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tiktik

a reed, a kind of wild sugar cane used for fences, also Highlands cane

  • Huk bilong mi i pas tong tiktik.
    My fishing line was snagged in the reeds.
Related:

  • reed
  • suga
  • sugar cane
Author MarketingthechangePosted on March 14, 2023Categories S, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on tiktik

palpal

Derived from Gazelle Peninsula

coral tree (also balbal)

  • Ol Tolai i save yusim palpal long makim matmat na gaden bilong ol.
    The Tolai use coral trees to mark their burial grounds and gardens.
Related:

  • marmar
  • shell money
  • makim
Author MarketingthechangePosted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023Categories P, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on palpal

pitpit

Derived from Gazelle Peninsula

a type of wild sugar cane with edible fruit, cane grass, small bamboo (that you can eat)

  • Ol manmeri long Fiji i laikim moa long kaikaim pitpit.
    Fijians love to eat pitpit.

See also:

  • Highland Pitpit in Papua New Guinea
  • Lowland Pitpit in Papua New Guinea
Related:

  • suga
  • Common Vegetables in Papua New Guinea
  • sis
Author MarketingthechangePosted on March 14, 2023Categories N, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on pitpit

marmar

Derived from Gazelle Peninsula

the rain tree, any of the Jacaranda type of tree

Related:

  • gorgor
  • palpal
  • bukbuk
Author MarketingthechangePosted on March 14, 2023Categories M, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on marmar

gorgor

Derived from Gazelle Peninsula

1. a tall type of ginger, whose roots are used in sorcery

2. traditional ‘no trespassing’ sign made of wild ginger

Related:

  • kawawar
  • ginger
  • marmar
Author MarketingthechangePosted on March 14, 2023Categories G, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on gorgor

aiai

1. the Malay apple fruit and tree (Yambosa malaccensis)

2. a kind of hardwood (Eugenia malaccensis)

Related:

  • laulau
  • apel
  • ton
Author MarketingthechangePosted on December 1, 2018March 14, 2023Categories A, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on aiai

baibai

a decorative palm of the Cycas family

Related:

  • limbum, limbom
  • palmen
  • pangal
Author MarketingthechangePosted on February 1, 2018March 14, 2023Categories T, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on baibai

bukbuk

a timber tree with edible fruits, Burckella obovata, found in Milne Bay Province and the Gazelle Peninsula.

Related:

  • marmar
  • Canoes in Papua New Guinea
  • Firewood in Papua New Guinea
Author MarketingthechangePosted on February 1, 2018March 14, 2023Categories Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on bukbuk

laulau

Derived from New Ireland

the Malay apple tree and fruit

Related:

  • aiai
  • prut
  • apple
Author MarketingthechangePosted on February 10, 2017March 14, 2023Categories K, Tok Pisin to EnglishTags Plants (Tok Pisin)Leave a comment on laulau

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