Some additional definitions on the existing entries as and pekpek, and the already mentioned muruk

[Thomas H. Slone]

Muruk
Additional meaning: "a long-legged or long-necked person" (Thomas, 1969: 58)

As

Additional meanings and usages:
As i kam? "How about sex?" (Smith, 1990: 283)

Pekpek as bilong yu! / Pekpek as yu!: You asshole! (literally, "You 
shit-ass!") (Slone, 1995: 94)

Additional noun forms for as:

as bilong sospen: someone from North Solomons Province (Griffin, 1989: 26)

as malumalu: decrepit old person (Todd and Mühlhäusler, 1978: 26)

as ros: lazy person (Todd and Mühlhäusler, 1978: 26)

sutim as: 1. to shoot in the ass 2. to have anal intercourse (Tok 
Piksa) [Mühlhäusler, 1979: 336]

asgras: loincloth constructed in part with "grass" (sago, coconut 
palm, or Cordyline sp. leaves [Paijmans 1976: 170])

astanget: loincloth constructed in part with tanget (Taetsia fructicosa)

pekpek: as for derivation, Steinbauer (p. 76) suggests it might be onomatopoeic

Additional meanings and usages:

Pekpek kilim mi!: "I need to defecate urgently!" (literally, "[My] 
shit's killing me!") (Smith, 1990: 280)

pekpekman: a worthless person (literally, "shit-man") (Mühlhäusler, 1979: 337)

Het bilong yu i pulap long pekpek!: "You are mad, unreasonable!" 
(literally, "Your head is full of shit!") (Todd and Mühlhäusler, 
1978: 28)

References:

Griffin, James (1989). "Bougainvilleans: A People Apart." Islands 
Business 15(7): 26-28.

Mühlhäusler, Peter (1979). Growth and Structure of the Lexicon of New 
Guinea Pidgin. Series C, No. 52. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, The 
Australian National University.

Paijmans, K., ed. (1976). New Guinea Vegetation. New York: Elsevier 
North-Holland.

Slone, Thomas H. (2001). One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights: 
Folktales from Wantok Newspaper. Two volumes. Oakland, CA: Masalai 
Press.  http://THSlone.tripod.com/masalaipress.html

Smith, Geoff P. (1990). "Idiomatic Tok Pisin and Referential 
Adequacy," in Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin: Proceedings of the 
First International Conference of Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia, 
John W. M. Verhaar, ed. Studies in Language Companion Series, vol. 
20. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, pp. 275-287.

Thomas, Howard Sinford Michael (1969). Learning Pidgin: Listeners' 
Notes for a Series of ABC Radio Broadcasts. Sydney: Australian 
Broadcasting Commision.

Todd, Loreto, and Mühlhäusler, Peter (1978). "Idiomatic Expressions 
in Cameroon Pidgin English and Tok Pisin." Papers in Pidgin and 
Creole Linguistics 1: 1-35.


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