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sagapari

1. small mangrove garden

2. around Daru also term with meaning similar to ‘tu kina bus’

Related:

  • mangro
  • toea
  • mangrove
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votim

to vote for, to elect

  • No ken votim em long kamap memba.
    Don’t vote for him to be the MP.
Related:

  • vote
  • ilektim
  • vot
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gesfaia

Random phone calls made by anonymous callers – strangers who may be either men or women, but are mostly made by men. These calls are made to unknown people with whom lengthy conversations are then conducted, ‘phone friendships’ may then evolve in which gifts of phone credit are transferred.

Related:

  • telipon
  • fon
  • phone
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vot

1. a vote

  • Em i givim vot long husat long kamap nupela memba?
    Who did he vote for as the new member?
  • Em i givim vot long wantok bilong em.
    He gave his vote to his kinsman.

2. to vote

  • Olgeta manmeri long ples bilong mi i save vot long kaunsil ileksen.
    All the adults in my village vote in the council elections.
Related:

  • vote
  • votim
  • ileksen
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taksi

1. taxi

  • Mi baim taksi na kam long haus.
    I hired a taxi to get home.

2. any small sedan car

Related:

  • taxi
  • cab
  • drive
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gai

pie

  • Ol manmeri bilong Ostrelia ol i save kaikai planti pai.
    Australians eat lots of pies.
Related:

  • pie
  • lot
  • mumutim
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takis

1. tax

  • Mi baim het takis long kaunsel.
    I pay head tax to the Council.

2. import duty

  • Gavman kisim takis long olgeta kar i kam insait long kantri.
    The government charges import duty on all cars entering the country.
Related:

  • tax
  • income tax
  • tromoi, tromoim
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voluntia

volunteer.

Related:

  • volunteer
  • World Bank in Papua New Guinea
  • wok
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solda

shoulder

Related:

  • shoulder
  • sol
  • han
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volim

volume.

Related:

  • volume
  • faint
  • Carvings, Bowls and Other Artefacts in Papua New Guinea
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