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:

days of the week: ol de bilong wik: Mande · Tunde · Trinde · Fonde · Fraide · Sarere · Sande [edit]


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:


i

Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.

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

Separates the subject of a sentence from the predicate, used when the subject is a pronoun, or a noun


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:


mi

I, me. First person pronoun; refers to the person speaking.


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:


yes

yes (word used to show agreement or acceptance)


yes

yes (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)


banana

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 (overall work in English), →ISBN, page 433:


tomato

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


yet

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:

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:


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)


was

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:

angel; any supernatural creature in heaven according to Christian theology


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:


bai

Then God said, "Now let us make people who will become like us. We'll put them in charge of the fish and the birds, of all kinds of animals and of all things on the ground."

will; to be going (to do something); marks future tense.

Mi laik bai yu stap bel isi.

Na ol i save askim mi long mekim stretpela pasin long ol na stap klostu long ol, bai em i ken amamas.

And they always ask me to treat them justly and stay close to them so that they may feel secure.

so that; to; introducing purposive clauses with a different subject from the matrix clause.


TB

Ol binatang jem bilong kamapim sik TB i olsem ol snek kobra i pas insait long ol basket i gat gutpela tuptup i pas strong.

The TB bacilli are like cobras secured in baskets with tight-fitting lids.


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:


save

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

Olsem na bai mi go daun na lukim pasin ol dispela manmeri i mekim. Na bai mi ken save, ol dispela tok mi harim pinis, em i tru o nogat.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 18:21:

(transitive) to make a practice or habit of

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:


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:


we

Tasol God, Bikpela i singaut long man na i tok, “Yu stap we?”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:9:


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:


lain

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:


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:


long

These lights must rise in the sky to cast light toward the ground.

Used to mark spatial direct objects that something is oriented in the manner of, where English would use to, toward, into, or onto

Used to mark spatial direct objects that something is oriented in the location of, where English would use in, at, on, or near

And God made a good speech to give strength to them. He said to them: "You varied things of the ocean, you must multiply and fill every part of the sea. And you birds, you must multiply on earth.

Used to mark indirect objects, or direct objects of intransitive verbs, where English would use to

Then God made a woman out of that bone he had taken from the man, and later he brought the woman to go to the man.

Used to mark spatial direct objects that something is oriented in the manner opposite of, extracted from, or away from, where English would use from or out of

And the Lord God said to the snake: "You did a bad deed, and so I have a powerful curse for you. You will have a great weight. The wight you carry will exceed that of any all animals. Now, and for all times, you will only walk on your stomach. And you will eat the dirt of the earth.

Used to mark temporal direct objects in which a condition lasts for a certain duration of time, where English would use for

And God said to Adam: "You listened to what your woman said, and you ate a fruit of this tree which I have forbidden you from eating. And so I will now corrupt the earth, and food will not grow well enough. You will work very hard forever to make food grow in the ground.

Used to mark a verb whose subject is the direct object of another verb, where English would use to or from


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:


rot

Planti liklik rot i stap long ailan hia.

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


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:


bilong

sista bilong mi

ol bai kisim retpela plaua bilong en

James Leach and Porer Nombo, Reite Plants, p. 10

they gather the red flowers of this [shrub]

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.

man bilong dringim bia

man bilong paitim

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:

Ol dispela lait i mas kamap long skai bilong givim lait long graun.”

Skin diwai bilong rausim tewel

James Leach and Porer Nombo, Reite Plants, p. 38


wok

wok intrans. (canonical)
transitive wokim (canonical)

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:


wokim

wokim trans. (canonical)
intransitive wok (canonical)

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:

...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:


Tok Pisin

From English talk + pidgin (ultimately from business).

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

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.

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.


mipela

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.

we, us (exclusive, "we but not you"); refers to the speaker and other persons, but does not include the person(s) being spoken to.


yumipela

The first person plural inclusive, yumipela refers to the speaker, the person(s) being spoken to, and other persons; we, us.


yumi

Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.

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

the first person inclusive: the speaker and the person(s) being spoken to: you and I, you and me, we two, us two, we


yu

Na God i tokim man olsem, “Yu ken kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong dispela gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:16:


yupela

From English you fellow, that is to say you and the fellows, you all.

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:

The second person, yupela refers to the persons being spoken to; you.


em

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.

The third person singular pronoun refers to a person or thing other than the speaker or the person being spoken to. Pronouns in Tok Pisin are not inflected for different cases.


ol

The third-person plural pronoun (Tok Pisin does not inflect pronouns for cases): they, them.


ol

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:


bus

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


bus kanaka

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


dispela

From English this + -pela (from English fellow).

desala (alternative)
despela (alternative)
displa (alternative)


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:

and - na

1986, John Hunter, “Vocabulary”, in Papua New Guinea phrasebook, →ISBN, page 60:


wok long

(auxiliary) Denotes the progressive mood of a verb.


toksave

declaration, statement, notice, information


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:


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”)).


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:


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:

indefinite article
indefinite article#English


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:


tupela

From English two + -pela (from English fellow).


tripela

From English three + -pela (from English fellow).


bikpela

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

nogut

referring to a severe illness, pain, or unfortunate situation


stilim

From English steal + -im (transitive suffix).


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.


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:


huk

huk intrans. (canonical)
transitive hukim (canonical)


tu

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


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.


wan

One. Used with units of measurement and in times: wan aua, wan klok. See also wanpela.


wantaim

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:


liklik

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


laus

any external parasitic insect; flea; louse.


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.

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


dok

Inherited from English dog. Cognate with Bislama dog.


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."


guria

(intransitive) to shake, tremble, or quiver.


urita

From a language of New Britain such as Tolai urita.


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:


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:


strong

Capable of producing great physical force; strong.

Capable of withstanding great physical force; strong.


strong

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:


sel

→ Rotokas: siel


tok

information; message; news; speech; announcement


tok

tok intrans. (canonical)
transitive tokim (canonical)

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:

And God said this, "Light must appear." So light appeared.


bagarapim

bagarapim trans. (canonical)
intransitive bagarap (canonical)

(transitive) To break, ruin, or destroy.


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:


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:


nogat

Nogat.

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


samting

marasin bilong pamim long gaden bilong kilim ol binatang 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:


Papua Niugini

From English Papua New Guinea, from Malay pepuah (“frizzy”) + new + Guinea.

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


pater

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


spirit

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


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:


ken

Inherited from English can, from Middle English can, from Old English cann, from Proto-West Germanic *kann.

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:


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:


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:


sik

Narapela samting tu i kamapim bagarap long skin, em ol birua na sik samting, olsem sik suga.

Also taking a toll are accidents and disease, such as diabetes.


sik

sik bilong koap

sexually transmitted disease, sexually transmitted infection


op

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:


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:


amat

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


binatang

Borrowed from Malay binatang (“animal”).

marasin bilong pinisim ol binatang nogut

Dispela i kamapim olsem win inap long kilim ol binatang i dai.

Evidently, something about being in the open air kills germs.


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)


luk

luk intrans. (canonical)
transitive lukim (canonical)


paura

→ Rotokas: paora


bun

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:


kai

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


Adam

Tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol dispela samting inap i stap poroman bilong helpim Adam.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:20:


bin

Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.


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:

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:


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:


sen

→ Rotokas: sieri


yumitupela

The first person dual inclusive, yumitupela refers to the speaker and the person being spoken to; you and I, you and me, we two, us two, we.


gat

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:


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:


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:


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:


kanaka

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


dai

Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:


ananas

Borrowed from German Ananas, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná (“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:


abrusim

(transitive) To avoid or evade something.

(transitive) To pass, bypass or overtake something.


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:


abus

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


abusim

From abus (“meat, game; side dish, garnish”) + -im.

suffix

(transitive) To add meat or fish to a meal


Afrika

Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)


pike

Ol pasin planti man i save mekim taim ai bilong ol i hevi olsem dring kofi, opim windo, kaikaim pike o samting i gat lombo long en i no inap mekim na yu no slip.

Popular remedies such as drinking coffee, opening the window, chewing gum, or eating something spicy may not keep you awake.


paia

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


sem

Tasol tupela i no sem.

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


hait

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:


bung

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:


sekreteri

alternative form of seketeri (“secretary”)


stat

A tense marker that shows that an action is beginning by preceding the verb


a

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:


Ala

Bilip Islam i tok Ala bai skelim ol samting olgeta wan wan man i bin mekim na Ala bai makim em long i go long paradais o long bikpaia.

Islam teaches that Allah will judge each person according to their deeds and Allah will determine whether they will go to paradise or to hellfire.


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:


God

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:


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.


diwai

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.


bruk

bruk intrans. (canonical)
transitive brukim (canonical)

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:


asua

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

any disease believed to be the result of moral failings


raun

From an Austronesian language, compare Indonesian raun (“to travel around”).


gen

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:


gumi

Ankave: gume´


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:


taro

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:


stap

Balus i stap long graun.

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:


stap

Em i go i stap. He is going.

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:


kus

Na sampela i kisim pen long bodi, skin i skrap, tuhat, kus, les kwik, belhat, o bel hevi.

They may also experience aching, itching, sweating, and coughing, as well as mood changes demonstrated by impatience, a proneness to anger, or even depression.


kus

Jem i kamap long win taim sikman i kus long maus o nus.

The germ spreads in the air when a patient coughs through the mouth or nose.


suga

→ Takia: suga

Narapela samting tu i kamapim bagarap long skin, em ol birua na sik samting, olsem sik suga.


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

→ Takia: buk


susu

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


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:


tru

God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas tru. Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba 6.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:31:


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:


daun

...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:


jem

Taim ol jem bilong kamapim sik i go insait long wara na kaikai, o i stap long han, ol plet kap samting, o ples bilong redim na sutim kaikai, yumi inap kaikai na daunim, na long dispela rot yumi kisim sik.

When disease-causing germs get into water and food or onto hands, utensils, or surfaces used for preparing and serving food, they may be passed into the mouth and swallowed, resulting in illness.


vot

→ Rotokas: votu


smel

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:


bubu

Possibly from Hiri Motu tubu (“grandparent”)


wara

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


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:


wokabaut

From English walk about. Compare Bislama wokbaot, Australian Kriol wokabat, Pijin wokabaot, Samoan Plantation Pidgin gokabaut, Torres Strait Creole wagbaut, and English walkabout.

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:


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:


malumalu

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


lukim yu bihain pukpuk

Calque of English see you later alligator.

calque

see you later alligator
see you later alligator


pukpuk

From Tolai pukpuk or a closely related language.


lukim

lukim trans. (canonical)
intransitive luk (canonical)

Tasol graun i no bin i stap olsem yumi save lukim nau.


no

...and no tree or kind of herb had appeared on the earth yet, because he had not sent rain to come down yet. And there was no one to work the garden.


OPM

Borrowed from Indonesian OPM, acronym of Organisasi Papua Merdeka (“Free Papua Movement”).

Separatist movement of New Guinea that existed since 1963 until today.


asma

Mi lukim stori long Kirap! [tok Inglis] bilong Mas 22, 1990, em i stori long pasin bilong helpim man i gat sik asma.

I saw in the March 22, 1990, Awake! an article on asthma and treatment for it.


ridim

ridim trans. (canonical)
ritim (alternative)


kakaruk

From Tolai kakaruk; compare Motu kokorogu.


matmat

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


singsing

Reduplication of sing, from English sing.


haus sik

→ Takia: aosik


liva

the mind, used in context of memory and also conscience


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


seksen

From English section. Cognate to Malay seksyen.


maski

it doesn't matter; don't worry about it; no worries


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.


giaman

giaman intrans. (canonical)
transitive giamanim (canonical)


painap

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


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:


singaut

Tasol God, Bikpela i singaut long man na i tok, “Yu stap we?”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:9:


lotu

→ Rotokas: rotu

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


belo

From English bellow (horns signifying midday).


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:


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:


laik

An auxiliary verb which indicates the immediate future tense.


leta

letter (written or printed communication)


sekan

→ Rotokas: sekari


tasol

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:


tasol

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:

Yu ken sindaun long haus na paitim [kundu] long hamamasim yu yet, tasol taim bilong man i dai, em bai nogat tru.

Porer Nombo and James Leach, Reite Plants, p. 23

People also enjoy drumming inside their houses, but is strictly forbidden when anyone in the area is in mourning.


dringim

From English drink + -im (transitivity suffix).


paitim

From English fight + -im (transitivity suffix).

(transitive) to knock, clap, strum; to play the drums


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:


winim

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:


winim

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.


olsem

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

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:

to (indirect object, in the sense of "similar to")


olsem

Na man i bekim tok olsem, “Dispela meri yu bin givim mi olsem poroman bilong mi, em tasol i givim mi pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kaikai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:12:


olsem na

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.


Yurop

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)


gorgor

traditional "no trespassing" sign made of wild ginger


sindaun

To inhabit; to settle; to live in a place.


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”).

(colloquial, derogatory) worthless person


-sen

Borrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -sen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Malay -sen and Tagalog -syon.

imigresen

stesen


bek

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:


torosel

trausel (alternative)
trosel (alternative)


kumu

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


rais

→ Awara: lais

→ Takia: reis


orait

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:


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´


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:


husat

Husat i kam hia?

Na God i askim em, “Olsem wanem na yu save, yu stap as nating. Husat i tokim yu? Ating yu kaikai pinis pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai?”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:11:


pispis

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

Ol soldia i mas i gat wanpela ples bilong pispis na pekpek ausait long kem.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 23:12:


planti

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:


traut

Nupela ol divelopmen plen em agrikalsa na pising projeks, kopi, pairitrum, vejetebel faming, wit na traut pis faming.

New development plans include agriculture and fishing projects, coffee, pyrethrum, vegetable farming, wheat and trout fish farming.


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:


longpela nek

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


bihain

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:

lukim yu bihain


wantok

From English one talk. By surface analysis, 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.

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


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."


kamap

kamap intrans. (canonical)
transitive kamapim (canonical)


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.


pinis

pinis intrans. (canonical)
transitive pinisim (canonical)


fran

fran pes


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:


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:


nogut

tingting nogut long man bilong narapela skin


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


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:


Lae

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

Lae (a city, the provincial capital of Morobe, Papua New Guinea)


stua

→ Rotokas: sitoa


malagan

New Ireland memorial celebration and carving


tanim

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:


karim

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:


hita

Long taim bilong miting, mi gat wanpela elektrik hita na bai lek bilong mi i no kol.

During the meeting, I have an electric heater next to me to keep my feet warm.


Mosbi

(informal) Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)


sipsip

→ Rotokas: sipisipi

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


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:


harim

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:


holim

Tasol wanpela diwai i sanap namel tru, em God i tambuim mitupela long kaikai pikinini bilong en. God i bin tokim mitupela olsem, ‘Yutupela i no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, na tu yutupela i no ken holim, nogut yutupela i dai.’ ”

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


lusim

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.


namba

Used to make a cardinal number into an ordinal number


bipo

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:


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:


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:


kaikai

kaikai intrans. (canonical)
transitive kaikaim (canonical)

Na God i tokim man olsem, “Yu ken kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong dispela gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:16:


ples balus

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


lukaut

lukaut intrans. (canonical)
transitive lukautim (canonical)


graun

Balus i stap long graun.


tokim

tokim trans. (canonical)
intransitive tok (canonical)

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:

So God made a blessing to give them all strength. He told them all this, "All of you different things in the ocean, you must grow in number and fill up every part of the sea. And all of you birds, you must grow in number on the earth.


kirapim

Corruption of slang gerrup or similar, from English get up + -im.


Ostrelia

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Inglan

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Britain, United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


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:


giamanim

giamanim trans. (canonical)
intransitive giaman (canonical)


rausim

Olsem na God, Bikpela i rausim man long gaden Iden, na i salim em i go bilong wok long dispela graun God i bin wokim em long en. Na nau man i mas brukim graun na wokim gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:23:


niuspepa

From English newspaper. Equivalent to nius + pepa.


tambu

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


pinisim

pinisim trans. (canonical)
intransitive pinis (canonical)


gras bilong ai

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


bagarap

Mi bagarap pinis.


bagarap

bagarap intrans. (canonical)
transitive bagarapim (canonical)


gat bel

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 3:15:


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:


tambaran

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


hukim

hukim trans. (canonical)
intransitive huk (canonical)


kisim

to understand, (in particular) to speak a language


haus lotu

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


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”).


pasim

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:


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.”


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:


pasin birua

tingting nogut

when referring to hatred on the basis of identity


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:


brukim

brukim trans. (canonical)
intransitive bruk (canonical)

God saw that the light was good, and he rejoiced. And he separated dark and light.

brukim promis

(transitive) to break; to tear apart; to rend


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


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.


inap

Tasol i no gat wanpela bilong ol dispela samting inap i stap poroman bilong helpim Adam.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:20:

But of these there was none which was enough to be a companion to help Adam.


inap

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:

And you will labour on until you die and return to the ground. Because I wrought you from the ground, and you will return again to the ground.


-pela

added to adjectives to mark that the adjective is modifying or counting a noun


kiap

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


mekim

mekim trans. (canonical)
makim (alternative)

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:

Orait God, Bikpela i askim meri olsem, “Watpo yu mekim dispela samting?” Na meri i bekim tok olsem, “Snek i grisim mi na mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:13:


kaukau

→ Sursurunga: kaukau

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


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.


tudak

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


karamapim

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:


kolim

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:


banisim

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 1:6-7:


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:


kamapim

kamapim trans. (canonical)
intransitive kamap (canonical)

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:


makim

From English make + -im; this form is based on the spelling of the English original, whereas mekim is based on the pronunciation of the original.

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:


givim

givim trans. (canonical)
gipim (alternative)

Ol dispela lait i mas kamap long skai bilong givim lait long graun.” Orait ol lait i kamap.

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


putim

Na em i putim ol dispela lait long skai bilong givim lait long graun...

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:17:


bosim

...na bilong bosim taim bilong san i mas lait na taim bilong nait i mas kamap, na bilong brukim tudak na tulait.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:18:


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:


traipela

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:


pulapim

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:


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:


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:


malolo

Long de namba 7 God i lukim olgeta wok bilong en i pinis, na em i malolo long dispeal^([sic]) de.

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


tambuim

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:

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:


Iden

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:


naispela

Olgeta dispela diwai i naispela tru.

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


namel

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


narapela

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


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:


raunim

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:


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:


Kus

Nem bilong namba 2 wara em Gihon na em i go raunim kantri Kus.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:13:


Taigris

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:


Asiria

(historical) Assyria (an ancient Semitic Akkadian kingdom and at times an empire, extant from the mid-23rd century BCE to 608 BCE and centred on the Upper Tigris river in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq, but at its maximum extent including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt))


hap sankamap

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


lukautim

lukautim trans. (canonical)
intransitive lukaut (canonical)

Orait God, Bikpela i kisim dispela man em i bin wokim na i putim em long dispela gaden long Iden, bai man i ken i stap na lukautim dispela gaden.

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:15:


wantu

Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:

immediately, instantaneously, in an instant


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:


helpim

helpim trans. (canonical)
halivim (alternative)


bringim

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:


bekim tok

Na meri i bekim tok olsem, “Mitupela i ken kaikai pikinini bilong olgeta diwai bilong dispela gaden.

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


sanap

Tasol wanpela diwai i sanap namel tru, em God i tambuim mitupela long kaikai pikinini bilong en. God i bin tokim mitupela olsem, ‘Yutupela i no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, na tu yutupela i no ken holim, nogut yutupela i dai.’ ”

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


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:


tingting

Askim yu yet, ‘Tingting na pasin bilong dispela graun i kirap stiaim tingting bilong mi?’

Ask yourself, ‘Have the thinking and “spirit of the world” worked their way into my thinking?’


tingting

Na meri i tingting olsem, “I gutpela long mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai na mi kisim olkain gutpela save.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:6:


luksave

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:


long wanem

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:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see long, wanem.


watpo

Orait God, Bikpela i askim meri olsem, “Watpo yu mekim dispela samting?” Na meri i bekim tok olsem, “Snek i grisim mi na mi kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:13:


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:


daunim

Em pasin nogut tru, long wanem, dispela pasin i save daunim ol man na ol i lusim ol gutpela pasin bilong yumi ol man.

It is a very bad practice because it often dehumanizes people and eradicates ethical practices.


krungutim

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:


kaikaim

kaikaim trans. (canonical)
intransitive kaikai (canonical)


bipo tru

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:

Bipo tru Tok i stap

In the beginning was the Word (John 1:1)


hatwok

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:

And you will work very hard to obtain your food [till] sweat forms on your face. And you will labour on until you die and return to the ground. Because I wrought you from the ground, and you will return again to the ground.


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.


oltaim

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.”


larim

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:


ensel

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:

angel; any supernatural creature in heaven according to Christian theology


namba wan

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


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´


Niu Briten

New Britain (an island of Papua New Guinea)


kawawar

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

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


asples

Sirakyus i bin i gat biknem inap sampela taim, na em asples bilong ol man bilong bipo em ol i gat nem, olsem Epikamus em man bilong raitim ol pilai, na Akemides em saveman bilong matematiks.

2007, anonymous author, Sirakyus Pol i Bin Stop Liklik Taim Long Dispela Hap:

Syracuse had moments of glory and was the birthplace of well-known figures of ancient times, such as the playwright Epicharmus and the mathematician Archimedes.


asples

Inap long 1995, dispela ples i lukautim 3000 asples manmeri ol kolim ol yet Maisin pipel.

2017, anonymous author, Consevesen Melanesia:

Since 1995, the biologically diverse Collingwood Bay area on the coast of Oro Province, north-eastern Papua New Guinea, has been the setting for a conflict between the province’s 3,000 indigenous Maisin people and proposed commercial logging and palm oil development within the community’s 262,000 hectares of ancestral lands.


marimari

(with long + object) to be compassionate, have mercy


aiwara

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


Nu Ailan

New Ireland (an island of Papua New Guinea)


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.


imigresen

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


laipstori

From English life story. Equivalent to laip + stori.


akaun

From English account. Cognate to Malay akaun.


kolwin

bush wind; cool wind that blows at night


poketnaip

From English pocketknife. Equivalent to poket + naip.


pikbel

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


pandol

flower sheath of the unopened blossom of the coconut palm


paiaman

person who looks after the fire in a copra drier


masalai

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


luluai

village or tribal chief under colonial rule


dukduk

a Tolai man in costume and mask representing a male spirit


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


vejetebel

Nupela ol divelopmen plen em agrikalsa na pising projeks, kopi, pairitrum, vejetebel faming, wit na traut pis faming.

New development plans include agriculture and fishing projects, coffee, pyrethrum, vegetable farming, wheat and trout fish farming.


katapel

→ Sursurunga: katapel


Bogenvil

Bougainville (an island of Papua New Guinea)


Siapan

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


Fisi

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


sithaus

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


Sidni

Sydney (the capital city of New South Wales, Australia)


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.


PMSA

Pot Mosbi Soka Asosiesen
Pot Mosbi Soka Asosiesen#Tok_Pisin

(soccer) initialism of Pot Mosbi Soka Asosiesen


Kavieng

Kavieng (a city, the provincial capital of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea)


maunten paia

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


sik suga

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

compound

Narapela samting tu i kamapim bagarap long skin, em ol birua na sik samting, olsem sik suga.

Also taking a toll are accidents and disease, such as diabetes.


tupela ten wan

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + wan (“one”).


tupela ten tu

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + tu (“two”).


tupela ten tri

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + tri (“three”).


tupela ten foa

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + foa (“four”).


tupela ten faiv

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + faiv (“five”).


tupela ten sikis

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + sikis (“six”).


tupela ten seven

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + seven (“seven”).


tupela ten et

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + et (“eight”).


tupela ten nain

From tupela ten (“twenty”) + nain (“nine”).


tripela ten wan

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + wan (“one”).


tripela ten tu

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + tu (“two”).


tripela ten tri

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + tri (“three”).


tripela ten foa

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + foa (“four”).


tripela ten faiv

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + faiv (“five”).


tripela ten sikis

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + sikis (“six”).


tripela ten seven

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + seven (“seven”).


tripela ten et

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + et (“eight”).


tripela ten nain

From tripela ten (“thirty”) + nain (“nine”).


fopela ten wan

From fopela ten (“forty”) + wan (“one”).


fopela ten tri

From fopela ten (“forty”) + tri (“three”).


fopela ten foa

From fopela ten (“forty”) + foa (“four”).


fopela ten faiv

From fopela ten (“forty”) + faiv (“five”).


fopela ten sikis

From fopela ten (“forty”) + sikis (“six”).


fopela ten seven

From fopela ten (“forty”) + seven (“seven”).


fopela ten et

From fopela ten (“forty”) + et (“eight”).


fopela ten nain

From fopela ten (“forty”) + nain (“nine”).


wan handet wan

From English one hundred one. Equivalent to wan handet (“one hundred”) + wan (“one”).


tu handet

From English two hundred. Equivalent to tu (“two”) + handet (“hundred”).


tri handet

From English three hundred. Equivalent to tri (“three”) + handet (“hundred”).


foa handet

From English four hundred. Equivalent to foa (“four”) + handet (“hundred”).


faiv handet

From English five hundred. Equivalent to faiv (“five”) + handet (“hundred”).


sikis handet

From English six hundred. Equivalent to sikis (“six”) + handet (“hundred”).


seven handet

From English seven hundred. Equivalent to seven (“seven”) + handet (“hundred”).


et handet

From English eight hundred. Equivalent to et (“eight”) + handet (“hundred”).


nain handet

From English nine hundred. Equivalent to nain (“nine”) + handet (“hundred”).


tu tausen

From English two thousand. Equivalent to tu (“two”) + tausen (“thousand”).


tri tausen

From English three thousand. Equivalent to tri (“three”) + tausen (“thousand”).


foa tausen

From English four thousand. Equivalent to foa (“four”) + tausen (“thousand”).


faiv tausen

From English five thousand. Equivalent to faiv (“five”) + tausen (“thousand”).


sikis tausen

From English six thousand. Equivalent to sikis (“six”) + tausen (“thousand”).


seven tausen

From English seven thousand. Equivalent to seven (“seven”) + tausen (“thousand”).


et tausen

From English eight thousand. Equivalent to et (“eight”) + tausen (“thousand”).


nain tausen

From English nine thousand. Equivalent to nain (“nine”) + tausen (“thousand”).


ten tausen

From English ten thousand. Equivalent to ten (“ten”) + tausen (“thousand”).


wan handet tausen

From English one hundred thousand. Equivalent to wan (“one”) + handet (“hundred”) + tausen (“thousand”).

one hundred thousand
one hundred thousand


wan handet

From English one hundred. Equivalent to wan (“one”) + handet (“hundred”).


sikispela ten wan

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + wan (“one”).


sikispela ten tu

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + tu (“two”).


sikispela ten tri

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + tri (“three”).


sikispela ten foa

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + foa (“four”).


sikispela ten faiv

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + faiv (“five”).


sikispela ten sikis

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + sikis (“six”).


sikispela ten seven

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + seven (“seven”).


sikispela ten et

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + et (“eight”).


sikispela ten nain

From sikispela ten (“sixty”) + nain (“nine”).


sevenpela ten wan

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + wan (“one”).


sevenpela ten tu

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + tu (“two”).


sevenpela ten tri

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + tri (“three”).


sevenpela ten foa

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + foa (“four”).


sevenpela ten faiv

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + faiv (“five”).


sevenpela ten sikis

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + sikis (“six”).


sevenpela ten seven

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + seven (“seven”).


sevenpela ten et

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + et (“eight”).


sevenpela ten nain

From sevenpela ten (“seventy”) + nain (“nine”).


etpela ten wan

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + wan (“one”).


etpela ten tu

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + tu (“two”).


etpela ten tri

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + tri (“three”).


etpela ten foa

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + foa (“four”).


etpela ten faiv

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + faiv (“five”).


etpela ten sikis

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + sikis (“six”).


etpela ten seven

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + seven (“seven”).


etpela ten et

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + et (“eight”).


etpela ten nain

From etpela ten (“eighty”) + nain (“nine”).


nainpela ten wan

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + wan (“one”).


nainpela ten tu

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + tu (“two”).


nainpela ten tri

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + tri (“three”).


nainpela ten foa

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + foa (“four”).


nainpela ten faiv

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + faiv (“five”).


nainpela ten sikis

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + sikis (“six”).


nainpela ten seven

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + seven (“seven”).


nainpela ten et

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + et (“eight”).


nainpela ten nain

From nainpela ten (“ninety”) + nain (“nine”).


faivpela ten wan

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + wan (“one”).


faivpela ten tu

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + tu (“two”).


faivpela ten tri

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + tri (“three”).


faivpela ten foa

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + foa (“four”).


faivpela ten faiv

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + faiv (“five”).


faivpela ten sikis

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + sikis (“six”).


faivpela ten seven

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + seven (“seven”).


faivpela ten et

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + et (“eight”).


faivpela ten nain

From faivpela ten (“fifty”) + nain (“nine”).


faipela ten wan

faivpela ten wan
faivpela ten wan#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten wan (“fifty-one”)


faipela ten tu

faivpela ten tu
faivpela ten tu#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten tu (“fifty-two”)


faipela ten tri

faivpela ten tri
faivpela ten tri#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten tri (“fifty-three”)


faipela ten foa

faivpela ten foa
faivpela ten foa#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten foa (“fifty-four”)


faipela ten faiv

faivpela ten faiv
faivpela ten faiv#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten faiv (“fifty-five”)


faipela ten sikis

faivpela ten sikis
faivpela ten sikis#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten sikis (“fifty-six”)


faipela ten seven

faivpela ten seven
faivpela ten seven#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten seven (“fifty-seven”)


faipela ten et

faivpela ten et
faivpela ten et#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten et (“fifty-eight”)


faipela ten nain

faivpela ten nain
faivpela ten nain#Tok_Pisin

alternative form of faivpela ten nain (“fifty-nine”)


bihainim

From bihain (“to follow, to come after”) + -im.


imaigresen

alternative form of imigresen (“immigration”)


-syen

Borrowed from English -tion or -sion. Doublet of -sen, -esyen, and -esen. Cognates to Malay -syen.


yu orait

how are you, how are you doing, you alright?


