P - p
pa1 vintr. go.
dirpart. thither, used after a location to indicate direction of movement to that location. See: mai.
pa2 vambi. drive, also ride e.g. in a canoe or truck.
pa3 v. shine brightly, as of the sun. See: nrernrer.
p̃a= Variant: p̃a. pron. you (2nd person singular irrealis Subject).
paai vambi. fill up, pack up (as in suitcases).
paak vintr. delouse.
paakor vintr. 1 • appear.
2 • arrive.
3 • born, to be born.
4 • happen.
paakot1 v. trap fish by encircling them.
paakot2 vambi. pay, buy.
nfaakoton n. payment, bribe, brideprice. See: naro.
paakruk vintr. assemble, combine.
paalag v. stand on something, stand up on.
paalak vintr. tiptoe.
paalkau vambi. step, to step over.
paamaot vintr. separate.
paamau v. fail.
1 • fail to do something, for example fail get to somewhere you are trying to get to, or fail to hit something with a stone.
2 • end of a story.
paan vambi. 1 • roast.
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2 • burn, as in burning a garden.
paapnun v. end, close, as in a meeting.
paap̃olplo vintr. walk with legs apart. See: pakankan.
paapuen vintr. walk slowly looking for things on the reef.
p̃aar adj. stuck, closed. ntaligp̃aar 'ear-closed'- deaf. See: ntaligp̃ar.
paareki vambi. because of, to go because of.
p̃aas n. rhinocerus beetle, large black one that hurts if it bites you. Category: insects, grubs etc..
paat num. four. Category: numeral.
kaafat adj. fourth.
paatan vintr. get out of a boat or plane, disembark.
paatlakor vambi. be astride, stand over something.
p̃afp̃of adj. adult, big.
p̃afu v. break open.
pag vintr. 1 • climb.
2 • copulate (of animals).
pagos n. beetle. Category: insects, grubs etc..
pagotut n. plate for liquids, like soup. Category: human artefact. See: rakek; slo.
p̃agp̃ag n. fish sp. Cornetfish. Fistularia commersonii. See: nanr. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃agrap n. coconut with flower, no meat inside it. Third stage of a coconut. See: p̃orlaf. Category: plants.
pagtketig vintr. climb with feet and hands.
pai n. bird sp. Swallow.
paikor vambi. hide to catch prey, stalk.
pak vintr. go to, towards (realis). See: fak ‘go to.IR’.
prep. to.
paka interject. exclamation, like 'kala', or 'kas' in Bislama (from English).
pakankan v. walk with legs spread apart, to be bowlegged. See: paap̃olplo.
pakelag v. ascend, increase, up.
pakem̃ae vintr. distant.
1 • be distant, long way from,
2 • take the wrong path.
paketan 1 • prep. low, below.
2 • vintr. descend.
3 • adj. deep. See: nam̃oru.
4 • adj. respect.
5 • adj. cheap.
6 • adj. obey, honour, be humble. See: etan.
pakmaalep vintr. mourning. See: maalep.
pako n. shark. Category: aquatic creatures.
pakofai n. hammerhead shark. Category: aquatic creatures.
pakofam n. tiger shark. Category: aquatic creatures.
pakokap̃o n. ray sp. Giant reef ray. Taeniura melanospilos. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃akor n. cover (of pot). See: plaakor.
v. cover.
pakosgal n. fish sp. Puffers, e.g. Guineafowl puffer, Star puffer (but see also p̃nopun). Tetaodontidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
pakot v. cross quickly in front of something, as a bird flying across one's path or a dog running across quickly.
pakruk v. come to one place, assemble.
p̃al adj. blank, empty.
tep̃alp̃al adj. for no reason.
palkias vintr. mourning; ipalkias; period of mourning (five days, or could be longer).
palkor vambi. observe.
p̃alo n. valley, gorge, cliff. See: nsaan. Category: natural features.
palsmin n. plant sp., fruit is not eaten, only the flower is used for decoration. Elaeocarpus spp. Category: plants.
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palugnirakum n. plant sp, fairly low cover, a hiding place for crabs.
p̃alun n inposs. brother, also mother's or father's sibling's son. Category: human relations, kinterm. See: tai; kor.
palus vintr. paddle.
pam vambi. 1 • eat.
2 • consume. See: nfamwen.
pam̃as v. shine.
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pamnrog vambi. taste food. See: minrog.
pam̃or vambi. discover, find.
pan aux. go. See: pa.
pankisa adv. doing something so much that it ends up being a bad thing (Bislama: gogo inogud), can't find a solution.
pankot vintr. burn (garden).
panpan prep. until.
p̃anrer vintr. coo, of a dove.
panrog v. try to go.
p̃anuk n. shellfish sp. Nautilus. Nautilidae.. Category: aquatic creatures.
pao malagot n. fish sp. Snapper (with black dot on side). Lutjanidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
paos vditr. ask.
paosus vintr. ask too many questions.
p̃ap̃a n. shellfish. The spines of this shellfish can be used to write on slate, instead of chalk. Guildfordia triumphans.
pare1 vintr. get someone.
pare2 vintr. blind, to be.
p̃arfaat n. rocks heaped up along the sea shore. See: narfaat.
parik1 n. tree sp. Cassis. Leucaena leucocephala. Category: plants.
parik2 adj. small distance, go a little way further.
p̃aror 1 • fool.
n. fool, crazy.
2 • n. dumb, unable to speak.
p̃arp̃aar vintr. bland, not enough taste, as in tea with not enough sugar or meat with no salt.
parpar vintr. wrap a piece of material around your waist, for example a nanrepnrep. See: nanrepnrep.
p̃arp̃or n. fish sp. Triggerfishes (general), but see also fum̃or, fuu. Balistidae. See: fuu. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃arp̃ormol n. fish sp. Strongskin. Fu is the adult of p̃arp̃ormol. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃arsor n. fish sp. Surgeonfish sp, including White-freckled, Lieutenant, Striped bristletooth, Twospot bristletooth. Acanthurus. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃aru adj. fat.
parut vintr. take water (in a boat).
pas v. push, put something through something else, as in flowers in the hair.
p̃as1 vambi. adopt.
p̃as2 vambi. chase.
pasa vintr. limp.
p̃aseo n. shellfish sp. Horse Conch (general term). Fasciolariidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
paskar v. agree with someone and add to what they have said. See: skar.
pasprut n. passionfruit, used both of the wild (mil) variety which has white fruit, and the introduced variety. Category: plants.
patan vintr. get out of a boat or plane, disembark.
p̃atfaat n. iron.
patlas vambi. meet without planning to meet. See: seltra; neet; saisei.
patlep1 n. claw, the big claw (e.g. of crab). Patrik is the little claw. Category: body part or product.
patlep2 n. mat, big single weave pandanus mat. Category: human artefact.
pato vintr. be at, distant place.
patru n. fish sp. Wrasses. Labridae. See: aaf. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃au kerkerai adj. wilful, strong head.
pau1 vambi. weave. Also used to describe the joining of boards in canoe making. See: nraf.
pau2 vintr. creep, like a vine.
p̃au n. fish sp. Snapper (Onespot or Yellow-margined). Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃aufiif n. drunk, a drunken person (lit: head spin).
p̃aukap n. fish sp. Paddletail snapper. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃aukaplat adj. bald. See: p̃aum̃osu; m̃aal.
p̃aulum ni afsak n. Cushion star, starfish. Culcita novaguineae. Category: aquatic creatures.
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p̃aulum ni rakum n. plant sp., fairly low cover, a hiding place for crabs.
p̃aum̃osu adj. bald patch on top of the head. See: m̃aal; p̃aukaplat.
p̃aumra vambi. slaughter an animal to eat it.
p̃aunamru vintr. carry two bundles of food on a stick over the shoulder.
p̃aup̃al n. fish sp. Grouper, big one is koom. This one (lit. head-empty) is named for not having meat in its head. See: koom. Serranidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
paut wander.
p̃autik adj. foolish. See: nrotik.
p̃autop n. fish sp. Groupers. See: koom. Category: aquatic creatures.
pawer vintr. stand, hands held behind the back.
pe1 particle. intensifier, used to increase the intensity of a verb or adjective, e.g. maon 'to sweat', maon pe maon 'to really sweat'.
pe2 dir part. there, used to indicate a distance further than that already stated, e.g. sanpe, 'over there'.
p̃eel v. tabu, to hang a leaf of coconut or namele to show that there is a tabu on something.
peep n. moth that lays eggs in ripe bananas. Chromus erotus.
pei2 vintr aux. 1 • lead, first.
2 • win. See: pei. Category: numeral.
pek n. bag. Category: human artefact.
p̃el1 vintr. shelter, from sun or rain, or protect from something.
p̃el2 vintr. bend, fold (bend or fold an object).
p̃elgat vambi. open (e.g. window or door); turn a page, turn on a switch.
p̃elp̃eel v. sneak along.
pelpel adv. quickly. See: trapelpel.
p̃elp̃el vintr. tack on, baste on.
peltakot adj. crossed, anything crossing something else can be described as being peltakot.
pen prep. particle used to mean 'there' (ipen sampen-e). pen precedes the location name, -e follows the location.
p̃en vintr. whistle.
pepelau n. bird.
pepep n. slipper lobster. Parribacus caledonicus. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃er vintr. fart.
p̃erat vtr. fart on. Category: body part or product.
p̃erik vintr. fly magically.
perkat adv. truly, used for emphasis.
pes sa vintr. curse, insult.
pes1 vintr. talk (nafsan (na-fes-an) is language). See: psasok; psawi; psaplil; pestaf; pesp̃ur.
nafsan n. language. See: til; puserek; traus.
pes2 vambi. start, as in pes nkap, start fire (by rubbing sticks), tak fes nafuserekwen, you start talking.
pesfkaar vintr. joke. See: fkaar.
pesnromnromi vintr. comfort.
pesp̃ot vintr. investigate or discuss a problem. See: fnau.
pesp̃ur Variant: psa p̃ur. boast.
vintr. boast. See: sorsor; fekfek.
pestaf vambi. tell, talk to.
p̃et adj. other, different.
petog n. petanque, a popular game in Erakor.
pi1 v. be.
p̃i1 vambi. throw a small piece of wood to get a coconut or to hit a flying-fox. See: np̃ip̃.
pi2 n. bee. Category: insects, grubs etc..
p̃i2 vambi. 1 • kick, with top of the foot.
2 • kick, as in the effect of kava or alcohol (but also nmalok ip̃ip̃, the 'the kava kicks'). See: p̃ip̃.
pi3 vambi. pour, as in watering a plant or drizzling coconut milk onto laplap.
pia n. banana, small sweet banana. Category: plants.
pialoaal n. crab, red and black small crab which lives in holes on the beach. Category: aquatic creatures.
piam n. fish sp. Damselfishes (Onespot, Twospot, King...) Pomacentridae. Category: aquatic creatures.
piatlak Variant: pitlak. vambi. 1 • own, have (from pi 'be' and atlak 'owner').
2 • with a third person subject it also refers to general existence, ipiatlak, there is.
pier vintr. noisy, to make a lot of noise.
p̃il Variant: p̃ilmet. blink.
vambi. blink.
p̃ilp̃il vintr. close eyes, e.g. so that you can pray.
p̃ilmet vintr. blink. See: le sulsul.
pili n. banana, a long banana. Twist it to take off its skin which is hard to get off. Category: plants.
pilo vintr. wake up, to be awake.
pilp̃uk n. Soldier crab. Mictyris sp.. Category: aquatic creatures.
pines n. tree sp. green long fruit, yellow when ripe, sweet-cotton like inside that is eaten, black seeds. Category: plants.
pios vintr. call out. See: sos.
p̃ip̃ v. the action of an outrigger rolling over the canoe. See: tap̃o; p̃i.
pir vambi. braid, tie, as in weaving; arrange your hair.
p̃ir vintr. scream, yell, shout.
pirket n. main rib of coconut leaf.
pirsai vambi. drill.
pism̃alit n. Mantis shrimps (named for the popping noise (m̃alit) they make on the reef). Stomatopoda. Category: aquatic creatures.
pisp̃lolo n. loincloth, made of bark. See: nasieg; nafon. Category: human artefact.
p̃it n. fish sp. Frogfishes, Stonefish. Float on top of the water when they miss catching a fish to eat. Antennariidae. See: ftir. Category: aquatic creatures.
pitar vintr. lost, be lost.
pitkaskei n. 1 • same.
