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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H

hair - gras, gras bilong het
haircut - katim gras
hairdresser - man i save katim gras bilong het
half - hap
half-caste - hapkas
half past seven - hap pas seven
halve - hapim
ham - lek bilong pik
hammer - hama, hamarim
hand - han
handbag - hanpaus
handkerchief - hankisip
hang (something) up - hangamapim
happy - amamas, hamamas
harbour (n) - pasis
hard - hat, hatpela; strong, strongpela
harlot - pamuk meri
harvest (sweet potato) - kamautim (kaukau)
hat - hat
hate - no laikim tru, hetim
hatred - pasin birua
have - gat
have a cold - kus
have an accident - kisim asua, birua
have sexual intercourse with a woman - pilai wantaim meri, sutim meri, goapim meri, paulim meri, hevim seks wantaim meri
he - em
head - het
headache - het i pen
heal (of sore) - drai
hear - harim
heart - klok, kilok, pam, hat
heat - hotim
heathen - hiden
heaven - heven
heavy - hevi height - longpela bilong em
hell - hel
helmet - hat ain
help - halivim, helpim
her - bilong em
here - hia
hide - haitim
high - antap
highlands - hallans, hailens
high school - haiskul
high tide - haiwara
highway - haiwe
hill - maunten
hind leg (of Pig) - lek (bilong pik)
his - bilong em
hit - paitim
hoarse - nek i pas
hoist, lift up - haisapim, apim, winsim
hold - holim
holy - tambu, holi
home - haus, long haus
home town, my - asples bilong mi
honest - stret, stretpela
honey - hani
hook - huk
hope - hop
horn - hon
hornbill - kokomo
horse - hos
hospital - haus sik
host - bos bilong haus
hostess - hostes, e hostes
hostility - pasin binua
hot - hat, hot, hotpela
hot - hat
hot season (summer) - taim bilong san
hotel - hotel
hour - aua
house - haus
house/flat mate - wanhaus
House of Parliament - Haus Palamen
how - olsem wanem
how much/many - hamas
however - tasol
humility - daunpasin
hundred - wan handet
hungry - hangre
hurry, hurry up - hariap
hurt - pen
husband - maritman
hut - haus
hypocrite - tubel, tumaus, man i gat tupela maus


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