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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G

gallon - galen
game, meat - abus
garden - gaden
garden house, summer house - haus win
garnish - abus
gasoline - bensin
gearbox - giabokis
gee! - oloboi , oloman
genitals - bokis, kan, sem (bilong meri) ; bol, kok (bilong man)
Germany - Jemeni
get - kisim
get into a PMV - kalap long PMV
get paid - kisim pe
get rid of, throw away - rausim, autim
get up - kirap, sanap
get someone up from bed - kirapim
ghost (of dead person) - dewel bilong man i dai
ginger - gorgor, kawawar
girl - gel, meri
give - givim
give up - larim
glass (container) - glas
glass (substance) - glas
globe, bulb - golo, lam
glove - soken bilong han
glutton - man bilong kaikai
gnat - natnat
go - go
go ahead - gohet
go on! - koan!
go to school - go long skul
go down - go daun
go up - go antap
goanna - palai
goat - meme, me
God - God, Got
gold - gol
good - gut, gutpela
good afternoon - apinun
good day - gude, yu stap
good morning - moning
good night - gut nait
good worker - man bilong wok
goods - kago
gossip about - tok baksait
government - gavman
government officer - kiap
gram - giram
grandparent(s) - tumbuna
grapes - ol pikinini bilong rop wain
grass - gras
grassy patch - ples kunai
grave - hul (bilong planim man)
grease - wel, welim; gris, grisim
green - grin, grinpela
green coconut - kulau
greens - kumu, sayor, grins
greet - tok gude
grey - gre
grill - kukim (antap) long paia
groin - sangana
ground - graun
ground oven - mumu
group - lain
grow - gro
G-string - mal guard (vb) - sambai long
guava - guava, yambo
guest - pasindia
guide - man i soim rot or gait
guidebook - buk em i soim rot
guilt - hevi, wari
gullet - mambu bilong nek
gun - masket, raifol, gan


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