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Abwe na nem 
al ta minamina. 
I'll come 
another time and we'll sit 
(and talk).
 
Ga u mina? 
Where do you live?
 
misiyo
  
sit, sit down

U misiyo 
bubun, aem u pakom. 
Sit properly, sit cross-
legged.
 
mok
  
fruit (kind of edible), 
tree

mola
  
be cooked

Aanan iyaka i 
mola? 
Is the food 
cooked?
 
Aanan momo-
lana ya hi guyauan 
mwahalahi elana. 
They 
only distribute cooked 
food at the potluck feast.
 
mola
  
payment, cost, wages

Laesi molana ehila? 

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How much does rice 
cost?
 
Nevanakau maket 
elana wali mola i 
bwaya. 
What the women 
in the market charge (for 
their goods) is a lot.
 
molu
  
well, health/wellness, 
alive

Tab u molu? 
Are 
you well?
 
I kasiyebwa ga 
yaka abwe wana molu i 
pwawa. 
She was sick but 
now she is better (she 
found her wellness).
 
momol
  
pull

Guledau hi 
momol heyan gilesaa. 
They pulled the canoe up 
onto the beach.
 
moni
  
sago porridge

Moni hi 
giginola hagali elana. 
They make sago porridge 
at (the feast called) 
hagali.
 
moti
  
fish

Ya na moti eluwa 
ya te ya kosil. 
I went and 
caught only two fish.
 
mowamowasena
  
last

Wana 
limi heiya mowamowa-
sena. 
His house is the 
last one.
 
mowasi
  
finished, ended

Wana 
tuwalali iyaka i mowasi. 
His work is finished.
 
Baliman i momowasi te 
bugul ya i gan. 
It was 
last year when that 
happened.
 
moyobe
  
tapioca, cassava

muka
  
betel pepper, mustard, 
chewed with betelnut

 
 
 
 
 
mul
  
grate

Tapiyoka i muli 
bubun. 
Grate the tapioca 
well.
 
mula
  
flower

mulaa 
  
later, afterwards, 
followed by, before

Wana gan iyoho mulaa. 
His sister's son is 
(coming) behind.
 
Mulaa 
abwe  ha  nem,  he 
saikloun bwabwatana i 
gan. 
Before we came 
there was a big cyclone.
 
mulolu
  
gift, give freely
offering, shake hands, 
send a greeting

Ya 
mulolu elam, nuwau na 
labewa, bahi nu lalahe. 
I am giving you a gift, I 
want to help you, don't 
pay it back.
 
Tonowak i 
mulolu eliyamiu. 
The 
old man send you 
greetings.
 
mumua
  
ancestral customs, 
ancestors

Bobuton heiya 
wama mumuga paganina 
bwabwatana etega. 
Pig 
feasts are one of our main 
customs.
 
musamusa
  
rubbish

U na ga 
musamusa nu aliyoho 
hogaa. 
Go and throw the 
rubbish away in the sea.
 
mwa
  
bait

mwaamwaa
  
dry

Kaliko tab 
i mwagamwaga ga? 
Are 
the clothes dry yet?
 
mwao
  
thank you

 

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mwaha
  
platter made of wood, 
plate

Bobu aana hiwe, 
mwahena u pakalaopop. 
The pig's food is here, fill 
up its plate.
 
mwahawan
  
(have a) hole in it

Wewel i sulusulu.Tabam 
baket i mwahawan, 
The 
water is leaking out. 
Maybe the bucket has a 
hole in it.
 
mwal
  
safe (be), safety

Hi 
loutuk gola yaka mwal 
hi pwawa. 
They escaped 
into the caves, so they 
found safety.
 
mwamwalin
  
neck

Bobu 
mwamwalina hi kota. 
They put a rope around 
the pig's neck.
 
mwananal 
  
light (be ~), clear

Panuwa iyaka i mwa-
nanal. 
The village is 
already light
 
Limi u 
abubun  yaka  matala  ni 
mwananal. 
Tidy up the 
house then it will be clear 
(our eyes will be 
lightened).
 
mwapwela
  
open, ajar

Yawau 
i mwamwapwela gama-
galau elal. 
My daughter 
in law is very open and 
friendly with people.
 
mwata
  
snake

mwatomwa
  
cut (be)

Mana i 
mwatomwa. 
The wind 
has dropped.
 
mwau
  
yawn

mwawin
  
grass, plants, weeds, 
weeds (be overgrown 
with)

mwean
  
sail (the sail on a 
boat)
.
 
mwelulua
  
morning

Mweluluga waiwaisana. 
Good 
morning! (greeting)
 
mwena
  
climb

mweyaha
  
light, fast, easy

Tuwalali toto ya i 
mweyaha. 
This work is 
easy.
 