2 • alike, balance, equal (older way of saying it is pitoskei).
3 • double, be two of the same thing.
p̃ka n. fish sp. Porcupinefishes, burr fish, puffer fish with nail-like covering on skin. Diodontidae, Tetrodontidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
pkaal vintr. give birth (of humans). See: psol; paakor.
pkafu vambi. split, e.g. a coconut (nmarteu).
pkal1 vambi. sharpen, especially wood. See: maama.
pkal2 vintr. care for a pig.
pkapun vambi. kill.
pkasai vambi. poke a hole in something.
pkastes n. dugong. Dugong dugon. Category: aquatic creatures.
p̃kasus vintr. breastfeed.
p̃ko vintr. interested, be interested in something.
pkos v. unfold, open a packet, as in opening a laplap, or unfolding a mat.
pkot vintr. spoiled, unusable anymore. Can refer to bread that is mouldy for example.
plaakor vambi. cover.
1 • vambi. cover something.
2 • n. cover, of a pot. See: paakor.
p̃laanr n. fish sp. tuna, Dogtooth tuna. Gymnosarda unicolor. Category: aquatic creatures.
plag vambi. open something.
plak1 vambi. accompany.
p̃lak1 vintr. scared, to be scared, to be terrified of something.
p̃lak2 n. Rail (type of bird). Gallirallus philippensis. Category: birds.
plak2 vintr. pregnant. See: tien.
plakes n. green tree lizard. Category: other animals.
plakori vintr. hunt.
1 • vintr. hunt.
2 • n. dog used for hunting.
plaksok vambi. teach.
teplaksok n. teacher. Category: human relations.
ple vintr. fight, dispute, not a physical fight. See: kuf; tik.
plik vambi. peel.
plim vintr. change, transform, as in a magical transformation.
plog n. coconut shell, empty coconut. Category: plants.
p̃lolepen Variant: p̃lolep. n inposs. stomach. Category: body part or product.
plon n inposs. testicles. See: p̃aru; teem̃iit. Category: body part or product.
plor vambi. turn, e.g. a tap.
plos1 adj. twisted, crooked, to be (note that plos means 'to twist'). See: plos.
plos2 vambi. wring clothes.
plos3 vambi. avoid, as in being angry with someone, you avoid them, unlike lelu which means go around.
plos4 vambi. do something bad to someone.
pnak vambi. steal.
adj. thieving. Category: human relations. See: natam̃ol pnak.
pnol vambi. wash, rinse. See: preitao; m̃oltao.
p̃nopun n. fish sp. Filefishes, Puffers (but see pako singular al). Monacanthidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
pnultao v. wash things, like plates. See: m̃oltao.
pnut1 vtr. close, shut. See: p̃on.
pnut2 vintr. 1 • quiet.
2 • stop.
p̃o vintr. smell.
1 • smell, stink.
2 • rot, decay.
nap̃o n. smell.
p̃ofu Variant: p̃afu. puncture.
vambi. puncture something, like a ball is punctured.
p̃og n. night. Category: natural features.
p̃ok adv. half, something not completed.
pokes n. box (from English). Category: human artefact.
p̃okor vintr. cover.
1 • cover.
2 • brood, a hen sitting on its egg. See: p̃op̃o.
p̃oktao v. dust, to wipe.
poler n. pot, saucepan. From: English 'boiler'
polfai n. fish sp. Mullet, p̃aurik, small one; naumet, middle one; rutiyaf old grey mullet. Mugilidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
polkirkir adj. active, of a person.
p̃olp̃lo adj. wide.
polpol koplog n. penis. See: ola. Category: body part or product.
polpol n. basket, big one. Category: human artefact. See: fuelig; nroog; likat; sp̃ol; tip̃el; tasal; nlafkir; napor; sarpotpot.
polsa 1 • spoil, destroy.
