Matukar English

[ ab ]

n.    house

( Tok Pisin ) haus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ ab balən ]

n.    veranda (lit. house tongue)

( Tok Pisin ) veranda

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ ab hu:man ]

n.    roof of house

( Tok Pisin ) rup bilong haus

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• House

[ ab natun ]

n.    hut

( Tok Pisin ) haus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ abaŋ pasiuti ]

n.    dawn?

( Tok Pisin ) tulait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Times and seasons

[ abək ]

n.    table, bed, bench

( Tok Pisin ) tebol, bet, bens

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ abi ]

n.    garden

( Tok Pisin ) gaden

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Agricultural

[ ai ]

n.    wood

( Tok Pisin ) diwai, paiawut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ ai ]

n.    tree

( Tok Pisin ) diwai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ ai ]

n.    (fire)wood

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Fire and cooking

[ ai hule ]

phrase    chop the wood

( Tok Pisin ) katim diwai liklik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ ai luwan urib wap aigi te pid ]

n.    bridge (middle-sized wood you follow and come across)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ ai luwan urib yate wa ]

n.    bridge (middle-sized wood you follow and go across)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ ai rain ]

n.    branch

( Tok Pisin ) han blo diwai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ ai suluŋan ]

n.    bark (lit. tree skin)

( Tok Pisin ) skin diwai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ aim natun ]

n.    boy

( Tok Pisin ) boi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ aipaiin natun ]

n.    girl

( Tok Pisin ) meri, gel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ aipaiinim ]

n.    child

( Tok Pisin ) pikinini

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ aiyur ]

n.    leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ alili ]

n.    centipede

( Tok Pisin ) plantihan

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ amenekuku ]

n.    mantis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ amul ]

n.    (ashes)

( Tok Pisin ) sit bilong paia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ amul abən ]

n.    hearth, cooking pit fire

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ anan ]

n.    yam

( Tok Pisin ) yam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ anan habul ]

n.    yam for planting

( Tok Pisin ) yam bilong planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Agricultural
• Plants and trees

[ anattuntun ]

n.    shadow

( Tok Pisin ) tewel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ apaiin natun, aim natun ]

n.    baby

( Tok Pisin ) bebi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Babies and childbirth

[ ar ]

n.    fence

( Tok Pisin ) banis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ bad ]

n.    pot

( Tok Pisin ) sospen

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ badam ]

n.    net bag

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ bag ]

n.    post

( Tok Pisin ) pos

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ bakbak ]

n.    type of ant (black and brown, really big ant, goes up tree)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ bakum ]

n.    type of gecko

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ baliklik ]

n.    shell

( Tok Pisin ) sel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ bom ]

n.    sago

( Tok Pisin ) saksak

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ bor ]

n.    pig

( Tok Pisin ) pik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ bor kasik ]

n.    wild boar

( Tok Pisin ) pik man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ bor natun ]

n.    piglet

( Tok Pisin ) pikinini pik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ bururuk ]

n.    river

( Tok Pisin ) wara, riva

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ dabin ]

n.    root

( Tok Pisin ) rop

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ dal natun ]

n.    trail (little road)

( Tok Pisin ) liklik rot

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ dalawan ]

n.    door

( Tok Pisin ) dua

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ dalawan natun ]

n.    window

( Tok Pisin ) windo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ dalawan natun han ar ]

n.    screen (window’s wall)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ darkəke ]

n.    pandanus

( Tok Pisin ) karuka

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ daruk ]

n.    meat (of all kinds)

( Tok Pisin ) abus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ dawa ]

n.    spear for fishing

( Tok Pisin ) spia, supia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno holds a fishing spear.

