Matukar English

[anan habul] n. yam for planting

(Tok Pisin) yam bilong planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[anan wartatalep tongali] phrase Chew up the yam and swallow

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ aimim abiŋe] v. paradigm example you (pl) yawned

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ aimim abiŋgo] v. paradigm example you (pl) yawn (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ aitaiyamamago] v. paradigm example You (pl) are looking at us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) yupela lukim mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[boi.ip id tatadinaba] phrase tomorrow we will see them

Speaker: John Agid

[boiip tinaitaiyok] phrase I can’t see you tomorrow

(Tok Pisin) mi no ken bai lukim yu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor arumon gurgurmadi] phrase those two black pigs

Speaker: John Agid

[bor malalnen] n. boar

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor tol gurgurmadi uya uya o mone] n. those yonder 3 big black pigs

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bukabuk] n. mosquito bite

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bururuk] n. river

(Tok Pisin) wara, riva

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[daruk waninge mainwai gahum matangani] phrase You ate meat, therefore you clean your gums

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[fud ngatariututi] phrase I cut up the banana

(Tok Pisin) mi katim banana

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[fud sababaman] n. half ripe banana

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[fud yabehahate] phrase S/he breaks up the banana

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ful rasusuni] phrase S/he tears up the mustard

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gab abek hona yenago] phrase The coconut shell is on the table

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gab rairai] n. type of fly (big, blue)

(Tok Pisin) ami, difens

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ganman] adj. very bad (stinky)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gurgurman] n. pupil (possessed)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[huhu] n. cough

(Tok Pisin) kus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[huhulun] n. hair

(Tok Pisin) gras

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i dadaba] v. paradigm example S/he will buy

(Tok Pisin) em bai baim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I digadagade duba ti diyawe] phrase They were stupid and didn’t hurry and leave

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i ditaiyamamago] v. paradigm example They are looking at us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) ol i lukim mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I ditariututimba] v. paradigm example They will cut (it) up

(Tok Pisin) ol bai katim (em)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i funamamba] v. paradigm example He/she will fight/hit us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) em bai pait mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i girire nageŋe] phrase He was mad

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i huhugo] v. paradigm example S/he coughs (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i i noŋaman wasiŋ ŋalekanәn han kabiaiman] phrase He knows the way to catch fish his way

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i ilon yabiyamamago] v. paradigm example S/he likes us (excl) (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i lala-lo madonggo] phrase S/he is in the shelter

(Tok Pisin) em I long ples bilong hait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i madondo ŋau naitenge] phrase s/he sits/sat and I saw it

(Tok Pisin) em i sindaun (/pinis) na mi lukim em pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i malal ta, mainwaimi niu neneimba] phrase He is from another village, therefore he will scrape the coconut

(Tok Pisin) em blo narapela ples, olsem na em bai sigarapim drai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i niu sisinggo milo ngagembawai] phrase S/he is husking the coconut to make food

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i nub hulihulikaman-te madonggo] phrase S/he is at the pond

(Tok Pisin) em I long raunwara?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i tamat maniyanәn a kaibo, i malal dabok a madoŋgokai] phrase He is a man from here, but he stays in town

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id tawatitiŋe] v. paradigm example We (incl) capsized

(Tok Pisin) yumi kapsaitim pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[is wawak] n. mosquito (big)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kakaŋ] n. fishing net

(Tok Pisin) umben

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kakatim] n. your mole

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kakatiu] n. my mole

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kasakas] n. kind of fish

(Tok Pisin) bik maus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad Forepiso

[katabebe] n. spider

(Tok Pisin) spaida

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kukurek katalun] n. chicken egg

(Tok Pisin) kiau bilong kakaruk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kuloiloi] n. necklace

(Tok Pisin) bis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kuloiloi balau yabikanen han] phrase Necklaces are for decorating me

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[maimai] n. jewelry, large chest piece that women wear

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[maniy a waiwai da] phrase Here there are mangos (Here’s got mangos)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[matan abun huhulun] n. eyebrow

(Tok Pisin) gras antap long ai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[matan huhulun] n. ancestor (lit. eyebrow b’c don’t see them b’c so old)

(Tok Pisin) tumbuna, manmeri bilong bipo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[Mathusela han milo yanik gadagadaman ebala bor milo yaninggokaiong.] phrase Mathusela’s bad way of eating food is like how pigs eat food.