2 • bad behaviour. See: polwi; folfol.
p̃olul n. Reef crab, red shell, 15 cm. Etisus splendidus. Category: aquatic creatures.
polwi vintr. behave well, do good. See: polsa; folfol.
p̃on1 num. thousand. Category: numeral.
p̃on2 vintr. 1 • shut, to be shut. See: pnut.
2 • end, finish.
3 • webbed feet, like a duck's feet.
p̃onfer n. boil that comes up in the armpit, you put a cockle shell on it to cure it. It has lots of heads. Category: body part or product. See: nmanuk; fati; nmak.
p̃onp̃on prep. together.
p̃onptae adj. different.
pontekon n. flower, yellow, leaf is useful in treating ringworm. Category: plants.
p̃onti num. million. Category: numeral.
p̃oo crouch down to hide. See: kuskor.
p̃ook n. Food, typically different vegetables, cut up and prepared in a ground oven (known in Bislama as a bougna, a term from New Caledonia).
p̃ool adj. blunt.
pool vintr. fool.
poot n. banana, plantain banana for cooking. Category: plants.
p̃op̃ n. spirit, feeling, a person's fashion of doing things (p̃op̃ wi, good way of doing things; p̃op̃ sa, bad fashion of doing things).
p̃op̃ pakelag n. proud.
p̃op̃ paketan n. quiet, contemplative. See: sup̃.
p̃op̃o v. cluck, the noise a chicken makes. See: p̃okor.
p̃op̃or n. fish sp. Cardinalfish sp. Apogonidae. See: anrar. Category: aquatic creatures.
popot n. crab sp. small white crab that lives in the sand. Good to eat. Category: aquatic creatures.
poptae v. divide.
p̃or vambi. break.
1 • break, something with your hands.
2 • chop, break (of objects).
p̃orlaf n. coconut, flower breaking open. Second stage at which you can eat a coconut. See: nam̃.
p̃orp̃or vambi. break everything.
plak p̃orp̃or vintr. break wood in the bush, like a pig running through the bush.
p̃ot1 vintr. explain.
p̃ot2 v. share out. See: aliat p̃ot.
p̃otp̃otak idiom. chicken's cry as it lays an egg.
potut n. tower made of rocks, monument, atar. Category: human artefact.
p̃rai vambi. chop, break (of objects).
p̃rakot adj. ordinary.
1 • ordinary. See: naur p̃rakot.
2 • any, anything.
pram adj. long, tall.
naframwen n. length.
pras n. plank of wood, a piece of wood that has been shaped for use. Category: human artefact.
preg vambi. make, cause, do. Also used with a following verb as a cause of the action of that verb. Note: kaimes is the term used for Biblical creation. See: kaimes.
pregfu vambi. pierce (e.g., an abcess or a boil).
pregnrog vambi. attempt, try.
pregsa vintr. spoil, damage.
pregwel vambi. imitate. See: folfol.
pregwi v. do good to someone.
prei vintr. 1 • wash, using your hands to splash water over yourself.
2 • baptise (paptaes commonly used today).
preitao vambi ?. wash (of people). See: pnultao; m̃oltao.
pres vambi. untie.
p̃roro adj. hard, of food, like gristle. Category: body part or product.
p̃rot vambi. eat something hard, crunch.
p̃sai vintr. clap hands. See: p̃sap̃os.
psakor vambi. hide, to keep secret.
psaplil vintr. argue, strongly discuss.
p̃sap̃os vintr. clap.
psasok vambi. encourage.
psawi vintr. thanks.
1 • thanks. See: ta.
