ab

1 n [aβ] place ples

ab andu

1 n [aβ andu] type of snake

ab bugomo

1 NP [ab bugɔmɔ] room in house rum lo haus

a room that you enter after entering the house

ab es

1 [ab ɛs] clearly visible

ab salagag

1 NP [ab salagag] communal room

room as you enter the house

ab toondee agabi ooloo

1 [ab tonde agabi olo] place bikpela liklik

aba hoosoot

1 n [aβa ʔosot] type of frog

aba oogoo

1 n [aβa ogo] type of bird

abagam

1 n [aβagam] front front sait

ʔot aβagam

2 n [aβagam] seat of emotions bel

aβagam bili igu

abagam bili igu

1 cl [aβagam bili igu] we’re in agreement

abagam pinoot

1 n [aβagam pinot] type of tree

abaganam imi

1 NP [aβaganam imi] facial hair

abaginn

1 [abagiŋ] plants roots being absorbed into the plant

abalam

1 n [aβaram] type of tree

abalil

1 n [aβalil] type of rope

abaloom

1 n [aβalom] outside post of a trap pos long trap

abandum hoot

1 NP [aβandum ʔot] top of ear (cartalidge)

abandum peleg

1 NP [aβandum pɛlɛg] ear lobe

abaneel

1 n [aβanel] rop blo pasim amaŋgu sog

abaninnam

1 n [aβaniŋam] type of tapiok

abas

1 n [aβas] armpit

abatool

1 n [aβatol] type of yam kaikai

a specific name for a kind of edible mɛna

abatool

2 n [aβatol] type of tapiok

abig

1 n [aβig] older aunt bikpela mama

abigeeb

1 n [aβigeβ] underneath aninit

aboogam mootool

1 [abogam motol] angry

abooloom

1 n [aβolom] type of frog

abu mandoh

1 NP [abu mandɔk] Cigarette/ leaf for tobacco

abulusi

1 n [aβurusi] wild buai

agabi

1 adj [agaβi] big bikpela

nim agaβi

2 n [agaβi] great grandparents tumbuna mamapapa

agabi

1 [agabi] 1big 2grandparents

agaganam

1 [agaganam] beard

agal

1 n [agar] type of banana

agaloogaloo

1 n [agarogaro] type of rope

aganamung

1 n [aganamuŋg] type of bean

agangool

1 n [agaŋgol] type of rope

agann

1 n [agaŋ] brown tree kangaroo

ahel

1 n [aʔɛl] type of anagul

ala

1 n [ala] type of rope

alaga

1 n [alaga] type of tree

alaga munum

1 n [alaga munum] type of soβolom

alagab yanim

1 VP [alagaβ janim] to run away in fear ranawe

alahal

1 n [alaʔal] type of yam

alalab ugus

1 n [alalaβ ugus] type of bird

aleeg woog

1 NP [aleg wog] a road on the side of the mountian, runs parallel to the keel

aleg

1 n [alɛg] road rot

aleg bogooloo

1 NP [alɛg bɔgolo ] the path of a garden fence rot biliong banis

alem

1 n [alɛm] type of tree kain diwai

tree with flammable sap

alilibee

1 n [aliliβe] type of banana kain banana

alimum

1 n [alimum] type of tree golgol

alingee

1 [aliŋge] fat/swollen (a transient fat that comes and goes, like baby chub)

