Category: P

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)?

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.