Languages of Pentecost

1 English Bislama a, an wan away i no stap bone bun cement simen abandon livim, lego (far away) farawe book buk centipede milpat, handredleg able to save awful rabis boot but centre medel about long saed blong axe akis born bon (pikinini i bon) ceremonial ground nasara above antap back bak boss bos ceremony seremoni, lafet abroad ovasi backside baksaed bottle botel certain (sure) sua accident aksiden baby bebi bottom as (particular) samfala account kaon bad nogud, rabis boundary baondri chair jea act aktem bag basket bow and arrow bonara chance janis add up ademap, plasem bald bolhed bowl n. dis change jenis(im), tan(em). adult bigman ball bol box bokis charcoal jakol aeroplane plen bamboo bambu boy boe, yangfala chase ronem, aftarem affect (badly) kilim banana banana brain bren chat storian afraid fraet bank bang branch bransis cheap jip after afta long banyan tree nambangga bread bred check vt.

2 Jekem afternoon aftenun base stamba breadfruit bredfrut chest jes afterwards afta, biaen basket basket break brek(em) chicken faol again bakegen battery batri breakfast dring ti chief jif against agensem be stap breast titi child pikinini ago taem i pas finis beach sanbij breathe pulum win chilli pepper pima agree agri bean bin, ariko breeze fres win chocolate joklet air win, ea beard wiskas, mustas bridge brij choko susut airplane plen beat (exceed) bitim brilliant gud tumas choose jusum airport epot because from we bring karem i kam chop katkatem alcohol alkol become kam broken brok, bagarap Christian Kristin algae nalumlum bed bed brother brata Christmas Krismas alive adj. laef bee waelbi brother-in-law tawian chuck sakem all olgeta, evriwan beef mit blong buluk brown braon church jioj allow alawem been (past tense) bin brush bras(em) clam natalae allowed alao beer bia bucket baket class (in school) klas almost klosap before bifo, fastaem bug bebet clean klin(im).

3 Alone wan nomo befriend frenem build bildim, mekem clear klia already finis begin stat(em) building haos climb klaem(ap). alright oraet behind adv. biaen bullock buluk clinic klinik also tu believe biliv(im) bundle, bunch bandel clock klok although nomata we belly bel burn bon(em) (olsem faea) close (near) klosap always oltaem belong to blong burst bosta (shut) sarem, satem America Amerika below daon, aninit bury berem cloth kaliko anchor angka bend ben(em) (the) bush bus clothes klos and mo, wetem beneath aninit long bush nut navele cloud klaod angry kros best nambawan business bisnis club nalnal animal anamol better mo gud, mobeta busy bisi coast (seaside) solwota announce talemaot between bitwin but be coat (jacket) jaket another nara bicycle baskel butter bata cockroach kokros answer ansa(rem) big big butterfly bataflae cocoa kakao ant anis bill (to be paid)

4 Kaon butterfly fish papiong coconut kokonas any eni bin tin doti, pubel buy pem coffee kofi anything eni samting bird pijin cabbage kabis cold kolkol apple (normal) apol biscuits biskit cake kek (illness) kof (Malay apple) nakavika bit n. pis, pat call kol(em), singaot(em) collapse foldaon approximately raonabaot, (a little bit) lelebet camera kamera collect kolektem samwe long bite vt. kakae can (be able to) save college skul area eria bitter konkon (container) tin colour kala argue raorao black blak cancel kanselem comb kom(em). argument rao black magic posen, nakaemas candle kandel come kam arm han blade naef, resa candy loli complain komplen around raon blame blem(em) canoe kenu complete finis(im). arrive kamtru blank emti capable naf, inaf completely fulwan arrive at kam kasem blanket blangket capsize kafsaed(em) computer kompiuta as (like) olsem bleed blad i ron card kad conch shell pupu ash asis bless blesem care kea connect joen(em).

5 Ashamed sem blind adj. blaen, blaenae care for lukaotemgud container kontena ask askem block blokem carry karem continue gohed at long blood blad cassava maniok contract kontrak attempt v. traem blow blo(em) cat puskat control kontrol(em). aubergine obesin blow up bosta catch kasem cook v. kuk(um). aunt anti blue blue (fish) huk(um) cooked tan (mother's sister) smol mama boat bot, lanis, sip cause kosem, mekem cookies biskit Australia Ostrelia body bodi cave hol blong ston coral korel avoid stewe long boil v. boel(em), n. boela celebrate selebretem cord rop, string cork busong dog dog faeces sitsit force fos(em). corn kon dolphin dolfen fail mestem from long corner kona door doa fall vi. foldaon front fored correct adj. stret, vt. stretem double dabol(em) false false, giaman fruit frut cost vt.

