Matukar English

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[anan habul] n. yam for planting

(Tok Pisin) yam bilong planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ aimim abiŋkai] v. paradigm example you (pl) yawn (but…)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ararati] n. type of snake (poisonous)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[babahun] adj. thick

(Tok Pisin) bikpela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bagebage paiin] n. grandmother

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[boi.ip aŋ aitaiyamamba] phrase tomorrow they will see us

(Tok Pisin) tumora ol bai lukim mipela

Speaker: John Agid

[boiip ŋaitaiyomba] phrase I will see you (tomorrow)

(Tok Pisin) (tumora) mi bai luklukim yu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[boi.ip ŋau ti naitaiyop] phrase Tomorrow I will not see you

Speaker: John Agid

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

Speaker: John Agid

[bor duduŋan] n. whole pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor mon gurgurman] phrase that black pig

Speaker: John Agid

[bubun] n. grave

(Tok Pisin) hul (bilong planim man)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dikaiilkaiile disonggo] v. paradigm example They are coming crawling

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dikaiilkaiilimba] v. paradigm example They will turn

(Tok Pisin) ol bai baut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ganman] n. pus

(Tok Pisin) waitpela blut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[garmaurau.un] n. my hair

(Tok Pisin) gras blo het blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[girire do yawe] phrase mad and went

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[hamam matan] n. our (excl) money

(Tok Pisin) mani bilong mipela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i diniŋkai] v. paradigm example they eat (but…)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i nal huduŋan malal dabok a yagokai i mariu manti] phrase He goes to town every day, but he doesn’t have betel nut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i paikai] v. paradigm example S/he plants (but…)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i tarpasiamame] v. paradigm example S/he made us (excl) fall/threw (excl) down

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) em bai kapsaitim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i yap nina natun ngale somba] phrase S/he will go bring the small knife

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id ŋukŋuk soyadago] v. paradigm example We (incl) have the sniffles

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[Justin malain ebo Wolfgangaiong] phrase Justin is tall like Wolfgang

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kakaŋ] n. fishing net

(Tok Pisin) umben

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kakatim] n. your mole

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kol han aipaiin dabok] n. cousin’s elder daughter

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kukurek] n. chicken, duck

(Tok Pisin) kakaruk, pato

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kukurek katalun] n. chicken egg

(Tok Pisin) kiau bilong kakaruk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kukurekparpar] n. hawk

(Tok Pisin) taragau

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[lililili] n. middle

(Tok Pisin) namel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[main hanant] phrase what is this?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[muimui] n. louse larva

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam aimam ŋambimbakai] v. paradigm example we (excl) yawn (modal: can, must, should)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) mipela baut pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngam ngamfe] v. paradigm example We (excl) open (it)

(Tok Pisin) mipela opim em

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamfumba] v. paradigm example We (excl) will fight/hit them

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai pait ol

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamsamba] v. paradigm example we (excl) will come up

(Tok Pisin) mipela bai kamap

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamtaiyaŋgo] v. paradigm example We (excl) are looking at you (pl)

(Tok Pisin) mipela lukim yupela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamyogәyogba] v. paradigm example We (excl) will see-saw

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) mipela winim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋaŋamok] adj. true

(Tok Pisin) tru

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngatalininge] v. paradigm example I went around (it)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau ab ngatalininge ab natunte ngago] phrase I go around the house to go to the outhouse

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau girire ŋanageŋo] phrase I’m mad

(Tok Pisin) mi kros

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

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 malalte nal huduŋan ŋapalumagokai] phrase I go (run) to the village every day

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋaitaiyoŋe] phrase I saw you

(Tok Pisin) mi lukim yu pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) mi bai skrapim ol

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau ngakarekaremba] v. paradigm example I will scratch it

(Tok Pisin) mi bai skrapim em

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋaumi] pro. my myself

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau paiin mon han te bor ŋaŋaleŋe] phrase I took the pig from that woman

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋaunen papaya diŋalep panaugo] phrase They are getting a papaya to give to me

(Tok Pisin) ol kisim popo bilong mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nirib i babago] phrase Beetles buzz

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nornen anan ngarubenge, alo ab ilonlo ngadirilaipidaba] phrase Yesterday I pulled out the yams, later I will put them in the house

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nub korroraman] n. puddle

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nub lililili] n. luke-warm water

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[numau aruru mi tote, neu aruru mi tote] n. twenty

Speaker: John Agid

[numau tahaik, numau kukun aru] n. seven

Speaker: John Agid

[paiin mon ilon tininago] phrase that girl is not sad

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[paiin susun] n. woman’s breast

(Tok Pisin) susu bilong meri

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[pargaga] n. twin

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[rara] n. tool for spreading fire in garden

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tariututi!] phrase Cut it up!

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tininte] adv. on the skin

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[uyadi diyenago] phrase there are some good ones

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wadad] n. my buttocks

(Tok Pisin) as blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wagagamami ab yabiŋgokai, gaumomoni onon yagokai] phrase Before he built houses, now he goes fishing (hooking)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wagamami] adv. before

(Tok Pisin) bipo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wagamami dal main dabok, gaumomoni dal main yawe natune] phrase Before this road was big, now it went small.

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

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wai wai paina ngaturago] phrase I am standing under the mango tree

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[walowalon] n. vein

(Tok Pisin) rop

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wananan] adj. hot

(Tok Pisin) hat, hatpela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[watataŋe] v. paradigm example S/he capsized you (pl)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[yawaiyawa] n. four

Speaker: John Agid