Category: A
advaiseri
advisory (also tok save, tok skul, tok stret)
- givim advaiseri o tok save
to advise
advaisa
adviser.
anis
ant
- waitanis white ants, termites
- anis bilong kaikai haus white ants
- retpela anis fire ants, red ants
- haus bilong anis an ant’s nest
Afrika
Africa
- manmeri bilong Afrika African people
- ol lain Afrika Africans
- ol Afrikaman Africans
ankol
1. ankle (also skru bilong lek)
2. uncle
aftarim
to chase, to cover
- Em save aftarim planti meri tumas.
He chases after lots of women.
anti
aunt (polite term for any woman a generation older than oneself).
agens
against.
as (Tok Pisin)
Derived from ‘arse,’ extending its meaning to ‘buttock’, ‘foundation’, ‘origin’, ‘cause’ etc.
1. bottom, base, basis, foundation
- as bilong diwai base of the tree, tree stump
- as bilong diwai i bikpela tru a big tree stump
- Skul i stap long as bilong maunten paia.
The school is at the base of the volcano. - as bilong tok katolik the basis of Catholic teaching
2. buttock, anus
- paitim as to spank, to whip
- wokabaut long as to creep (as of a baby)
3. origin, cause, source, reason
- as bilong tok the origin of a story
- as tru bilong hevi the clear cause of a worry
- I no gat as bilong en.
There’s no reason for it. - as bilong em i olsem the reason is as follows
See also: as ples, as tingting