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.
Ccabbage - kabiscake - 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 |