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mon uyan, main uyan amok, mon uyan amok amok] phrase That one is good, this one is very good, that one is very very good

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mumui] adj. hidden, also verb

(Tok Pisin) i hait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[narnar] adj. wet

(Tok Pisin) wet

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[neukapekapen] n. my ankle

(Tok Pisin) ankol blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nga ngahaiinge] v. paradigm example I tied (it)

(Tok Pisin) mi pasim em pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋahau aipainim kagin uyan ho ŋaiyamataiye huduŋan sule uyan lo diyawe, ilo girek uyan diŋaleŋe] phrase I looked after my children with good behaviors and all of them went to school and became smart

(Tok Pisin) mi lukautim ol pikini bilong mi na ol i go long skul na ol i kisim gutpela save

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋahau bor uya uya gurgurmadi] n. my big black pigs

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋama] v. paradigm example we (excl) go

(Tok Pisin) mipela go

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamabakai] v. paradigm example we (excl) go (modal: can, must, should)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamso] v. paradigm example we (excl) come

(Tok Pisin) mipela kam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamyumimbawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) blow (desiderative)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngatuli paninge yap nina natun ngale sombawai] phrase I told him/her to go bring the small knife

(Tok Pisin) Mi tok save long en long kisim liklik naip i kam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau aŋ ŋanoŋamamim] phrase I know you (pl)

(Tok Pisin) mi save long yupela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau dadeŋ abәn te ŋago bor ŋadadabawai] phrase I am going to the market to buy a pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau haitai moya turdo ŋaiteŋe] phrase I saw someone standing there

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ilo haiyago oŋ milo main tipaunauwe] phrase I am sad, you didn’t give me this food

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ilo uyanaba ŋau ŋaŋalayombawai] phrase I will be happy, I would like to marry you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau malal dabok lo ŋabape, ŋau ilo uyan ŋape] phrase If I could go to town, I would be happy

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau mariu ŋamamago] phrase I am chewing a betel nut

(Tok Pisin) mi kaikai buai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau naŋ panau ŋagamukgokai] phrase I speak Panau (habitually)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau ngakarekaredinaba] v. paradigm example I will scratch them

(Tok Pisin) mi bai skrapim ol

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋawatitiŋe] v. paradigm example I capsized

(Tok Pisin) mi kapsaitim pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau onon ngabale wasing ngawanenge] phrase I go fishing to catch fish

(Tok Pisin) mi troimawe huk mi kisim pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau tinaitaiyoŋe] phrase I don’t see you

(Tok Pisin) mi no lukim yu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nornen adok ti taitadine] phrase Yesterday we didn’t see them

Speaker: John Agid

[nornen oŋ gaun ti ŋaleso panauwe mainwai ŋau ilo uyanago. oŋ ŋaleso panaupe, ŋau bru sa panope] phrase You didn’t come and give me the dog yesterday, so I am happy. If you had brought this dog, I would be mad at you

(Tok Pisin) Asde yu no kisim dok ya i kam na mi hamamas long yu. sapos yu kisim i kam olsem mi bai kros long yu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[numau aruru tote, numau kukun tahaik] n. eleven

Speaker: John Agid

[numaukuskus] n. my pinkie

(Tok Pisin) smolman blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong ab ilonlo madondo girenggo] phrase You are sitting in the the house and writing

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong bom tati ngale palume mainwai bom ta tabulip tanikanen bom ti] phrase You didn’t bring any sago, therefore we won’t turn or eat any sago

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong milo milo salanganindo ngau ngasuge] phrase you washed things, I bathed

(Tok Pisin) yu wasim samting pinis, mi was was pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ ŋauda taba tape, oŋ mai dop ŋauda taba.] phrase I will go with you, if you let me go with you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ nina natun main wabi tape, ŋafunomba] phrase If you are holding the little knife, I will hit you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ oŋami] pro. you yourself

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ tinen wananago] phrase Are you hot?

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[oŋ wasiŋ wai ilom bal tap, oŋ ngale] phrase If you think about (taking) the fish, you took it

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ongadabdahe lamu/ongadab dahe lamu] phrase You reached up/You reached up, it (your hand) went up

(Tok Pisin) putim han I go antap

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[paiin susun] n. woman’s breast

(Tok Pisin) susu bilong meri

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[rarar] n. floor joist

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[Sileng paiin han madok ebo Malu paiinaiong] phrase Sileng Pain’s way of life is like Malu Pain’s

(Tok Pisin) Sileng Pain, sindaun bilong en em olsem Malu Pain

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[taktak tabulaba?] phrase What are we doing?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tiŋaitaiyondop, nina natun hona taraiyawap wai] phrase I don’t look at you, you will (like to) cut me with a small knife

(Tok Pisin) mi no lukim yu, bai yu katim mi wantaim liklik naip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tutui] n. nail

(Tok Pisin) nil

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wagamami ŋahau bor ti, gaumoni ŋahau bor tol da] phrase I didn’t used to have (any) pigs, now I have 3

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wasing didin] n. side of the fish

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wasing ilogo gagi ilonlo] phrase fish swim in the ocean

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[yaunanyaŋe] adj. burned (2pl), cooked

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad