Matukar English

[ i milo naiiŋgo ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ gagi ]

n.    ocean, sea

( Tok Pisin ) sal wara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ pat ]

n.    hammer (lit. stone)

( Tok Pisin ) hama

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ madagel ]

n.    ashes

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ wasiŋ ]

n.    fish

( Tok Pisin ) pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ dalawan natun han ar ]

n.    screen (window’s wall)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ amul ]

n.    (ashes)

( Tok Pisin ) sit bilong paia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ bakbak ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ nub ]

n.    river

( Tok Pisin ) wara, riva

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ ulum ]

n.    wheel

( Tok Pisin ) wil

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ niu kokaten ]

n.    coconut, green

( Tok Pisin ) kulau

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ niu raun ]

n.    coconut leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip bilong kokonas

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ bururuk ]

n.    river

( Tok Pisin ) wara, riva

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ anan ]

n.    yam

( Tok Pisin ) yam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ wasing garegaren ]

n.    fish

( Tok Pisin ) pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ wasing uyun ]

n.    fish tail

( Tok Pisin ) tel bilong pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ ai luwan urib yate wa ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ ai ]

n.    (fire)wood

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Fire and cooking

[ tamat ]

n.    man

( Tok Pisin ) man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ kaik ]

n.    cloud

( Tok Pisin ) klaut

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ baliklik ]

n.    shell

( Tok Pisin ) sel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ sise paiin ]

n.    old woman

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ timtain ]

n.    cloud

( Tok Pisin ) klaut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ bad ]

n.    pot

( Tok Pisin ) sospen

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ mariu luwan ]

n.    betel trunk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ teratettet ]

n.    type of insect

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ yagoh ]

n.    Shade

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ yau ]

n.    fire

( Tok Pisin ) paia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ bakum ]

n.    type of gecko

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ sal ]

n.    bench, seating area of canoe

( Tok Pisin ) bens, fom

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno points to the bench of a canoe.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ mariu rau.un ]

n.    betel leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip bilong buai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ niu mudan ]

n.    coconut meat

( Tok Pisin ) kopra

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ gadarik ]

n.    scale

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ malim ]

n.    type of lizard (baby kadai)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ urom sawən ]

n.    wet conditions

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ war ]

n.    string, rope

( Tok Pisin ) lain, baklain

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ 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

[ aipaiinim ]

n.    child

( Tok Pisin ) pikinini

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ bor ]

n.    pig

( Tok Pisin ) pik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ paiin ]

n.    woman

( Tok Pisin ) meri

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ ab natun ]

n.    hut

( Tok Pisin ) haus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ aipaiin natun ]

n.    girl

( Tok Pisin ) meri, gel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ i mamari ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ dawa ]

n.    spear for fishing

( Tok Pisin ) spia, supia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno holds a fishing spear.

Semantic domains:

• Fishing

[ mau ]

n.    taro

( Tok Pisin ) taro

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ kor ]

n.    coconut cover (on tree)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ anattuntun ]

n.    shadow

( Tok Pisin ) tewel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ mat ]

n.    snake

( Tok Pisin ) snek

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ bor natun ]

n.    piglet

( Tok Pisin ) pikinini pik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ kogogo ]

n.    hornbill

( Tok Pisin ) kokomo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Bird

[ masmanin ]

n.    calm sea

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ sidar ]

n.    frog (small)

( Tok Pisin ) rokrok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ tan pidakaman ]

n.    valley

( Tok Pisin ) ples daun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ wasing didin ]

n.    side of the fish

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ daruk ]

n.    meat (of all kinds)

( Tok Pisin ) abus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ i pai ]

v. paradigm example    S/he plants

( Tok Pisin ) em i planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ amul abən ]

n.    hearth, cooking pit fire

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ bom ]

n.    sago

( Tok Pisin ) saksak

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ anan habul ]

n.    yam for planting

( Tok Pisin ) yam bilong planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Agricultural
• Plants and trees

[ kukurek ]

n.    chicken, duck

( Tok Pisin ) kakaruk, pato

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Bird
• Food and drink

[ bag ]

n.    post

( Tok Pisin ) pos

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ sise tamat ]

n.    old man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ samud ]

n.    coconut husk

( Tok Pisin ) skin bilong kokonas

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ dalawan ]

n.    door

( Tok Pisin ) dua

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ i yao nage ]

v.    S/he made a fire

( Tok Pisin ) em i mekim paia pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ garib ]

n.    mat

( Tok Pisin ) mat

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House
• Material Culture

[ ai luwan urib wap aigi te pid ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ nap ]

n.    wood on top sides of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno with a canoe.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ kətuk ]

n.    string net bag

( Tok Pisin ) bilum

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ wag ]

n.    canoe

( Tok Pisin ) kanu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Justin Willy stands by a canoe being stored.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ maniŋkal ]

n.    type of ant (brown, middle sized)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ kadoi ]

n.    friend

( Tok Pisin ) pren

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ mariu pakaman ]

n.    betel leaf stem

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ nina ]

n.    knife

( Tok Pisin ) naip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ ab hu:man ]

n.    roof of house

( Tok Pisin ) rup bilong haus

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• House

[ mariu sadaro ]

n.    betel branch (broom)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Tool

[ kalago ]

n.    cage

( Tok Pisin ) kalabus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ uləp ]

n.    rope circle used for climbing trees (goes around feet)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ ŋau palagis ho ai ŋatareŋe ]

phrase    I cut the tree with an axe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ mariu ]

n.    betel nut

( Tok Pisin ) buai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ apaiin natun, aim natun ]

n.    baby

( Tok Pisin ) bebi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Babies and childbirth

[ niu ]

n.    coconut tree/coconut

( Tok Pisin ) diwai kokonas/kokonas

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ amenekuku ]

n.    mantis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ witwit ]

n.    fan

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ ab ]

n.    house

( Tok Pisin ) haus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ alili ]

n.    centipede

( Tok Pisin ) plantihan

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ sam ]

n.    float or outrigger, part of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno touches the canoe’s float.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ nub kuduman ]

n.    well

( Tok Pisin ) hul wara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Ocean and water

[ ai ]

n.    tree

( Tok Pisin ) diwai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ lala ]

n.    Shelter

( Tok Pisin ) ples bilong hait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ ai suluŋan ]

n.    bark (lit. tree skin)

( Tok Pisin ) skin diwai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ tamatpaiinim ]

n.    people

( Tok Pisin ) man, ol man, pipel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ abi ]

n.    garden

( Tok Pisin ) gaden

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Agricultural

[ tanfag ]

n.    mud

( Tok Pisin ) graun malomalo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ darkəke ]

n.    pandanus

( Tok Pisin ) karuka

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ fe ]

n.    paddle

( Tok Pisin ) pul bilong kanu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ salfek ]

n.    ladle, scoop

( Tok Pisin ) bikpela spun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool
• Fire and cooking

[ gaun ]

n.    dog

( Tok Pisin ) dok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ yaur ]

n.    leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ laŋalaŋ ]

n.    railing

( Tok Pisin ) rel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House