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:


pekpek wara

From pekpek (“excrement”) + wara (“water”).

Planti sik—pekpek wara tu—i save kamap long ol jem i stap insait long pekpek bilong man.

Many illnesses, especially diarrhea, come from germs in human feces.


kolget

"Taim yu skwisim kolget i kam aut, yu no inap putim i go bek long tiub. Em i wankain long tok yumi mekim. Taim yumi autim pinis tok i bagarapim bel bilong narapela, yumi no inap kisim bek dispela tok."

"Once you squeeze toothpaste out, you can’t put it back in the tube."


pekpek blut

From pekpek (“excrement”) + blut (“blood”).

Long dispela rot ol man i save kisim ol sik nogut olsem sik taifoit, pekpek blut, na sik kolora.

In this way, people contract such serious diseases as typhoid, dysentery, and cholera.


sik bilong kaikai

From sik (“illness”) + bilong (“from”) + kaikai (“food”), literally “illness from food”.

af

Insait long sampela yia nau, ol ripot i soim olsem planti man i gat sik bilong kaikai na bel i no laikim kaikai.

In recent years, there has been a rise in reported food allergies and intolerances.


bel i no laikim kaikai

A compound phrase that literally translates to "the belly (gastrointestinal system) does not like a food."


rot bilong pekpek

From rot (“route”) + bilong (“of”) + pekpek (“feces”).

In the original illustration in Fig. 1, the word ‘anus’ is re-ferred to in stages 7–10 of the illustrated tool. The mostanatomically correct description for the anus in Tok Pisin, ‘rot bilong pekpek’ literally translates to ‘the passage belonging to faeces’.

2019 February 4, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Stephen Andrew Bell, Sophe Ase, Ruthy Neo, Andrew Vallely, Steve Badman, Claire E. Nightingale, Johanna Wapling, “Developing a culturally appropriate illustrated tool for the self-collection of anorectal specimens for the testing of sexually transmitted infections: lessons from Papua New Guinea”, in BMC Public Health:


daiabitis

PLANTI man i kisim sik daiabitis, na dispela i kamap olsem wanpela bikpela hevi long olgeta hap bilong graun.

Many people develop diabetes and this has become a serious issue in all parts of the world.


dairia

Malnutrisen em i wanpela sik we i wok long hait na kilim ol pikinini wantaim ol narapela bikpela sik olsem malaria, dairia o pekpek wara na numonia.

2023, Konrad Radomyski, Anonymous, Circumlocution in Tok Pisin:

Malnutrition is one of the sicknesses that is silently killing children with other major sicknesses such as malaria, dysentery or diarrhea and pneumonia.


bel solap sik

A compound phrase that translates to "swollen stomach disease."

Tikindi said liver disease was what the local people refer to as bel solap sik (swollen stomach disease) or sik bilong ples (disease of the village) which some believed was a result of sorcery.

2022 March 31, anonymous author, The National (in English):


sik bilong koap

A compound phrase that translates to "illness from sexual intercourse."

Describing STIs was relatively straight forward, with focus group participants suggesting a translation of 'sik bilong koap' (Lit: infection from sex).

2019, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Stephen Bell, Sophie Ase, Ruthy Boli-Neo, Andrew Vallely, Steven Badman, Claire Nightingale, Johanna Wapling, Developing a culturally appropriate illustrated tool for the self-collection of anorectal specimens for the testing of sexually transmitted infections: lessons from Papua New Guinea:

sexually transmitted disease
sexually transmitted disease

sexually transmitted infection
sexually transmitted infection

sexually transmitted disease, sexually transmitted infection


sik bilong ples

A compound phrase that translates to "disease of the village."

A disease that affects many people in a village; an endemic disease.

When hospital staff report that they cannot diagnose the illness, villagers generally take this to mean that the illness is sik bilong ples, meaning that the illness has its roots in the village through supernatural means, and overcoming the illness is thus a village affair.

1999 November 4, Gina Koczberski, George Curry, “Archived copy”, in Sik Bilong Ples: an Exploration of Meanings of Illness and Well-Being Amongst the Wosera Abelam of Papua New Guinea (in English), archived from the original on 2025-04-23:

(Abelam people) A undiagnosable disease that is believed to have a supernatural origin.


sik nating

A compound phrase that translates to "ordinary illness" or "ordinary disease." The term contrasts with sik bilong ples, which refers to an illness that is believed to have a supernatural cause among the Abelam people.