Tuwalali mweya-
mweyahina te. 
This is 
easy work.
 
 
N  -  n 
 
na
  
go

Na na eyowaa. 
I will 
go to the garden.
 
n/a
  
will, would

Naha ha oya 
elana wama tapwalolo 
naha ginola. 
We will go 
up the mountain and 
worship there.
 
nabi, nabiyan
  
lot, very


logasisi nabi, yaa nige 
bosowaina. 
He tried very 
hard, but he wasn't able 
(to do it)..
 
nabwa
  
basket, basket for 
carrying betelnut


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naaeyan
  
naughty (of child)

nailin
  
thigh

nak
  
bad, no good, dead, 
wrong, fault, bad 
happenings

Iya wana 
nak tei. 
It is his fault.
 
Nak i gewi baliman toto 
ya elana. 
Many bad 
things/deaths have 
happen-ed this year.
 
nal
  
dirty with blood or food

Bugul nalina u na ga u 
ul. 
Go and wash the dirty 
plates. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
nal
  
bite into

nali
  
coral

nanakina
  
bad

Pagan nana-
kina i awaawaginol. 
He 
was involved in sexual 
immorality.
 
nasi
  
today (used with irrealis 
aspect), surely, probably

Wam nevenak nasi ni 
nem. 
Your wife will 
come today.
 
Wali waga i 
nak, nasi nihi esowal. 
Their boat broke down, 
they will probably be 
late.
 
nati
  
easterly direction

Ya hek 
nati. 
I went in an easterly 
direction.
 
natiya 
  
up there, above

Laewa 
u gabom u teli natiya, 
bwanaa. 
Roll up the 
pandanus mat and put it 
up there, on the shelf.
 
natun
  
stinging nettle

natun
  
offspring, son, daughter

Natu, u nem. 
My child, 
come.
 
nau
  
I, me

Nau no bugul. 
That is mine (my thing).
 
nawa
  
walk, fast (of boats and 
trucks)

Kamwasa 
gegewe-na iyaka i 
nawaan. 
He has walked 
all the trails.
 
Waga toto o 
i nawa. 
That boat is fast.
 
nawanawa
  
walk about (go for 
a walk)

Na na na 
nawanawa pai. 
I'll go for 
a walk down west.
 
nawinawi
  
spider's web
 
nel
  
ask a question, question

Wana nel i gewi. 
He has 
many questions.
 
Nolu hi 
neliwa. 
Yesterday they 
asked after you.
 
nem
  
come, arrival, coming

Na 
houwa, abwe nuku 
nem. 
I'll go ahead, you 
come later.
 
Wali 
nemnem i esowal. 
They 
don’t come very often.
 
neneni
  
ants, ants on it

Boge i 
neneni. 
Ants are into the 
pawpaw.
 
netu
  
headrest

nevenak
  
lady, lady (middle-
aged), respect (term of)

nibihi
  
smack, hit

Wawayau hi 
nibinibihan. 
They 
smacked the children.
 
nie
  
not, (negative)

Nige hi 
nenem. 
They didn't 
come.
 

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nieya
  
No

Nigeya ga 
Not yet
 
nimala panuna
  
five

niman
  
hand, arm

Nimwau i 
bon. 
My hand has a sore 
on it.
 
nimu
  
mosquito

nimut
  
moss

ninin
  
teeth

Ninina 
i biki. 
His teeth are black.
 
niu
  
coconut, coconut tree

niu 
lamwana 
coconut leaves
 
nival
  
laugh, smile

nooo
  
meet together, meeting

Hi nogogo abatapwa-
lolowa. 
They met at the 
church building.
 
nok
  
go

Ta nok ga. 
Let's be 
going.
 
nol
  
seawards direction

Limi 
toto leu nol heiya nam 
wana limi. 
The house 
that is over there towards 
the sea is my father's 
house.
 
