het

1. head, skull

  • Olsem wanem yu katim het bilong yu?
    How did you manage to cut your head?
  • Het bilong mi i pen na mi laik kisim marasin.
    My head hurts and I want to get some medicine.
  • het bilong wara headwaters of river
  • het i pen a headache

2. highest point or summit

  • Em i kamap long het bilong maunten.
    He climbed to the top of the mountain.

3. main

  • Em i het tok bilong projek.
    It is the main point of the project.

han

1. the hand, the wrist, the palm, the arm, a handle, a branch

  • han diwai, han bilong diwai tree branch
  • han bilong dok paw
  • han bilong singlis o siot sleeve
  • han i hevi clumsy
  • I stap long han bilong yumi.
    It is in our hands/it is up to us.
  • Lusim long han bilong mi tasol.
    Leave it up to me.
  • Mipela i kisim bagarap pinis long han bilong ol.
    We had a lot of trouble from these people.
  • paitim han clap
  • Pas i kamap long han bilong em.
    He received a letter.
  • putim han i go antap put up one’s hand
  • singautim long han to beckon

2. the foreleg of animals

  • Mipela i save kaikai han bilong pik.
    We like to eat the shoulder of pork.

nek

1. neck, throat

  • nek i drai to be thirsty
  • nek i pen to have a sore throat
  • nek i pas to have something caught in one’s throat
  • pasim nek! shut up! (also pasim maus! sarap!)

2. voice, tune

  • Mi harim nek bilong em.
    I heard her voice.
  • Nek bilong em i go antap.
    His voice is high.
  • gutpela nek good voice
  • save nek bilong singsing to know the tune

3. accent

lek

a leg, a foot, the hind leg

  • lek mak footprint
  • Man i lukim planti lek mak long graun malumalu.
    The man saw a lot of footprints in the mud.
  • Inap yu stretim lek bilong yu?
    Can you straighten your legs?
  • pinga bilong lek toe
  • skru bilong lek knee
  • lek nating barefoot
  • karim lek Highlands courting ceremony
  • lek na han i dai pins and needles
  • sikispela lek (six legs) – man with two wives

lewa

1. liver, heart, spleen, innards, mind, desire (affections)

  • brukim lewa (break the liver) very sorry
  • Lewa bilong mi i sut.
    My heart throbs.
  • lewa pen (liver pains) brokenhearted

2. something one craves

  • Lewa bilong mi, i mangalim yu tumas.
    My heart craves for you.

3. a darling, a sweetheart

  • Lila, yu lewa tru bilong mi.
    Lila, you are my sweetheart.