Sik nating refers to other illnesses where there is no perceived social or spiritual cause and which are readily treated by traditional herbal or modern medicines.

(Abelam people) A disease that is not believed to have a supernatural origin and can be treated easily with modern medicine.


piksa nogut

From piksa (“picture”) + nogut (“bad”), literally “bad picture”.

Planti taim reip i save kamap long ol piksa nogut bilong pasin sem.


pornograpi

Man i go painim ponograpi em i painim olsem stilman i save raun long nait.

A man searching for pornography is like a thief at night.


gonoria

Na ol kain kain sik bilong pamuk, olsem gonoria na sifilis na AIDS, i kisim planti planti man na meri.

1990, anonymous author, Tok Bilong God i Tru:

Moreover, it embraces a pandemic of sexually transmitted diseases, such as genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and AIDS.


marasin nogut

From marasin (“medicine”) + nogut (“bad”), literally “bad medicine”.

Ol i tanim tok i tru wantaim marasin nogut.

2009, anonymous author, Ol Tisa Kristen Bilong Bipo—Yu Ting Ol i Kamapim Tru Tok Bilong Ol Aposel?:


sik nogut

From sik (“illness”) + nogut (“bad, immoral”).

Sampela bilong hevi ol i toktok long en em long sik nogut i save kamap long pasin pamuk olsem AIDS.

1997, Zanang Zazoring, Singaut i go long ol Luteran Pasto long mekim gut wok:

Among the problems they discussed was the sexually transmitted disease: AIDS.

Back then people were referring to HIV as binatang nogut and to AIDS as sik nogut, both of which imply that it’s a bad infection or disease, with sik nogut specifically making a moral judgement about those infected.

2021, Janet Gare, “Archived copy”, in Health Security Hero: Dr Janet Gare (in English), archived from the original on 2025-03-18:

(colloquial, dated, derogatory, offensive, proscribed) AIDS


sik long tingting

From sik (“illness”) + long (“in”) + tingting (“thinking”), literally “illness in thinking”.

JAMES, em i bilong Inglan, em i gat 32 krismas samting, na em i gat bikpela sik long tingting.

JAMES, from England, in his early 30’s, has severe mental disabilities and mild autism.

intellectual disability
intellectual disability


binatang nogut

From binatang (“pest, germ”) + nogut (“bad, immoral”).

Lukautim gut ol kaikai na ples bilong stretim kaikai bai ol binatang nogut i noken bagarapim.

2006, anonymous author, Faivpela Rot Long Stretim Gutpela Na Klinpela Kaikai:

Take good care of food and food sources so that they are not damaged by pests.

Jakob Kolletschka em wanwok na pren bilong Semmelweis i bin dai taim ol binatang nogut i go insait long blut bilong em na em i sik.

Semmelweis' colleague and friend Jakob Kolletschka died when dangerous pathogens entered his bloodstream and made him ill.

A pathogen that causes a serious illness.

(colloquial, dated, derogatory, offensive, proscribed) HIV


tingting nogut

From tingting (“thinking”) + nogut (“bad”).

Ol tok bilong Krais Jisas na tupela aposel bilong em, Pita na Pol, i kamapim klia olsem Baibel i no orait liklik long pasin bilong laikim sampela na daunim sampela na tingting nogut long narapela.

The words of Jesus Christ and his two apostles, Peter and Paul, make it clear that the Bible condemns discrimination and prejudice against others.

A form of prejudice against people of a specific demographic.


pekpek wara wantaim blut

From pekpek wara (“diarrhea”) + wantaim (“with”) + blut (“blood”).

Na em i kamap olsem, long papa bilong Publias i slip sik long wanpela skinhat na pekpek wara wantaim blut.

Unknown, anonymous author, King Jems Pisin Baibel:

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery.


pekpek pepa

From pekpek (“excrement”) + pepa (“paper”).

Tokim ol ya,,, ol liklik mangi faul na mekim constitute kamap olsem pekpek pepa ya.. Ol senisim ol commissioners blong constitutional office na wokim kain kain ya... Corruption corruption.....

Tell them,,, the little boys make mistakes and make the constitute like toilet paper.. They change the commissioners of the constitutional office and do all kinds of things... Corruption corruption.


pepa bilong toilet

From pepa (“paper”) + bilong (“for”) + toilet (“toilet”).

Maski toilet i stap we, tasol em i mas i stap klin na i no gat smel nogut, em bikpela samting. Long olgeta taim i gat pepa bilong toilet i stap?

Regardless of where the toilet is located, it is important that it be clean and free of bad smells. Is there always toilet paper available?


toilet pepa

From English toilet paper. By surface analysis, toilet + pepa.

Dispela komiti i wok aninit long lain elda, em i lukautim wok bilong klinim, stretim gut ol samting, na baim ol sop na toilet pepa samting bilong Haus Kingdom.

2005, anonymous author, Oganaisesen Bilong Mekim Laik Bilong Jehova:

Under the direction of the body of elders, this committee oversees the cleaning, maintenance, and purchase of soap and toilet paper for the Kingdom Hall.