New words from as reported in Wantok Newspaper

[Hela, Eric]

Thomas has extracted some pidgin words from the Wantok Nius paper published
some times ago and defined their meanings.   There are few words in his
extraction that I would like to correct or rather give different meaning
according to the way  many of Papua New Guineans (including me) use.
 
noks bisi - Expression to mean "don't mind about an event or an action".
lapun na wip yet - Expression to mean, "one is old but very much interested
in sex"
naisim - to make something nicer
suthan - right hand
givim bel - to love/make one pragnant(e.g husait givim bel long em?
meaning-who made her pregnant?)
 
Eric Hela 
Morobe Consolidated Goldfields 
Wau, Morobe Province. Papua New Guinea. 
phone: 675 474 6208; fax: 675 474 6344 
mailto:erich at morobegold.com.pg <mailto:erich at morobegold.com.pg>  
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas H. Slone [mailto:THSlone at usa.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 5:14 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: New words from as reported in Wantok Newspaper


Wantok Newspaper published new and popular Tok Pisin words from May through
July of 1996 in the following issues: 1143-1148.

ekspiriens - (noun) experience
ekspiriensim - to experience something
prosek - (noun) project
tekov - to depart (from "to take off")
envaironmen - environment
interes - an interest
noks bisi - I'm busy.
perendo - friend
Mi jas tok tasol.  - I'm just shooting the breeze. / I'm just talking.
maining - mineral mining or petroleum extraction
loging - logging
edministresen - administration
dipatmen - department
midia stetmen - media statement
poki - poker machine
florim - to knock unconscious or to beat senseless (example given in Wantok,
"Martin I laik bikhet na Yakobus i florim em.")
kons - to collect money (derivation?)
suthan - to fight
groim - to grow something
raitapim - to turn over
lus weit - to lose weight
fainel - final
rifom - to reform
apil - to appeal
rurel - rural
eben - area inside a town or village (derivation?)
drag - illicit or harmful drug
awenes - awareness
konman, konmeri - liar
jenelis - journalist
ekting - acting (in the political sense, e.g., acting prime minister)
noks - no
beks - to betray, to turn one's back on a friend
hauslain - one's friends, family or village
kets - see you later
setla - settler
rivyu - review
tingsave - synonym of "save"
pulsen - zipper (from "pull chain")
sipa - zipper
mistek - mistake
riva - river
kaparesa - shaving razor
karapela  - airplane propeller
givim bel - to love (Mihalic indicated that this meaning was local to the
Madang area, so apparently it has spread.)
naisim - to move something (verbalization of the older word "nais")
bungim bel - to come to an agreement
fama - farmer
bekbun - backbone
konprens - conference
selebresen - celebration
seremoni - ceremony
komitmen - commitment
infomesen - information
mentenens - maintenance
kefiu - curfew
seveim - to survey land
wod - hospital ward
promotim - to promote
lapun na wip yet - indicates that a person is old but is still behaving
badly (tok pilai)
satanim - to do something evil or unchristian
delegesen - delegation
teknolosi - technology
teknisen -technician
kontribusen - contribution
daireksen - direction
sabsidi - government subsidy
edvaisa - advisor
haia - higher (example given in Wantok, "haia edukesen")
saspek - criminal suspect
bilding - building
lika - type of beer
treseri - treasury
representativ - spokesperson, representative
oval - playground

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