het

Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:


de

Tulait em i kolim “De”, na tudak em i kolim “Nait”. Nait i go pinis na moning i kamapage. Em i de namba wan.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:5:


win

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:


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:


animal

God i kamapim ol kain kain animal bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik animal bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:25:

animal (any member of the kingdom Animalia that is not a human)


ai

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:


bel

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:


pen

Na God i tokim meri olsem, “Bai mi givim yu bikpela hevi long taim yu gat bel. Na bai yu gat bikpela pen long taim yu karim pikinini. Tasol bai yu gat bikpela laik yet long man bilong yu, na bai em i bosim yu.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:16:


man

...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:


save

From Portuguese sabe (“know”). Compare Bislama save.

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:


ran

Nem bilong namba 3 wara em Taigris na em i ran i go long hap sankamap bilong kantri Asiria. Na nem bilong namba 4 wara em Yufretis.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:14:


mama

Man i kolim meri bilong em Iv, long wanem, em i tumbuna mama bilong olgeta manmeri.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:20:


san

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:


blut

Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:


Ol rop i gat nil na ol gras nogut bai i kamap na karamapim gaden bilong yu.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:18:


rot

Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.

'2003, Mühlhäusler et al., Tok Pisin texts, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 9


bus kanaka

An uncivilised person; a person who follows a traditional rather than modern lifestyle.


manmeri

From man (“man”) + meri (“woman”), a calque of a formation common in Papuan languages, e.g. Waskia kadimet (“people”) (from kadi (“man”) and imet (“woman”)).

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:


toksave

declaration, statement, notice, information


pisin

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:


pisin

1992, collected by Mühlhaüsler et al. quoted in Language, Education, and Development: Urban and Rural Tok Pisin in Papua New Guinea (Suzanne Romaine, Oxford: 1992)

Na mipela i no save long Tok Pisin tu. Brata bilong mipela ol i go long stesin, orait ol i kisim save long stesin. Ol i kam bek orait ol i tok pisin.

And we didn't know Tok Pisin either. Our brothers went to the station, and then learned new things in the station. Then they returned speaking in creole.


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/."

Balus i stap long graun.


meri

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

Orait God i wokim wanpela meri long dispela bun em i bin kisim long man, na bihain em i bringim meri i go long man.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:22:

Na God i tokim Adam olsem, “Yu bin harim tok bilong meri bilong yu, na yu bin kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai. Olsem na nau bai mi bagarapim graun, na ol kaikai bai i no inap kamap gut long en. Oltaim bai yu wok hat tru bilong mekim kaikai i kamap long graun.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:17:


liklik

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


laus

any external parasitic insect; flea; louse.


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:


das

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.


bus

God i kamapim ol kain kain animal bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik animal bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:25:


urita

From a language of New Britain such as Tolai urita.


gras

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:

Then God said "The land must give forth all kinds of trees and grass and foodstuffs."


wan

Tulait em i kolim “De,” na tudak em i kolim “Nait.” Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba wan.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:5:

Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.


nem

Wanem nem bilong yu?

Nem bilong namba wan wara em Pison na em i go raunim kantri Havila.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:11:


samting

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:

Man na meri i no gat samting bilong karamapim skin bilong tupela. Tasol tupela i no sem.

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


tok

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:


mit

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:


sel

→ Rotokas: siel


pater

From English pater (Christian priests are often referred to as 'Father'), from Latin pater.


skin

Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:


lip

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:


kon

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:


fik

Na ai bilong tupela i op na tupela i luksave olsem tupela i stap as nating. Olsem na tupela i samapim ol lip bilong diwai fik, na tupela i pasim olsem laplap bilong haitim skin bilong tupela.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:7:


spirit

Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

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


bos

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:


ren

...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:


gris

God, Bikpela i bin wokim olgeta animal, tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol inap winim snek long tok gris. Na snek i askim meri olsem, “Ating God i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong gaden, a?”

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


binatang

Borrowed from Malay binatang (“animal”).


tuhat

From English too hot (compare tudak (“darkness”, literally “too dark”), tulait (“bright light”, literally “too light”)).

Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:


meme

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


paura

→ Rotokas: paora


kai

Borrowed from Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian *kai, from Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.


hap

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:


sop

sop bilong tit


sen

→ Rotokas: sieri


sta

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:


kanaka

Probably from German Kanake (see other entries on this page for more).


lait

Na God i tok olsem, “Lait i mas kamap.” Orait lait i kamap.

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


ananas

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


anti

aunt (polite term for any woman a generation older than oneself)


gol

Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:


abus

(figuratively) Something that one likes and often has ('having it for breakfast')


lek

Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:


paia

From English fire, from Middle English fier, from Old English fȳr, a regularised form of *fōr (“fire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

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:


sekreteri

Alternative form of seketeri (“secretary”)


Bikpela

Long dispela pasin tasol, God i wokim skai na graun na olgeta samting. Taim God, Bikpela i mekim kamap skai na graun,

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:4:


bensin

Cognate to Bislama bensin (“petrol”) (a term which entered Bislama before 1885). According to Terry Crowley, the term derives either from German Benzin, or from English benzene, as the meaning of that term was not as narrow or technical in the nineteenth century as it is today.


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:


salat

The stinging nettle and other plants applied to the body to relieve aches and fever.


haus

Borrowed from English house or possibly German Haus.


asua

Of unclear origin; according to Mihalic, perhaps from English as you were.

any disease believed to be the result of moral failings


yia

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Ol lait i mas kamap long skai bilong makim tulait na nait, na bilong makim ol de na ol yia na ol kain kain taim bilong yia.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:14:


gumi

Ankave: gume´


dona

donor (usually used to refer to countries that give aid to Papua New Guinea)


apel

Inherited from English apple, from Middle English appel, from Old English æppel (“apple, fruit in general, ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.


buk

→ Rotokas: vuku


susu

From Malay susu, from Proto-Malayic *susu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu.


bubu

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)


wara

Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:


melek

From Dutch melk (“milk”), Dutch Low Saxon melk (“milk”) or German Low German Melk (“milk”).


nus

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:


bulmakau

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


bunara

From English bow and arrow. Compare Torres Strait Creole bunara.


pikinini

From English pickaninny. Compare Bajan pickney, Bislama pikinini, Jamaican Creole pickney, and Pijin pikinini.


wain

→ Rotokas: uain


bodi

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:


pukpuk

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.


matmat

From Tolai or Ramoaaina matmat (“the dead”), considered by Mosel to have been coined by missionaries. Compare Fijian mate (“dead”), Malay mati (“death”).


kakaruk

From Tolai kakaruk; compare Motu kokorogu.


singsing

Reduplication of sing, from English sing.


liva

the mind, used in context of memory and also conscience


seksen

From English section. Cognate to Malay seksyen.


hevi

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:


koki

From English cocky, shortening of cockatoo, from Malay kakatua.


painap

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:


lombo

From Indonesian lombok, from Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (lombok).

Yupela i save brukim kawawar na lombo na olgeta kain kumu long 10-pela hap na givim wanpela long God.

You tithe ginger and chili [Greek mint and Syrian rue] and all kinds of herbs. Luke 11:42


pepa

→ Rotokas: pepa


ples

From English place, from Middle English place, conflation of Old English plæċe (“place, an open space, street”) and Old French place (“place, an open space”), both from Latin platea (“plaza, wide street”), from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

der

God i kamapim ol kain kain animal bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik animal bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:25:


kantri

Nem bilong namba wan wara em Pison na em i go raunim kantri Havila.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:11:


lotu

→ Rotokas: rotu

From Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu (“religion”).


belo

From English bellow (horns signifying midday).


laik

Na God i tokim meri olsem, “Bai mi givim yu bikpela hevi long taim yu gat bel. Na bai yu gat bikpela pen long taim yu karim pikinini. Tasol bai yu gat bikpela laik yet long man bilong yu, na bai em i bosim yu.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:16:


leta

letter (written or printed communication)


solwara

Na ol wara i bung pinis long wanpela hap em i kolim “Solwara.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:10:


rop

Ol rop i gat nil na ol gras nogut bai i kamap na karamapim gaden bilong yu.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:18:


gorgor

traditional "no trespassing" sign made of wild ginger


sindaun

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Tok Pisin translation

(Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations)

Long wanem, em i gutpela stret long strongim pasin bilong kamapim gutpela sindaun namel long ol kantri.


puripurimeri

From puripuri (“witchcraft”) + meri (“woman”).


pekpekman

From pekpek (“excrement”) + man (“man”).


gaden

...i no gat diwai na gras samting i kamap long graun yet, long wanem, em i no salim ren i kam daun yet. Na i no gat man bilong wokim gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:5:


skai

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:


haus kot

haus (“building”) + kot (“court”), thus a calque of courthouse.


anian

Ankave: anianɨ´


pispis

Reduplication of English piss, to avoid confusion with pis (“fish”).


longpela nek

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


klos

Na bihain God, Bikpela i wokim klos long skin bilong animal, na em i givim long Adam wantaim meri bilong em na tupela i putim.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:21:


wantok

From English one talk (alternatively, it can be seen as a compound of wan + tok).

a close friend, to whom one gives complete loyalty

any person with a shared set of Melanesian cultural values, usually based on speaking a closely related language


papamama

From papa (“father”) + mama (“mother”); compare manmeri.


gras bilong het

gras (general concept of growing) + bilong (general concept of belonging to) + het (head). Thus it is literally "The grass that grows on heads."


buai

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

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

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


banis

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:

Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:


pekpek

(only used in buai pekpek) the spit from betelnut, as well as the shells of the nut and rubbish people throw out along with the buai


snek

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:


taim

Bihain God i tok olsem, “Ol lait i mas kamap long skai bilong makim tulait na nait, na bilong makim ol de na ol yia na ol kain kain taim bilong yia.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:14:


ston

Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:


stua

→ Rotokas: sitoa


malagan

New Ireland memorial celebration and carving


moning

Tulait em i kolim “De,” na tudak em i kolim “Nait.” Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba wan.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:5:


apinun

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:


graun

Balus i stap long graun.


niuspepa

From English newspaper. Equivalent to nius + pepa.


ples balus

From ples (“place”) + balus (“aircraft, flight”).


gras bilong ai

From gras (“hair”) + bilong + ai (“eye”).


haus lotu

From haus (“house”) + lotu (“church, religion”).


kaikai

Reduplication of kai ("food" in Polynesian languages).

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:


tambu

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


sipsip

→ Rotokas: sipisipi

From English sheep, reduplicated to avoid confusion with sip (“ship”).


wik

Na God i tambuim de namba 7 na em i tok olsem de namba 7 bilong olgeta wik em i bikpela de bilong em yet, long wanem, em i wokim pinis olgeta samting na long dispela de em i malolo.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:3:


tambaran

From Tolai tabaran or a closely related language; compare Samoan Plantation Pidgin taberan.


sios

Inherited from English church, from Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”).


birua

Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:


pasin

Long dispela pasin tasol, God i wokim skai na graun na ol planti samting i stap long en.

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

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:


tumbuna

From one of the Polynesian languages; compare Maori tupuna.

Man i kolim meri bilong em Iv, long wanem, em i tumbuna mama bilong olgeta manmeri.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:20:


mambu bilong blut

mambu (“tube”) + bilong (“of”) + blut (“blood”)


mambu bilong nek

mambu (“branch”) + bilong (“of”) + nek (“neck”)


kalia

Zingiber officinale
Zingiber officinale#Translingual


kastom

kastom; traditional practices, especially as done by the bus kanaka


kiap

(archaic) A historical roving colonial administrator in Papua New Guinea.


kaukau

→ Sursurunga: kaukau

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:

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


tudak

Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

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


tulait

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:


pikinini bilong kaikai

pikinini (“child”) + bilong (“of”) + kaikai (“food”)

Na God i tok olsem, “Mi givim yupela ol kain kain diwai na gras i karim pikinini bilong kaikai. Na yupela i ken kisim kaikai long ol dispela samting.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:29:


laip

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:


sankamap

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:


namel

Namel long dispela gaden i gat wanpela diwai i stap, em diwai bilong givim laip.

