, crutch. Halia: tukana. tukung huan (from: tukung huana) tukar (from: tukara) v. silly, childish, n. rainstorm, very heavy rainstorm. to act as a child, to think as a child. Halia: mouna langits. Redup: tuktukar. tukung uleik (from: tukung uleiki) v. tuke palau (from: tuke palaua) n. very big. fish species, family Lethrinidae, tul (from: tula) v. 1) push. tula kai Thumb-print Emperor. Lethrinus push ups Halia: tupa. See: ueltul. rhodopterus. See: iahiah. Variant: 2) shifting of a food presentation to tuka palau. someone else at a feast, especially tuki uatinanin (from: tuki characteristic of women. uatinanini) n. middle sized slit gong tul (from: tulu) n. braid, spliced drum. Halia: halan. See: kundu. strong rope, made of braided or tukin (from: tuki) n. lungs, takes spliced strands. possessive markers for person and tula bise v. push over. Halia: tulapiu. number, body parts. Variant: tula uasug (from: tula uasugu) v. kusener tukin lung pipes; bend someone’s head. ungunganar tukin inside of lungs. tula uatur (from: tula uaturu) v. tukin (from: tukini) n. bump. push something up from the ground. tuktukahan (from: tuktukahana) n. Tulakahor (from: Tulakahoro) brace, prop such as used to hold propN. village name, location name open a window. Halia: tokatoka. on Nissan island. tuktukan (from: tuktukana) adj. tulal (from: tulala) n. very small weak, feeble always uses a walking musical pipe, bamboo flute. Halia: stick. pipik. tukul (from: tukulu) v. stump, tulan (from: tulana) n. protective ignorant, stubborn. tukunuguo n. mu body. Morph: ritual against sorcery of tokliah. tukunu-guo. See: tukunu. Variant: See: tokliah. tukunug. tulatul (from: tulatula) n. stick used tukunumua n. your body. Morph: for pushing up sago palm leaves tukunu-mua. See: tukun; tukunu. onto the roof, it is made from made Variant: tukunum. from betel nut palm. tukunun (from: tukunu) n. body, tulau (from: tulaua) n. boulder, rock takes possessive marker for person outcropping, limestone, cliff with and number, body parts. Halia: beach below. Halia: hatusu. See: tuanrei. See: tukunumua; palau; uerut. tukunuguo. tulaur (from: tulauru) n. wind from tukung adj. large, big enormous. See: the southwest, southwesterly wind. uleik. Halia: hataioha.
200 tulehun a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tunangmok tulehun (from: tulehunu) n. a little sweat. Tok Pisin: skin i wara; bay, small inlet. Halia: siung. See: houlang. tulia n. bird species, family tumasu n. bedbug, hemipterous Scolopacidae, Common Sandpiper, insect, a small brown blood-eating small bird runs along the beach, insect bites people while they are small sandpiper. Tringa hypoleuca. sleeping, often become so numerous Halia: palasa, kirihaiou. See: in the boy house that people quit kihibok; tulia kuen tobib. Variant: sleeping there, beds are put in the tuitui. sun to kill these insects. Cimex tuliang tobib (from: tuliang tobibi) lectularius. Tok Pisin: musmus; n. bird species, family Scolopacidae, Halia: tumasu. Ruddy Turnstone. Arenaria tumua n. your child. See: tu. Variant: interpres. See: tulia; kihibok. tum. Variant: tuliang kuen tobib. tumur (from: tumuru) n. cyst. See: tultula liu v. exile, banish away, push kospau. away. Halia: kapoana. tun (from: tu) n. child possessive term tuluh (from: tuluhu) n. fishing arrow. for child, inalienable possession. tulum (from: tulumu) adj. over ripe, Morph: tu-n. See: tumua; tuguo. too ripe, fruits banana, mango, wet, Variant: tuna. soaked as a towel or clothes. See: tun (from: tunu) v. 1) press against, to murak; bus. press something against the body, to tuman (from: tumana) v. join, make fishing bamboo straight. continue to join gradually little by Halia: sahi, koru. little, connection, base or head of — n. 2) stick to push canoe. See: bones. ka tumanain connected, toun. joined e la tumana tur i Sigon He tun (from: tunu) adv. very. a liuo tun continued on from Sigon, continue, Good morning! gradually, little by little. Halia: tun uamakmakos (from: tun hasopo, susul, spana. See: uamakmakoso) v. straighten, ueltuman; mene tuman; uih. arrange. Halia: luhatolo. See: Variant: tumananar huhuuatan makmakos. head of humerus; tumanana ro tuna ro pihpihkal (from: tuna ro uerunar limon base of humerus. pihpihkala) n. fish species, family tumanop (from: tumanopo) n. insect Carangidae, Pennantfish, Plumed species, Neuroptera, family Trevally. Alectis sp. See: mourut; Myrmeleontidae, Ant Lion. Variant: loholoh. mamambu. tunah (from: tunaha) v. smear. tumarang (from: tumaranga) n. tunangmok (from: tunangmoko) n.
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bastard, fatherless offspring meet, encounter. Halia: sabe, conceive a child out of wedlock. tupala. Halia: pikeilatu. tupar uasaion (from: tupara tunar mumude Variant: tunar uasaiono) v. accident. mumude. n. fish species, generic for tuparang liouan (from: tuparang Clown fish, Tomato Clownfish, liouana) n. spirit possessed person. family Premnidae, family See: na hikuing liouan. Pomacentridae, Spine-Cheek tur (from: turu) v. 1) stand, implies Anemonefish, Clownfish, often stopping a previous movement such found living in a sea anemone as walking or jumping. Tok Pisin: misua. Premnas biaculeatus; sanap; Halia: hala, tul, tuol. Amphiprion percula. See: misua. Variant: tur liu, turn away; tur tung (from: tunga) n. ditch, trench, kauir; tur uir; tur uiuir. hole. Halia: kioun mate. — n. 2) post in side walls of a house, tung (from: tungu) v. fight. Halia: post in the men’s house. muku. See: uiliatung. tur1 (from: turu) adv. from. tur tur tung pous (from: tung pousu) v. through murder, murder intentionally. See: tur bak (from: tur baka) EXCL. pous. stand and wait, stand first. Tok tungar (from: tungara) v. sprout. Tok Pisin: sanap i stap; Halia: ka biam. Pisin: kru. See: tur. tungaran (from: tungarana) n. shoot, tur keip (from: tur keipi) v. watch sprout. a tungaranar punkin a over a short time, witness. pumpkin shoot See: tungara. tur peil (from: tur peili) v. bounce Tungol (from: Tungolo) propN. off, as a spear off a tree or a metal Catholic mission on south part of bar off a stone, come back. See: par. Nissan, Tungol parish, original tur tane v. prevent, be against, location of first mission on Nissan. opposed to. Halia: pisiou, tula See: Sigon. puta, hatu. tungtung (from: tungtungu) n. salt tur totouah (from: tur totouaha) v. water pool left by receding tide, do repeatedly. water pool in reef. Halia: korokoro. tur uageg (from: tur uagege) v. lean tungtungunan (from: over, lean at an angle, not standing tungtungunana) n. full of holes as a straight. See: uageg; tur. bad road. Halia: kikiouana. tur uain (from: tur uaini) v. stand tungun (from: tungunu) n. ocean, aside, make room. deep sea, color is deep blue. Halia: tur uangoul bak (from: tur uangoul loul. baka) EXCL. wait, stand waiting. tupar (from: tupara) v. discover, See: uangoul.
202 tur uaou a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tutur randouk tur uaou (from: tur uaouo) v. hide in song Halia: ton. 2) hammer, ambush. hammer wooden pegs, make. tur uapopokoh (from: tur 3) mark, to mark something, tattoo. uapopokoho) v. resist, stand strong. tut lour (from: tut louru) n. trap. See: tur; popokoh. tut romorom (from: tut romoromo) tur uatur (from: tur uaturu) adj. n. windy, white-capped sea. stand up straight, perpendicular. tut tono boh (from: tut tono boho) v. tur ueliangan (from: tur ueliangana) make up, make up a story. See: tut. n. stand in line, short space apart, tutuban (from: tutubana) n. plant line of trees. See: uelkamana; species, family Amaranthaceae. liangana. Cyathula prostrata. Variant: turak (from: turaka) n. cousin male tutubuna kubkubar. or female of different sib or clan. tutubugulik (from: tutubuguliki) n. turlup (from: turlupu) n. area of neck my grandchild, affectionate term. above clavicle, depression, circles tutuek (from: tutueke) n. round hole about base, name means it was the with stones, hole for planting taro, place where enemies were killed. natural hole in rock. turun toro tinan (from: turun toro tutugo n. shell species, Ceriths, tinana) n. domesticated female pig common in shallow water on reef, fattened to the point it no longer family Cerithiidae, Turritellidae, bears young and is therefore Auger shell. Cerithium nodulosum; considered suitable for feasts. See: Turetilla terebra. uapono kek. tutukab (from: tutukaba) adj. blunt, turung MDL. intent, will, aspect dull, not sharp, as a dull spear, hard marker for intent. inggo u turng la I to understand. Halia: mutuku. See: intend to go. See: marang. kalebuku. turung hon (from: turung hono) n. tutunalik (from: tutunaliki) n. young center post. Halia: tulgus. animal, baby animal. Halia: tuna. turung kot (from: turung koto) n. See: tun. short wall post. Halia: korik. See: tutung bakue n. hemorrhage, female tur. bleeding disease, anemia in women. turung palih (from: turung palihi) n. Variant: tutum bakue. ready to change, younger chief with tutung kotolik (from: tutung less authority. Halia: tsunono peko. kotoliki) n. midget, dwarf, small turur huhun (from: turur huhunu) insect. Halia: kihi. n. young streight breasts. See: tutup (from: tutupa) v. move, force. kukuahalik. See: kula tutup. tut (from: tutu) v. 1) compose, make tutur randouk (from: tutur up. tut kiukiu compose story with randouku) n. pile of sticks.
203 tutut a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u tuuang iaragai tutut (from: tututu) n. shell species tuu n. plant species, vine, family family Carditas, Ribbed Clams, Leguminosae, Jackbean species. family Glycymeridae, Radiating Mucuna gigantea. See: tuuang cockle. Cardita sp.; Veletuceta sp. iaragai. tututun (from: tututunu) n. wooden tuuang iaragai (from: tuuang nail. Halia: ki. See: nil. iaragaia) n. plant species, family tututur (from: tututuru) n. step. a Leguminosae. Canavalia maritima. punung tututur a bulut The step is See: tuu. thick. See: tur.
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U - u u SM. first person singular subject caused his shoe to drift. See: bel; marker, precedes verb phrase, ‘I, bok. me’. inggo u la I go. uabin (from: uabini) n. underneath, at u (from: uu) v. blow up inflate. u toro the bottom. hue Blow the fire. uabinan (from: uabinana) n. insides. ua n. root, red dye root. uabohom pour (from: uabohom ua- (from: ua-) CAUS. causative pouru) n. plant species family prefix, attached to verbs to makes Solanaceae, two types one with and them causative. uabureh make one without fuzz on the fruit, many, a lot See: uel-; ni-. Ground cherry. Physalis angulata. uaalon (from: uaalono) v. cause to uabolboloh (from: uabolboloho) n. make quiet, quiet down. See: alonin. disturb, interrupt, to interrupt a uaanas v. to make a mark. Morph: weather magician in his work. inggo ua- anas. See: anas. ku marang uana me ian bo a uaate v. make known. See: iate. giameher tamata ke uabolboloho uaate tanik (from: uaate taniki) v. totoguo I wanted to spear some fish know beforehand, begin to know but another person interrupted me. about something. Halia: hatatei. Halia: lahi bilibilil. uaboloh (from: uaboloho) adv. in See: tanik. distinguished, unclear who is there. uabanghuar (from: uabanghuara) v. Halia: gal. show, display involves many uabong (from: uabongo) v. survive, observers. Halia: hiharuto. to eat anything to survive, to survive uabangmanate v. to make known, during a shortage of food. inggeim understand. king uabongo kompe tar poso uabarah (from: uabarahi) v. make kobur We survived on unripe long. Halia: katosoa. Morph: bananas. ua-barah. uabouh (from: uabouhu) v. barren, uabekenan (from: uabekenana) n. unable to bear children, sterile plant species family Asclepidaceae. woman, to make barren. Halia: Marsdenia sp. Variant: kuba. See: bouh. uabekenanang iaragai; tubunaro uabour (from: uabouru) v. to uabekenan. increase in numbers, breed, as uabel (from: uabele) n. drift, cause to livestock, mate as animals, nursery, drift, float, to be carried by the sea. to cause to breed. Halia: hisei. See: Lemeck ke uabele tena su Lemeck bour. 205 uabulau a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uagis uabulau (from: uabulaua) v. sell. uadud (from: uadudu) v. deciduous, Morph: ua-bulau. See: bulau. for a tree to seasonally lose its uabulih (from: uabulihi) v. a young leaves. Halia: hasua, pururuku. pig of the dead man is captured and See: dud. tied to the post by his bedside, it is uadudur (from: uaduduru) n. lead later released and allowed to mature weight used in fishing or sounding for a future feast in honor of the depths. Halia: bol. See: dudur. deceased. See: uapad. uadur v. dismantle. See: uadudur. uaburarum (from: uaburarumu) v. uaein liu v. eat all, finish by eating, talker, always talking. get rid of the pigs by eating them all. uaburarung (from: uaburarungu) sioun o Nehan ka uaein liu tasir adj. type of person, personality type. meme i Barahun In the past the uabureh (from: uaburehe) v. make Nissan people ate up all the goats on more. Halia: kato honoto. Morph: Barahun island. ua-burehe. See: burehe. uaen (from: uaene) v. swim. uaene uabus (from: uabusu) v. soak, wash tig i laur tar titil Swim up on the as clothes or dishes, make wet. water with a kickboard. Halia: ape. Halia: galus, hapusa, turun. uaet (from: uaete) n. oil. Morph: ua-bus. See: bus. uag (from: uaga) n. shell species, uadalum (from: uadalumu) n. pepper mostly Helmet shells family species family Piperaceae. Piper sp. Cassidae, family Stromdidae, See: hiar. Conchs. Cassis cornuta sc; uadeil (from: uadeili) adj. all, any, Cypraecassis rufa; Strombis whole. ahik uadel don’t have any epidromus. See: uid. See: udeil. uagah (from: uagaha) n. a great dark uadelauanang karkin (from: cumulus cloud that appears on the uadelauanang karkini) n. cowry horizon, is associated with weather species, family Cypraeidae, name magic, it can appear in the morning late afternoon and at midnight and is means “to smooth the arrow”. said to bring both day and night. Cypraea talpa. See: bekol. uageg (from: uagege) adv. turn aside, uadot (from: uadoto) v. save, control look back. a umene e tur uageg canoe, control things, agree. The house here is leaning over. See: tamatang uadot person who steers tur uageg. the canoe, solid individual type of uagerger (from: uagergere) v. to pass person See: tang uadot. by close to. uadouh (from: uadouhu) n. end, last uagis (from: uagisi) adv. opposite, one, last. uadouhinar last one mistaken, wrong direction. namana Halia: kul, kapakapa. See: douh. uagis think different 206 uago a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uahohou uago v. low note in singing. See: kere uahel (from: uahele) v. walk along kai. beach. uagom (from: uagomo) v. wrap, uahiau (from: uahiaua) v. sneak cover up. See: gom. away from a meeting or a crowd, uagou (from: uagouo) v. confident. secretly retreat, leave without saying inggeim king uagouo tun We are anything. Halia: hatataia, hatsohi. very confident. uahihiana v. flatter, to make people uaguat (from: uaguata) v. make like you. Tok Pisin: grisim; Halia: more. See: guat. ramoko, angoso. See: hihian. Uagum propN. village name, village uahikap (from: uahikapa) v. hold on on ocean side in Uanuleik area of ear, place outside, hold outside. Nissan island, also the name of a inggo ku uahikap tar pen tar group of people who appear foolish talingog I placed the pen on my ear. in traditional stories. See: uasip. uagun (from: uagunu) v. shake. See: uahikapa ngis (from: uahikapa gun. ngisi) v. the practice of putting a uah (from: uaha) v. happy, joyful. u small piece of coral into a small hole uah Halia: kolits, mangana, masa. in a cliff to mark a persons departure uaha uangoul (from: uaha from Nissan, if the protruding uangoulu) v. welcome, greet. See: section breaks off those at home uaha; uangoul. know that the traveler has died. uahahai (from: uahahaia) adj. want Variant: uauahip pang ngis. something else. uahing (from: uahinga) v. seek, need uahahalau (from: uahahalaua) adv. to, want. gisin here ra uahing tun unclear. me mani Maybe they really want uahai (from: uahaia) v. release, some money. See: hing. release animal. uahire v. message, sign, symbol, uahangran (from: uahangrana) n. to signal, tell out the news, cause to tell hide bad feelings, worry. a keketik news. Halia: bulunga. See: hire; e uahangrana kompe The child hid uakeik; uaparok. his bad feelings. uahiu (from: uahiua) v. to cause to uaheil v. to cause to be lost, confused. put down to humble. See: touahiua. uahiu (from: uahiuo) v. go down, See: ualelio; heil. descend a tree or steep place, climb uahekeb (from: uahekebe) v. hang down. Halia: koul. See: baka from shoulder, to carry a basket uahiu. Variant: uahiua. from the shoulder. e uahekebe teil uahohot (from: uahohoto) v. to tar tolaha nil She carried from on steady something. her shoulder a basket of nails. uahohou (from: uahohouo) v. put to 207 uahor a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uain
sleep. Morph: ua-hohou. See: species, family Cucurbitacea a vine hohou. common on fences and around uahor (from: uahoro) v. ground a gardens, has a small red fruit, root canoe or tree or something after forms a tuber, is difficult to irradiate. being in the sea or put into the sea. Momordica charantia. Halia: pasana. See: hor. uahurung (from: uahurungu) v. uahuain (from: uahuaini) v. riot, unpredictable, hypocritical. many people to make noise. See: uai1 (from: uaia) n. fish species, uapehuain. minnow species, small reef fish, uahuar (from: uahuara) v. to get used for bait, also eaten, family credit for something didn’t do. Engraulidae, Anchovy. Halia: uahuatan (from: uahuatana) n. sinholo, karioso. See: peih. replacement, if one is destroyed Variant: madauel. there is a replacement. uai2 (from: uaia) v. search hair for lice uahue v. agree, accept. See: kale. and remove them. See: ueluai. uahuhu v. wash, baptise. Halia: uaia adv. correct. Halia: hatolo, niga. baptais, tobu, kalala. See: huhu. See: auia. uahuhu liu v. rinse off, wash off. uaiah (from: uaiaha) v. turn in bed. Halia: tsu galus. uaiang (from: uaianga) n. group of uahuhuais (from: uahuhuaisi) v. animals, herd, of animals pigs, dogs, many people to make noise usually people, ships. uaiang hueit herd of involves anger, riot. Halia: pigs Halia: heis. See: toto. hiagetageta. uaiang hueit (from: uaiang hueiti) n. uahuhut (from: uahuhutu) adv. herd of pigs. Halia: heis poum. quite, almost, close. Halia: molo, uaiang tinih (from: uaiang tinihi) n. suku. Morph: ua-huhutu. See: group of canoes. Halia: kinei. huhut; hutung. uaikot (from: uaikoto) v. let down, uahun (from: uahunu) v. put on humble. See: uairan. shoulders. uain1 (from: uaini) v. 1) move uahung (from: uahungu) v. light something, to increase be greater something, burnt sacrifice, offering, than. irana uain much greater burnt sacrifice offering to spirits for Halia: hasula, heroko. 2) repeat trees to bear fruit. Halia: hihats. over and over again, to say it over See: uout uahungu; uasairi. and over again, to say something uahung kuen (from: uahung kuene) one day and the next and the next. n. 1) plant species vine, family uain2 (from: uaini) n. wine. Halia: Aristolochiaceae, Dutchman’s pipe wain. See: vino. Variant: bino. species. Aristolochia tagala. 2) plant From: English.
208 uaioh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uakih uaioh (from: uaioho) n. 1) spinning period of intense sun, the period of top made from the bottom of the intense sun. See: tam palau. coconut shell. Halia: bou. 2) shell uakalot (from: uakaloto) v. involve species family Cardiidae, Cockles. someone else, join, hook. Vepricardium sp. uakap (from: uakapa) adj. 1) all. uair (from: uairi) n. wire. See: haini. 2) finish. Halia: hoboto. See: kap. From: English. uakapis (from: uakapisi) n. steer a uairan (from: uairana) v. praise, lift canoe or boat, bow, stern. Halia: up. Morph: ua-i-ran. See: uatakai; bibiana, kapits. uaikot. uakapisihia n. rear end of a canoe or uaireh (from: uairehe) adv. far away vehicle. See: mud. from something. Halia: halehana uakarkarian (from: uakarkariana) ban. Morph: ua-i-reh. adv. fast, talk fast, quickly. Variant: uaiuai (from: uaiuaia) n. coconut oil, uakarian. oil. Halia: hangise, uapi. uakat (from: uakata) v. peek inside, uakadak (from: uakadaka) v. to dry peep, examine inside. evaporate. Halia: rakaraka. See: uakata uanom (from: uakata kadak. uanomo) v. peek, peer hesitantly or uakadakang makih (from: cautiously. Halia: hakono. uakadakang makihi) n. plant uakauigal (from: uakauigala) v. species family Araliaceae. twist, fold over. Boerlagiodendron sp. uakauiuir (from: uakauiuiri) v. turn uakahakah (from: uakahakaha) v. around. sort, divide, the good from the bad. uakeis (from: uakeisi) v. watch, look See: kahakah. out, careful, observe. Halia: talu, uakalahar (from: uakalahara) v. peito. clearly, plainly, understandable. uakeis uanon (from: uakeis uanono) Halia: halesala, harare, hamaroro. v. set a guard, set a watch, protect. Morph: ua-kalahar. See: kalahar. Halia: kahete. uakaligun (from: uakaligunu) v. uakeken (from: uakekene) v. begin, bend a joint, as the knee or elbow, start. Halia: tania, hapita, tanian. bend at joint. See: uakikilang; kotpokos. uakalis (from: uakalisi) n. swelling uakeluk (from: uakeluku) v. follow, breasts of a young girl when breasts submit, go along with, disciple. begin to form. Halia: susupuku. Halia: kukute, kute. Redup: See: kukuahalik. uakuakeluk. uakalopis (from: uakalopisi) n. uakih1 (from: uakiha) v. betray. weather ritual to produce a brief uakih2 (from: uakiha) v. feed
209 uakikilang a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ualagoureih
animals. Halia: binau. Variant: uakuakeluk (from: uakuakeluku) n. uakihi. follower, disciple. See: uakeluk. uakikilang (from: uakikilanga) adv. uakuan (from: uakuana) v. first, very first one. Halia: tutun. apologize. See: kuana. See: uakeken. uakukuet (from: uakukuete) v. slung uakikilang nar marein (from: over the shoulders. uakikilang nar mareini) n. Monday uakus (from: uakusu) v. snag against literally ‘first day’. Halia: kuipouts. something, hang against something, uakin (from: uakini) n. strange flag. Halia: hola, kehala. See: kus. animal, evil spirit. See: bulamakau. Variant: uakuse. uakio v. dance forward then backward uakusa kuen (from: uakusa kuene) with a certain step, women’s dance, n. the ritual of hanging coconuts to side step. Halia: tseka. See: tigul. ask a ghost for help in finding and uakitkitup (from: uakitkitupu) v. capturing a pig. make invisible, make dark, darken. ual (from: uala) v. spread out as a See: kitup. new tree branch or flower blossom uakitupin (from: uakitupini) v. out open as a book, unfold, to open darkened as the sky, overcast, storm. like book or sea anemone, flower. Halia: lum. See: uakitkitup. Halia: taholaka, palata. Variant: pusi kurum. uala MDL. intent, to intend to do uakodkodoh (from: uakodkodoho) v. something. uala ein to feed Halia: straighten or make right as a bent totono. Variant: uolo. arm or leg, make correct. Morph: ualabuk (from: ualabuku) v. ua- kodkodoh. comfort, make child stop crying. uakorak (from: uakoraka) v. Halia: hamusi. See: buk. befriend, friendly with, hospitable. ualadilomianalik (from: Halia: kapiena. ualadilomianaliki) adj. pitiful. See: uakotpokos (from: uakotpokoso) v. tiome. create, cause to happen, appear. Tok ualaein (from: ualaeini) v. feed. Pisin: kamapim. See: kotpokos. Morph: uala-ein. See: ein. uakouh (from: uakouhu) v. to fin out, ualagon (from: ualagono) n. custom to make guilty. See: kouh. on a certain day as the custom of uakuakat (from: uakuakata) v. peer, peace in the village during an stare, as a peeping Tom. See: uoto important feast. See: hiarou; bang. maligom. uakuakeis (from: uakuakeisi) v. ualagoureih (from: ualagoureihi) v. watch for, guard, supervise, govern, rule, observe, look at, watch. See: make noise, a commotion. o uakeis; kaueke. bureher tamata ra uala 210 ualagur a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ualasir
goreihintieh Many people were someone has died. See: ueltutue. making a commotion. ualakus (from: ualakusu) v. cross ualagur (from: ualaguru) v. awaken. arms. Halia: gule. Variant: ualgure. ualamat (from: ualamate) v. cause to ualah (from: ualaha) v. castrate, go die, finish all social obligations to remove testicles as in a male pig or the dead so they can be forgotten. dog. See: mat. ualahan (from: ualahana) n. fish ualamatot v. to mark someone to species, family Siganidae, Streaky marry another, arranged marriage. Spinefoot fish, Golden-Lined See: uamatot. Spinefoot. Siganus javus; Siganus ualameis (from: ualameisi) n. plant lineatus. See: patep. Variant: kiring species Leguminosae, Tick clover uaboung; mur; tabtabar. species. Desmodium; Dendrolobium ualahoun (from: ualahounu) v. umbellatum. request. ualantieh (from: ualantiehe) adv. ualahua v. upset with, annoyed, fast, do quickly, quick. Halia: bothered by. gisina ka sapsap. See: ualahur. ualahuantiehe tun tas rasin They ualapagah (from: ualapagaha) v. were very annoyed with the those swear, promise, vow, made on the (two) persons sister, covenant. See: ualahur (from: ualahuru) adv. uelhote. quickly, fast. guata ualahur Do ualapeboh (from: ualapeboho) v. quickly! Halia: boroboro, sieta. aggravate. ualakanuh (from: ualakanuhu) adj. ualapoh (from: ualapoho) n. dangerous. See: kanuhu; midwife, woman who helps other ualasukoro. women to stop bearing children by ualakar (from: ualakara) v. curious. using local medicines. Halia: hahakuba. ualakimot (from: ualakimoto) n. type of feast tigul in preparation for a ualapul (from: ualapulu) v. weary of, larger feast, coincides with the tired, to wear out, to make tired. Halia: soso mei. See: marapul. building of the pig enclosure alol. See: tigul. Variant: ualakoubeit. ualapular uelpouh (from: ualapular uelpouhu) v. tired of talk. ualakoubeit (from: ualakoubeiti) v. ualaron (from: ualarono) n. brace. attract attention to. inggo ku Halia: karabus. ualakoubeit tar bakue I attracted ualasir (from: ualasira) v. to show, the attention of the shark. teach, train. Halia: hatuts, tsilo. ualakurum (from: ualakurumu) v. See: uamaka. Variant: ualasiro; accompany, conversation, intimate ualasiri. conversation, often takes place after
211 ualasokor a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ualih ualasokor (from: ualasokoro) adj. ualatur (from: ualaturu) v. avoidance dangerous, frighten. See: sokor; between brother and sister, many ualakanuh. cultural rules associated with this ualasuk (from: ualasuku) adj. term, translation of the term means, enormous. ‘to cause to stand’. ualatagor (from: ualatagoro) v. ualatut (from: ualatutu) n. law, uncertain, unsure of something. See: instruction, rules of custom, tagor. instructions to obey. Halia: Lo. ualatangan (from: ualatangana) v. ualauah (from: ualauaha) v. joy, borrow, ask for, ask permission to joyful, speak in joy. See: uah. use. See: tangan. ualaung (from: ualaungu) adv. ualatataun (from: ualatataunu) adv. continually, all the way, all the time. frequently. Halia: nitoa. ualatob (from: ualatobo) v. taboo ualeik (from: ualeiki) adv. loudly, something, as plants or personal large, announce. kulo ualeik shout See: uleik. possessions. Halia: hatsietsi. ualeil (from: ualeili) n. lullaby. See: ualatoh (from: ualatoho) v. kotou ualeil. command, law, instructions to ualeit (from: ualeiti) v. sexual follow. See: uelhoto; lo; ualatut. intercourse. Variant: uelualeit. Variant: ualualatoh; ualotoh. ualel (from: ualele) v. rock back and ualatotor (from: ualatotoro) v. sneak forth, comfort child. attack, attack stealthily, ambush. ualelio v. to confuse, to cause to be ualatouboul (from: ualatouboulu) v. unsure. Tok Pisin: paulim. See: have difficulty, slow learner, uaheil. mystery, mystify, know mystical ualeng (from: ualenge) v. tell funny stories. Halia: kirikiri. See: stories, play tricks. Halia: hionga. touboul. See: tang ualeng. ualatouk (from: ualatouku) v. to give ualengngus (from: ualengngusu) n. directions, one proficient in giving nose ornament, which is inserted directions, lead, command. through the nose septum. Halia: ualualatouk commanders ahin. ualatue v. send, errand. See: ualigun (from: ualigunu) v. bend as ualualatue. the knee or elbow, bend at joint. ualatuh (from: ualatuhu) v. point Halia: liko. with the finger. Halia: tus. ualih (from: ualihi) n. canoe paddle, ualatuman (from: ualatumana) adv. paddle usually made from different for someone, benefactive adverb. hard woods as ketam. Halia: hose, See: tuman; ueleiheir. sua.
212 ualihang uakapis a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ualuh ualihang uakapis (from: ualihang v. run away quickly as in fear with uakapisi) n. rudder, steering paddle. the extra strength of one narrowly Halia: hosen tau. See: uakapis. escaping. Halia: hutsuhutsiki. ualinang (from: ualinanga) v. do for ualo ueltebeir (from: ualo ueltebeiri) long time, continuous. v. scatter, run about, run in different ualing (from: ualinga) v. need, need directions as a crowd scattering. See: to do. ahik paha ualingang bolo ueltebeir. uahire There is no need to write and ualoin v. cracked, as a cup marked to tell. break. See: ualo; anas. ualing (from: ualingi) v. clean out, ualongor (from: ualongoro) v. listen. unload. Halia: supa. See: longor. ualing liu v. take out many. Halia: ualor (from: ualoro) v. catch with a lolous. See: uamate liu. hook when pole fishing on the reef. ualingia v. sweeten in the mouth. Halia: biou. Halia: hangata. Morph: ua- lingia. ualototor (from: ualototoro) v. See: lingia. attack. ualir (from: ualiri) v. take out soft ualualagoreih (from: ualualagoreihi) coconut meat from the shell with the v. noisy, disturb, garble, make thumb and eat. Halia: kepa. sounds with the mouth as a baby. ra ualiuo n. early in the morning. See: ualualagoreih i moren They are liuo. making noise outside. Variant: ualmaluan (from: ualmaluana) v. ualualagorah. allow, forgive, look at again. Halia: ualualatue n. messenger, servant, tara pouts. See: uamaluan; worker, carries the message. Halia: maluan. katunun tatala, tson butbutul, ualo1 v. listen for, hear and remember. tson susoataranga. See: ualatue; Halia: pieta. tang ualatue. ualo2 v. run, drive, as driving a car. ualualeil (from: ualualeili) v. fence, Redup: ualualo. mark off a dimension, measure a ualo dur (from: ualo duru) v. break dimension. through a crowd, run through a ualualo v. 1) run. See: ualo. crowd. Halia: nono. — n. 2) bark strip used for sewing ualo liu v. break out of captivity, sago leaves together, usually the break away. Halia: bus peko. bark of betel nut tree makih. Halia: ualo uakeluk (from: ualo uakeluku) ni. Variant: pang makih. v. after, run after, follow. See: ualuh (from: ualuhu) v. burn up in a uakeluk. fire, be sacrificed. Halia: ats. See: ualo ualahur (from: ualo ualahuru) uahungu.
213 ualuhluh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uaman ualuhluh (from: ualuhluhu) adv. uamalau (from: uamalaua) n. beam, around. top of wall plate, top of wall. Halia: ualuluahar (from: ualuluahara) v. all ari, halhal. knowing, omniscient. Variant: uamalim (from: uamalimi) v. add pig ualuluhata. grease to pot when cooking greens, ualuluhar (from: ualuluhara) n. end. grease. Halia: niana. ualuluhlek (from: ualuluhleke) v. uamalmalar (from: uamalmalara) v. over the head action. attract. See: malar. ualup (from: ualupu) v. slack, loose uamaluan (from: uamaluana) v. as a rope. Halia: gua. allow, weaken as by magic. Halia: ualutar (from: ualutara) adv. without tatarahana, totono. See: maluan. cause, suddenly, surprise, joke. uamaluanin (from: uamaluanini) v. Halia: songots, ku homi. See: 1) stop controlling, let go as to let a lutar. canoe drift with the wind or current. uam (from: uama) n. plant species Halia: rongaronga. 2) humble, family Rutaceae. Micromelum belittle, generally means to treat as minutum. worthless, to count as nothing and uamadai (from: uamadaia) adj. not too dark, like toast, browned. hold in contempt. See: sigal. uamadelau (from: uamadelaua) v. uamamahoul (from: uamamahoulu) stir, turn over, level. v. 1) placate, comfort child, uamagit (from: uamagiti) v. mark it. encourage, stop anger, make child From: English. stop crying. See: buk. Variant: uamahing (from: uamahingi) v. hurt. uamamahol. See: uelmahing; mahing. uamamakit (from: uamamakiti) v. uamahoh (from: uamahoho) v. make squint, frown. mature, no longer a virgin. uamamarau (from: uamamaraua) v. uamakah (from: uamakaha) v. show, wash face and eyes not whole body. reveal. uelhire uamakah revelation See: uabus. uamakmakos (from: uamakmakoso) uamamarekan (from: v. straighten as a bent arm or leg. uamamarekana) v. gentle, patient. Halia: haparore. See: makos. uamamau (from: uamamaua) v. uamakos (from: uamakoso) v. cool. straighten, arrange. Redup: uaman1 (from: uamana) n. prove, uamakmakos. cause to be true, oath, swear. Halia: uamal (from: uamala) v. fail to keep ranga te mana uana i iasa. See: as one’s word, break promise, man; uauaman. disallow, unfaithful. Halia: pita uaman2 (from: uamana) v. sharpen, harus. sharpen as one stone on another,
214 uamanom a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uamour
grate, as vegetables. Halia: asa, uamoh (from: uamoho) v. 1) cooked, karima. cause to be cooked, done. Halia: uamanom (from: uamanomo) v. kinalala. make tame. See: mahanam. — n. 2) large important feast usually uamanguh (from: uamanguhu) v. to includes a mumu, killing of pigs make someone tired, tire. See: and much singing and dancing. ualapul. Morph: ua-moh. See: moh. uamarein (from: uamareini) v. sun to uamok (from: uamoko) v. put it, rise appear over the horizon, cause pregnant early stage before swelling day. Halia: kiesa. See: marein. is visible. uamoko liu tar niein Put uamaror (from: uamaroro) v. to do away leftover food. Halia: hakei, in an orderly, proper way. ahik mete saluhe. ualo uamaroro He didn’t go in a an uamok i lolon (from: uamok i orderly way. Morph: ua- maror. lolono) v. place inside, burry. Halia: See: maror. hongo. See: keu. uamarou (from: uamarouo) v. wash uamoko bak (from: uamoko baka) v. face. put away, leave alone. uamat (from: uamata) v. pay debt. uamoko uahiu v. lay down, put down. Morph: ua- mat. See: mat. uamoko uaia v. put neatly in place, uamatal (from: uamatala) v. cause place correctly. Halia: haka hatolo. shame, shame. Halia: ranga See: mok. hamatsingolo. See: matal. Variant: uamol (from: uamolo) v. cool, uamatol. making cool, soften food by dipping uamatot (from: uamatoto) v. in hot liquid. Halia: hatobuk. See: straighten, arrange, fit. uamatoto uamomol. tagin try to make it fit Halia: uamomol (from: uamomolo) v. honoto. See: matot; ualamatot; gentle, soothing. See: uamol. selek. uamonmonih (from: uamonmonihi) uamauhung kol (from: uamauhung v. stir up, for wind to stir up the kolo) n. plant species family water, causing waves. See: monih. Verbenaceae, Beauty berry sp. uamoul (from: uamoulu) v. dirty, to Callicarpa sp. break taboo, taboo to eat as one’s uamauiu v. crushed, scrunch up as a own pig. Halia: korkoriana. truck crushed against a tree. Halia: uamour (from: uamouru) v. steal in hasukupu. presence of victim, deceive, uamin (from: uamini) v. make deception. toon manasampe insulting gesture, insult. See: sigal. santiehe peon a tang turtur Redup: uamuamin. uamour i teh That it now very bad
215 uamu a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uanuantong
indeed that way he is a deciever uanio v. laugh. Halia: gol, gol sil. there on the beach. See: ueluanio. uamu adv. in front of. See: i uoum. Uanoleik (from: Uanoleiki) propN. uamun (from: uamunu) n. bow, front area name on Nissan name means of a canoe. Halia: mus, tson mus. ‘big place’, North of air-strip uan (from: uana) v. shoot with bow includes the major land and and arrow. Halia: hana, poloso. population areas of the island. See: See: pil. Sirouatan. uan (from: uani) n. home, village, uanom (from: uanomo) adv. secretly. district area, country, place. Halia: See: banguanom. han. uanon (from: uanono) adv. firmly, uan tok (from: uan toko) n. related, well. a palang a ninil uanon The fellow-countryman. From: Tok board is nailed tightly Halia: kakap. Pisin. See: non. uanaman (from: uanamana) v. cause uanot (from: uanoto) v. multiply, to think, manipulation, controlling produce many offspring, another’s thoughts, associated with supplement, make up the difference. seduction magic kinalal. See: Halia: lasa susul. kinalal; naman. uanoum (from: uanoumu) v. put in uanatonon (from: uanotonono) n. mouth. friend, buddy, fellow-countryman, uantinanin (from: uantinanina) n. mate. Tok Pisin: uan tok; Halia: middle, the middle of something. honoto. Variant: uanoutoun. Halia: gusu, gusunen, hagus. uanauan (from: uanauana) v. keep uantinanin nar boung (from: shooting arrows, fish with bow and uantinanin nar boungu) n. middle arrows. Halia: hanahana. See: uan. of the night. Halia: gusuna bong. Uaneran (from: Uanerana) propN. See: boung. island name, Anir island north of uantong (from: uantongo) n. nettle Pinipel and Nissan. See: palauer. species, whose leaves sting the skin, uanet (from: uanete) v. uh, said if family Utricaceae, Fire tree, two can’t think of verb, do. See: nete; types. Dendrocide sp. Halia: baia. inet. See: uanuantong. Variant: uantong uanibaharalik (from: uanibaharaliki) gaugauil; uantongo kubkubar. n. outcast, undesirable person. Halia: uanuana pos (from: uanuana poso) hahasogo. See: tiome. n. orchid species, family uanimaout (from: uanimaoutu) n. Orchidaceae, orchid. Thrixspermum favorite, favor, favorite thing, child, sp. See: seserekan. food. uanuantong (from: uanuantongo) n.
216 uanges a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uaparok
coral species, fire coral, two types. uanguangoul (from: uanguangoulu) Millepora sp. See: bubun. Variant: v. locate, stay in one place, refers to uanuantongong teh lagoon; a person who stays in one place and uanuantongong du ocean. seldom goes away. Halia: hinohino. uanges (from: uangese) n. plant uanguangoul uah (from: species, family Myrsinaceae. Ardisia uanguangoul uaha) v. hope. sp. Variant: uanguangoul keip tar uangingingio v. insult, insult action niuah. with the mouth. See: uelsigal; uanguh (from: uanguhu) v. to point a uapongong; uamin. weapon close to object like a spear uangoul (from: uangoulu) v. live, gun to a fish. wait, stay. uangoul uaboung stay uangung (from: uangungu) v. smoke, until night Halia: aloso, hahaloso, smoke fish or meat. hahana, haloso, kaka. Redup: uaoh (from: uaoho) v. sleep bird or uanguangoul. fish. uangoul bak (from: uangoul baka) v. uaon (from: uaono) v. wait for calm, stay in the village for a short time, wait for slack period between waves stay back from work, wait. Halia: in order to launch a canoe. Halia: papou. See: uangoul. hari. uangoul i reh (from: uangoul i rehe) uaongol (from: uaongolo) v. v. visit for an extended time, live encourage, make brave, help to do a away from home. Halia: tapa. See: difficult thing. See: iongol. reh. uaou (from: uaouo) v. hide. See: ou. uangoul keip (from: uangoul keipi) uaoutoung (from: uaoutoungu) v. v. watch over for a short time, live procrastinate. together. Halia: peito kap. See: uapad (from: uapada) v. death gift, uangoul. the act of placing any token gift by a uangoul toto v. come together. See: corpse and removing it before uangoul. disposal of the body. See: uabulih. uangoul uangoul (from: uangoul uapaden (from: uapadene) v. clear, uangoulu) v. waiting, to wait for a open area, clear space. party of people going to another uapain (from: uapaini) v. fight back, village. Halia: haloaloso. See: answer back, answer. uangoul. uapalih (from: uapalihi) v. change, uanguang (from: uanguanga) n. fish deceive, be transformed. Halia: species, family Lethrinidae, maman-kato, palis, toana, palis u Spangled Emperor. Lethrinus ranga. See: palih. nebulosus. See: iahiah. uaparok (from: uaparoko) n. sign,
217 uapehua a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uaragoh
omen, premonition. See: parok; uapoul (from: uapoulo) adv. uahire. repeatedly, continually, to do uapehua v. overcome. See: pehuar. repeatedly. See: dede; poul. uapehuain (from: uapehuaini) v. riot. uapuaha toro uelhire v. spread news See: uahuaini. selectively. Halia: tut. uapekout (from: uapekoutu) v. to uapuapalih (from: uapuapalihi) adj. disturb, interrupt. variable. See: uapalih. uapepe v. encourage. tamatang uapuapang kaluan (from: uapepe encourager uapuapang kaluana) v. to double uapinalas (from: uapinalasa) v. something, to double the recipe. stress, worry, the worry a woman uapugul (from: uapugulu) v. feels when her husband is announce. See: pugul. committing adultery. See: pinalas. uapuh (from: uapuhu) v. convulse in uapis (from: uapisi) n. plant species a death tremor. family Scrophulariaceae, False uapuhin (from: uapuhina) v. shorten. pimpernel species. Lindernia uapung (from: uapungu) v. knock crustaceae. down as the wind making a tree fall, uapis (from: uapisi) adj. approximate. or a man knocking down his house. kae lainane here toro sioko ro Halia: tupu, lupu. See: uadur. hangaul ro kirismas uapis There uar1 (from: uara) n. coconut with are maybe 10 years approximately. shoot, used for planting, with edible Variant: uapis lok back and forth, growth inside. Halia: hala. See: seesaw. uaran. uapisar (from: uapisara) v. ritual for uar2 (from: uara) n. generic term for weather control, magically control Stingray, family Dasyatidae, Blue- the weather. Halia: keits. spotted Stingray. Dasyatis kuhlii. uapon (from: uapono) v. carry on, Tok Pisin: par; Halia: eipaha. See: upon a plate. uaruam; gagalau; mer. Variant: uapon kek (from: uapono keke) n. uar kamantakip; uar pagol; tame pig, this pig is so thoroughly pakumaiat. domesticated that one can put one’s uara tatau (from: uara tataua) v. foot upon it with impunity. See: extend on both sides. turun toro tinan. uarabel (from: uarabele) v. go uapongong v. insult, insulting action through, go through out, spread. with the mouth. See: uangingingio. kara la uarabele toro mok i Galili uaposar (from: uaposara) adv. repay, And then they went throughout the pay back, sufficiently. region of Galilee uapouk (from: uapouku) n. nightmare. uaragoh (from: uaragoho) n. plant
218 uarahuan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uarorok
species, family Myrtaceae. Eugenia uarauar (from: uarauara) n. grease, sp. oil that has solidified. uarahuan (from: uarahuana) n. uarbat (from: uarbata) n. songs used abutment, which refers to counter- in makih ritual to summon the grains in wood that make it difficult spirits of the bush to help the to cut. dancers. See: tang makih; makih; uarakop (from: uarakopo) v. upside uarmong. Variant: uarabat. down, cover, cover with rain cape or uareing (from: uareingi) v. aside, umbrella. rakop keip brood as a hen make room, move aside, clear. Halia: kopo, soala. Halia: hatalis. uarakut (from: uarakutu) v. stick as uarere n. propeller, something which glue. Halia: rokoto. spins, turns. Halia: hahatoa. uaran (from: uarana) n. coconut uariau (from: uariaua) n. plant sprout, spongy bread like food in species, woody vine often grows on coral rocks, family Celastraceae or coconut that has sprouted. Halia: Hippocrateaceae. Salacia chinensis; beret. See: uar. Salacia erythrocarpa. uarang (from: uaranga) n. hidden 1 uarih (from: uarihi) n. son-in-law, talk, parable, talk-story, talk-picture. man’s father-in-law, man’s mother- See: uelhire uarang. in-law. Halia: halis. uarang (from: uaranga) v. dry by 2 uarikin tane n. engagement, first fire, dry by putting close to fire. See: payment, bride price, appointed. uakadak. See: uelhouana, liurna ro paka. uarat (from: uarata) n. wind from the uarikin uahiu (from: uarikin north, tuna season about October uahiua) v. lay down. through April. Halia: ehalata. uarkong (from: uarkongo) n. uarat iaban (from: uarat iabana) n. coconut-oil preparation used by strong westerly wind. Halia: dancers to rub on their bodies. See: tohosima. ku. Variant: langoron; uarakong. uaratami n. weather ritual where the uarmong (from: uarmongo) n. sunworker summons the northwest approach song, the performers begin (monsoon) wind to drive off rain their approach to the village they clouds. sing this type of song, are often uaratetegan (from: uaratetegana) v. partially magical and not particularly busy, too busy to do anything else. intended for the ears of the audience. uarauam (from: uarauama) n. See: uarbat; ku. stingray species, family Dasyatidae, uarorok (from: uaroroko) v. rattle Blue-spotted Stingray. See: uar. with seeds that rattle, rattle plates. Variant: pakmaiat. Halia: goregore, gorara.
219 uaroung a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uasuasiak uaroung (from: uaroungu) v. uasamaloh (from: uasamaloho) v. surprise, to exclaim surprise at the pretend to hit, to throw something. amount of food at a feast, shocked. uasangan (from: uasangana) v. hold, kulong uarong exclaim catch as a ball, catch water or liquid. uaruara naman (from: uaruara Halia: toul. namana) v. confuse, undecided, uasar (from: uasara) v. close a door unsure. Variant: uaruara noman. or window but not locked, block. uaruare v. hunt birds. See: buai. Halia: pili. See: haloro. uaruarikin (from: uaruarikini) v. uasilung (from: uasilungu) v. cook, fish with hook and line, put, carry. cook in a pot, boil. Halia: nas. See: Halia: anis. See: uekih. uk. Variant: uasalung. uaruarikin tar boung (from: uasingol (from: uasingolo) n. plant uaruarikin tar boungu) n. fish at species, family Menispermaceae. night with a light. See: uaruarikin. Tinospora dissitiflora. uaruaron (from: uaruaro) n. chest, uasip (from: uasipi) v. attach, to takes possessive marker for person attach stick or object to another by and number, body parts. Halia: the side of it, as a pen attached to a lumluma. pocket. uaruarue v. aggrandize, continue uasokor (from: uasokoro) v. frighten. uncorrected. to become worse, See: sokor; ualasokoro. inhibit, not give much freedom to. uasosor (from: uasosoro) v. run water, run water from tank. See: uaruarur (from: uaruaruru) v. sosor; ueluelour. gentle, patient, grace, careful, uasual (from: uasuala) v. reverse welcome. Halia: tami. See: direction, opoosite, overturn or bring ueluarur. head down, discredit, put someone uasa adv. badly, poorly, make bad, down, overcome, upside down. damage, harm. Halia: homi, uasuasa adv. badly, poorly, make bad, hasogo. Morph: ua-sa. See: sa. damage, harm. See: uasa; sa. Redup: uasuasa. uasuasala v. boast pretend to be able uasabalim (from: uasabalima) v. to do something hard or difficult. o empty handed, to go without uasuasalaia tar korak You anything, to go with nothing in the pretended that you are able to chew hand. Variant: uasabeilima. betel nut. Morph: uas- ua- sal. See: uasair (from: uasairi) v. copy, lure sal. bird, to light up something. uasuasiak (from: uasuasiaka) v. rock uasaluh (from: uasaluhu) adv. back and forth, toss as a ship in without result, wrongly. Halia: heavy waves. Halia: gigere. See: pino. siak.
220 uasuk a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uataul uasuk (from: uasuku) v. 1) singe, as uatalau (from: uatalaua) v. try, test, to singe the hair off of a pig, warm. taste. Pita ke uatolaua tang Jon Halia: hahuna. 2) punish. 3) catch Peter tested John. See: uedanga; many. uatolau. uasul (from: uasulu) n. gale, heavy uataling (from: uatalingi) v. listen. storm, strong wind. Halia: ualupu. See: longor; talingan. See: solihang. uatamatut (from: nuatamatutu) n. uasulak (from: uasulaka) v. to draw footprint, faint footprint. Halia: people from afar, especially to a noanei. feast, or a tigul session. See: tigul. uatamtamian (from: uatamtamiana) uasur (from: uasura) v. place up in, v. crush, crush as a tablet or between. inggo ku uasura toro medicine. ioub i ran tar iatou I put the knife uatangan (from: uatangana) v. ask up in between the sago palm leaves. for someone, request someone. See: uat1 (from: uata) n. bed, place to ualatangana; tangan. sleep on, often a long bench along uataong (from: uataongo) v. trap, one side of the house. Halia: inana. chase to trap. uat2 (from: uata) n. vein, artery. uatapador (from: uatapadoro) v. Halia: luta. straighten as a knee or elbow, uataboh (from: uataboho) v. to crack unbend, stretch. Halia: paroro. knuckles, to cause to pop. uatapokis (from: uatapokisi) v. pay uatadakai (from: uatadakaia) v. look back, answer, ask through another up toward. Halia: maman hakats. person send a message. See: See: tadakai. tapokis; uapaina. uatagal (from: uatagala) v. feel uatar (from: uatara) v. 1) motion strong, exercise, fell good from with hand as to stop a car. 2) protect, chewing beetle nut. Halia: his. See: shield, block, armor, protect, from uatagalain; tagal. wind or rain. Halia: tsiguhu. See: uatagalain v. undress, take down. babata. See: uatagal. uatat (from: uatata) v. talk. See: uatagel (from: uatagele) v. grind as ueluatata. when grinding galip nuts with a uatatau (from: uatataua) v. glide, stone. Halia: konokono. See: soko. stretch out. Halia: roeits. uatagin (from: uatagini) v. warn. See: uatauet (from: uatauete) v. send out, tagin. let go. See: tauet. uatakai (from: uatakaia) v. praise, uataul (from: uataula) adv. any honor, worship. Halia: hatsunono, container, plate, dish for carrying solosei. See: uairan. things.
221 uatek a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uauaen uatek (from: uateke) v. side, lie on second. uatorikinar marein side. Tuesday Halia: hahuol, hatut, uatentur (from: uatenturu) v. huol, kuihahuol. See: torik. resurrect, to start up. Tok Pisin: uatou (from: uatouo) n. miracle. kirapim. See: tentur. Halia: mirakul. See: tou. uateuel (from: uateuele) v. fast, uatouan (from: uatouana) v. hesitate, quick. Halia: hasesei. hesitate in actions. uatil v. float, glide, follow the waves uatouauir (from: uatouauiri) n. wind. See: titil. secret. uatimuh (from: uatimuhu) n. first uatoueitin (from: uatoueitini) NUM. fruits of a garden, especially fruit fourth. uatoueitinar marein trees. Halia: tsiamuna. See: timuh. Thursday Halia: hatohats, uatok (from: uatoko) v. put. See: tok. kuihatohats. See: marein; toueit. uatokakek (from: uatokakeke) n. uatouonon (from: uatouonono) lap. See: keken. NUM. third. uatouononor marein uatokerin (from: uatokerini) n. hair Wednesday Halia: hatopisa, to stand up as on the cockatoo’s kuihatopisa. See: touon. head for feathers or hair to stand up, uatuk (from: uatuku) v. 1) stop, quit. dog or pig’s hair to stand up. Halia: Halia: suhu. pakena. — n. 2) small fence made from wood uatolau (from: uatolaua) v. strive, do with cover. over and over again. ku uatolaua uatukeng (from: uatukenge) adj. baka teil I tried over and over again very hard, as wood or stone. See: uatalau. uatun (from: uatunu) n. seed, part of uatolimin (from: uatolimina) NUM. the fruit the seeds are attached to. a fifth. Halia: hatolima. See: tolim. uatununine ke tungar These seeds uatoliminar marein (from: sprouted. uatoliminar mareini) n. Friday, uatur (from: uaturu) v. stand on. See: means the fifth day. Halia: tur. kuihatolima. See: tolim; marein. uatut (from: uatutu) v. endure. Haik uatonomon (from: uatonomono) ueluatat uatuatut puk No! endure NUM. sixth. Uatonom Saturday the conversation only. Redup: Halia: Galakata. See: tonom. uatuatut. Variant: puh pepe uah. uau (from: uaua) n. dust. uator (from: uatoro) adv. for, to do uauabangalik (from: uauabangaliki) for someone. See: banga uator; v. shameless, crude. ueleihier; kaleuator. uauaen (from: uauaene) n. scallops, uatorikin (from: uatorikini) NUM. family Pectinidae, family
222 uauaengan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ubau
Trigoniidae, family Pteriidae. uauih (from: uauihi) v. wrap as Gloripallium pallium; Lima sp.; wrapping an ace bandage around the Neotrigonia sp.; Pinctada sp. See: leg. See: uihi. bek. uaul (from: uaulu) v. shake uauaengan (from: uauaengana) v. something, shake a tree. Halia: gas. glide as a bird with the wind, sweep uaum (from: uaumu) n. pandanus down. Halia: tsuhu. species family Pandanaceae, uauagon (from: uauagono) n. common on cliffs near ocean, grows brother’s wife or wife’s sister, into dense forests of just this brother-in-law, sister-in-law, species, has many uses for straps husband’s brother or sister’s and baskets, and covering for food, husband. Halia: hahagono. the small nut like seed can be eaten. uauahua v. abuse, take out anger on, Pandanus sp. See: meis; bantui. scapegoat object. uauoun (from: uauounu) v. fill up, uaualeu (from: uaualeue) v. wild. load up. Halia: hongo hasaputu. See: roke. See: hedongo. uauaman (from: uauamana) adj. uauout (from: uauoutu) v. increase, honest, faithful, truthful. Morph: ritual known as ‘causing to swell up’ ua-ua-man. See: man; uaman. is intended to make plentiful the uauan (from: uaua) n. sister of son- food placed on the table for a feast. in-law, takes possessive suffix. See: uout. uauan (from: uauana) n. fruit, to bear uaurung sus (from: uaurung susu) n. fruit. plant species family Araliaceae, uauanet (from: uauanete) v. ridicule, edible plant, used for wrapping food, tease, make fun of. common around villages. Polyscias uauarau (from: uauaraua) v. paint pinnata. Variant: uonguonguong. the face. Halia: bun. uauu v. sail. See: uu. uaubau (from: uaubaua) v. leave, ub (from: ubu) v. chop, chop fire desert. Barry e turung uaubaua wood. Halia: obu. tagigeig Barry is going to desert us. ubau (from: ubaua) v. 1) stress, stress See: hiliu. from visitors. See: pinalas. uauelpone v. to put away. 2) protection ritual performed to protect a sick person against the uauelsuk (from: uauelsuku) v. warm adverse affects caused by a person up. Halia: memei, hanaka. See: arriving or leaving the village, uelsuk. instruments used in many rituals uauia v. cause good, heal as a sore or include plants, lime powder goreu, wound, make better, allow, agree. red ochre, and stones often Morph: ua-auia. palakurum. 223 uben a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uel- uben (from: ubene) n. net. Halia: line together with a not Halia: pusi. abe, toutoul. See: ueinueinut; sesei. See: ueinueinut; tuman; sesei. From: Tok Pisin. Redup: ueinueinut. ubeneng ian (from: ubeneng iana) v. ueir (from: ueiri) n. sea urchin fish net, net used for fishing. Halia: species with long spines, Slate tala. See: ian. pencil sea urchin. Halia: salana. ububer (from: ububere) v. unsteady. See: ueir toh. Variant: koulunar udeil (from: udeili) n. whole, entire, pil; kalunar pil; ingit; uatunar complete, saved whole. Halia: kalok. ohots. See: uadeil; dedeil. ueir toh (from: ueir toho) n. sea ue CNJ. or. Halia: tsi. urchin with short poisonous spines. ue ahik (from: ue ahiki) CNJ. or not. See: ueir. Halia: tsi e moa. ueisueis (from: ueisueisi) n. uedang (from: uedanga) v. to try or mustache, beard, body parts. Tok measure. ueduedanga strive Halia: Pisin: mausgras; Halia: hurut. See: tuna, torohana. See: ngau. suksukpor. ueduedanga puk (from: ueduedanga ueiueinut (from: ueinueinutu) n. net. puku) adv. just try, try only. Halia: See: sesei; ueinut; uben. mastei. uek (from: ueke) n. very small ueh (from: uehe) EXCL. Oh! musical pipe, bamboo flute, pan uehunar matan (from: uehunar pipes. mata) n. eyebrows, body parts, takes uekih (from: uekihi) v. look for fish. possessive marker for person and Halia: hoata, loto. See: uaruarikin. number, brow-ridge is uehun. uekih tar boung (from: uekih tar Halia: kakalohi. boungu) v. fish at night. Halia: ueih (from: ueihi) v. step. ueih tane alaha. See: uaruarikin. toro lunar soi Step on the head of uekuekon (from: uekueko) n. neck, the snake. Halia: pita. Variant: ueih takes possessive suffix, body parts. uapon. Redup: ueihueih. Halia: totongolo. Variant: uatanar ueihing kek (from: ueihing keke) n. uekuekon mastoids. foot print. uekuekous (from: uekuekousu) adj. ueil (from: ueili) v. fast, refrain from many necks. food, for spiritual reasons, weather uel (from: uele) n. maggot. Halia: magicians practice this as part of kakaminei. See: pum. Variant: their ritual. See: toub; ein toub. tener liouan. ueinut (from: ueinutu) n. coil as a uel- (from: uel-) RCPR. reciprocal snake, knot, knotted rope, knot in a prefix on verbs often the verb is rope or a tree. ueinut tuman join suffixed with -e. ueluelhire news
224 uelae a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uelel uelae v. conflict, interaction between young men sleep close together in two related lines from different the boy house because of the cold. location, angry. ueldangat (from: ueldangate) v. uelbabakilare v. having to do with asking, to ask often. crossed items. ueldee v. reject, be against, opposed uelbabeir (from: uelbabeiri) v. same to. niuelde reject Morph: uel-de-e. age, duplicate, double. ueluelbabeir See: de. many doubles Variant: uelbabeirin. ueldinge v. divide between. raeig ira uelbak (from: uelbaka) v. contribute, ueldinge toro iru We divide throw at each other, throw stones at between us the tea. each other. Halia: mitsmits. ueldolom (from: ueldolomo) v. sorry, Variant: uelbake. compassion, grief. See: dolomo. uelbanout (from: uelbanoutu) v. ueldolom pokis (from: ueldolom make enough, make sufficient for a pokisi) v. reconcile, make peace. particular reason, fit together. Halia: Variant: ueldolomo tapokis. antuna. ueldoudout (from: ueldoudoutu) v. uelbange v. face each other. Halia: congregate. Variant: uilioudout. himatani, hiaporpori, matamata. ueldoukout (from: ueldoukoutu) v. Morph: uel-bang-e. group of friends, playmates, crowd uelbarang (from: uelbaranga) n. around close together. Halia: poison, magical power, love magic, hipasasi. seducing charm, war magic, hot as a ueldud (from: ueldudu) v. jealous. pepper, strong. Halia: hirako. ueldudur (from: uelduduru) v. burial uelbasire v. fashion, style. See: basir. at sea, the body is lower into the uelbel (from: uelbele) n. mock spear water with rocks tied to the feet, traditional burial on Nissan before fight using light straight spears and the introduction of the graveyard or they threw spears at each other, part matmat. See: dudur. Variant: of the traditional pugul feast. See: uelueldudur (location of sea burial). bel. Variant: bele gorogor. ueldumat (from: ueldumata) v. cheer uelbubuhe v. reconcile, make peace, up, to cheer up a child. forgive. Variant: uelbuhe. ueleiheir (from: ueleiheiri) BEN. uelbubun (from: uelbubunu) v. to benefactive, to do for someone. kale decorate, to color the face. ueleiheir totoguo tar kup get for uelbulie v. general distribution of me the cup See: uelheirie; heir; food at a feast. See: bul. ualatuman. uelbulih (from: uelbulihi) v. to sleep uelel (from: uelele) v. quiver, slight close together. o mamanailik ra quivering of leaves in a gentle uelbulih i iabas tar malahong The breeze.
225 uelgehe a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uelhohou uelgehe v. jealousy, jealous of each exchange of wealth. See: uelheir other. See: uelbasire. Variant: niein; heir. Variant: uelharie. uelgahie. uelhiarou (from: uelhiarouo) n. uelgeile v. chase each other. peace, time without fighting, uelgoreu v. congratulate a performer reconciliation. Halia: masalohana. by patting lime on their back, See: uelheirie; hiarou; bubuh. individual spectators may intrude uelhimuk (from: uelhimuku) v. upon the performance in order to whisper, talk soft, confess. Halia: congratulate one or more of the hahasi, ranga hahasi. dancers and drummers for the uelhinge v. borrow, borrow from each quality of his performance, other. See: hing. especially common in women’s uelhir (from: uelhiri) v. 1) toward, dances. See: tinoia; goreu. Variant: move toward. See: malahir. 2) seek, uelbuak. search for meaning. uelgoual (from: uelgouala) v. play, uelhire n. speech, language, news, for children to play. Halia: hirata. preaching. Halia: masaka. See: See: goual. hire; ueluatat. uelgougoun (from: uelgougounu) v. uelhire tapokis (from: uelhire together. inggeg i la uelgougoun i tapokisi) v. answer. Halia: ranga Balil roliuo We go together to Balil hapala. See: uapaina. tomorrow. See: uelpoukousu. uelhire tauet (from: uelhire tauete) uelgumgum (from: uelgumgumu) v. v. proclaim, tell out, preach. Halia: chat, discuss. See: gum. ranga habutu. See: uatauete. uelhagare v. 1) spaces in between uelhire uakalahar (from: uelhire something. 2) food taboo is finished uakalahara) v. to explain all and can eat previously forbidden implications of an issue. Halia: foods. ranga baba. uelhahau (from: uelhahaua) n. uelhire uanom (from: uelhire exchange, marriage exchange of uanomo) v. to talk secretly. Halia: wealth. ranga momous. See: nguru. uelhalat (from: uelhalata) v. discuss, uelhire uarang (from: uelhire decide together. Halia: hirari. uaranga) n. parable, talk story. See: uelhehek (from: uelheheke) v. search uarang. for the truth, investigate. uelhohou (from: uelhohouo) n. uelheir niein (from: uelheir nieini) n. 1) dreamer, usually female. Halia: food exchange at a feast. See: taholun komkom. See: hohou. uelheir. — v. 2) sleeping ritual, fever-curing uelheirie v. exchange, settle a dispute, ritual where the curer who is usually
226 uelholor a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uelkarus
a woman sleeps and searches for the known, famous. ueliateia you are lost soul or for its remains as well as famous for the ghosts responsible for the ueliein (from: uelieini) v. eat together, sickness, she recovers the soul, she cut. inggo ke uelieinior kangan I then upon waking informs the was cut by the ax. Redup: patient of the soul’s recovery and uelueliein. describes the reason for the theft and uelik (from: ueliki) CNJ. conjunction, any thing the patient must make so then continuation. right. ueline n. make space, move away to uelholor (from: uelholore) v. to jam make a space. things together, fill up. uelinume v. drink together from one uelhote v. agreement, strong contract, cup. covenant. Halia: ranga kap. See: ueliu v. bring back, bring with ualapagah; hot. something, hand over. uelhouan (from: uelhouana) v. to uelkabat (from: uelkabata) v. tangle, make payment for wife, bride price, mend, carry together. includes lots of food, clothes, uelkalau (from: uelkalaua) v. signal money, this is the last or third part of with the fingers palm downward for the bride exchange. Halia: sahana, someone to come. uelkalauiha sinahana. See: liuruna ro pak. signal with the hand and arm, to Variant: uelhauan. someone at a distance Halia: uelhouar (from: uelhouara) v. mix as kaloho, hatahe. salt water with fresh water. Halia: uelkaman (from: uelkamana) n. hisoboei. beside, next to, partner, often used in uelhualo v. progress. See: hua. the type of line dance being uelhung (from: uelhungu) v. prick, performed, where dancers partner in stab, thorn, fall, animate and two, threes or fours. uelkaman tan inanimate, scratch. See: uelngau. toueit partner in fours Halia: ueliage v. oppose, against, no rehina. agreement. uelkambaise adj. twisted, not level, ueliagir (from: ueliagire) v. look out opposite. haper uelkombaisener for, protect, patience, likes people. puhung uelhireeitieir ‘uah’ What Variant: uelueliagir. is the opposite of this word, ueliahe v. related, count, share in the ‘happy’? generosity of a fellow clansman or uelkapil (from: uelkapile) v. looking take advantage of a one-talk. Halia: after each other, mutual obligation, hasungsungut. especially among brothers. ueliatein (from: ueliateini) adj. well uelkarus (from: uelkaruse) v. save,
227 uelkasang a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uelmatout
survive, escape, to save by snatching anoint, heal, traditional medicine. as from water, grab, grab one Halia: katunun hishis. Morph: another. Halia: katosabe. See: uel-koboto. See: kouboutu; tang karus; hasakai. uelkoboutu. uelkasang (from: uelkasanga) n. final uelkouhouh (from: uelkouhouhu) v. practice for a evening performance disappoint, complain. of a tigul, an all night singing and uelkout (from: uelkoutu) v. cut hair. dancing, where a visiting village is uelkuh (from: uelkuhu) n. headdress, invited to come and perform for the head coloring. host village. See: tigul. uelkukur (from: uelkukuru) v. scold, uelkauek (from: uelkaueke) v. look provoke, speak strongly, call down. out for, protect, care for each other. uelkuse v. shake hand, forgive, friend. uelkedang (from: uelkedanga) v. sort uelkuse tara limas reconciled, out, divide, the good from the bad. shake hands Halia: hapiraka. See: kedang. uelmagigil (from: uelmagigili) v. uelkeikeit (from: uelkeikeiti) v. scratch, itch, irritation. See: magigil. single file. See: uelreireih. Variant: uelmamagil. uelkeileis (from: uelkeileise) v. uelmahing (from: uelmahingi) v. dispute over ground, to talk about hurt, suffer with pain. uelmahingir ground. matan pain in the eyes Halia: uelkepan (from: uelkepana) v. go kamits, pinil. See: mahing. together as one from place to place uelmahingul (from: uelmahingulu) in a group, allied. o Balil mesir n. headache. Sirot ra uelkepana tar tinoia The uelmakos (from: uelmakoso) v. make people of Balil with the people of right. Halia: poka. Sirot come together to dance the uelmataeis (from: uelmataieisi) v. line dance admire. uelkile v. call for, sing out. uelmatan (from: uelmatana) n. uelkiskis (from: uelkiskisi) v. tickle. enemies. uelmatan ke mate enemy Halia: giri. Variant: uoum kiskis. killed to be eaten Halia: tahisuna. uelkodoh (from: uelkodoho) n. court, uelmate n. plague, sickness of the straighten out a matter, decide, village associated with magic and agree, decision. See: kodkodoh; sorcery, considered incurable by kodoh. modern medicines. Halia: hilu, uelkoi (from: uelkoio) v. cross, argue. himati. See: mat. Halia: ngena, sisi. uelmatout (from: uelmatoutu) adv. uelkopal (from: uelkopala) v. fight. similar, same, enough, equal in uelkoubout (from: uelkuoboutu) v. quality. uauelmatout make equal
228 uelmeining a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uelpone uelmeining (from: uelmeiningi) v. uelperian (from: uelperiana) v. crowd to make confused noise. divide, fork off as a small path that Halia: geta. forks off a larger path. uelperianin uelmomouhe n. plague, sickness of for one path to branch off from the village. See: momouh. another Halia: tania peko. See: gel. uelnaman (from: uelnamana) v. uelpih (from: uelpihi) n. strong, very discuss, reason together. powerful magic, irritate, extreme. uelnon (from: uelnono) v. fit tightly, Halia: mouna hirak. Redup: fit together, tie strong as clothes. uelpipih. Halia: karapoto. uelpikur (from: uelpikuru) n. feast, uelngau (from: uelngaua) v. prick, the practice of pouring water (blood) break off inside, splinter. on the feet of those newly returned uelngel (from: uelngele) v. shave the from a distant place, or first time beard with a curved knife. Halia: visitors, with the intention of kobana. washing away any evil from the far uelngongot (from: uelngongoto) v. country, also a pig is killed and the shove wood into fire. Halia: person anointed with blood, many hasungul. other parts to this ritual, part of the uelote n. many sores, sickness of the village. See: lot. feast is for the men to throw palm uelour (from: uelouru) v. trick, nuts pako at the houses of the tempt. Pita ke uelour tang Saon tar village. Halia: tsutsu. See: pikur; butur belun, kere la haluh pous pako. tatanon Piter tricked Saon in the uelpipih v. sting from jelly fish. See: wilderness, and then killed him. See: uelpisir. lour. uelpis (from: uelpisi) v. break and uelpakah (from: uelpakaha) v. share with others. distribute, divide. Halia: la kala. uelpisir (from: uelpisiri) v. sting, See: pakah. burn as medicine, poisonous plant or uelpasak (from: uelpasaka) v. animal, skin irritation. Halia: hisi, meeting, agree, solution to problem, pis. See: pis; uelpipih. everyone has say, exchange, pay uelpok (from: uelpoko) v. small cut, back, as pig for pig, reward. Halia: scratch. hamatana. uelpokos (from: uelpokoso) v. all uelpepe n. female servant, baby sitter. arrive together, in a group, arrive Halia: taholun kui, taholun teil. together. See: pokos. See: kaukaueke. uelpone v. crossed like two sticks uelperer (from: uelperere) v. discuss, crossed. Halia: simo. See: discuss in anger. uauelpone. Variant: ueluelpone
229 uelposar a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uelsauor
(three or more items crossed or uelpukuh (from: uelpukuhu) v. stacked). shave, shave the beard with straight uelposar (from: uelposara) v. edge. See: uelngele. exchange, pay back, as pig for pig. uelpurapur (from: uelpurapuru) v. uelpou uakalahar (from: uelpou make tame. Halia: halena. See: uakalahara) v. broadcast, mahanam. announce. Halia: polasa. uelpus (from: uelpusu) v. kill, murder uelpouh (from: uelpouhu) v. talk, intentionally. Halia: kato hamate. sound, say. uoto uelpouhu talkative See: pus; haluh pous. See: uelhire; pouh. uelragom (from: uelragomo) v. uelpouh tapokis (from: uelpouh enclose. See: gom. tapokisi) v. answer. See: uapaina. uelreireih (from: uelreireihi) v. uelpouh uaia v. speak politely. Halia: single file, to go in single file, one ranga hatolo. after the other. mu uoum uelreireih uelpouh uaou (from: uelpouh uaouo) manasa la i um tar umang kale adv. talk secretly. Halia: momous. niate You all go single file into the uelpouh uarang (from: uelpouh classroom. See: uelkeikeit. uaranga) n. euphemism, allegory, uelrere v. dispute over land, dispute parable. See: uelhire uarang. over inheritance to land. rere toro uelpouh uasa v. speak poorly about, mok Who owns the land. See: rer. pronounce wrongly. uelrokos (from: uelrokoso) v. fold, uelpouh uator (from: uelpouh fold over, wrap. See: gom. uatoro) v. greeting, welcome. See: uelrorong (from: uelrorongo) v. mene uatoro. scratch as a thorn vine scratches a uelpouhung boborian (from: passerby. Halia: kas. See: keih. uelpouhung boboriana) v. talk in uelsae (from: uelsaea) v. angry for no one’s sleep. Halia: momo. reason, hidden reason, animosity uelpoukous (from: uelpoukousu) v. between villages. gather with, group together, many in uelsakil (from: uelsakili) v. abandon, number. Halia: oboto, gono. not take care of, ignore. uelpousare v. clap. Halia: tapala. uelsauor (from: uelsauoro) v. See: pous. 1) finish off all the food at a feast, uelpousarin (from: uelpousarini) n. for someone to eat all the food, for marriage exchange, exchange sisters pigs to eat all the food in the garden. and brothers in marriage. Halia: — n. 2) male initiation, no longer hiahihitol. practiced on Nissan, cultural uelpuae v. ambivalent. Variant: practice to bring boys into manhood. ualpuae. 3) type of basket.
230 uelseileik a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ueltoge uelseileik (from: uelseileiki) v. ueltageih (from: ueltageihi) v. discuss, different ideas opinions. disband, separate, disperse people, inggoum mu uelseileikingua temai divorce. See: tageih. re la i Retan You all discussed that ueltageihin n. space between. is who it is who went to Buka. ueltagor (from: ueltagore) v. think uelsiaue v. not equal, pass by. See: about, confused. Halia: arena. See: ueline. naman tagin. uelsigal (from: uelsigala) v. criticize, ueltagtagor (from: ueltagtagoro) v. make derogatory comments about, blame each other, accuse each other. put down. Halia: hapuruku. See: See: tagor. uangingingio. ueltagu v. go together in a group, uelsikir (from: uelsikiri) v. comb. procession. Halia: lopo, lopi. See: seir. ueltakop (from: ueltakope) v. make a uelsobok (from: uelsoboko) v. poke fist. in the eye. ueltambaer (from: ueltambaere) n. uelsok (from: uelsoko) v. to drop plant species family Utricaceae, something heavy and hurt self. Wood nettle species. Laporeta uelsuale v. opposite. uatur uelsuale interupta. See: uantong. Variant: stand the opposite way ueltambaer kubkubar; uatambaer uelsuk (from: uelsuku) adj. at Mapiri. something warm, heat rising from a ueltapoukise v. alternate, continually fire dry, parched, hot, heat. Halia: go back and forth, be turned by hiski, nanga, sinanga. itself, come and go. Halia: uelsuk ro balan (from: uelsuk ro biribirits. See: tapoukis. Redup: bala) v. feel bad, angry, upset. See: uelueltapoukise. hagou uasa. ueltebeir (from: ueltebeiri) adv. uelsuk ro lun (from: uelsuk ro lunu) about, common, unimportant, n. fever. unused, purposelessly. Halia: uelsuk sikor (from: uelsuk sikoro) v. papala. See: tebeir. warm, heated, lukewarm. Halia: ueltek (from: uelteke) adj. As sisiki. mangos and lemons. Halia: melil. ueltabar (from: ueltabara) v. sit ueltel (from: ueltele) v. waiver close to one another, sit against each between two opinions, undecided. other. See: tabar. Halia: hula tori. ueltabile v. discuss. See: tabil. ueltiman (from: ueltimana) v. to ueltad (from: ueltada) v. respect, mark to choose, recognize, examine. obey. Halia: agotu, hatsitsi. See: ueltoge v. same time, to arrive same bangang duku; tad. time, coincidental.
231 ueltoror a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ueluelde ueltoror (from: ueltororo) n. close to where started from, to accompany friend male or female, unafraid. someone. Halia: piou. ueltoug (from: ueltougu) v. blister. ueluae n. sickness of the village, ueltouk (from: ueltouku) v. to cut vomiting sickness. self, cut. inggo ke ueltokior kangan ueluai (from: ueluaia) v. looking for With a knife I cut myself. See: touk. lice in hair. See: uai. Variant: ueltuan (from: ueltuana) v. 1) to ueluae. plan, to plan a trip, decide. uelualeng (from: uelualenge) v. make 2) commissioning of a tigul i.e. fun of someone. Halia: hionga sil. traditioanl song or poem. See: tigul. ueluan (from: ueluana) n. mock Variant: uelnor. arrow fight where men shoot arrows ueltuh (from: ueltuhe) v. working at each other, not to hurt, part of the together. traditional pugul feast. See: uan; ueltuk (from: ueltuku) v. bruise, to uelbel. kick a stone and hurt self. ueluanio v. laugh together. See: uanio. ueltukan (from: ueltukana) n. carpal ueluarur (from: ueluaruru) v. adopt, bones, metacarpal bones, feet bones, look after, protect. Halia: hahahu. all small bones of hand and foot. a See: uaruarur. ueltukanar hironor keken the foot ueluatat (from: ueluatata) v. talk bones See: hiron. converse story news, conversation. ueltul (from: ueltula) v. cause to Halia: bulunga, ranga. Morph: move out of the way, get rid of, uel-uatata. See: uatata. expel, chase out, deport. Halia: ueluatata poluk (from: ueluatata tsuga. See: tul. Variant: uelueltul. poluku) v. retell, witness, story, ueltuman (from: ueltumana) v. join preach, copy, mock. Halia: tatate. together. See: tuman; uih; uenut. See: ueluatat. ueltupar (from: ueltupara) v. meet ueluauaiae v. agree, make agreement purposely someone who is coming. over dispute, settle dispute. See: Halia: hitupal. Variant: ueltupare. ueluiae. uelture v. in sequence one after the ueluauia v. agree in speech, agree. other, stacked together one after the See: auia. other. ueluelbobe v. weep, cry. Halia: uelturut (from: uelturutu) v. defend, oulung. help each other in a fight, prevent. ueluelbuake v. wrestle. ueltut (from: ueltutu) adj. 1) close ueluelde v. hate each other, have together, side by side like flooring. wrong feelings toward each other. — v. 2) patience. Halia: hiao omi, pal. See: uelde; ueltutue v. to accompany and return de.
232 uelueldelom a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u ueluiae uelueldelom (from: uelueldelomo) n. ueluelpaet (from: ueluelpaete) v. hit crab species, Crustacea, Spotted with the fist. Halia: tsugu. See: pebble crab, shell often used as ueluelmuke. decoration in house. Carpilius ueluelpeikie v. race, competition. maculatus. Variant: uelueldolom. Halia: hihikuma. See: ueluelkelae. ueluelhire v. tell to many people, ueluelsauore v. rub in the hands over keep telling. Halia: hahatei. body. ueluelhiring guam (from: ueluelseileikie See: uelseileik. v. ueluelhiring guama) v. make competition between the two clans sounds with the mouth, as a baby. on Nissan. See: ueleulkelae; Halia: kila. ueleulopeikie. ueluelhung (from: ueluelhungu) n. ueluelsiaue adj. uneven as a house thorn branch, thorn of the rattan with parallel walls of different vine, rattan branch. Halia: kukul, lengths. Halia: sapel. tetelum. uelueltagor (from: uelueltagoro) v. uelueliah (from: uelueliaha) n. misunderstand, poor communi- prickly heat, heat rash to groin, cation. uelueltagorosieim We back, arms. misunderstand each other. See: uelueliatunge v. fight each other. tagoro. Variant: uiluiliatung. ueluelture v. stack up, organize. ueluelieit (from: ueluelieiti) v. bite. uaueluelture stack in a systematic See: eit. way See: tur. ueluelkalote v. to hook themselves uelueltut (from: uelueltutu) n. together. planted close together. ueluelkapihe v. close together as ueluelung (from: ueluelungu) n. people packing very close together jellyfish with sail. Halia: rou. See: in a truck, or as banana or coconut banua. trees planted too close together. ueluelung pekon (from: ueluelung Halia: hitsun. pekono) n. bird species, found on ueluelkelae v. competition between the beach, tiny brown bird with clans. See: kela. black throat. Variant: golgolia. ueluelmuke v. wrestle with hands, ueluh (from: ueluhu) v. marked with box, hit with the fist. lime, anointed with lime. Alfred a ueluelmut (from: ueluelmute) v. niueluh te maene re toubuon tar spoon feed, chew first, feed baby by pasian Alfred is anointed with lime chewing food first. that is why he cannot eat the parrot ueluelour (from: ueluelouru) v. fish. Halia: tapirin roei. mistreat, waste. ueluiae v. fellowship, enjoy each
233 uelul a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uh
other, be at peace with each other. uerunar keken (from: uerunar keke) inggeig i matot i ueluiaesieig We n. knee, suffixed by possessive are able to enjoy each other. See: marker, body parts. Halia: tukulun ueluauaiae. mou. See: lahlahan ro uerunar uelul (from: uelulu) n. blood price, keken kneecap. Variant: loklokinar the price paid in compensation for a uerunar keken kneejoint. death, bride price for older couples. uerunar liman (from: uerunar lima) uelum (from: uelumu) v. whistle. n. elbow. Variant: loklokinar Halia: helung. uerunar liman elbow joint; uelung kokoin n. snare. o uo ra uerunar limon; uerunar pang uelung kokoin rope snare for birds liman. ueluohe v. pinch. Halia: toki. uerut (from: uerutu) n. cliff against uenau (from: uenaua) v. steal, rob. which waves pound. Halia: pitsik, uenuenaualik robber Halia: kop. uarahana. See: lebang; tulau. uer (from: uere) n. shell species, uesta n. shell species. Placuna family Tellinidae, Striped sunset placenta. shell. Tellinella virgata. Variant: uesur (from: uesuru) v. push wood kokouarang. into fire, stoke the fire, feed wood to uerang (from: ueranga) v. feel heat, the fire by pushing in from the fire to burn good, hot fire. bottom. uerangana ro hue heat from the fire uetor (from: uetoro) adj. uerer (from: uerere) v. determine, underdeveloped, thin person. Halia: choose, mark for marriage, mark as kopits. See: kahil. a trail to give direction distinguish. ueuenaualik (from: ueuenaualiki) n. uereuer (from: uereuere) n. shell thief, robber, criminal. Halia: species family Mitridae, Miter kopkop. See: uenau. shells, Plicate Miter, Rugose Miter, ueuer (from: ueuere) v. dig out pull Little Fox Miter. Vexillium out, as taro from the ground, plicarium; Vexillium rugosum; unscrew, take off, harvest. ra reh, Vexillium vulpeculum. See: belen ka ueueria they pull, they pulled tuk. you out uerueretian (from: uerueretiana) ugoreu (from: ugoreue) v. blow lime adj. rough, bumpy. See: to determine by magic if a person malmalataha. has been harmed by sorcery, and to uerun (from: ueru) n. joint, point, magically get revenge on the suffixed by possessive marker. sorcerer. Halia: komkom. Morph: u uerunar pang liman elbow Halia: goreu. See: goreu. tukulun ualima. uh (from: uha) v. 1) dirty, fallen in
234 uh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uilisar
the dirt, befouled, condition of Zingiberaceae, name means ‘tail of extreme shame, also used to describe fish’. Allpinia sp. See: gorogor. a village without pigs a village with uihpot (from: uihpoto) n. fish shame, rubbish. Variant: uho. species, family Lutjanidae, Blue- 2) suck, chew like chewing sugar Lined Seabream. Symphorichthys cane. 3) yelp, short bark, spilurus. exclamation. uik n. 1) week. 2) wick. From: uh1 (from: uhu) n. biting flying ant English. that sheds its wings during the first uilag (from: uilaga) n. shell species, rain after it matures, many come to Money Cowrie, family Cypraeidae, light during rain. Halia: piskoha. common on shallow reefs, often uh2 (from: uhu) v. scoop. strung into necklaces. Cypraea uia adj. good, correct. See: uaia; moneta; Cyprea erosa; Cyprea auia. isabela. Variant: uilagantieh. uian (from: uiana) n. good place, uilel (from: uilele) v. blow as the good area, opposite of san ‘bad wind, shake with the wind, flap. place. See: san. Halia: biriri. See: uu ual. uid (from: uidi) n. shell species, uiliangar (from: uiliangara) v. look Blood-Mouth Conch, common food back, glance. Halia: hangehe. for children on Nissan, plentiful on uiliatung (from: uiliatungu) n. war, shallow reef in sand, family fight, battle. tamatang uiliatung Strombidae. Strombus luhuanus. soldier Halia: pula. See: tung; tung uigal (from: uigala) v. turn inside out. pous. Redup: uiluiliatung. uih (from: uihi) v. tie, tie, fasten, uiliauh (from: uiliauhu) v. get ready, get ready to go to a place. bundle things tied together. uih uiliauhunguampe ready to go See: tuman tie together like two sticks kaleuator. end to end umang uih jail Halia: uiliaur (from: uiliauru) adj. fits kits, kits kap. See: kalabus. together, fit inside like different size uih uanon (from: uih uanono) v. tie baskets fitting inside one another, up strongly. Halia: kits kakap. stack. uihin (from: uihi) n. tail, buttocks, uilioudoud (from: uilioudoudu) v. takes possessive suffix for person gather, assemble many men, bring and number, body parts, area where together, to congregate. Variant: both sides of the buttocks press uilioudout. together is called auiauininar uihin. uilioumout (from: uilioumoutu) v. Halia: his, hotu, kopi. See: mudi-. together, put together. See: tagu. uihinar ian (from: uihinar iana) uilisar (from: uilisara) n. refers to the Variant: ian. n. plant species family wash caused by two canoes or ships
235 uiloh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uleikintieh
coming together forming a brief Homalomena sp. 2) shell species wave or ridge of water. backwash of family Bursidae, Frog shells. Bursa waves, beating against the rocks bubo; Bursa sp. counter wave. Halia: hasei, tego. uiruir (from: uiruiri) v. return, tie up, uiloh (from: uiloho) adj. round, walk change, translate. uiruirin woven around grave yard. Halia: parcel perperere. See: uiuih; matmata. uisar (from: uisara) v. insult, curse, Redup: uiluiloh. threaten. Halia: ranga hamal. See: uiluiliatung (from: uiluiliatungu) n. soul. fighter. Halia: pispisin, tson husul. uit1 (from: uiti) n. wheat. From: See: tung; uiliatung. English. uiluiloh (from: uiluiloho) v. surround, uit2 (from: uiti) n. German besiege prevent from escaping, Cockroach, Orthoptera, family dizzy. Halia: oholo. See: uiloh. Blattidae. Blatella germanica. See: uinator (from: uinatoro) n. foreman, kurkur. steward, like a leader. uiu adj. large nut, lueih, ketam, uineh (from: uinehe) v. wiggle, move kahor, kor. about. uiuih (from: uiuihi) v. go around, uiniator (from: uiniatoro) n. 1) glory, journey around, encircle the house. decorations, finery, power. Variant: Halia: his. uinator. uiuir (from: uiuiri) v. twist, turn over, — v. 2) get ready, prepare. See: to tie by wrapping with vine, bark manur; kaleuator; uator. strap or rope no knots, contradict, uiniuin (from: uiniuini) v. twist up, wrap around, translate, interpret, tangle as a fishing line. Halia: turn something around. Halia: kabkabiloso. hapeigo. Variant: hihir in Pinepir. uipot (from: uipoto) n. cross design. uiuiuir poukis (from: uiuiuir Halia: teteiloba. poukisi) v. turn around, turn back. uir (from: uira) n. wild taro species, See: uiuir. Variant: uiuir tapokis. several types, leaves eaten, family uk (from: uku) v. roast in the fire, Araceae. Alocasia macrorrhiza. See: cook over a fire. See: houp. uirauir. Variant: hahanui; uira ul (from: ulu) v. chop out as weeds or roke; katompelek; mangmango; grass from the garden. Halia: panti; uira bialok; uira kurum. patsing. uir (from: uiri) v. splice, three strands uleik (from: uleiki) adj. large, into one string, braid hair. important, big, fat. Halia: pan. See: uirauir (from: uirauira) n. 1) plant ualeik. Variant: leik. species, wild taro family Araceae. uleikintieh (from: uleikintiehe) v.
236 ulohuan a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uohong toro uerut
very big. Halia: pan soku. unga uakarkarian (from: unga ulohuan (from: ulohuana) adj. hairy uakarkariana) v. rapid breathing, parts of the body except head. See: breathless. See: ngar. uouonana. uoh (from: uoho) v. hold, press as ulun (from: ulu) n. hair, takes pressing bananas to see if ripe. See: possessive suffix for person and uoho tane. number, the form ulun is third uoh gimgimih (from: uoh gimgimihi) person singular, ‘his hair’. Halia: n. plant species, Family hulu. Morph: ulu-n. Variant: Convolvulaceae, Starglory sp., ulunar tukunun body hair. Cypress vine. Ipomoea quamoclit. um1 (from: uma) n. generic house, uoho douk (from: uoho douku) n. building. Halia: luma. plant species family Loganiaceae, um2 (from: uma) v. repair net. name means, ‘tie up tree’. Strychnos umang momoh (from: umang colubrina. momoho) n. clinic, hospital, aid- uoho kounoum (from: uoho post. Halia: haus sik. kounoumu) v. strangle, pinch umang uasilung (from: umang closed with the hands, wring the uasilungu) n. kitchen, house cook. neck. Halia: kepa. See: kounoum. Halia: kake. uoho tane v. hold firmly, to arrest. umang uekih (from: umang uekihi) Tok Pisin: holim. See: uoho. n. fishing house where fishing gear uoho uanon (from: uoho uanono) v. is kept. Halia: hahats. hold strongly. Halia: pile. See: kuse un (from: u) n. urinary bladder, uanon. Variant: uoho dede. bladder, takes possessive marker for uohoh (from: uohoho) n. rope, vine. person and number, body parts. Halia: mul. Variant: unu; kusener un prostate uohoho ueluelhung (from: uohoho gland. ueluelhungu) n. briar vine species, ung SM. second person plural subject vine with thorns, a pest to gardens. marker, ‘you all’. See: mu. Halia: korkoru. ung (from: unga) v. breathe, inhale. uohong langit (from: uohong langiti) inggeg i tua ri unga pe tar rom We live when we breathe the wind. n. plant species family unga uaha inhale happy, sigh of Passifloraceae, Passion flower relief Halia: hasirup. species. Hollrungia sp. ung kahor (from: ung kahoro) n. uohong tar ionen (from: uohong tar south east wind. Halia: tolotolo. ionene) n. plant species, Clematis, unga uah (from: unga uaha) v. family Ranunculaceae. Clematis relieved, sigh, sigh of relief. Halia: papuasica. tagolala. uohong toro uerut (from: uohong
237 uohouoh a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uoto piles
toro uerutu) n. plant species, vine the verb is suffixed by the genitive grows on or near cliff. See: -ng. ahik paho uolong ding me tabotengkan; uoho; uerut. kodom Don’t yet pour the water. uohouoh (from: uohouoho) adj. soft, See: uolo. easy to press, soft like baby’s skin. uomoko toka (from: uomoko uoian (from: uoiana) n. herd of tokaha) v. arrange, sort, put in animals. o uoiang hueit ra memet order. See: uomok. manasampe tar tektekener siusan uoruorodeilir bilaok (from: The herd of pigs was feeding now uoruorodeilir bialoko) n. full indeed on the hill side. moon, time when moon is full. uoiut (from: uoiutu) Variant: uoiud. uoruoruor (from: uoruoruoro) adj. n. fish species, family Nemipteridae, loose, slack as a partly filled bag. Celebes Butterfly-Bream. Halia: hokuhoku. Nemipterus celebicus. See: lager. uoto MDL. repeatedly, habitually uok (from: uoko) v. work. See: doing something, precedes the verb. kalekinale. From: English. uoto bang stare uok tagu n. partner, fellow workman. uoto bang (from: uoto banga) v. See: uok. stare. Halia: tara totoso. See: uol (from: uolo) n. 1) plant species uakuakat. family Zingiberaceae, Galangal sp. uoto boh (from: uoto boho) n. lier. Alpinia sp. See: gorogor. 2) shell See: boh. species family Littorinidae, uoto hanganain (from: uoto Periwinkles, Common conniwink. hanganaini) v. boast, always talking Bembicium sp. about himself. uolih (from: uolihi) v. deny, disclaim. uoto hing (from: uoto hinga) v. beg, Halia: holis. always asking for something. See: uolih kokop (from: uolih kokopo) v. hing. hide the facts, hide the truth. uoto inum n. heavy drinker, uolih mokih (from: uolih mokihi) v. alcoholic. Halia: uauapala. to deny the truth, deny the fact. uoto kalkalaras (from: uoto Jems ke uolih mokih tang Pita kalkalarasa) v. talks to self. See: pare e tele tatanon James denied kalkalarasa. the fact about Peter that is he din’t uoto kalkalaris (from: uoto know him. kalkalarisi) v. talk in one’s sleep. uolohai (from: uolohaia) n. goose uoto lame v. come and go continually. bumps, cold or fear creating small uoto piles v. active child, always bumps on the skin usually arms. doing something, never still. See: uolong MDL. not yet, wait, precedes piles.
238 uou a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u urampagur uou (from: uouo) n. dust, fan away uoun2 (from: uounu) n. turtle, generic dust. Halia: taholo. for turtle, Loggerhead turtle. Caretta uouan (from: uoua) n. mouth, beak, caretta. Tok Pisin: trausel. Variant: takes possessive suffix for person uoun ketketam. and number, body parts. Halia: uoun tatading (from: uoun rung. Variant: beng uauan bad tatadingi) adj. overfull. Halia: piu. breath; uauan. See: ding. uoud (from: uoudo) n. small island uounun (from: uoununu) n. water only stones. See: tor. generic. See: lauru. Variant: uanun. Uoudlark (from: Uoudlarka) propN. uounuounuoun (from: uounuounuou island name in Milin Bay province nu) adj. watery, melt, water like. of Papua New Guinea. See: uounun; soubisoub. uouh1 (from: uouhu) v. scoop shape uouoian (from: uouoiana) n. Small with hands, as clay pots, mould with edible sea worms which emerge in the hands, fill up with water or large numbers from holes in the reef liquid. Redup: uouhuouh. only one day in the year, in October. uouh2 (from: uouhu) EXCL. Halia: haiena. exclamation of surprise, ‘hey!’. uouonan (from: uouonana) adj. uouhuouhung kodom (from: leafy, have many leaves, hairy head. uouhuouhung kodomo) n. plant Halia: hulung. species family Verbenaceae. uout (from: uoutu) v. 1) start a fire, Faradaya amicorum. light a fire. Halia: tung. 2) swell uoum (from: uoumu) adj. first, like rice in a pot, expand, profit. See: ahead, before doing something else. uauout. Halia: bum. See: i uoum. uout uahung (from: uout uahungu) uoum keip (from: uoum keipi) v. to v. burnt sacrifice, light the sacrifice. lead, be in charge, leader. See: See: uahungu. uoum. up (from: upu) n. cough, have a cold, uoum keskes (from: uoum keskese) mucus from nose. inggo e tuhaio ro v. a slow man going first on a up I have a cold. See: malais; up narrow trail, or a fallen tree blocking uleik whooping cough. the road, block, hinder. Halia: ur (from: uru) v. pick up as rubbish, nohou. collect together, gather. Halia: soro. uoum teil (from: uoum teili) v. later, ur toto v. to pile up, to collect into a ahead, the future. pile. uoun1 (from: uounu) adj. full, full as ura SM. subject marker for third a full container, full as a boat or car. person and second person dual. Halia: saputu. urampagur (from: urampaguru) n.
239 uran toro uerut a b d e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u uua
grass species, family Gramineae, cry for its father or mother, the Goose grass. Eleusine indica. crying at a funeral, noise of a uran toro uerut (from: uran toro machine. Halia: himots. See: uerutu) n. plant species family kiringi. Cyperaceae, rush species. urup (from: urupu) n. fish species, Fimbristylis dichotoma. family Carangidae, Rainbow urang (from: uranga) n. crayfish, Runner. Elagatis bipinnulata. lobster, Crustacea. Panulirus sp.; us (from: usu) v. pull out as taro from Panulirus versicolor. Tok Pisin: the ground, unscrew, take off, weed. kindam. Variant: urangan teh. Halia: pate. uraur (from: uraura) n. prostitute, using (from: usingi) n. tree species, harlot, adultery, sexual misconduct. popular for building, also produces Tok Pisin: pamuk; Halia: an edible fruit, reddish wood, family hahaloku. See: uapinalas. Variant: Sapindaceae, several types. Pometia ura. pinnata. Variant: sirsirir; urehian (from: urehiana) n. fiber, himpaluk, kakalus, paranar lio. strings in fruit, string in kalok and usir (from: usiri) n. backbone of the mango. small leaves of the coconut frond, uruk (from: uruku) n. vine species, sago palm, all palms. Halia: sipi. from which nets are made, used in ut1 (from: utu) n. louse, flee, biting communal fishing from beach on the insect that infests the head hair. Tok South of Nissan, family Pisin: laus; Halia: utu. Variant: Flagellariaceae, named for the utrais weevil in rice; na ut ro pos distinctive tendril, which grows eats banana. from the end of the leaf. Flagellaria ut2 (from: utu) v. refuse, prevent, indica. Halia: uabe. Redup: keep back. Halia: pita kap. ururuk. ute v. load up a backpack with urum pour (from: urum pouru) n. contents, to load up. kara uteig tar plant species family mouitir tohen And then they filled Menispermaceae. Pycnarrhena up seven baskets. Halia: hateteil. tumefacta. Variant: urung tauol. uua EXCL. Oh! urung (from: urungu) v. cry, baby to
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