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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

    C
cabbage - kabis
cake - kek
calendar - kalenda
calf of leg - baksait bilong lek
call out - singaut
   call (telephone) - ring long telipon
   called, is - nem bilong . . . i
   call out to - singaut long
   call (something or someone) - singautim
   to be called or named - ol i kolim
calm (person) - belisi
camera- kamera
can, could - inap; ken
can, tin - tin
candle - kandel
cane - kanda
canoe - kanu
   canoe paddle - pul bilong kanu
canvas stretcher - bet sel
cap - hat
captain (of ship) - kapten
car - kar, ka
carburetor - kabureta
cards - kas
careful of, be - lukaut long
carefully - isi isi
cargo - kago
carpet - mat or tepik
     carpet snake - moran
carrot - karet
carry - karim
carton - katen
carve (canoe) - sapim
case, suitcase - kes, sutkes, bokis
cassava - kasava, tapiok
cassette - kaset
cassowary - muruk
castor oil - kaswel
cat - pusi
catch a bus - baim bas
catch fish - hukim pis
catfish - mausgras
Catholic - Katolik
cattle - bulmakau, kau
cause - as
celebrate Mass - mekim Misa
cement - simen
centimetre - sentimita
century - handet yia
certainly - orait orait
chain - sen
chair - sea, sia
chance - sans
change (small money) - senis
change money (from notes to coins) - senisim
change money (from one currency to another) - tanim mani
change (transport) - senisim
charge - sas, sasim
chase - ranim
chatter - sikirapim tok
cheap - i no dia
check - sekim
cheeky person - hambakman, sikibaga
cheerio - lukim yu
cheese - sis
cherry - sirsen
chest - bros
chewing gum - pike
chicken - kakaruk
chief - luluai
child - pikinini
chill - skin i kol
chin - usket, asket
chips (Potato) - sips
chocolate - soklet
     chocolate (candy) - braunpela loli
chook, fowl - kakaruk
choose - kisim long laik
chop - katim long akis/tamiok
chops - sops
chopsticks - sopstik
Christian - kristen
Christmas - krismas
church - lotu, haus lotu, sios
     churchgoer - man bilong lotu
     church members - Ekelesia
cigarettes - sigaret
cinema - haus piksa
circulatory system - rot bilong blut
city - biktaun
clan - bisnis, lain, famili
clay - graun, graun malomalo, graun bilong wokim sospen
   clay pot - sospen, sospen graun
clean - klin, klinpela
     clean (vb) - klinim
clear - klia
clearing - ples klia
clear the table - klirim tebol
     make clear, explain - klirim
clerk - kuskus
clever person - man bilong save
clock - klok, kilok
   clock's alarm - belo bilong klok
close - pasim
closed - i pas
cloth - laplap
clothes - klos
cloud - klaut
club - klab; stik bilong pait
clutch - klats
coast (n) - nambis
coastal man - man bilong nambis
coat - kot
Coca-Cola - kouk, kokakola
cockatoo - koki
cocoa - kakao
coconut - kokonas
  coconut frond - bombom, bumbum
  coconut milk, coconut water - wara bilong kokonas
  coconut cream - susu o gris bilong kokonas
  coconut shell - sel bilong kokonas
coffee - kopi
coin - mani ain
cold - kol , kolpela
  cold, have a - kus
  cold season (winter) - taim bilong kol
colour - kala
comb - kom
comb of chicken/rooster - plaua bilong kakaruk
come - kam
  come back - kambek, kam bek
  come out - kamaut
  come quickly - kam hariap
  come up - kamap
comfortable - gut moa
commercial - bilong bisnis
company (firm) - kampani
competition - resis
complain - kotim
completely - olgeta
computer - komputa
conceal - haitim
conceive (a child) - kisim bel
concert - singsing
concrete - simen
condensed milk - strongpela susu
condom, contraceptive for males - gumi bilong kok
confess - tokautim sin
confession - konpesen
conscience - tok insait
constipated - bel i pas
consul - tultul
contain - holim . . . i stap
continue - skruim . . . i go
contraceptive for females - samting bilong pasim bel
     contraceptive for males - gumi bilong kok
control, be in charge of - bosim
controversy - tok pait
convenient - i mekim isi
conversation - toktok
converse with - toktok wantaim
convert - tanim tingting, tanim bel
cook - kuk, kukim
cookie - switbiskit
cooking pit, ground oven - mumu
copra - kopra
copy - bihainim
cordyline plant - tanget
corkscrew - skru tuptup
corn - kon
corned beef - solmit, mit
corner - kona
correct - stret, stretpela
corridor, hallway - ples wokabaut insait long haus
cost - kostim, kastim
cotton - katen
cotton-wool - kapuk, koten
count (vb) - kaunim
country (nation) - kantri
countryside - bus
councillor - kaunsila
course - kos
court - kot
courthouse - kothaus
     take to court - kotim
courtyard - kot
cousin - kasen
cover, lid of something - tuptup
cover (vb) - karamapim
covet, be jealous of - mangalim
coward - pretman, man bilong pret
crab - kuka
cracker - draibisket
crayfish - kindam
crazy - longlong; waia i lus
cream - strongpela susu
crew of plane/ship - boskru bilong balus/sip
criminal - man nogut, raskol
crocodile - pukpuk
cross - diwai kros
   cross (vb) - go long hap long
   cross, angry - kros
   cross out - autim
crowd - planti man na meri
crown of tree - het bilong diwai
crumple (something) - krungutim
cry - krai
cucumber - kukamba
cup - kap
   cup of tea - kapti
cupboard - kapet
curry - kari
curtain - laplap bilong windo
cuscus - kapul
cushion - pilo
custard - kastet
custom (way) - pasin
customs (n) - kastam
cut - kat, katim
   cut down - katim i pundaun, pundaunim
   cut grass - katim gras
   cut grass with sarip - saripim
    D
daddy - papa
dance and/or sing - singsing
   dance (modern style) - danis
dangerous place - ples nogut, i gat samting nogut
dark (colour) - tudak
dark (no light) - tudak
darkness - tudak
dates - prut det
daughter - pikinini meri (bilong em)
day - de
   day after tomorrow - haptumora
   day before yesterday - hapasde
   day off - de bilong malolo
daytime - taim long san
dead - i dai pinis
     dead person, the dead - daiman
deaf - yaupas
dear (expensive) - dia
debt - dinau
deceive - karamapim tok
     deceiver - kusaiman, man bilong karamapim tok
December - Desemba
decide - pasim tingting
decorate - bilasim
     decoration - bilas
deep - godaun tru
defecate - pekpek
demand (vb) - singaut long
denigrate, make fun of - rabisim
dense bush - bikbus
dentist - dentis, dokta bilong tit, dokta lukautim tit
desert (n) -ples wesan
desert (vb) - lusim
dessert - switpela kaikai
develop - kamapim
devil - satan, setan
dialect - nek
diamond - daimen
diarrhea - pekpek wara
dictionary - buk bilong painim mining
die - dai pinis
did - bin
different - narakain, narapela kain
difficult - i hatwok
difficulty - asua, hevi
dig - digim
digestive system - rot bilong kaikai
dinner - kaikai long belo
direction - i makim rot
dirty - doti
disciple - disaipel
     disciples - lain bilong Jisas
discover - painimautim
dish - dis
     dish cloth - hap laplap bilong wasim plet
     dish up, serve food - sutim kaikai
disobey - sakim tok
dispute - tok pait
district - distrik
disturb the peace - brukim sindaun
divorce - katim marit
dizzy - ai i raun
do - mekim
     do something regularly - save
doctor - dokta
dog - dok
don't! - nogat!
door - dua
double - dabolim
doubt - tubel
down - daun, tamblo, tambolo
drain, trench - baret
draw on a smoke - pulim smok
dress (woman,s) - klos meri
     dress (vb. as in a wound) - klinim sua
drilling machine - boamasin
drink (n) - dring
drink (vb) - dringim
dripping - gris bilong bulmakau
drive (vb) - draivim
driver - draiva
drum - kundu, garamut
drunk - spak
     drunkard - spakman
dry - drai, draipela
     dry biscuit - draibisket
     dry season - taim bilong san
duck - pato
dumb - mauspas
during - long taim bilong
dust - das
dusty - i gat dus
duty (obligation) - wok
dysentery - pekpek blut
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