alugut e tegeneeng

1 n [alugut ɛ tɛgɛneŋg] type of tree

amag

1 n [amag] type of rope

amalannam

1 n [amalaŋam] sister in law tambu susa

amangut

1 n [amaŋgut] thin reed like (bamboo?) used for roofing

ambelilo

1 adj [ambɛlilɔ] bent krungut

use to describe neck of animal or beak of bird

ambu hutum

1 NP [ambu ʔutum] tool for crushing saksak - sometimes used for the word 'hammer'

ambugutum

1 [ambugutum] hammer

ambul

1 NP [ambul] older brother bikpela brata

ambuma

1 n [ambuma] big ground wasp with red stinger

ameey

1 n [ameⁱ] type of sugar cane

ameey elelee oonoom

1 n [ameⁱ ɛrɛre onom] type of sugar cane

ameey ligiloog

1 n [ameⁱ ligilog] type of sugar cane

amel

1 n [amɛl] hooked stick huk long diwai

stick used especially for holding a pot

2 n [amɛl] ancestor axe tumbuna tamiok

amel bulul

1 NP [amɛl bulul] stone ax (also the term for the head of the stone ax)

amend

1 n [amɛnd] green tree python - edible

amend nim

1 n [amɛnd nim] type of tree

amoogonn

1 [amogɔŋ] flying fox (large fruit bat)

