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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

    E
each - wanpela wanpela
     each other - wanpela narapela
ear - yau, ia
early (before time) - bipotaim
earrings - ol bilas bilong ia
earth - graun
earthquake - guria
east - hap san i kamap, or es
Easter - Ista
easy - isi
eat - kaikaim
edge - arere
educate - edukeitim
eel - maleo
egg - kiau
eight - et, etpela
either/or - ating
electric - lektrik
electricity - elektrik, elektrisiti, pawa
elevator - lipt
embassy - haus luluai bilong longwe ples
empty - klia
    empty space - ples nating, ples klia
enclose - banisim
enemy, opponent - birua
engine - ensin
English - Inglis
enjoy - hamamas tru
enormous - bikpela tru
enough - inap
envelope - skin pas
envy - mangal
epsom salts, laxative - solmarasin
equal - wankain
establish - kirapim
eucalyptus tree, gum tree - gamtri, kamarere
Europeans - mastamisis, ol waitman
evening (early)- apinun
evening (late) - nait
everybody - olgeta, olgeta man
everybody - olgeta man
everything - olgeta samting
everywhere - long olgeta ples
exactly - stret
example, for - wankain olsem
except - tasol i na gat
excite - sikrapim bel bilong
exert oneself - taitim bun
exhaust pipe - eksospaip
exhibition - so
exist - stap
exit (n) - dua i go ausait
expect - wetim
expensive - dia
explain - toksave, tok save long
extremely - tumas, mo, tru
eve - ai
eyebrow, eyelash - gras bilong ai
                  
                  
    F
fable, myth - tok bilong bipo yet
face - pes, pes olgeta
fact, in - em i tru
fail - pelim, no inap mekim
fall down - pundaun
false - giaman
family - lain, famili
famous - i gat biknem
fan - brum bilong winim pes
     fan belt - let bilong karapela
far - longwe
    far side - arasait
fare - fe
farmer - man bilong wokim gaden
fast - kwik
fasten - pasim
   fasten seatbelt - pasim let
fat (for greasing body) , oil - wel
   fat - gris
   fat, large - traipela, patpela
father - papa
fault - asua; rong
feather - gras bilong pisin
February - Februeri
feel - filim, pilim
fell a tree - katim diwai i pundaun
fellow worker - wanwok
female - meri
   female genitals - bokis, kan, sem bilong meri
fence - banis
   fence in - banisim
festered (stinking) wound - sua i sting
festival - singsing
fetch - kisim . . . i kam
fever - skin i hat; fiva
few - wan wan or lik lik
field - ples kunai
fifty-five - fiftifaiv
fight (vb) - pait
file - fail
fill - pulapim
film (camera) - pilum
film (movie show) - piksa
filter - pilta
finally - pinis tru
find - painim pinis
find out - painim aut
finery - bilas
finger - pinga
fingernail - kapa bilong pinga
finish - pinis, pinisim
fin of fish - pul bilong pis
fire - paia
   firewood - paiawut
first, firstly - pastaim
   first - namba wan
   first rate - nambawan
fish - pis
   fish spear - supsup
five - faiv, faipela
fix - fiksim, piksim
   fix up - oraitim
flat - stret
flat (tyre/tire) - taia i plat
flat (of battery) - kol pinis
flatter - tok grisim
flatulate, fart - piak, kapupu
floor - plua, purpur
flour - plaua
flower - plaua
fly (insect) - lang
fly (vb) - plai
   (bird) flies - plai
   fly a plane - ranim balus
flying fox - blakbokis
fog - sno
fold paper/clothes - brukim pepa/klos
follow - bihainim
food - kaikai
foot - lek, fut
football - kikbal
footprint - mak bilong fut
for - long?
forbidden - i tambu
forbidden place - ples tambu
forearm, lower arm - han tambolo, han daunbilo
foreign - bilong longwe ples
foreleg (of pig) - han (bilong pik)
forest - bus
forget - lusim, lusim tingting
forget about, ignore - maski
forgive - lusim, lusim tingting long
fork - pok?
former - bipo
formerly - bipo
fornicate - sikrapim bel bilong
for no reason - nating
fortnight - fotnait
forwards - poret
found, establish - kirapim
four - fo, foa, fopela
   four-wheel drive - fowil draiv
fowl - kakaruk
fracture, broken bone - bun i bruk
free (vacant) - i no gat man o meri
     free time - taim bilong malolo, wiken
fresh - nupela
Friday - Fraide
fried - i bin praim?
     fried rice - prairais
friend - poro, poroman, pren, wantok
frightened - pret
frog - rokrok
from - bilong
frond - panggal
front - fran
front of, in - ai bilong?
frontier - arere bilong kantri
frosted glass - grileglas
frozen - i ais pinis
fruit - pikinini bilong diwai; prut
fry - praim
   frying pan - praipan
full, full up - pulap
funnyman, clown - paniman
fur - gras
  fur (of dog) - gras bilong dok
fuzz, fine hair - mosong
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