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


han wara

Na wanpela wara i kamap long Iden bilong givim wara long dispela gaden. Dispela wara i bruk na i kamap 4-pela han wara

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:10:


kanilian

Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:


hap sankamap

From hap (“part”) + sankamap (“sunrise”), perhaps a calque of Levant.

Nem bilong namba 3 wara em Taigris na em i ran i go long hap sankamap bilong kantri Asiria. Na nem bilong namba 4 wara em Yufretis.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:14:


poroman

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:


bainat

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:


ensel

angel; any supernatural creature in heaven according to Christian theology


hatwok

Sampela taim i gat tupela o tripela ves long tok Grik, tasol i gat hatwok long brukim dispela tok long tupela o tripela ves long tok Pisin.

1980, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Nupela Testamen na ol Sam Tok bilong Ritim Pastaim

Sometimes there are two or three verses in Greek, but it is difficult to break these words into two or three verses in Tok Pisin.


klaut pairap

Porer Nombo and James Leach, Reite Plants, p. 60.

If it thunders or rains, we know that Patuki has accepted our offerings.

Sapos i gat liklik klaut pairap o ren, mipela tok: 'Em kisim ofa bilong en'.


kago

Ankave: kakwɨ´


helikopta

Ankave: erɨ´kura´


kawawar

Yupela i save brukim kawawar na lombo na olgeta kain kumu long 10-pela hap na givim wanpela long God.

Manieng: smel kawawar
Manieng [Nekgini word]: aromatic ginger. Reite Plants, pp. 37, 177


kambang

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


seremoni

From English ceremony, from Middle English cerymonye, from Latin caerimonia.


takis

→ Rotokas: takisi


aiwara

From ai (“eye”) + wara (“water”). Compare Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ ni mata (“tear (lit. water of the eye)”).


lansang

Lansium domesticum
Lansium domesticum#Translingual

langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)


kurita

Apparently from Malay kurita, reinforced by native urita.


gelpren

From English girlfriend. Equivalent to gel + pren.


laipstori

From English life story. Equivalent to laip + stori.


imigresen

From English immigration. Cognates to Malay imigresen, Tagalog imigrasyon, and Indonesian imigrasi.


kolwin

bush wind; cool wind that blows at night


akaun

From English account. Cognate to Malay akaun.


pikbel

(pathology) colitis (caused by eating too much pork)


poketnaip

From English pocketknife. Equivalent to poket + naip.


pandol

flower sheath of the unopened blossom of the coconut palm


masalai

good or bad spirit that is thought to live in parts of the natural world


paiaman

person who looks after the fire in a copra drier


dukduk

a Tolai man in costume and mask representing a male spirit


luluai

village or tribal chief under colonial rule


nambis

Nambis i stap we?


wanwok

From English one work (alternatively, it can be seen as a compound of wan + wok).


wanskul

From English one school (alternatively, it can be seen as a compound of wan + skul).


wanpilai

person playing the same game or sport, playmate


bus dokta

witch doctor, shaman, traditional healer


katapel

→ Sursurunga: katapel


sithaus

Conjunction of sit (shit) and haus (house), ultimately from English shithouse.


bikpela magani

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


blakpela sos

Any black sauce, such as barbecue sauce and soy sauce


soping senta

From English shopping center. Equivalent to soping + senta.


maunten paia

From maunten (“mountain”) + paia (“fire”).


sik suga

From sik (“illness, disease”) + suga (“sugar”).


imaigresen

Alternative form of imigresen (“immigration”)


jenda

Namba tu hap i gat ol toktok bilong ol ki samting dispela stadi i painimaut na ol rekomendesen bilong HRIA long glasim na sekap gut long human raits, na tripela bikpela eria bilong dispela asesmen em: jenda, sekyuriti na konflik.

1995, John Verhaar, chapter 1, in Papus LNG Human Raits Impekasesmen, page 7: