Matukar English

[ mariu sadaro ]

n.    betel branch (broom)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Tool

[ masmanin ]

n.    calm sea

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ mat ]

n.    snake

( Tok Pisin ) snek

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ mau ]

n.    taro

( Tok Pisin ) taro

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ mudan ]

n.    meat

( Tok Pisin ) abus, mit

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ muluk ]

n.    pigeon

( Tok Pisin ) balus

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Bird

[ nap ]

n.    wood on top sides of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno with a canoe.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ ŋau palagis ho ai ŋatareŋe ]

phrase    I cut the tree with an axe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ nina ]

n.    knife

( Tok Pisin ) naip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ niu ]

n.    coconut tree/coconut

( Tok Pisin ) diwai kokonas/kokonas

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ niu babuman ]

n.    dry coconut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ niu kokaten ]

n.    coconut, green

( Tok Pisin ) kulau

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ niu mateuman ]

n.    coconut, ripe

( Tok Pisin ) kokonas

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Plants and trees

[ niu mudan ]

n.    coconut meat

( Tok Pisin ) kopra

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ niu raun ]

n.    coconut leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip bilong kokonas

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ niu ririn ]

n.    fresh coconut meat remaining in coconut shell after scraping

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ niu sadaroman ]

n.    coconut broom (lots of branches)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool
• Plants and trees

[ nub ]

n.    river

( Tok Pisin ) wara, riva

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Ocean and water

[ nub kuduman ]

n.    well

( Tok Pisin ) hul wara

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink
• Ocean and water

[ nye ]

n.    digging stick

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool
• Agricultural

[ paiin ]

n.    woman

( Tok Pisin ) meri

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ palagis ]

n.    axe

( Tok Pisin ) akis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ palagis hona ai tareŋe ]

phrase    The wood was chopped with an axe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

[ pat ]

n.    hammer (lit. stone)

( Tok Pisin ) hama

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ pat alon ]

n.    rock

( Tok Pisin ) ston

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ piri ]

n.    drum

( Tok Pisin ) kundu, garamut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Joe Mawob holds a drum.

Semantic domains:

• Music and dance

[ pri suluŋan ]

n.    drum skin

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Music and dance

[ rarar ]

n.    floor joist

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ rigeŋ ]

n.    part of roof truss

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

[ salfek ]

n.    ladle, scoop

( Tok Pisin ) bikpela spun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool
• Fire and cooking

[ 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

[ samud buson ]

n.    coconut husk inside

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees
• Food and drink

[ sidar ]

n.    frog (small)

( Tok Pisin ) rokrok

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Reptiles

[ sisal ]

n.    roof (sago palm)

( Tok Pisin ) rup (bilong saksak)

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ sise paiin ]

n.    old woman

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ sise tamat ]

n.    old man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ tamat ]

n.    man

( Tok Pisin ) man

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ tamatpaiinim ]

n.    people

( Tok Pisin ) man, ol man, pipel

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ tan ]

n.    ground

( Tok Pisin ) graun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ tan pidakaman ]

n.    valley

( Tok Pisin ) ples daun

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ tan rau.un ]

n.    grass

( Tok Pisin ) gras

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ tanfag ]

n.    mud

( Tok Pisin ) graun malomalo

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ 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

[ teratettet ]

n.    type of insect

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Insects

[ tet ]

n.    step

( Tok Pisin ) lata, step

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• House

[ timtain ]

n.    cloud

( Tok Pisin ) klaut

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ tinan ]

n.    female

( Tok Pisin ) meri

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• People/Kinship

[ tutui ]

n.    nail

( Tok Pisin ) nil

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ ud ]

n.    grass

( Tok Pisin ) gras

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

[ ulum ]

n.    wheel

( Tok Pisin ) wil

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ urom ]

n.    rain

( Tok Pisin ) ren

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ urom sawən ]

n.    wet conditions

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Weather

[ wag ]

n.    canoe

( Tok Pisin ) kanu

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Justin Willy stands by a canoe being stored.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ wag ilon ]

n.    inside of canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno inside a canoe.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ war ]

n.    string, rope

( Tok Pisin ) lain, baklain

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Material Culture

[ wasiŋ ]

n.    fish

( Tok Pisin ) pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ wasing didin ]

n.    side of the fish

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ wasing gadarin ]

n.    fish scales

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ wasing garegaren ]

n.    fish

( Tok Pisin ) pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ wasing mudan ]

n.    fish meat

( Tok Pisin ) abus bilong pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Food and drink

[ wasing uyun ]

n.    fish tail

( Tok Pisin ) tel bilong pis

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fish and sea life

[ witwit ]

n.    fan

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

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Tool

[ yad ]

n.    outrigger cross boom, part of a canoe

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Example: Tomas Taleo Kreno points to the outrigger cross boom.

Semantic domains:

• Boats

[ yagoh ]

n.    Shade

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Natural World

[ yau ]

n.    fire

( Tok Pisin ) paia

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking

[ yaur ]

n.    leaf

( Tok Pisin ) lip

Speaker: Kadagoi Rawad

Semantic domains:

• Plants and trees

[ yunip didaba ]

n.    firewood

Speaker: Joe Mawob

Semantic domains:

• Fire and cooking