Matukar English

[ai taratetep haiya haiya] phrase S/he chops up the wood into pieces

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aipaiin tinantaman dimataman] n. orphan (fm) (lit. girl parents died long time ago)

(Tok Pisin) wanpis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[amenekuku yogoyogo] phrase The mantis goes back and forth

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor aru gurgurmadi main ŋahau] phrase these two black pigs of mine

Speaker: John Agid

[bor tol gurgurmadi maine] n. these 3 black pigs

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[burau ti gagaugo] phrase I am not thirsty

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bururuk] n. small streams to ocean

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[didirun] n. thorn

(Tok Pisin) nil

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dikaiilkaiilinggo] v. paradigm example They are turning

(Tok Pisin) ol I baut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ese manag nage] phrase Good, do it like that

(Tok Pisin) gutpela wokim olsem

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gab rairai] n. army (lit. green flies)

(Tok Pisin) ami, difens

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[garmaurau.un] n. my hair

(Tok Pisin) gras blo het blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gaumomoni oŋ mariu timamba, alopage mariu mamba] phrase today you will not chew betel nut, later you will chew betel nut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[huhu] n. cough

(Tok Pisin) kus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i aidi dibimbakai] v. paradigm example they yawn (modal: can, must, should)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i difunamamba] v. paradigm example They will fight/hit us (excl)

(Tok Pisin) ol bai pait mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i kas dadagokai bo ti panaugokai] phrase He (habitually) buys cigarettes but he doesn’t (habitually) give them to me

(Tok Pisin) em sa baim smoke, tasol em no sa givim mi

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 gamuke] phrase S/he was there and talked

(Tok Pisin) em I stap na em tok tok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) em I long taun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mamago] v. paradigm example S/he chews (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mamariŋgo] v. paradigm example S/he cooks (roasting, cooking in fire) (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mariu timamap, haun ti mariu mamba] phrase S/he is not chewing betel nut, s/he cannot chew betel nut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) em i praim pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i soŋgokai bo gaumomoni ti] phrase S/he habitually comes but not today

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i watitimba] v. paradigm example S/he will capsize

(Tok Pisin) em bai kapsaitim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i watitiŋe] v. paradigm example S/he capsized

(Tok Pisin) em i kapsaitim pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id nug titaiteŋe] phrase we didn’t see each other

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id nug titaiitep] phrase we can’t see each other

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id tayogәyoggo] v. paradigm example We (incl) are see-sawing

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kaiilkaiile] v. paradigm example crawl

(Tok Pisin) wokabaut long bel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kakatidi] n. their moles

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[katabebe] n. spider

(Tok Pisin) spaida

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kogogo] n. hornbill

(Tok Pisin) kokomo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kududen laben] n. bottom part of ear

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kududeu] n. my ear

(Tok Pisin) yao blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kududeu kuduman] n. my ear hole

(Tok Pisin) yao hol blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kwaku babago] phrase The kwaku is crying

(Tok Pisin) pisin i crai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[laŋalaŋ han ar] n. railing side

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mælabcmbcm] n. type of flying fox (small)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[malal natun te yago?] phrase is he going to the village?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[malal te ŋap, bor ŋadadabawai] phrase I will go to the village, I want to buy a big

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mam han milo yanialap, tidop, ngasop han daig ŋaŋalemba] phrase (When) dad finishes eating his food, I will come and take his plate

[mam han nub wananan lumip, tialap, wagiau] phrase (When) dad finishes drinking his tea, call me

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mau magar pide, anan magar pide yenago] phrase There are dried taro that fell, dried yams that fell (you can see the sticks and know that they fell off the vine)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[muimui] n. louse larva

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngahamam humam mariu] n. Our (here since a long time) betelnut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngahamam humam udau] n. Our (here since a long time) clan, tribal area

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 aru gurgurman] phrase my two black pigs

Speaker: John Agid

[ŋahau bor gurgurman dabok] n. my big black pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam aimam ŋambimba] v. paradigm example we will (excl) yawn

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam garmadiŋ ŋambidiŋ] v. paradigm example We (excl) gather them

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋambulimbawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) turn (desiderative)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamfunimba] v. paradigm example We (excl) will fight/hit him/her

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai pait em

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋammain] v. paradigm example we (excl) sleep

(Tok Pisin) mipela slip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋammainagokai] v. paradigm example we (excl) sleep (habitual)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) mipela kam bek

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) mipela kam daun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamsimbawai] v. paradigm example we (excl) come down (desiderative)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamyogәnimba] v. paradigm example We (excl) are shaking it

(Tok Pisin) mipela seksekim em

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau dadeŋ abәn te ŋap bor ŋadadabawai] phrase I will go/am going to the market, I would like to buy a pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau haitai moya madondo ŋaiteŋe] phrase I saw someone sitting there

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋaitaiyoŋgo] v. paradigm example I’m looking at you

(Tok Pisin) mi lukim yu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau ngawe onon ngabaldo wag ilonlo ngamadondo matau yohe] phrase I went fishing, I sat in the canoe and fell asleep

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngaualo milo nganagenge tie, alohage ngawe] phrase I finished cooking the food and then I left

(Tok Pisin) mi kukim kaikai pinis bihain na mi go

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nub lililili] n. luke-warm water

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[numau ŋagageŋgo] v. paradigm example I am helping (I am putting my hand)

(Tok Pisin) mi helpim, mi halivim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[numau tahaik, numau kukun tahaik] n. six

Speaker: John Agid

[numau tahaik, numau kukun tol] n. eight

Speaker: John Agid

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ mai dop ŋau ham aipain ŋaŋalәmbawai] phrase You wait, I would like to take your daughter

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ong milo milo salanganindo ngau ngasuggo] phrase you are washing things, I am bathing

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) yu bai katim (em)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[sabina urom ilonlo nub surindo, urom tiyalakai, nub surinaŋdo yәne] phrase Sabina filled up water in the rain, the rain finished but she continued to fill up water

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[sesek] pre. near (very near)

(Tok Pisin) klostu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[Sileng paiin han tekengaman ebo Malu paiinaiong] phrase Sileng Pain’s look is like Malu pain’s (Slieng Pain looks like Malu Pain)

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) how bai yu wok?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[taktak tabulaba?] phrase What are we doing?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tamat main yaŋan titulipanade taiyoŋe] phrase This man who didn’t tell us his name saw you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tamat mon dabellabel yaniŋe] phrase that man ate the sweet potato

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tutumau] n. my bone

(Tok Pisin) bun blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wadad] n. my buttocks

(Tok Pisin) as blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wagamami ngau tibud malal te yakwai ilo girenge, gaumomoni ngau malal te mi ngamadomba] phrase Before I liked to go to the place of your grandparents, but now I will stay only at the village

(Tok Pisin) bifo mi gen laik long go long Australia, nau mi gat laik long stap long ples tasol

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[waiiwaik dinip dimasiaibawai] phrase They eat konyak in order to have a ritual meeting

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[walowalon] n. vein

(Tok Pisin) rop

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[watatauwe] v. paradigm example S/he capsized me

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wauwau] n. my grey-hair

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[witwit] n. fan

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad