Category: K

noun (also Quran) Buk Koran, Buk Tambu bilong ol Muslim.

noun kis

• to give a person a kiss givim kis

(verb) givim kis

noun kilowat.

noun bikpela magani

• tree kangaroo kapul

• noun

1. (human) pikinini

2. (goat) pikinini meme

• verb (colloquial, pretend to deceive) giaman, tok pilai

• I’m not kidding.
  Mi no giaman.

adjective

1. (enthusiastic) hat, traim hat

• He doesn’t look too keen.
  Em i no luk olsem em i hat long dispela samting.
• John was keen to learn to drive.
  Jon em i traim hat long kisim save long draiv.

2. (committed) wok strong, gat laik

• Herman is a keen worker.
  Herman i strong long wok.
• He is keen to win.
  Em i gat laik long win.

verb stilim man, meri, o pikinini.

noun kidni.

verb

1. holim, lukautim

• to keep a secret holim tok hait
• to keep the laws holim of lo
• to keep a promise holim promis
• to keep someone’s money holim mani
• I am keeping his money for him.
  Mi holim mani bilong em.

2. keep straight on go olsem

3. keep from (abstain) tambu

• to keep from smoking tambu long smok

4. Keep quiet! Sarap!, Pasim maus!

5. keep back pasim

• They kept her back in hospital overnight.
  Ol i pasim em long haus sik long wanpela nait.

6. to keep on doing mekim olgeta taim

• Don’t keep on talking.
  No ken mekim toktok olgeta taim.

7. to keep clear of klia long

• keep clear of trouble klia long ol trabel

8. kept by (at) stap long

• The cars are kept inside the fence.
  Ol ka i stap insait long banis.

noun arere bilong rot.