noleleya
  
outside

U tagil 
noleleya. 
Go outside.
 
nolu
  
yesterday

Nolu ha na ha 
koskos. 
Yesterday we 
went fishing.
 
nomnom
  
witchcraft, sorcery, 
sorcerer

nou
  
stone fish

nova
  
rock oven

nubain
  
cousin, relationship: 
father's sister's child, 
relationship: mother's 
brother's child

Iya 
nubaiu, nain nuna 
natuna. 
He is my cousin, 
my mother's brother's 
child.
 
nul
  
lead, guide

nuluwan
  
forget

Sauga gege-
wena i nunuluwan. 
He 
is always forgetful.
 
nun
  
sister (man's), brother 
(woman's)

Kakanun toto 
ya he nu te. 
This photo, 
it is my brother.
 
nunuwana
  
desire, love (to), 
love

Natunau i 
nunuwanagil. 
He loves 
his children.
 
Lagona ana 
nunuwana i bwata 
eliyana. 
He has a great 
love for his wife.
 
nuwa
  
body (trunk of), tree 
(trunk of)

Ebwakil 
nuwana 
The trunk of the 
tree
 
nuwahikan
  
remember, recall

Tab u nuwahikan? 
Do 
you remember? memory
 

teli wana nuwahikan 
eliyana. 
He put it into his 
memory.
 
nuwaleyan
  
unhappy, sad 
(look), pity (feel ~ for)

Wawaya i 
nuwanuwaleyan. 
They 
felt pity for the child.
 
nuwan
  
desire, want, like

Ana 
nuwan i bwata te ni na 
Bwagaoia. 
He really 
wants to go to Bwagaoia.
 
Nuwau na egon yaa 
wawaya i kahin susu 
baena. 
I want to go but 

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the child is crying for 
breast milk.
 
Nuwau i nak 
ge ya kahin natu baena. 
I was sad and cried for 
my child.
 
nuwanuwanaa
  
middle, 
between

U teli teibol ge 
seya ali nuwanuwanaa. 
Put it between the table 
and the chair.
 
nuwanuwatu
  
think about, 
worry

Wana nuwa-
nuwatu i bwata, yaka i 
pakasiyebwan. 
He had a 
lot of worries, so it made 
him sick.
 
nuwatu
  
think, plan, intend, 
thought

I nuwatu tage ni 
egon sauga ya. 
She 
thought she would go 
right now.
 
Wana nuwatu 
i pil. 
He changed his 
mind/ thoughts.
 
 
O  -  o 
 
odam 
  
lamp

Iyaka bulin i 
gan, odam u ton. 
It's 
night-time, light the 
lamp.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
okok
  
crow

ol
  
chew betelnut

Lehi ta ol. 
Let's chew betelnut.
 
ol
  
crush

Kabole ta ol. 
Let's 
crush the sago to powder.
 
ola
  
like, same

Maninina ana 
awa i ola te tamana. 
Her 
face is like her father's.
 
No nuwatu i olaolaek 
ya. 
My thoughts are the 
same.
 
olal
  
witchcraft, sorcery

Evenak olalina i gan. 
The woman has the 
power of sorcery.
 
open
  
wing

Kamkam opena 
chicken wings
 
opop
  
valley

os
  
wrap, wrapping, bandage

Kabole u osiya lamwa 
elana ta umun. 
Wrap the 
sago in leaves and we 
will bake it in a stone 
oven.
 
owa
  
you (singular)

Nau na 
egon, owa u mina. 
I'll 
go, but you stay.
 
oya
  
mountain

 
P  -  p 
 
pa
  
make or cause to happen 
(prefix)

pakenu 
put to 
sleep
 
pwabwata 
increase
 
pabolu
  
put out (fire), stop (an 
engine)

paan
  
behaviour, way of life, 

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behave

Wana pagan i 
waisi. 
His behaviour is 
good.
 
pain
   
close (eye)

Matala ta 
pagin, nau na awanun. 
Close your eyes, and I 
will pray.
 
pai
  
westerly direction

Hi lok 
pai. 
They went in a 
westerly direction.
 
paiya
  
underneath, down there

Na misiyo paiya. 
I'll sit 
on the floor.
 
pakekeisi
  
small (to make)

Kusai u tomwa 
pakekeisi. 
Cut the kusai 
up small.
 
palahikan
  
endure, patient

Lagona wana pagan 
nana-kina i palahikan 
ya. 
She just puts up with 
her husband's bad 
behaviour.
 
pali
  
shopping, sell, sale 
(things for)

Kabis hi 
papalian. 
They are 
selling cabbages.
 