2 • grace, the prayer said by Christians before a meal.
psig vintr. disobey. See: sigpir.
psir vintr. lie, pretend.
tepsir n. lie.
psol vintr. give birth to (of animal). See: pkaal.
pta vintr. make good.
ptaan vintr. accompany.
p̃tae Variant: p̃otae. different.
vintr. 1 • different. See: kaaru.
2 • divide, share.
ptal vambi ?. ask for something.
ptan v. accompany.
ptau v. be at, an archaic form of pato.
ptin vintr. sore, pain.
ptol vintr. hungry.
ptom vintr. grow.
pton1 n. coral sp.(Ascidian) with meat that can be eaten. Category: aquatic creatures.
pton2 vintr. compare.
ptour vambi. marry (of the pastor marrying a couple). See: lak; tousok; taulu.
ptu See main entry: tu.
ptur vintr. squirt, spit, spurt.
pu vambi. 1 • pull, as in pulling a breath, or pulling a bow and arrow.
2 • hold e.g., bundle of spears.
puel vintr. absent.
1 • absent, lost.
2 • disappear.
puet vambi. 1 • pull.
2 • suck.
3 • bring, carry.
puetsok vambi. 1 • hold. See: sarsok.
2 • catch, capture (as in a ball or a prisoner).
pug vambi. wake.
pui n. nudibranch. Category: aquatic creatures.
puk1 vintr. 1 • swell, to be full (of food).
2 • high tide (ntas ipuk 'the sea is full'). See: mu.
puk2 vintr. cough.
nafukwen n. cough.
pukok n. bud. Category: plants.
pukos Variant: pkos. vambi. unfold, open up laplap, or a mat, or some cloth.
pul1 vintr. make a sign with the hand.
pul2 vintr. prune, cut branches off a tree.
pul3 vintr. twirl (sling), throw a net, shake your head, thrash tail (of a fish or an animal).
fulful vintr. twirl, spin from one's hands.
pul4 vintr. dance.
pulmatelen n. dawn. See: p̃ulp̃og. Category: natural features.
p̃ulp̃og n. morning. Category: temporal.
p̃ulp̃og rik Variant: p̃ulp̃og sasa. n. dawn. Category: natural features.
pulp̃ou n. hat. Category: human artefact.
pulsok adj. stuck. See: p̃on. Category: body part or product.
pultau n. shellfish sp. Ovulas (general term). Ovulidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
pun1 v2. dead, when used with a verb of hitting like wat or krak. See: mat.
pun2 vambi. fish using poison.
nafunwen n. fish poisoning.
p̃unopun Variant: knopun. fish sp. Pufferfish.
n. fish sp. Pufferfish. Tetrodontidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
pupu1 n. shellfish sp. Tritons (general term). Cymatiidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
pupu2 vintr. gargle.
pur adj. full, to fill up.
p̃ur vintr adj. big.
p̃ura1 adj. double, as in fruit when there are two joined together.
p̃ura2 n. balls, testicles. See: plon; teem̃iit.
puri vintr. prepare fire for laplap, heating stones that will be put into the earth oven (um).
purkum n. bat. Category: other animals.
pus vambi. put.
puser vintr. look for something.
puserek vintr. chat, See: traus; til; pes.
pusman v. drive. See: kelsman.
puspta vintr. arrange.
p̃ut n. widower. See: maalep. Category: human relations.
put vambi. pluck.
putkau vintr. against, to be against.
putmak vintr. withhold information, even though you know it, when someone asks you a question.
putsak vintr. emerge, as in from the water.
putut n. stone arrangement.
1 • stone arrangement.
2 • altar. Usage: archaic Category: human artefact.
puu adj. naked. See: karo userek.
puul n. shellfish sp. cowrie shell, general term. Cypraeidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
puun n. Small green bird, smaller than the Red-bellied fruit dove (sunra). Its call is an omen of a death. Category: birds.
puup adj. can't swim.
puur 1 • vintr. empty, to be.
2 • vintr. empty- handed, to be.
3 • n. empty shell, as in egg shell, or empty coconut, so puurkai is an empty cockle shell.
puus adj. dumb, unable to speak, shy.
pwok n. boar. Sus scrota. See: wak klet. Category: other animals.
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