Matukar English

[aŋ aimim abimba] v. paradigm example you will (pl) yawn

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[aŋ gam aimim abiŋgo] v. paradigm example you (pl) yawn (imperf 2)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bagebage tamat, bagebage paiin] n. grandparent

(Tok Pisin) bubu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bor tol gurgurmadi] n. three black pigs

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[bule bule] v. twist

(Tok Pisin) krungutim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[burau ti gagaugo] phrase I am not thirsty

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dabelabel] n. sweet potato

(Tok Pisin) kaukau

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[darkəke] n. pandanus

(Tok Pisin) karuka

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[degadəg] n. cockroach

(Tok Pisin) kokoros

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dikaiilkaiile diyaba] v. paradigm example They will go crawling

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dobi oŋ malaim, sabina oŋ malalaim kasik] phrase Dobi you are tall, Sabina you are very tall

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[dudurun] n. shiver/be cold

(Tok Pisin) guria

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[fud sababaman] n. half ripe banana

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gaumomoni dal main natun managami yәnago.] phrase Now this road went small and is small

(Tok Pisin) now road em go liklik, now em stap liklik yet

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gaun aipainim dikudaigo] phrase Dogs chase children

(Tok Pisin) ol dok raunim ol pikinini

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gaun yaratamame] v. paradigm example The dog bit us (excl)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[gurgur] n. black

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[hadi padauweng dabok yesman abangkang dipanaudop pe ti ngainago, ti ngain uyanago] phrase Their fighting is very loud, ?, I don’t sleep, I don’t sleep well

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[I aidi dibi] v. paradigm example they yawn

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i gam magogo] v. paradigm example it drips (imperf 2

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) em I long Karkar

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i lala-lo madonggo] phrase S/he is in the shelter

(Tok Pisin) em I long ples bilong hait

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[I madondo gamukabakai] phrase S/he is there and must talk

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i madondo ŋau naitenge] phrase s/he sits/sat and I saw it

(Tok Pisin) em i sindaun (/pinis) na mi lukim em pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i mas-lo logamoke] phrase S/he swam far away in the ocean

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i ŋukŋuk soyadinago] v. paradigm example They have the sniffles

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[i seleŋanaŋgo] v. paradigm example S/he is laughing at you (pl)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[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)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) em slip yet na mi lukim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[id nug titaiitemba] phrase we will not see each other

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

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[ilonlo] pre. in

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[kakatiu] n. my mole

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kasaromrom ngabindo mate] phrase I held a spider and it died (pinch it dead)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kududen laben] n. bottom part of ear

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kukurek] n. chicken, duck

(Tok Pisin) kakaruk, pato

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[kuloiloi nagekanen han] phrase Necklaces are for wearing

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[magoggo] v. paradigm example It is spilling/dripping

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mat kaiilkaiile yago] phrase Snakes crawl

(Tok Pisin) snek wokabaut long bel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[mon haiyai] phrase who is this man?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋahau bor gurgur] n. my black pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋahau bor gurgurman ] phrase my black pig

Speaker: John Agid

[ŋam gam ŋamawe] v. paradigm example we (excl) went (completive?)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋammaine] v. paradigm example we (excl) slept

(Tok Pisin) mipela slip pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

(Tok Pisin) mipela ran

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋam ŋamratiŋgo] v. paradigm example we (excl) bite (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau bor tekeŋ ŋamaiye] phrase I don’t want to see the pig

(Tok Pisin) mi no lik long lukim pik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau dadeŋ abәn te ŋago bor ŋadadabawai] phrase I am going to the market to buy a pig

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau mariu maguna ngaindo ngaipide dop kasik ngaitaiyonggo] phrase I am on top of a betel nut tree, staying there awhile(sleep and went down) and looking at lots of you

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau mariu ŋamamagokai] phrase I (habitually) chew betel nut

(Tok Pisin) mi save kaikai buai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau moya nanongamam wap ham malal te kokaba] phrase I think you will go to your village and play

(Tok Pisin) Mi tingim olsem yu go long ples bilon yu bai pilai

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 ŋawanәppe] phrase If I had a canoe, I could catch fish

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋanoŋaman kaibo tamat mon titaitekaman] phrase I know, but we don’t know that man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau ŋaulo ilo girәŋgo] v. paradigm example I think about myself (imperf)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ngau onon ngabalap wasing kobol kobol kasik ngawanembawai] phrase I will fish and catch many different colors of fish (now)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ŋau tinaitaiyoŋe] phrase I don’t see you

(Tok Pisin) mi no lukim yu

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

[nini katalun] n. honey (bee egg)

(Tok Pisin) hani

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[nornen aipaiinim ti diyenale] phrase yesterday the children didn’t sleep

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[numau tahaik, numau kukun tahaik] n. six

Speaker: John Agid

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[oŋ ŋau naŋ panau] phrase You talk to me

(Tok Pisin) yu tokim long mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[paŋepaŋeu] n. my hip

(Tok Pisin) hip blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[pasapas] n. wall of house

(Tok Pisin) skin bilong haus

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[patrol box ilonlo yendo ngarubesaipidago] phrase It is inside the patrol box and I am taking it out from in there

(Tok Pisin) I stap insait long patrol box na mi rausim kamap

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[rara] n. tool for spreading fire in garden

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[sababaman] adj. unripe

Speaker: Joe Mawob

[sumsum] n. lion fish? Fish on 2 toea coin

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[Tamat awatunap tagtag negaba? Paiin awatunap main negabakai.] phrase How will a pregnant man give birth? A pregnant woman, now this can give birth.

(Tok Pisin) Man bel bai karim olsem wanem? Meri bel bai em karim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tariututi!] phrase Cut it up!

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tetok fud wartatalep tongali] phrase Chew up the banana slowly and swallow

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[tutu] n. bone

(Tok Pisin) bun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wadad] n. my buttocks

(Tok Pisin) as blo mi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wagagamami ab yabiŋgokai, gaumomoni onon balagokai] phrase Before he built houses, now he throws a hook

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 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

[wakadikado] v. paradigm example be in pain (and…)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wananan] adj. hot

(Tok Pisin) hat, hatpela

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[war ar ilonlo milo milo nage gagawenganen han ab ilonlo yenago] phrase The clothes line (thing for drying work) is in (in between) the walls in the house

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wasing garegaren] n. fish

(Tok Pisin) pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wasing ilogo gagi ilonlo] phrase fish swim in the ocean

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[wauwau] n. my grey-hair

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad