olgeta

Bipo bipo tru God i mekim kamap skai na graun na olgeta samting i stap long en.

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


meri

From English Mary. Attested in St. Johnston (1927:72) in reference to Solomon Islands laborers.


wanpela

Orait God, Bikpela i wokim wanpela gaden i stap long Iden, long hap bilong sankamap. Na long dispela gaden God i putim dispela man em i bin wokim.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:8:

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tupela

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wanpela banis i mas kamap bilong banisim wara, bai wara i stap long tupela hap.” Orait dispela banis i kamap. God i mekim dispela banis i kamap bilong banisim wara antap na wara daunbilo.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:6:


bikpela

severe (when referring to an illness, pain, or unfortunate situation)


liklik

From Ramoaaina liklik, from a reduplication of Proto-Oceanic *rikit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dikit.

God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:


gutpela

Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:


strong

Capable of producing great physical force; strong.

Capable of withstanding great physical force; strong.


amat

From Proto-Oceanic, via a form such as Fijian mata or Gilbertese mata.


pas

Olsem na dispela pasin i kamap. Man i save lusim papamama na i pas wantaim meri bilong en, na tupela i kamap wanpela bodi tasol.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:24:


lait

God i rausim pinis man na meri, na em i makim ol strongpela ensel bilong sanap na was i stap long hap sankamap bilong gaden Iden. Na tu em i putim wanpela bainat i gat paia i lait long en na i save tanim tanim long olgeta hap. Oltaim ol dispela ensel wantaim dispela bainat i save was i stap, nogut wanpela man i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:24:


sem

Tasol tupela i no sem.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:25:


diwai

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


kol

Long apinun, taim ples i kol, tupela i harim God, Bikpela i wokabaut long dispela gaden, na tupela i hait namel long ol diwai.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:8:


tru

Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:


pret

Na man i bekim tok olsem, “Mi harim yu wokabaut long gaden na mi pret na mi hait. Long wanem, mi stap as nating.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:10:


malumalu

Reduplication of Samoan malū (“soft”) (the Samoan reduplicative form is malūlū).


antap

Ol i stap namel long 300-700 m antap long solwara.
They range from 300-700 m above sea level.
Reite Plants, p. xiii

Narapela em tundung kondong; em tokples bilong ol N'dau, long bus antap.
The other [bowl] is tundung kondong in the local language of N'dau, in the high forest.
The other kind of bowl came to us from the south, from higher in the Finisterre Mountain Ranges, where people speak the N'dau language.
Reite Plants, p. 21

James i bin stap wantaim ol man long Reite na Sarangama ples antap long tupela yia

James has lived for more than two years in Reite village


olkain

Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela i mas kamap planti na i go sindaun long olgeta hap bilong graun na bosim olgeta samting i stap long en. Mi putim ol pis na ol pisin na olkain animal bilong graun aninit long yupela.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:28:


arapela

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:


fran

fran pes


nogut

Na i gat narapela diwai tu i stap, em diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:9:


insait

Bihain God, Bikpela i kisim graun na em i wokim man long en. Na em i winim win bilong laip i go insait long nus bilong man, na man i kisim laip.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:7:


tambu

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu (compare taboo). In some Papuan cultures, speaking the names of in-laws is forbidden.


bagarap

Mi bagarap pinis.


amamas

God i lukim lait i gutpela, na em i amamas. Na em i brukim tudak na tulait.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:4:


inap

God, Bikpela i bin wokim olgeta animal, tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol inap winim snek long tok gris.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:1:

The Lord God [had] made all the animals, but there was none of them who surpassed the serpent in blandishment.


nating

From English nothing (as a response to a question about what is going on, to signify that any doings are ordinary).

Em i stap nating na i narakain tru.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:2:


narakain

Em i stap nating na i narakain tru.


daunbilo

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wanpela banis i mas kamap bilong banisim wara, bai wara i stap long tupela hap.” Orait dispela banis i kamap. God i mekim dispela banis i kamap bilong banisim wara antap na wara daunbilo.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:7:


aninit

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wara i stap aninit long skai i mas i go bung long wanpela hap tasol, bai ples drai i kamap.” Orait ples drai i kamap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:9:


kain kain

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:


pulap

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:


grinpela

Tasol mi givim ol grinpela lip na gras samting olsem kaikai bilong olgeta bikpela na liklik animal na bilong olgeta pisin.” Orait ol dispela samting i kamap olsem God i tok.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:30:


naispela

Olgeta dispela diwai i naispela tru.


wanpis

Na God, Bikpela i tok olsem, “Em i no gutpela long dispela man i stap wanpis. Mi mas mekim kamap wanpela poroman bilong helpim em.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:18:


wankain

Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:


as nating

Na man i bekim tok olsem, “Mi harim yu wokabaut long gaden na mi pret na mi hait. Long wanem, mi stap as nating.”


strongpela

Na God, Bikpela i tokim snek olsem, “Yu bin mekim dispela pasin nogut, olsem na nau mi gat strongpela tok bilong daunim yu. Bai yu gat bikpela hevi. Hevi yu karim bai i winim hevi bilong olgeta arapela animal. Nau na long olgeta taim bihain bai yu wokabaut long bel bilong yu tasol. Na bai yu kaikai das bilong graun.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:14:


klostu

Bihain God, Bikpela i tok, “Man i save pinis long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut, na em i kamap wankain olsem yumi. Orait yumi no ken larim em i go klostu long dispela diwai bilong givim laip. Nogut em i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai tu na em i stap oltaim.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:22:


namba wan

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see namba, wan.