6 Kostem doughnut gato family famle, laen fry fraenem cottonwood burao down daon fan n. fan full fulap cough kof dragon plum nakatambol far farawe fully fulwan country kantri draw dro(em) fart fat funny fani court kot dream drim fashion fasin future fiuja cousin kasen brata/sista dress dres fast adj. kwik (future tense) (bam)bae cover vt. kavarem(ap) drink v. dring fasten fasem game pleiplei cow buluk drive draev(em) fat adj. fatfat, n. gris garbage doti crab krab driver draeva father papa, dadi garden garen crayfish naora drop dropem feast bigfala kakae gate get crazy krangke drown draon(em) fee fi gather kolektem, hipimap creek krik drug drag feel harem, filim gasoline bensin cricket kriket drum (slit drum) tamtam female woman gay (homosexual) pufta crooked kruked drunk drong fenis fenis gecko geko, bigae cross (angry) kros dry drae festival lafet genuine tru (crucifix) kros duck dakdak fetch karem i kam get kasem, winim (go across)

7 Gokros, krosem dugong dugong, kaofis fever fiva get up girap crowded fasfas during long taem blong few wanwan, smol ghost devel, spirit cruise ship turisbot dust das field fil gift presen cry krae dustbin tin doti, pubel fifteen feftin girl gel cucumber kukumba ear sora, ia fifty fefti give givim cup kap early eli fight faet(em) glad glad (for drinking kava) sel earth (world) wol fill fulumap glass, glasses glas currently naoia (soil) graon find faenem glue glu, lakol custom kastom, fasin earthquake etkwek find out fanaemaot go go customer kastoma east is finger fingga goat nani cut katem Easter Ista final (last) las goatfish mustasfis cycad tree namele easy isi finish vt. finisim, flatem god god cyclone saeklon, hariken eat kakae finished finis goggles glas blong daeva damage vt.

8 Spoelem edge en, kil fire faea good gud dance danis eel namarae first adj. fes, nambawan, goodbye tata, baebae, ale dancing ground nasara egg eg adv. fastaem government gavman danger, dangerous denja eggplant obesin fish n. fis, vi. huk grade (in school) klas, yia dark dak eight eit five faef grandchild smol bubu darkness tudak eighteen eitin fix fixim(ap) grandparent bubu, abu daughter dota, gel eighty eiti flashlight toj grapefruit grefrut, pamplimus day dei elbow hinsis blong han flashy flas grass gras daylight, dawn delaet electricity lektrik, paoa flat level grasshopper kriket dead, death ded eleven eleven flesh mit grass skirt grasket deaf sora i fas embarrassed sem float flot grate rasras(em). decide disaed(em) empty emti floor floa grave gref decorate flasem end n.

9 En, v. finis(im) flour, flower flaoa grease gris deep dip enemy enemi flea laos great hog plum naos defaecate sitsit engine enjin fly flae green grin demon devel England Inglan flying fish flaengfis grind granem, pasis depart aot, lego ples English ( language ) Inglis flying fox flaengfokis ground graon depend dipen enough naf, inaf fold fold(em) grouper los design disaen equal semsemak follow folem grow vi. gru, vt. planem despite nomata we erupt faerap food kakae grow up gruap develop divelop(em) especially speseli for blong guesthouse reshaos devil devel even semsemak forbidden tabu guitar gita different defren even if iven sapos forest dakbus gulley krik difficult had evening sava, naet forget foget(em) gun masket difficulty trabol every evri forgive fogivim guts gat dig digim everyone evriwan fork fok hair hea dignitary bigman everywhere long evri ples, foot fut, leg half haf dirt doti olbaot footpath smol rod hammer hama(rem).

10 (soil) graon exceed bitim foreign blong ovasi hand han dirty doti excellent nambawan forty foti hang hang(em). discover faenemaot exchange jenjenisim, tanem four fo happen hapen discuss tokbaot exist stap fourteen fotin harbour pasis, wof dish dis expand solap, kam bigwan fowl faol hard had, strong distribute seraotem expensive sas France, French Franis hat hat dive, diver daeva expert kleva free fri hate no laekem divorce divos explode bosta, faerap freezer aesbokis have gat, holem dizzy hed i raon eye ae fresh fres (past tense) bin, finis do mekem, wokem fabric kaliko friend fren have to mas doctor dokta face fes frightened fraet hawk hok he hem keel kil machine masin need nid(im). head hed keep kipim, holem taet mad (crazy) krangke nephew smol angkel headland poen kerosine kerosin (angry) kros net net health helt key ki maggot maget nettle tree nanggalat heap n.