Semantic domains:

• Fishing

[ dawai ]

n.    male

( Tok Pisin ) man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ dəm ]

n.    type of ant (very small, eats sugar)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ did ]

n.    mountain

( Tok Pisin ) maunten

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ did bubun ]

n.    hill

( Tok Pisin ) liklik maunten

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ did dabok ]

n.    mountain

( Tok Pisin ) maunten

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ dom ]

n.    connecting pegs to outrigger, part of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno points to the connecting pegs.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ duban ]

n.    waves

( Tok Pisin ) si, sibruk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ dur ]

n.    fork

( Tok Pisin ) pok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ fe ]

n.    paddle

( Tok Pisin ) pul bilong kanu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ fud ]

n.    banana

( Tok Pisin ) banana

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ gab ]

n.    coconut shell

( Tok Pisin ) sel bilong kokonas

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ gadarik ]

n.    scale

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ gagi ]

n.    ocean, sea

( Tok Pisin ) sal wara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ garaŋ ]

n.    bush

( Tok Pisin ) bikpela bus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ garaŋ kasik ]

n.    jungle or forest

( Tok Pisin ) bus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ garib ]

n.    mat

( Tok Pisin ) mat

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House
• Material Culture

[ gaun ]

n.    dog

( Tok Pisin ) dok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ girәk maŋau tamat ]

n.    teacher

( Tok Pisin ) tisa

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ i mamari ]

v. paradigm example    S/he cooks (roasting, cooking in fire)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ i milo naiiŋgo ]

v. paradigm example    S/he cooks (imperf) food

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ i pai ]

v. paradigm example    S/he plants

( Tok Pisin ) em i planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ i yao nage ]

v.    S/he made a fire

( Tok Pisin ) em i mekim paia pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ id bar tabi ]

v. paradigm example    We (incl) sing

( Tok Pisin ) yumi singsing

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ kabob ]

n.    butterfly

( Tok Pisin ) bataplai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ kadai ]

n.    type of lizard (lives in tree, green)

( Tok Pisin ) palai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ kadalai ]

n.    frog

( Tok Pisin ) rokrok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ kadoi ]

n.    friend

( Tok Pisin ) pren

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ kadum ]

n.    caterpillar/worm

( Tok Pisin ) binatang, snek

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ kaik ]

n.    cloud

( Tok Pisin ) klaut

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ kakoi ]

n.    flower

( Tok Pisin ) plaua

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ kalago ]

n.    cage

( Tok Pisin ) kalabus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ kalambu ]

n.    mosquito net

( Tok Pisin ) taunam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ katabebe ]

n.    spider

( Tok Pisin ) spaida

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ kətuk ]

n.    string net bag

( Tok Pisin ) bilum

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ kogogo ]

n.    hornbill

( Tok Pisin ) kokomo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Bird

[ kor ]

n.    coconut cover (on tree)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ kukurek ]

n.    chicken, duck

( Tok Pisin ) kakaruk, pato

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Bird
• Food and drink

[ lala ]

n.    Shelter

( Tok Pisin ) ples bilong hait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ lala han bag ]

n.    Shelter’s pole

( Tok Pisin ) longpela diwai bilong ples bilong hait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ lalor ]

n.    wave (from ocean)

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ lam abәkәman ]

n.    place for lamp, part of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ laŋalaŋ ]

n.    railing

( Tok Pisin ) rel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ madagel ]

n.    ashes

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ madager ]

n.    embers

( Tok Pisin ) hap diwai i kuk pinis tasol i gat paia long em yet, sit bilong paia i kuk yet

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ makak ]

n.    cockatoo

( Tok Pisin ) koki, kokatu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Bird

[ makusik ]

n.    wallaby?

( Tok Pisin ) sikau?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ malim ]

n.    type of lizard (baby kadai)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ maniŋkal ]

n.    type of ant (brown, middle sized)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ mariu ]

n.    betel nut

( Tok Pisin ) buai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ mariu bag ]

n.    betel bunch

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: John Agid and Tomas Taleo Kreno display a betel bunch.

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ mariu luwan ]

n.    betel trunk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ mariu pakaman ]

n.    betel leaf stem

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ mariu rau.un ]

n.    betel leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip bilong buai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees