Category: Famous People of PNG

government

• graun bilong gavman government property
• Gavman i mas senisim sampela lo.
  The government must change some of the laws.
• Em i wanpela sekreteri bilong Gavman.
  She is a Government secretary.
• Em i wok long gavman.
  He works for the government.
• Em i pasin bilong gavman.
  That is a custom of the government. (That is the government way of doing things.)
• Gavman em i giaman tumas.
  The government is very hypocritical. / The government is lying.

See also: Government of Papua New Guinea

to go on, to go ahead, to go onward, good on you, farewell.

girl (see meri)

• gelpren girlfriend
• Ol gels i kam.
  The girls are coming.

1. a lie, nonsense

• Ol i tok giaman long mi.
  They told lies about me.

2. to lie, to deceive, to pretend

• Em i no save giaman.
  She doesn’t lie.

3. false, to be false

• Em i mekim bikpela giaman.
  He made a big false display.
• giaman lek false leg
• Papa i sapim giaman banara bilong pikinini bilong em.
  The father carved a pretend bow and arrow for the child.
• pasin giaman the habit of lying

a Java almond nut or tree.

See also: Galip in Papua New Guinea

to give, offer

• givim baksait (give backside) to snub
• Meri i givim baksait long ol.
  The woman turned her back on them (she showed contempt).
• givim baptais (also baptaisim) to baptise
• givim bek (give back) to restore
• givim bel (give belly) to make pregnant, to impregnate, to love
• givim sem long (give shame) to embarrass
• givim glas long (give glass) to take one’s temperature
• givim gol long (give goal) to score a goal
• givim gude long (give good) to greet someone
• givim gutpela tok (give good talk) to advise
• givim maus long (give mouth) to sass
• givim nating (give nothing) to give for nothing
• Em i givim nating long mi.
  She gave it to me for nothing (free).
• givim nem to name
• givim pen to punish
• givim promis (also promisim) to promise
• givim skul (give school) to instruct
• givim stik long (give stick) to punish
• givim tok nogut (give talk no good) to use bad language
• inap long givim to afford, to be able to give
• Mama i givim kaikai long pikinini.
  The mother gave food to the child.
• man i save givim ol samting generous man
• Meri i no bin givim mi wanpela samting.
  The woman didn’t give me anything.
• Tisa i save givim gutpela toktok long ol sumatin.
  The teacher encourages the students.

1. to have, to own, to possess

• gat dinau (got debt) to owe someone something
• gat kot (got court) to be on trial
• gat trabel (got trouble) to be in trouble through one’s own fault
• Meri i gat bel.
  The woman is pregnant.
• Mi gat ka.
  I own a car.
• Mi gat bel hevi.
  I have a complaint.
• Mipela i gat rait long stap.
  We have a right to stay.

2. there is, there are (see no gat there is/are no, nogat no!)

• I gat wanpela meri long haus.
  There is one woman in the house.

3. a guard, to guard (also wasman)

• Gat i slip na em i no wok.
  The guard is asleep and he’s not working.

first born, eldest.