Category: P

public

• pablic sekta public sector
• Ol tisa i wok long pablik sekta.
  Teachers work in the public sector.

1. fire

• Mama i kukim kaukau long paia.
  Mother is roasting sweet potatoes in the fire.

2. to burn

• Haus i paia.
  The house is burning.

3. anger

• Bel bilong em i paia tru.
  He is very angry.

4. lightening

• Klaut i paia na kukim diwai.
  Lightning struck and burned the tree.

1. fireman

• Ol paiaman kilim paia.
  The fireman put the fire out.

2. the person who looks after the fire in a copra drier

• Paiaman i slip na paia long haus kopra i dai.
  The fireman fell asleep and the fire in the copra drier went out.
• haus paiaman (also haus kopra) copra drying house

firewood

• Mama i askim boi long kisim paiawut.
  The mother asked the boy to fetch some firewood.

See also: Firewood in Papua New Guinea

pilot

• Pailot i save draivim balus.
  The pilot knows how to fly the plane.

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.

discovery

• wok painimaut investigation, research
• Mi painimaut.
  I’ve worked out the answer.
• Mi laik painimaut.
  I’m trying to work it out.

to find out

• Ol bikman i painimautim man husat i kilim pik bilong Susan.
  The chiefs found out who killed Susan’s pig.

pioneer.