ten
- Kisim tenpela buai.
Get ten betel nuts. - tupela ten twenty
- sikispela ten sixty
- wanpela ten tu twelve
- wanpela ten nain nineteen
- etpela ten et eighty-eight
See also: Numbers in Tok Pisin
Category: P
sipsip
sheep
- Sampela lain long Hailans i save lukautim sipsip.
Some people in the Highlands keep sheep.
See also: Sheep and Goats in Papua New Guinea
skin (Tok Pisin)
skin, hide pod, husk, shell, rind
- skin bilong haus outside wall of a house
- skin bilong kiau an egg shell
- skin bilong trausel turtle shell
- skin bilong kokonas coconut husks
- skin hat fever, malaria
- skin guria tremor, shivering
- skin i guria (skin (be) tremble) to shiver
- Skin bilong yu i guria o nogat?
Have you been shivering? - skin i hat to have a fever
- Skin bilong yu i hat o nogat?
Do you have a temperature / fever? - skin i kol (skin (be) cold) to have the chills
- skin i wara (skin (be) water) to sweat
- Skin i les.
I don’t feel like doing it. - skin i slek wrinkled skin, to feel weak, tired, lazy
- skin indai give up, loser
- Skin bilong yu i sikarap sikarap?
Is your skin itchy? - skin diwai bark of a tree
- No ken rausim skin diwai. Nogut diwai bai bagarap.
Don’t remove the bark. Otherwise the tree will be damaged. - skin palai lizard skin (used to cover drums)
- skin pas an envelope
- Putim pas insait long skin pas na go long pos opis long salim i go.
Put the letter in an envelope and go to the post office to send it off. - Raitim nem bilong em long skin pas.
Write his name on the envelope. - skin pilo a pillow case
- Senisim skin pilo.
Change the pillow cases. - Yu pilim skin les (olgeta taim)?
Do you feel tired (all the time)?
saiden mesa
sergeant major
- Nek bilong saiden mesa i strongpela.
The sergeant major has a loud voice.
Sande
Sunday
- Yumi mas go lotu long Sande.
We must go to church on Sunday.
sain
sign (also mak).
paul
1. fowl, chicken (also kakaruk)
- Ol paul i save slip insait long banis bilong ol.
The chicken sleep in their enclosure.
2. immoral
- Dispela meri i paul nabaut.
This woman is immoral.
3. confused, mixed up
- Tingting bilong em i paul.
His thoughts are confused.
painim
1. to look for something
- Tomas i painim wanpela balus long bus.
Thomas is looking for an aeroplane in the jungle. - Mi painim yet.
I’m still looking (for it). - Mi givap long painim.
I’ve given up looking for it. - painim wok to look for work, to be unemployed
2. to find
- painim pinis found
- Mi painim pinis.
I have found it. - Maria i wok long painim galip long maket, tasol i no painim pinis.
Maria is looking for galip nuts in the market, but she hasn’t found any yet.
paip
1. pipe
- Paip i karim wara i kam long haus.
The pipe carries water to the house.
2. pipe for smoking
- Lapun mama i wok long smokim paip.
The old woman is smoking a pipe. - paip bilong win windpipe (also mambu bilong win)
3. to smoke a pipe
- Yu save paip?
Do you smoke a pipe?
pes
1. face
- pes i tudak (face (be) too dark) to frown
- Sampela meri Motu i gat mak long pes bilong ol some.
Motu women have tattoos on their faces.
2. in front
- Go sanap long pes long haus.
Go stand in front of the house.
3. a page
- Opim buk bilong yu na ritim pes ten.
Open your book and read page ten.