Pidgin English as spoken in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This list compiled by Terry D. Barhorst and Sylvia O'Dell-Barhorst and obtained from their web-site.


Pidgin English Dictionary

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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 - baim


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