Matukar English

[ makusik ]

n.    wallaby?

( Tok Pisin ) sikau?

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ kalago ]

n.    cage

( Tok Pisin ) kalabus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ taratui ]

n.    ceiling

( Tok Pisin ) insait bilong rup

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ te dabok ]

n.    big string net bag

( Tok Pisin ) bilum

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ gagi ]

n.    ocean, sea

( Tok Pisin ) sal wara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ did dabok ]

n.    mountain

( Tok Pisin ) maunten

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ ud ]

n.    grass

( Tok Pisin ) gras

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ bor kasik ]

n.    wild boar

( Tok Pisin ) pik man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ samud buson ]

n.    coconut husk inside

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ kaik ]

n.    cloud

( Tok Pisin ) klaut

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ id bar tabi ]

v. paradigm example    We (incl) sing

( Tok Pisin ) yumi singsing

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ lam abәkәman ]

n.    place for lamp, part of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ rarar ]

n.    floor joist

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ dawai ]

n.    male

( Tok Pisin ) man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ nina ]

n.    knife

( Tok Pisin ) naip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ i mamari ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ lala ]

n.    Shelter

( Tok Pisin ) ples bilong hait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ sidar ]

n.    frog (small)

( Tok Pisin ) rokrok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ sise tamat ]

n.    old man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ ab hu:man ]

n.    roof of house

( Tok Pisin ) rup bilong haus

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• House

[ 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

[ ŋau palagis ho ai ŋatareŋe ]

phrase    I cut the tree with an axe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ rigeŋ ]

n.    part of roof truss

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ tinan ]

n.    female

( Tok Pisin ) meri

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ makak ]

n.    cockatoo

( Tok Pisin ) koki, kokatu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Bird

[ fe ]

n.    paddle

( Tok Pisin ) pul bilong kanu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ tan rau.un ]

n.    grass

( Tok Pisin ) gras

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

[ palagis hona ai tareŋe ]

phrase    The wood was chopped with an axe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ katabebe ]

n.    spider

( Tok Pisin ) spaida

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ gaun ]

n.    dog

( Tok Pisin ) dok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Mammals

[ ai ]

n.    tree

( Tok Pisin ) diwai

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ apaiin natun, aim natun ]

n.    baby

( Tok Pisin ) bebi

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Babies and childbirth

[ tutui ]

n.    nail

( Tok Pisin ) nil

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ nub kuduman ]

n.    well

( Tok Pisin ) hul wara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Ocean and water

[ darkəke ]

n.    pandanus

( Tok Pisin ) karuka

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ pat ]

n.    hammer (lit. stone)

( Tok Pisin ) hama

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ gadarik ]

n.    scale

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ ai ]

n.    wood

( Tok Pisin ) diwai, paiawut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ niu mudan ]

n.    coconut meat

( Tok Pisin ) kopra

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ aipaiin natun ]

n.    girl

( Tok Pisin ) meri, gel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ 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

[ wag ilon ]

n.    inside of canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno inside a canoe.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ palagis ]

n.    axe

( Tok Pisin ) akis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ timtain ]

n.    cloud

( Tok Pisin ) klaut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ yunip didaba ]

n.    firewood

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ bururuk ]

n.    river

( Tok Pisin ) wara, riva

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ ar ]

n.    fence

( Tok Pisin ) banis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ dəm ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ nye ]

n.    digging stick

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool
• Agricultural

[ amul ]

n.    (ashes)

( Tok Pisin ) sit bilong paia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ kətuk ]

n.    string net bag

( Tok Pisin ) bilum

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ mariu sadaro ]

n.    betel branch (broom)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Tool

[ kor ]

n.    coconut cover (on tree)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ pri suluŋan ]

n.    drum skin

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Music and dance

[ war ]

n.    string, rope

( Tok Pisin ) lain, baklain

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ ai hule ]

phrase    chop the wood

( Tok Pisin ) katim diwai liklik

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ abək ]

n.    table, bed, bench

( Tok Pisin ) tebol, bet, bens

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ i pai ]

v. paradigm example    S/he plants

( Tok Pisin ) em i planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ mat ]

n.    snake

( Tok Pisin ) snek

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ bakum ]

n.    type of gecko

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ abaŋ pasiuti ]

n.    dawn?

( Tok Pisin ) tulait

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Times and seasons

[ wasing mudan ]

n.    fish meat

( Tok Pisin ) abus bilong pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ wag ]

n.    canoe

( Tok Pisin ) kanu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Justin Willy stands by a canoe being stored.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ sam ]

n.    float or outrigger, part of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

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

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ samud ]

n.    coconut husk

( Tok Pisin ) skin bilong kokonas

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ tanfag ]

n.    mud

( Tok Pisin ) graun malomalo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ did bubun ]

n.    hill

( Tok Pisin ) liklik maunten

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ ai luwan urib wap aigi te pid ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ duban ]

n.    waves

( Tok Pisin ) si, sibruk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ wasing gadarin ]

n.    fish scales

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ tan ]

n.    ground

( Tok Pisin ) graun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ dalawan natun han ar ]

n.    screen (window’s wall)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ bad ]

n.    pot

( Tok Pisin ) sospen

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ abi ]

n.    garden

( Tok Pisin ) gaden

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Agricultural

[ niu babuman ]

n.    dry coconut

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

[ anan habul ]

n.    yam for planting

( Tok Pisin ) yam bilong planim

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Agricultural
• Plants and trees

[ ai luwan urib yate wa ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ niu ririn ]

n.    fresh coconut meat remaining in coconut shell after scraping

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ yau ]

n.    fire

( Tok Pisin ) paia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ kadalai ]

n.    frog

( Tok Pisin ) rokrok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ kakoi ]

n.    flower

( Tok Pisin ) plaua

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ paiin ]

n.    woman

( Tok Pisin ) meri

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ bag ]

n.    post

( Tok Pisin ) pos

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ anan ]

n.    yam

( Tok Pisin ) yam

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ aiyur ]

n.    leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ dalawan ]

n.    door

( Tok Pisin ) dua

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ 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

[ ab balən ]

n.    veranda (lit. house tongue)

( Tok Pisin ) veranda

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ 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

[ urom sawən ]

n.    wet conditions

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ mariu luwan ]

n.    betel trunk

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ uləp ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ i yao nage ]

v.    S/he made a fire

( Tok Pisin ) em i mekim paia pinis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ niu kokaten ]

n.    coconut, green

( Tok Pisin ) kulau

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ girәk maŋau tamat ]

n.    teacher

( Tok Pisin ) tisa

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ yagoh ]

n.    Shade

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ i milo naiiŋgo ]

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad