tomato

Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics, →ISBN, page 433:


banana

1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 433:


balus

This term is from the Western Oceanic substrate languages; it was considered by Mihalic to have entered Tok Pisin from Tolai, but Mosel argues that it "has certainly not been introduced from Tolai, but from a southern New Ireland language. For, apart from some marginal dialects […] Tolai […] lack[s] the phoneme /s/."


pis

Orait God i mekim kamap ol traipela pis na snek bilong solwara, na ol arapela kain samting bilong solwara, na ol kain kain pisin.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:21:


dok

Inherited from English dog. Cognate with Bislama dog.


urita

From a language of New Britain such as Tolai urita.


sel

→ Rotokas: siel


binatang

Borrowed from Malay binatang (“animal”).


meme

Reduplication of English meh (onomatopoeia for the sound a goat makes)


ananas

Borrowed from German Ananas, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).


diwai

Either from Ramoaaina diwaai (in the Mioko dialect, divai) or from Tolai dawai.

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Graun i mas kamapim ol kain kain diwai na gras na kaikai samting.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:11:


bulmakau

From Samoan Plantation Pidgin bula-ma-kau, from English bull + cow. Compare Bislama bulumakao, Pijin bulumakau, and Torres Strait Creole bulmakau.


pukpuk

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.


kakaruk

From Tolai kakaruk; compare Motu kokorogu.


longpela nek

From long (“long”) + -pela + nek (“neck”).


buai

From Tolai (or a closely related language, like Label) buai.

Noken kaikai buai long smolhaus. Buai pekpek i stap tumas doti.

No chewing betelnut in the restroom. The spit from betelnut is very dirty.


kaukau

→ Sursurunga: kaukau

After doing this, the two of them planted taro and bananas, and vegetables, pineapple, corn, tomatoes, and sweet potatoes as well.


kambang

From Tolai (or a closely related language, like Label) kabang.


lansang

Lansium domesticum
Lansium domesticum#Translingual

langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)


bikpela magani

From bikpela (“big”) + magani (“wallaby”).