ana

1 n [ana] type of yellow marita

anabo hoot

1 [anaβɔ ʔot] jaw bone

anagas

1 n [anagas] type of rope

anagul

1 n [anagul] edible root

anam umunn

1 NP [anam umuŋ] common lizard (size of gecko)

anasee

1 n [anase] type of bamboo

anatool

1 n [anatol] type of tree kapul

andang

1 n [andaŋg] type of tree

andoogoom

1 n [andogom] type of tree

andooloonn

1 n [andoroŋ] type of frog

andu

1 n [andu] snake snek

andu hot

1 NP [andu ʔɔt] small snake liklik snek

andu peleg

1 NP [andu pɛlɛg] long snake longpela snek

anga

1 n [aŋga] type of red marita

angamand

1 n [aŋgamand] type of banana kain banana

angann ooloogat

1 n [aŋgaŋ orogat] type of tree

anim

1 n [anim] paternal uncle/aunt/nephew bikpela papa

uncle older than your dad

anumboonn

1 n [anumboŋ] wild cat wil pusi

ap peg

1 NP [ap pɛg] a field, village

apay

1 n [apaⁱ] type of yam

asam

1 n [asam] above antap

2 n [asam] night nait

asam sinnool

1 NP [asam siŋol] tree kapul

asam sinnool abooloom

1 NP [asam sɪŋol aβolom] kapul - female

asam sinnool moomulee

1 NP [asam sɪŋol momule] kapul - male

asam tuwol

1 NP [asam tuwɔl] house on posts

asamog

1 n [asamɔg] morning moning

asiginn

1 n [asigiŋ] type of red marita

asiginn wooya

1 n [asigiŋ woja] type of yellow marita

asinn

1 n [asiŋ] hamlet of Torokum asing

The name of a ridge and a village in Torokum

asisil

1 n [asisil] Mosquito

asugee

1 n [asuge] type of yam

atale

1 n [atarɛ] type of banana

atitamb

1 n [atitamb] type of anagul

bala

1 n [bala] type of taro

balas

1 n [balas] type of aibika

balus

1 n [balus] type of yam

bangooy

1 n [baŋgoⁱ] type of banana kain banana

bannam bannam

1 n [baŋam baŋam] type of tree

banooy

1 n [banoⁱ] type of banana kain banana

beegum

1 n [begum] large intestine bikpela rop

beegunn

1 n [beguŋ] Stomach

beeng hoonnoot

1 n [beŋg ʔoŋot] type of banana

beeng nengeye

1 n [beŋg nɛŋgɛjɛ] type of banana

beengu

1 n [beŋgu] type of limbum

beeyl

1 n [bejl] axe tamiok

bembiyoonn

1 n [bɛmbijoŋ] type of tree

bendwa

1 n [βɛndwa] type of pitpit

beng

1 n [bɛŋg] type of banana kain banana

beng oonoot

1 n [bɛŋg onot] type of banana kain banana

bib

1 n [biβ] type of wild bamboo

bili

1 adj [bili] good gut

bili tugub

1 [biri tugub] adjust/make good

bilinat / moomulee

1 n [birinat / momule] type of buai, not native

bina

1 n [bina] beetle binatang

bing

1 n [biŋg] type of bean

bolonnom

1 n [bɔlɔŋɔm] spread opim

spread or split open

boomboom yagam

1 n [bombom jagam] type of taro

boombulumas

1 n [bomburumas] type of bird

bugumam bugumo

1 NP [bugumam bugumɔ] a Kokoma area

The area in Kokoma village the missionary houses are

bulunoong

1 n [burunoŋg] type of banana kain banana

bumbuliyam

1 n [bumbuliam] type of tree

dalamagut

1 n [daramagut] type of tree

deteng

1 [dɛtɛŋg] it’s like that em olsem tasol

a common interjection

doobulab

1 [dobulab] koniak tree

doondoonnal

1 [dondoŋal] big fat tree moss colony

dubulab

1 n [dubulab] kind of tree koniak

duga

1 n [duga] friend poroman

dugandum

1 [dugandum] many children

dugeli

1 n [dugɛli] type of banana kain banana

dugulem

1 n [dugulɛm] type of sweet potato

dulip sog

1 NP [dulip sɔg] fish/eel tail

dumoom

1 n [dumom] type of rope

eb

1 n [ɛβ] kil

ebee

1 n [ɛβe] type of umbi

ebee ebee piginim

1 VP [ɛβe ɛβe piginim] to mark out a work area makim hap bilong haus

mark out an area to be cleared for a future house

ebeehebee

1 [ɛbeʔɛbe] ground support fence/frame

ebeemoot / beemoot

1 n [ɛβemot / bemot] type of aibika

ebeheeya

1 n [ɛβɛʔeja] type of yam

ebeleneenn

1 n [ɛβɛrɛneŋ] type of bird

ebelim

1 n [ɛβɛlim] type of tree

ebenand

1 n [ɛβɛnand] type of aibika

ebendiloom

1 n [ɛβɛndilom] type of vine daka

ebesil

1 n [ɛβɛsil] Evisil village

ebigis

1 [ɛbigis] nearly/almost

ebinnam

1 n [ɛβiŋam] month mun

2 n [ɛβiŋam] moon mun

ebinnam pugum

1 n [ɛβiŋam pugum] type of rope

ebis

1 n [ɛβis] finger or toe nails pinga

eebigenee oogu

1 NP [eβigɛne ogu] lips

eegendee

1 [egɛnde] slow

eehoot

1 n [eʔot] kapul - brown or white (lives in the trees)

eeneenn

1 adj [eneŋ] not yours (mine)

