Matukar English

[aipaiinim] n. child

(Tok Pisin) pikinini

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

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

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[aŋ ŋukŋuk soyaŋgo] v. paradigm example You (pl) have the sniffles

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[bor main gurgurman] n. this black pig

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[bor mainan gurgurman] n. this black pig

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[dikaiilkaiile dipalumba] v. paradigm example They will come/run crawling

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[dikaiilkaiile dipalume] v. paradigm example They came/ran crawling

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[dikaiilkaiilingokai] v. paradigm example They turn (habitually)

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[gagauwe] adj. dry (clothes, coconut) (tinim gagauwe - your skin is dry)

(Tok Pisin) drai pinis

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[ganman] adj. very bad (stinky)

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[gaumomoni] n. today

(Tok Pisin) tude

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[girire do torago] phrase mad and walking around

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[gitagit] n. part of a canoe

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[gurgur] n. black

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[huhulun] n. hair

(Tok Pisin) gras

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[i aidi dibiŋe] v. paradigm example they yawned

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[i aidi dibiŋkai] v. paradigm example they yawn (but…)

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[i babakai] v. paradigm example S/he barks (modal)

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[i babawai] v. paradigm example S/he barks (desiderative)

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[i dilogalamokgokai] v. paradigm example They (habitually) swim far away

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

(Tok Pisin) ol i lukim mipela

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[i diwatitinge] v. paradigm example They spilled/capsized

(Tok Pisin) ol kapsaitim pinis

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

(Tok Pisin) em bai pait mipela

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[i gam aidi dibiŋgo] v. paradigm example they yawn (imperf 2)

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

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[i kas dadabakai bo ti] phrase He wanted to buy cigarettes, but didn’t

(Tok Pisin) em laik baim smok, tasol nogat

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[I madondo gamukaba] phrase S/he is there and will talk

(Tok Pisin) em I stap na em bai tok tok

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[I madondo gamukgokai] phrase S/he is there and (habitually) talks

(Tok Pisin) em i stap na em save long tok tok

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[i malal ta, ngau malal marun] phrase He is from another village, I am from here from the beginning

(Tok Pisin) em narapela ples, mi as ples

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[i mamaradine] v. paradigm example S/he cooked them (roasting, cooking in fire)

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[i mariu timamap, alopage mariu mamba] phrase S/he is not chewing betel nut, later s/he will chew betel nut

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[i soŋgokaibo kaibo gaumomoni ti] phrase S/he habitually comes but not today

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

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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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[id ab ilonlo tamadonggo] phrase We are sitting in the house

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[kasaromrom natuntun ta] n. very small spider

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[kududeu kuduman] n. my ear hole

(Tok Pisin) yao hol blo mi

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[kukurek milo wai diyepago] phrase Chickens search to find food

(Tok Pisin) ol kakaruk i painim kaikai

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[laŋalaŋ] n. railing

(Tok Pisin) rel

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[langanamanda] phrase has noise

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[lili] pre. close to (middle)

(Tok Pisin) klostu

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

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[malal natun] n. little village outside city

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[malal turan main te waba tape dal turan main ŋale] phrase If you go to the next village, you take another road

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

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[natun tunta] adj. very little

(Tok Pisin) liklik tru

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[ŋaitaiyoŋgo] phrase I see you

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[ŋam aimam ŋambimbawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) yawn (desiderative)

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[ŋam bar ŋambimba] v. paradigm example We (excl) sing

(Tok Pisin) mipela singsing

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

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[ŋam gam ŋampalumago] v. paradigm example we (excl) run (imperf 2)

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

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[ŋam gam ŋamsoŋgo] v. paradigm example we (excl) come (imperf 2)

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

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

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

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[ŋam ŋammulagokai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come back (habitual)

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[ŋam ŋammule] v. paradigm example we (excl) came back

(Tok Pisin) mipela kam bek pinis

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[ŋam ŋampalumbawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) run (desiderative)

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[ŋam ŋampidaba] v. paradigm example we (excl) will come down

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai kam daun

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[ŋam ŋamsa ŋampid] v. paradigm example We (excl) arrive

(Tok Pisin) mipela kamap

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[ŋam ŋamsiŋkai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come down (but…)

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

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[ŋam ŋamsop] v. paradigm example we (excl) come from a long way

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[ŋam ŋamtadinago] v. paradigm example We (excl) are looking at them

(Tok Pisin) mipela lukim ol

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[ŋam ŋamteŋgo] v. paradigm example We (excl) are looking at her/him

(Tok Pisin) mipela lukim em

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[ŋam ŋamyumimba] v. paradigm example we will (excl) blow

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai winim

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[ŋaŋamok] adj. true

(Tok Pisin) tru

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[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

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[ngau anan garman ngabip, garman ngabip, alopage ngapaimba] phrase I will gather yams, gather them, later I will plant them

(Tok Pisin) mi bai putim yam wantaim, putim ol wantaim, bihain mi bai planim ol

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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 ŋahau wag adape, ŋau wasiŋ ŋawanәmba] phrase If I had a canoe, I would catch fish

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[ŋau ngaitaiyondo, matau singgo, nalaiyombawai ngahau paiin] phrase I see you, I’m attracted to you, and want to marry you my wife

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[ŋau sirisiri malal te tiŋagokai] phrase I don’t go to town all the time

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[ŋau yau ŋaŋageŋo] phrase I will make the fire/I am making the fire(?)

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[nina natun] n. little knife

(Tok Pisin) liklik naip

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

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[nornen, ŋau ŋaitaiyoŋe] phrase yesterday I saw you

(Tok Pisin) asde mi lukim yu pinis

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[nub lililili] n. luke-warm water

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[numau gudun yawayawa] num. twenty

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[ong karekaremba] v. paradigm example You will scratch it

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

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[ong tariututimba] v. paradigm example You will cut (it) up

(Tok Pisin) yu bai katim (em)

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

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[oŋ yogәyoggo] v. paradigm example You are see-sawing

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

(Tok Pisin) putim han I go antap

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[pukaŋan] v. paradigm example be broken (continuous)

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[sabarikrik] n. type of bird

(Tok Pisin) toilet keeper

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[tagtag urat nagemba?] phrase how will you work?

(Tok Pisin) how bai yu wok?

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[tete ngaturap ngadabawai, neu ngasosaiindop abate ngadasaba] phrase I stand up at the ladder and want to go up, I wash my legs and then go up to the house

(Tok Pisin) mi sanap long late, mi wasim lek na mi go antap long haus

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[tetere ] v. rip/ripped

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[urit kikiyon] n. octopus arm

(Tok Pisin) finga blo urita

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[uyadi diyenago] phrase there are some good ones

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[wagamu main ŋahu ab, kaibo gaumomoni i han ab] phrase before this was my house, but now it’s his house

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[walowalon] n. vein

(Tok Pisin) rop

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[wananan] adj. hot

(Tok Pisin) hat, hatpela

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

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[yawaiyawa] n. four

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[yob kasik garang ilonlo dimadonggo] phrase birds of paradise are in the bush

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