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As spoken in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
List compiled by Terry D. Barhorst and Sylvia O'Dell-Barhorst
Alterations by Clint Woolly

    A
a, an - wanpela
abandon - lusim
abort, have abortion - rausim bel, kilim pikinini long bel
about, approximately - samting
     (a place) - nambaut
above - antap long
accelerator - akselareta
accident - birua, tupela i bam, bagarap
accuse (someone) - sutim long tok
     the accused - man i gat kot
acquaintance - poro, poroman
acquitted - winim kot
address - adres
   address (letter) - adresim
adhesive/sticking plaster - plasta
adult - bikpela man
advertisement - toksave
aerogramme - leta pas
aeroplane, airplane - balus
affines - tambu
afraid - pret, poret
after, afterwards - bihain, bihain long
afternoon - apinun
again - gen
against - i go long
aggressive person - man bilong pait
agree - yesa
agreement - wanbel
agricultural officer - didiman
air (n) - win
   air conditioner - win masin
   air mail - mel long balus
airplane, aeroplane - balus
airport - ples balus, epot
alive - i gat laip
all - olgeta
   all sorts of - kainkain
   all right - orait
allow - larim
almost - klostu
alone - wanpela tasol
along - long
already - yet
also - tu, na tu
altar - alta, tebol tambu
altar cloth - laplap bilong alta
although - tasol
always - olgeta taim
ambiguous (be) - karamapim tok
among - namel long
ancestors - tumbuna
anchor - anka
and - na
angel - ensel
angry - kros, koros
angry with, be - krosim, bel hat
animal - abus
annoy - hambak
annoying person - hambakman, sikibaga
annul a marriage - katim marit
another one (different) - naraplakain
another one (more) - narapela
answer - ansa 
   to answer - ansarim
antiseptic - marasin bilong kilim jem, marasin bilong klinim sua
anus - as
apart from - abrus long; longwe liklik long
apartment - rum
appear in court - sanap long kot
approximately - samting, samting olsem
April - Epril
area, place - hap
areca palm - limbum, limbung
areca nut - buai, bitolnat
arm - han
      arm, upper - han antap
      armpit - sangana
army - ami
around - nambaut
arrive - kamap, kamap long
arrow - supia bilong banara
arrow or spear, barbed - supia i
      gat huk
arrow, pronged - supsup bilong
      banara
art - samting tumbuna
art gallery - haus tambaran
artery - mambu bilong blut
art - samting tumbuna
art gallery - haus tambaran
artificial - man i wokim
as long as - longpela olsem
as soon as - stret long taim
ascend - go antap
ash(es) - sit bilong paia
ask - askim
at - long
attempt - traim
August - Ogas
aunt, paternal - bikmama, smolmama,
      kandere
Australia - Austrelia
avoid - abrusim
axe - akis
awake - i na slip
                  
                  
               
    B
baby - pikinini
baby not yet weaned - pikinini i dring susu yet
back - baksait; bek
     back (rear) - baksait
     back (again) - bek 
backbone - bekbun
backwards - long bek
bad - nogut
     bad place - ples nogut
bag (n) - bek
baggage - kago
bail up, hold up - hansapim
ballpoint - pen bolpoin or biro
bake - kukim
     bake bread - kukim bret
bamboo - mambu
     bamboo pipe - mambu
     bamboo shoots - ol pikinini mambu
banana - banana
band - paspas
    arm band - paspas bilong han
    leg band - paspas bilong lek
    stomach band, belt - paspas bilong bel
bandage a wound - pasim sua
bandicoot - mumut
bank - beng
bank (n) - haus mani
baptize - wasim, baptaisim
bar - ba
barbecue - kukim long paia
barbecue sauce - blakpela sos
bark - skin
barman, bartender - baman
base, basis - as
basket - basket
bathe - waswas
bathroom - ples waswas, rum bilong waswas
battery - bateri
be in a place - stap
beach - nambis
beads - bis
beans - bin, ol bin
beard - gras usket, mausgras
beat, beat up - paitim
beautiful - nais
be better than - winim
because - bilong wanem, long wanem, bikos
      because of - long
become - kamap
bed - bet
bedroom - rum slip
beef - bulmakau, kau, abus bulmakau
beer - bia
before - bipo
     before (time) - bipo long taim
begin - kirapim
behave oneself - stap isi , stap gut
behaviour, manner - pasin
behind - bihain long
believe - bilip, bilipim
bell - belo
belly - bel
belt - let, paspas bilong bel
bend (something) - krungutim
beside - arere long
best - nambawan
betelnut - buai , bilinat, bitolnat
       betel pepper - daka
better - mobeta
Bible - Baibel
bicycle - wilwil
big - bikpela
bill - bil
binoculars - glas bilong kapten
bird - pisin
Bird of Paradise - kumul
biscuit - bisket
bite - kaikaim
bite off - brukim/katim lo
bitter, strong - em i pait
black - blakpela
black palm - wailimbung,
        wailimbum
blanket - blanket
bleed - blut i kamap
blind - aipas
blind in one eye - matakiau
blood - blut
      blood relative - wanblut
blow - winim
blow bugle - winim bugol
blow out a match - mekim i masis
bludger - pasindia
blue - blu
board (a vehicle) - kalap
board a PMV - kalap long PM
boat - bot
boat's crew - boskru
body - bodi, skin
boil, swelling, lump - buk
boil (something) - boilim
      boiling, be - boil
      boiled - i bin boilim
bone - bun
book - buk
bookshop - buksop
boot (n) - bikpela su
border - arere
born - mama i karim
borrow - dinau
boss - masta, bos
both - tupela
bottle - botol
     bottle opener - op tin
bottom - ananit
bow - banara
    bowstring - rop bilong banara
box (n) - bokis
boy - boi; manki, pikinini man
boyfriend - boipren
brain - kru bilong het
brake(s) - brek
branch of tree - han bilong diwai
brassiere, bra - banis bilong susu
brave - i no save pret
bread - bret
breadfruit - kapiak
break - brukim
    break a promise, go back on one's
    break  word - brukim promis/tok
    break down - bagarap
    break in halves, divide in two - brukim namel
    break the law - brukim lo
breakfast - kaikai long moning
breast - susu
breath - win
    out of breath - sotwin
breathe - pulim win
bridge - bris
bright - lait
    very bright - tulait
bring - bringim, kisim . . . i kam
brooch - bros
broken - bruk
brothel - haus pamuk
brother - brata
    brothers and sisters - bratasusa
brown - braun, braunpela
brush - bras, brus
bubble gum - abababa
build (something) - wokim
building - haus
bulb, light globe - kiau
bullybeef - skweamit, pokona
bump - bamim
bundle - karamap
burn - kukim, paia
Burns Philp - Bipi
bury - planim
bus - bas, PMV
bush - bus
   bush knife - busnaip
   bush Pig, wild pig - welpig
businessman - man bisnis
busy - i gat wok
     busy (doing something) - wok long
but - tasol
butter - bata
buttock - as
button - baten
buttress root - kil bilong diwai
buy - bai
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