eenneel

1 adj [eŋel] mine

eeyg

1 [ejg] 1 fast 2 for a long time

eeygeeyg

1 [ejgejg] even faster

ege sebe

1 n [ɛgɛ sɛβɛ] type of tree

egeboonn

1 n [ɛgɛβoŋ] type of bird

egeg

1 adj [ɛgɛg] fast spid

egeme sinnool

1 NP [ɛgɛmɛ siŋol] game that stays on the ground

egemee sinnool

1 NP [ɛgɛme sɪŋol] ol abus i raun long graunː (momot, sikau, rat)

egemee tol

1 NP [ɛgɛme tɔl] ground house house long graun

egemee tuwol

1 [ɛgɛme tuwɔl] ground house

egendee

1 adj [ɛgɛnde] slow isi isi

egengoo

1 [ɛgɛŋgo] OK ok

egigol umee

1 [ɛgigɔl ume] second kokoma ples down hill

egil

1 [ɛgil] itchy

egil hoot

1 n [ɛgil ʔot] type of bamboo

egil hoot malum

1 n [ɛgil ʔot malum] type of bamboo

egile

1 n [ɛgilɛ] type of pitpit

egiloog

1 adj [ɛgilog] spicy pait

strong tasting

2 adj [ɛgilog] rough i gat mosom

egoonee

1 n [ɛgone] type of rope

egugeg

1 n [ɛgugɛg] type of banana kain banana

ehes liboo

1 n [ɛʔɛs liβo] type of rope

el

1 n [ɛl] type of rope

eleb yanim

1 VP [ɛlɛb janim] to drop holim na lus na pundaun

elebeg

1 n [ɛlɛβɛg] type of aibika

elee

1 [ɛle] third female child

eleg

1 adj [ɛlɛg] bland wara nating

bland tasting

eleg

1 [ɛlɛg] Soft

elegel

1 n [ɛlɛgɛl] type of mumut

elegel tumul

1 n [ɛlɛgɛl tumul] type of mumut

elele

1 n [ɛrɛrɛ] type of bird

elelegee

1 [ɛlɛlɛge] Dry

elelembiya

1 n [ɛlɛlɛmbija] type of bird

elemba

1 n [ɛlɛmba] type of yam

elemene

1 n [ɛlɛmɛnɛ] type of anagul

elendim

1 n [ɛlɛndim] type of tree

elesil

1 n [ɛlɛsil] Female black pig with brown stripes

eli

1 n [ɛri] type of bird

eli wooloo

1 n [ɛli woro] type of tree

elib

1 n [ɛlib] type of yellow marita

elibi

1 adj [ɛribi] fast spid

eliget

1 n [ɛrigɛt] type of banana kain banana

eligot

1 [ɛligɔt] light weight

elihoonn

1 n [ɛliʔoŋ] type of yam

elil

1 n [ɛlil] flame paia

2 n [ɛlil] type of anagul

elil heem

1 NP [ɛlil ʔem] black small lizard that lives under logs - very painful bite

elilibee

1 n [ɛliliβe] type of banana

eliligas

1 n [ɛliligas] type of tree

elilim

1 n [ɛlilim] Elilim village Elilim

iŋgis

elinnee hoot

1 [ɛliŋe ʔot] niece or nephew/ cousins

elinnee oot

1 n [ɛliŋe ot] niece or nephew pikinini bilong brata

elis

1 n [ɛlis] shield

eliyas

1 n [ɛlias] type of lizard

emab

1 n [ɛmaβ] type of yam

embendeli

1 n [ɛmbɛndɛri] type of banana

emennand

1 [ɛmɛŋand] Liver

emiyann

1 n [ɛmijaŋ] type of yam

emond

1 adj [ɛmɔnd] kind of tree kain diwai

kind of tree used to mark years, also makes kamban

emyab

1 n [ɛmjaβ] grandchild

endegeyee

1 n [ɛndɛgɛje] type of yam

endegeyee soopoombool

1 n [ɛndɛgɛje sopombol] type of yam

endeteng

1 [ɛndɛtɛŋg] it’s like that (interjection)