Wana 
pali i ahem Bwagaoia. 
She did her shopping in 
Bwagaoia.
 
palo
  
put down, unload (things, 
people from truck etc.)

Hi paloma Havahaval 
yaka abwe ha 
nawanawa ha nem 
panuwaa. 
They put us 
down at Havahaval then 
we walked and came to 
the village.
 
palul
  
weave

Egowa ana 
palupalul u atena? 
Do 
you know how to weave 
baskets?
 
palut
  
awaken, start an engine

Ya palupalut ee, nige i 
lulut. 
I was trying to 
waken him, but he did 
not get up.
 
pan
  
agemate, colleague

Wana pan totuwalali 
nige mola-na i aahe. 
His 
workmate did not get 
paid.
 
pana
  
language

Tab pana dim-
dim u atena? 
Do you 
understand English?
 
panayawi
  
world

Panayawi 
bebena esopali 
The four 
corners of the earth
 
pani
  
climb

Ebwakil i pani. 
He 
climbed the tree.
 
pankite
  
teach

Wawayau hi 
pankitel. 
They taught the 
children.
 
Wana 
panpankiti i mwananal 
wawayau elal. 
Her 
teaching was clear to the 
children.
 
panuwa
  
place, village, land, 
home

Nige nuwau na 
tatanawanawa, nuwau 
na miminaa ya te no 
panuwaa. 
I don't want to 
go to different places, I 
just want to stay in my 
own place.
 
pap
  
stick

Wewel u luvi 
bubun ligaliga kaiwena, 
eba laesi ni pap sospan 
guni-naa. 
Measure the 
water for cooking 
carefully, or the rise will 
stick on the bottom of the 
saucepan.
 

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pasapu
  
straighten

U pasapu 
ya, bahi tatagena. 
Go 
straight, don't move from 
side to side.
 
pasikal
  
return (something), 
give back

No bugul 
binimala nu pasikal 
elau. 
It would be good if 
you would return my 
possessions.
 
pat
  
stone, rock

patalelu
  
run

Hi patapatalelu 
ee, abwe wawaya etega 
i gaisogu. 
They were 
running, then one of the 
kids fell over.
 
pati
  
stack up, roll into large 
rolls (e.g. of pandanus 
leaves), roll of pandanus

Laewa hi patipati. 
They 
are rolling the pandanus 
leaves.
 
patotoya
  
hurry up, hurry (to be 
in a)

Patotoya kaiwena, 
bugul enuna i nuluwan. 
Because of the hurry, he 
forgot some things.
 
patuna
  
vine with gourds, lime 
pot (used as)

patuna
  
send

Wama leta abwe 
hi patuna ge ha pwawa. 
They sent us a letter, and 
we received it.
 
pavan
  
hook for fishing line

pek
  
give

Iyaka ya pewa 
elam, nige molana. 

have given it to you, 
there's no cost.
 
pelpel
  
plant yams(or sweet 
potato)

Lamolamol i 
mowasi yaka pelpel ana 
sauga. 
When the clearing 
(of gardens) is finished 
then it's time for planting.
 
pi
  
squeeze, wring out 
clothes

Niu hanina u pi, 
yaka aanan u tam. 
Squeeze the coconut 
scrapings, and cover the 
food with the cream.
 
pi
  
fingers (using ~) (prefix)

pigela 
break apart (with 
fingers)
 
pitukan 
push in 
with the fingers
 
pihikan
  
touch, hold

Teti 
nimana u pihikan 
bubun, u laulau kekeisi 
kekeisi. 
Hold onto the 
step railing and go down 
slowly.
 
pil
  
turn something, twist, 
stir, turning, circles (go 
round in)

Wana baaba i 
pilpil ya. 
His words went 
round in circles.
 
pin
  
fasten around the neck

Bobot hi pin mwamwa-
linaa. 
They fastened the 
necklace around her 
neck.
 
pinamal
  
lightning

pinin
  
buttocks, bottom of 
something

Pinina i 
baliyan. 
He has a boil on 
his bottom.
 
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