Matukar English

[abab] n. sore

(Tok Pisin) sua

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[aipaiin waraman] n. umbilical cord (For girl)

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[alop age ŋau yao ŋautaunimba] phrase I will make the fire later

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[amenekuku yogoyogo] phrase The mantis goes back and forth

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[arar] n. straw bag

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[bagebage paiin] n. grandmother

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[baliklik] n. shell

(Tok Pisin) sel

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

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

(Tok Pisin) mi no ken bai lukim yu

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[boiip tinaitaiyomba] phrase I won’t see you tomorrow

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[bor balbalman sugenganen han] phrase Pig fat is for washing

(Tok Pisin) gris bilong pik bilong waswas

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[bor gurgurmadi tol uya uya] phrase 3 big black pigs

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[bor main dabok ti kaibo, ŋadade] phrase although the pig is not big, I bought it

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[bor main gurgurmadi tol uya uya] n. these 3 big black pigs

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[bor main gurgurman] n. this black pig

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[bubun] n. grave

(Tok Pisin) hul (bilong planim man)

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[dikaiilkaiile disomba] v. paradigm example They will come crawling

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[dikaiilkaiile diyago] v. paradigm example They are going crawling

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[dohage nagenge] phrase Later s/he worked/did it

(Tok Pisin) bihain em I wok (/mekim) pinis?

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[dudurun] n. shiver/be cold

(Tok Pisin) guria

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[duruberubenge yenago] phrase They took it all out and it’s lying there

(Tok Pisin) Ol raus rausim na I stap

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[i aidi dibiŋgo] v. paradigm example they yawn (imperf)

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[I ditariututinggo] v. paradigm example They are cutting (it) up

(Tok Pisin) ol I katim (em)

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[i gam watitiŋgo] v. paradigm example S/he capsizes (imperf 2

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[i Karkar-u madonggo] phrase S/he is on Karkar

(Tok Pisin) em I long Karkar

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[i kas dadakai bo ti panauwe] phrase He bought cigarettes but didn’t give me any

(Tok Pisin) em baim smok, tasol em i no givim mi

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[I madondop gamukabawai] phrase S/he is sitting and is about to talk

(Tok Pisin) em sindaun nau na em laik tok tok nau

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[i malal dabok-a madonggo] phrase S/he is in town

(Tok Pisin) em I long taun

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[i mamarimba] v. paradigm example S/he will cook (roasting, cooking in fire)

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[i nina natun hona ai tarәmba kaibo ida tidas] phrase He will cut the wood with a small knife, but he can’t

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[i saraŋeŋe] v. paradigm example S/he fried

(Tok Pisin) em i praim pinis

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[i sulunamame] v. paradigm example S/he spat at us (excl)

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[i urat gam nageŋe] v. paradigm example S/he works (completive)

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[i uriamamago] v. paradigm example s/he is following us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) em I bihainim mipela

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[i y^nangan do tuli panauwe] phrase s/he keeps sleeping and talked to me (i.e. told me s/he didn’t want to get up)

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[i y^nangando naitenge] phrase s/he still sleeps/slept and I saw it

(Tok Pisin) em slip yet na mi lukim

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[ib yogәyogә mai] phrase (You) can’t make see-saw

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[id maniyanәn a kaibo, id malal dabok a tamadoŋgokai] phrase We are from here, but we stay in town

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[ilonlo] pre. in

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[kabəgabəg] n. tadpole

(Tok Pisin) pikinini rokrok

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[kakatik] n. mole

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[kududeu] n. my ear

(Tok Pisin) yao blo mi

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[lala] n. Shelter

(Tok Pisin) ples bilong hait

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[manalailaiya] v. forget? Forgetting? (sentence: mai dop, manalailaiya)

(Tok Pisin) yu lus tingting, larim i stap i go

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

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[matalekalek] n. intestinal parasite

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[Mathusela han milo yanik gadagadaman. Wolfgangaida had yanik gadagadaman. Aruru hadi milo yanik eba] phrase Mathusela has a bad way of eating. Wolfgang also has a bad way of eating. Both of their ways of eating food is like how pigs eat food.

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[natun tunta] adj. very little

(Tok Pisin) liklik tru

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[nen mariu mamago] phrase Mom is chewing the betel nut

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[neukapekapen] n. my ankle

(Tok Pisin) ankol blo mi

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[ŋahamam niu ti] phrase We (excl) don’t have coconuts

(Tok Pisin) mipela no gat kokonas

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

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[ŋam gam ŋamaniŋe] v. paradigm example we (excl) ate (completive?)

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[ŋam gam ŋamsoŋe] v. paradigm example we (excl) came (completive?)

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

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai go

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[ŋam ŋamaniŋe] v. paradigm example we (excl) ate

(Tok Pisin) mipela kaikai pinis

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[ŋam ŋamaniŋkai] v. paradigm example we (excl) eat (but…)

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[ŋam ŋambuliŋe] v. paradigm example we (excl) turned

(Tok Pisin) mipela baut pinis

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[ŋam ŋambuliŋgo] v. paradigm example we (excl) turn (imperf)

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[ŋam ŋamfunomba] v. paradigm example We (excl) will fight/hit you

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai pait yu

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[ngam ngamhohari] v. paradigm example We (excl) rub (it)

(Tok Pisin) mipela rabim (em)

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[ŋam ŋammulabakai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come back (modal: can, must, should)

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[ŋam ŋampalumba] v. paradigm example we (excl) will run

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai ran

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[ŋam ŋamsambawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come up (desiderative)

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[ŋam ŋamsaŋgokai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come up (habitual)

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[ŋam ŋamsiŋe] phrase we (excl) came down

(Tok Pisin) mipela kam daun pinis

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[ŋam ŋamsiŋgo] v. paradigm example we (excl) come down (imperf)

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

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

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[ngatalininggo] v. paradigm example I am going around (it)

(Tok Pisin) mi go raunim

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[ŋau andi papaya ŋaŋaleŋgo] phrase I am getting a papaya for them

(Tok Pisin) mi kisim popo bilong ol

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[ngau bubun-te ngago] phrase I am going to the mountains

(Tok Pisin) mi go long maunten

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[ŋau girire ŋanageŋo] phrase I’m mad

(Tok Pisin) mi kros

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[ngau lala-lo ngago] phrase I am going to the shelter

(Tok Pisin) mi go long ples bilong hait

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

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[ŋau malal te tiŋagokai] phrase I don’t (habitually) go to the village

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[ŋau maniyanәn a kai, ŋau malal dabok a ŋago] phrase I am from here, but I go to town

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

(Tok Pisin) mi kaikai buai

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[ŋau nal huduŋan malal te tiŋaba] phrase I will not go to the village every day

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[ngau ngagadagade kas ti ngadade] phrase I was stupid and didn’t buy cigaretted

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[ŋau ŋahau wag adape, ŋau wasiŋ ŋawanәppe] phrase If I had a canoe, I could catch fish

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[ŋau ŋasumayaiyakai tiŋaiteŋ] v. paradigm example I ask but I don’t see him/her

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[ŋau te wai ilo bal tape, ŋau ŋaŋalemba] phrase If I think about (taking) the bilum, I will take it

(Tok Pisin) mi gat tingting long kisim bilum, em bai mi kisim

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[nub wananan] phrase hot water

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[numau aruru tote, numau kukun aru] n. twelve

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[numau tahaik, numau kukun tahaik] n. six

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[numau tahaik, numau kukun tol] n. eight

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[ong gaun ngale palum tape, ngau ngaipaiomba] phrase If you come and give me the dog, I will be mad at you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ maniyanәn a kaibo, oŋ malal dabok a madoŋgokai] phrase You are from here, but you stay in town

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[oŋ ŋalep palum panaupe, ŋau mainwai bru sa panope] phrase If you bring me it and give it to me, then I will be mad at you

(Tok Pisin) yu kisim kam olsem bai mi kros

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[oŋ ŋau oŋda nug taite] phrase we see each other

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[tamat main yaŋan tulipanade main taiyoŋe] phrase This man who told us his name saw you

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[wabi bule bule] v. you hold and twist

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[wagamami wag langadimadi ti, gaumomoni wag main langadimadi da] phrase Before, boats didn’t have noise, now boats have noise (ie, ships have engines)

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[wananan] adj. hot

(Tok Pisin) hat, hatpela

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[watitiŋe] v. paradigm example S/he capsized him/her

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[wauwau] n. my grey-hair

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[wawan] n. one gray-haired (person)

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[witwit] n. fan

(Tok Pisin) brum bilong winim pes, fen, lektrik fen

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[yob kasik garang ilonlo dirodo ditoragokai] phrase birds of paradise fly around in the bush

(Tok Pisin) insait long bus ol save raun na flai nabout

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