endib

1 n [ɛndiβ] type of wild bamboo

endib

1 [ɛndib] bow string

eneegoo

1 n [ɛnego] the bottom stick of a fence stik i stap long as bilong banis

enembe enee

1 NP [ɛnɛmbɛ ɛne] crocodile

enembee

1 [ɛnɛmbe] Monitor lizard

Lizard with 2 tongues

enenee

1 adj [ɛnɛne] always olgeta taim

ɛŋ tɛmɛ musɔm ʔɔgu ɛnɛne pigɛβ igu

eninnobo

1 n [ɛniŋɔβɔ] Cloud/fog

eniyas

1 n [ɛnijas] red female pig

enn

1 prn [ɛŋ] I mi

1st person singular pronoun

enn hooyom wig

1 [ɛŋ ʔojɔm wig] I don’t understand

enn mot

1 [ɛŋ mɔt] my husband

enn sila

1 [ɛŋ sila] something you know about

enninnot

1 adj [ɛŋiŋɔt] sharp sap

2 adj [ɛŋiŋɔt] aggresive man bilong pait

enyas

1 n [ɛnjas] light brown female pig braunpela meri pik

ese loogoom

1 NP [ɛsɛ logom] red marita

ese wooya

1 NP [ɛsɛ woja] yellow marita

esee

1 n [ɛse] pandanus fruit marita

2 n [ɛse] pineapple ananas

eseegenee

1 [ɛsegɛne] Small tree kangaroo

esegenee

1 n [ɛsɛgɛne] sikau - Torukum and higher elevation

esegenee pam

1 n [ɛsɛgɛne pam] sikau - Torukum and higher elevation

esegese nim

1 n [ɛsɛgɛsɛ nim] type of tree

esigeneng

1 n [ɛsigɛnɛŋg] right han sut

esigim luminim

1 VP [ɛsigim luminim] to gather together bung

esine

1 n [ɛsinɛ] type of bean

etalee

1 n [ɛtare] type of banana kain banana

etelig alaga

1 n [ɛtɛrig alaga] type of tree

etemesil

1 n [ɛtɛmɛsil] snail denden

etilig

1 n [ɛtirig] sick sik

eyg is

1 [ɛjg is] hurry

gabulel

1 n [gaβulɛl] type of sugar cane

galas

1 n [garas] sweet potato kaukau

A root vegetable

grɑs nug

A root vegetable

galenn

1 n [garɛŋ] type of rope

gee

1 adv [ge] can inap

gelimee

1 n [gɛlime] sorcerer sanguma

gelinoom

1 n [gɛrinom] type of tree

genee

1 n [gɛne] far away longwe

gesibool

1 n [gɛsiβol] woven bamboo blain

gesing gesi

1 NP [gɛsiŋg gɛsi] bush rubber gumi

a resin that can be processed into rubber

gesingesi

1 n [gɛsiŋgɛsi] type of rope

gibilin

1 n [giβirin] type of sweet potato

giliminn

1 [girimiŋ] much/many/loud---rain-hitting a kid too much-crow of a chicken-large heap of yam-yell strong

gimoolul

1 n [gimolul] type of buai

2 n [gimolul] type of red marita

golog

1 n [gɔrɔg] joist diwai long sapot long flua

goobunoom

1 n [goβunom] type of rope

gooloogot

1 n [gorogɔt] 6 days before or after

goongot

1 [goŋgɔt] mud dobber

goonub

1 n [gonuβ] type of banana

guguloog

1 n [gugulog] type of rope

gulinnguli igee

1 [guriŋguri ige] dizzy

guliya

1 n [gulija] type of anagul

gulum

1 n [gurum] type of pitpit

gulungalab

1 n [guruŋgaraβ] type of bean

gumeeyagam

1 [gumejagam] banana spider

gumi

1 n [gumi] rubber gumi

guneengunee

1 n [guneŋgune] type of bird

gungot

1 n [guŋgɔt] bee

generic name for bee

habandum

1 n [ʔaβandum] chin musket

habandum

1 n [ʔabandum] Ear yau

habanel

1 n [ʔaβanɛl] rope used to tie leaves to roofing rop long pasim lip long morota

haboogol

1 [ʔaβogɔl] door

habu

1 n [ʔabu] tobacco brus

halhal yelingi

1 n [karkar jɛriŋgi] type of kongkong

halimoo

1 adj [ʔalimo] fat fatpela

halugut

1 n [ʔalugut] musical instrument samting bilong mekim musik

hamangut

1 n [ʔamaŋgut] type of bamboo mambu

hambee hot

1 NP [ʔambe ʔɔt] spoon spun

hambol

1 n [ʔambɔl] eel

hambugutum

1 n [ʔambugutum] hammer ama

hambul

1 n [ʔambul] older sibling bikpela bratasusa

A general word for older family member

hanagul

1 n [ʔanagul] kind of yam raun mami

hanambuli

1 [ʔanamburi] popo

hanandum

1 n [ʔanandum] chayote shoot kru sako

hanganann

1 n [ʔaŋganaŋ] great, great grandparents

hanot

1 [ʔanɔt] razor/ sharp piece of bamboo

hapooh

1 n [kapok] type of tapiok

hasibee

1 n [ʔasiβe] drop trap trap

hasisil

1 n [ʔasisil] mosquito natnat

hasugunam

1 [ʔasugunam] termite

hatamalugum

1 n [ʔatamarugum] knee skru bilong lek

2 n [ʔatamarugum] red tomato seed thing aila

heb

1 n [ʔɛb] mountain maunten

hebigenee

1 n [ʔɛβigɛne] mouth maus

hebigondo

1 adj [ʔɛβigɔndɔ] small liklik

nim ɛnɛ ɛβigondo

heel

1 n [ʔel] fat gris

heem

1 n [ʔem] first born son namba wan pikinini boi

heenn

1 [ʔeŋ] smoked, dehydrated

heey hoot

1 n [ʔej ʔot] type of tree kapul

heey ool oonnoot

1 n [ʔej ol oŋot] type of tree kapul

heey peleg

1 n [ʔej pɛlɛg] type of tree kapul

hegeeleeboot

1 [ʔɛgelebot] broken with the grain

heleeleegoo

1 adj [ʔɛlelego] dry drai

heleennee

1 [ʔɛleŋe] dried out, like a leaf

heleg

1 [ʔɛlɛg] bland tastig

heligot

1 adj [ʔɛligɔt] light no gat hevi

helis

1 n [ʔɛlis] shield plang long pait long pasim spia

wooden board held as a shield to block arrows in fighting

hem

1 n [ʔɛm] bow bunara

hem abiyoo

1 n [ʔɛm aβio] hamlet of Evesil

hemannand

1 n [ʔɛmaŋand] internal organ namba 2 leva

hendib

1 n [ʔɛndiβ] bow string rop bilong bunara

henembee

1 n [ʔɛnɛmbe] big lizard palai

the lizard that people get drum skins fro

henembee hene

1 NP [ʔɛnɛmbe ʔɛnɛ] crocodile pukpuk

henendum

1 [ʔɛnɛndum] chayote

heni

1 n [ʔɛni] close by klostu

heni heni

1 adj [ʔɛni ʔɛni] very close by klostu klostu

hes

1 n [ʔɛs] blood blut

hes hutam

1 NP [ʔɛs ʔutam] Clan (one blood) klan, komuniti

Large family grouping, clan, “one blood”

hes soondugenim

1 VP [ʔɛs sondugɛnim] to give birth karim pikinini

hesegenee

1 n [ʔɛsɛgɛne] kangaroo sikau

hesilo

1 [ʔɛsilɔ] tambu-things not to be eaten/ people whos name you cannot say

hig

1 [ʔig] stealthily, without noise

higabulog

1 [ʔigabulɔg] thorny

higabuloo

1 adj [ʔigabulo] serrated knaip i gat tit

higitunn

1 n [ʔigituŋ] picture piksa

a picture or reflection

2 n [ʔigituŋ] shadow sedo

himandann

1 n [kimandaŋ] type of kongkong

himbee

1 n [kimbe] type of kongkong

himul

1 n [kimul] root kaikai

a specific name for a kind of edible mɛna

hina

1 n [kina] type of banana kain banana

his

1 n [ʔis] substance samting

The main part of something

2 n [ʔis] fruit kaikai

The fruit a plant produces

hisu

1 n [ʔisu] flower ploa

hobol

1 n [ʔɔβɔl] talk toktok

ʔoβol amug

hoboogol aleg

1 NP [ʔɔβogɔl arɛg] door dua

hogot

1 n [ʔɔgɔt] pig pik

hogot abooloom

1 NP [ʔɔgɔt aβolom] female pig meri pik

hogot hoogoot eleb igu

1 [ʔɔgɔt ʔogot ɛlɛb igu] the pig is hiding

hogot moomulee

1 NP [ʔɔgɔt momule] male pig man pik

hogu

1 n [ʔɔgu] skin skin

hogumam

1 n [ʔɔgumam] a Kokoma hamlet

hogwoob

1 n [ʔɔgwob] yellow jelopela

hohoma

1 n [kɔkɔma] Kokoma village Kokoma

to

hol

1 NP [ʔɔl] tail

hol

1 adj [ʔɔl] sweet swit

tasty

hologul

1 adj [ʔɔlɔgul] strong strong

mɛna orogul

holoomot

1 n [ʔɔlomɔt] fern gras

generic name for ferns

holoomot humum

1 [ʔɔlomɔt ʔumum] ball, a spongy fern pith that is used as a ball

holot

1 n [ʔɔlɔt] torch tos

hombombuwa

1 n [ʔɔmbɔmbuwa] Kombumbua village Kombumbua

homee

1 n [ʔɔme] yesterday/tomorrow asde/tumora

homongot

1 n [ʔɔmɔŋgɔt] head het

honngonn

1 [ʔɔŋgɔŋ] hill/ mountian peak

honngoow

1 [ʔɔŋgow] knot that a bow string sits on 2 kundu binding

honnot

1 n [ʔɔŋɔt] white waitpela

2 adj [ʔɔŋɔt] clean klin

honom

1 n [ʔɔnɔm] teeth teet

hoo

1 [ʔo] aged/ old/ long time ago

hoobool

1 n [ʔoβol] a not so steep hilly area maunten i go daun liklik

hoog

1 [ʔog] smoke

hoogoot

1 n [ʔogot] hidden hait

hoogoot eleegee

1 [ʔogot ɛlege] stuck inside, cant get through

hooloogat

1 adj [ʔologat] wild wil

ʔogot ologɑt

hooloogul

1 [ʔologul] Hard, strong

hooloomband

1 n [ʔolomband] type of banana kain banana

hoomb

1 [ʔomb] crab

hoomee

1 [ʔome] yesterday/tomorrow

hoomoom

1 n [ʔomom] uncle (mother’s side) papa

hoondool

1 n [ʔondol] side sait

torogot ʔondol

hoonee

1 n [kone] type of banana kain banana

hoongis

1 n [koŋgis] type of sweet potato

hoongoonn

1 n [ʔoŋgoŋ] summit het bilong maunten

the physical top of a mountain

hooniyah

1 n [koniak] not native, pidgin word, the only tree daka

hoosoot

1 n [ʔosot] brown braun

hoot

1 [ʔot] Leg/bone/any long hard thing

hoot abagam

1 NP [ʔot aβagam] sole of foot

hoot his

1 NP [ʔot ʔis] skinny bun nating

hoot igoom

1 NP [ʔot igom] shin

hoot musoom

1 NP [ʔot musom] ankle

hoot noowm

1 NP [ʔot noᵘm] calf of leg

hoot ogu

1 [ʔot ɔgu] shoes

hoot sibiloom

1 NP [ʔot siβilom] shin

hoot tulugum

1 NP [ʔot turugum] flies (attracted to poop and dead animals)

hoot ugut

1 [ʔot ugut] charred stick

hoot utum

1 NP [ʔot utum] heel (up to ankle)

hootugut

1 n [ʔotugut] burned log diwia i paia

hoowg

1 n [ʔoᵘg] smoke smok

hoowl

1 n [ʔowl] 3 days before or after

hoowmb

1 n [ʔoᵘmb] crab kuka

hooyom

1 n [ʔojɔm] understanding save

ɛŋ ʔojom wig

hosoobiyag

1 n [ʔɔsoβiag] cucumber cucumber

hosum

1 [ʔɔsum] closed, gathered

hot

1 n [ʔɔt] stick stik

2 n [ʔɔt] leg lek

3 n [ʔɔt] bone bun

hot hogu

1 n [ʔɔt ʔɔgu] shoes su

hot igom

1 n [ʔɔt igɔm] shin bone bun bilong lek

hot pebe

1 n [ʔɔt pɛβɛ] back of the knee baksait long skru bilong lek

hotoogot

1 n [ʔɔtogɔt] post pos

Stick used as a post, usually forked

hotu

1 [ʔɔtu] worm liklik snek

hubi hogu

1 NP [ʔuβi ʔɔgu] clothes

hubugum

1 [ʔubugum] new mini-plants from big plant (ex. Banana and Taro)

hugesim

1 n [ʔugɛsim] type of rat kain rat

specific name for a type of rat

hulag

1 n [ʔulag] stick in the groud giaman banis o mak

A stick planted to indicate something

2 n [ʔulag] a quick and easy fence of sticks

hulhot

1 n [ʔulʔɔt] type of bamboo wanpela kain mambu

strong bamboo used for making knives or in pig traps

huligog

1 adj [ʔuligɔg] long longpela

hulil

1 n [ʔulil] dog dok

huloogum hot

1 NP [ʔulogum ʔɔt] tail bone bun bilong as

hulu hu eb yanim

1 VP [ʔulu ʔu ɛb janim] to sink (into the ground) fo insiait long graun

hulub

1 n [ʔulub] cassowary muruk

2 n [ʔulub] type of banana kain banana

hulum

1 n [ʔulum] flat area ples daun

hulumbihim

1 n [ʔurumbiʔim] type of rat kain rat

specific name for a type of rat

hum

1 n [ʔum] nothing nating

ɛŋ um ogo igugum

hume hoot

1 NP [ʔumɛ ʔot] neck

hume susu

1 NP [ʔumɛ susu] top of neck

humee

1 n [ʔume] top of something het bilong samting

the general area of the top of a mountain

humum

1 n [ʔumum] head kru

2 n [ʔumum] brain mit bilong het

hundum

1 n [ʔundum] black female pig blakpela meri pik

hungumog

1 n [ʔuŋgumɔg] blue blupela

hunn

1 n [ʔuŋ] louse binatang bilong gras

hunu

1 n [ʔunu] type of tree

hus

1 n [ʔus] banana banana

hus ene

1 NP [ʔus ɛnɛ] base

hus hoonnoot

1 NP [ʔus ʔoŋot] banana must be replanted

hus hot

1 NP [ʔus ʔɔt] trunk

hus inam

1 n [ʔus inam] type of tree

hus loogoom

1 n [ʔus logom] type of tree

hus mu ene

1 NP [ʔus mu ɛnɛ] banana doesn’t need to be replanted

hus musoom

1 NP [ʔus musom] center of plant

hus nasim

1 NP [ʔus nasim] 'mother’

hus ninnabol

1 NP [ʔus niŋaβɔl] part of the banana skin skin banana

a part of the banana skin used in the building of fire places

hus noogabool

1 NP [ʔus nogaβol] dry shell (that falls off as it grows)

hus oolugum

1 NP [ʔus orugum] base underneath ground

hus siligum

1 NP [ʔus siligum] curled leaf as it grows before it unfolds

hus soog

1 NP [ʔus sog] leaf

hus soog elenne

1 NP [ʔus sog ɛlɛŋɛ] dry leaf

hus tulum

1 NP [ʔus turum] roots

hus ubugum

1 NP [ʔus uβugum] shoot to be replanted

hus wog

1 NP [ʔus wɔg] steam of leaf

hus woog

1 NP [ʔus wog] branch of the banana han bilong banana

hutam

1 n [ʔutam] one wanpela

hwala

1 [ʔwala] barbed arrow

hwam

1 n [ʔwam] cooking pot saucepan

also the term for the ancestral clay pots

hwam esimoo

1 NP [ʔwam ɛsimo] frame to hang pot on diwai long hangamapim pot

a horizontal stick supported by two forks that a pot can hang over a fire on

hwaminn

1 n [ʔwamiŋ] airborn ashes sit bilong paia i flai nabaut

hwandilinn

1 n [ʔwandiriŋ] bluebird pisin

hwaninn

1 n [ʔwanɪŋ] sun san

hwaninn honn

1 [ʔwaniŋ ʔɔŋ] dry season