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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N

name - nem
namesake - wannem
nape of neck - baksait bilong nek
napkin - napkin
narrow - i no brait
native village - ples kanaka
natural - samting tru
nauseated - bel i tantanim
navel - hap bel
near, nearby - klosap, klostu, klostu long
neck - nek
need - nidim, laikim
needle (n) - nil bilong samap
nest - haus bilong pisin
never - i no gat wanpela taim
never mind - maski
new - nupela
newspaper - niuspepa
next (after) - bihain
next to, beside - arere
nice, attractive - naispela
night - nait
dead of night - biknait
nine - nain, nainpela
ninety - nainti, nainpela ten
ninety-five - naintifaiv
no - nogat
no smoking! - no ken smok!
nobody - i no gat man
noise - nois
noodles - ol nudal
noon - belo kaikai
north - not
nose - nus
nose pin - pin bilong nus
not - no
not at all - no . . . tasol
notepaper - pepa bilong raitim leta
nothing - i nogat samting, nogat
notice - toksave
nought - nating, not, siro
November - Novemba
now - nau
now and then - wanpela wanpela taim
nuisance - hambakman
number - namba
nurse (n) - nes
nut (of bolt) - nat
nuts - galip


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