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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M

machine - masin
mad - longlong, het i pas
mad person - longlongman
magazine - niuspepa
magic - majik, puripuri, sanguma
magistrate - majestret
main - bikpela
main road - bikrot
main village - bikples
make - wokim
make a clenched fist - brukim han
make hole in ground - digim hul
make love to - holim skin
make magic against - mekim poisen long
malaria - malaria
Malay apple - laulau
male - man
man - man
manager - menaga
Manam Island - ailan Manam
mango - mango
many - planti
map - map
March - Mas
marihuana, marijuana - spak brus
market - bung, maket
married - marit
married couple - tupela marit
married man/woman - maritman/meri
married quarters - haus marit
marry - maritim
matches - masis
matches are wet, won't light - masis i kol
mate, close friend - wantok
may - me
meal - kaikai
meal time - taim bilong kaikai
mean - min
means, (it) - i min
measure (vb) - makim
meat - abus
mechanic - mekenik
medical assistant, doctor - dokta
medicine - marasin
meet - bungim, painim
meeting - kibung, kivung, miting
melon - melen
men & women - manmeri , pipel
menstruating - mun i kilim, i lukim meri
menu - pas bilong ol kaikai
message - tok
messmate - wansospen, wantebol
metre - mita
middle - namel
midnight - biknait
milk - susu
millimetre - milimita
minibus - liklik bas
minute - minit
mirror - glas bilong lukluk
miserable - tarangu
mission - misin
missionary - misinare
mist - sno
mistake - i no stret
mix - miksim
mixed-race - hapkas
moiety - bisnis, lain, famili
moment - minit
monastery - haus pater
Monday - Mande
money - mani
month - mun
monument - makim
moon - mun
full moon - raunpela mun, bikpela mun
moon rises - mun i kamap
moon sets - mun i godaun
new moon - nupela mun
more - mo
morning - moningtaim
mosque - haus lotu bilong ol mahomet
mosquito - natnat, moskito
mosquito net - taunam
most - moa tru
mother - mama, mami
motor-bike - motobaik
mountain - maunten
mouse - liklik rat
moustache - mausgras
mouth - maus
movie camera - kamera piksa
much - planti
muddy place - ples malomalo
muffler - mafla
multicoloured - makmak
mummy - mama, mami
murderer - kilman
museum - haus bilong tumbuna pasin
mushroom - papai
music - musik or sing sing
must - mas
mutton, lamb - sipsip
mustard - mastet
my - . . . bilong mi
myth - tok bilong bipo yet


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