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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K

keep, detain - holim pas
kick - kik
kid, joke - glaman
kill - kilim i dai pinis
kilogram - kilogiram
kilometer - kilomita
kina (monetary unit 100 toea) - kina
kind, sort - kain
kind (friendly) - gut
king - king
kiss (vb) - givim kis
kitchen - haus kuk, hauskuk, kisen
knead bread - wokim, paitim bret
kneel - nildaun
knife - naip
knock at door - paitim dua
know - save
know (someone/something) - save long
know how to (do something) - save mekim/wokim


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