Category: Tok Pisin to English

1. flood; strong current, torrent (also taitwara)

• Wara Sepik i tait.
  The Sepik river is flooding.

2. current, torrent

• Strongpela tait i karim man i go.
  The man was swept away by the strong current.

3. tight

• Siot i tait tumas.
  The shirt is too tight.

4. tired

• Mi tait pinis na mi laik slip.
  I am tired and want to go to sleep.

1. to tighten

• taitim bun (tighten bone) to stretch oneself
• taitim han (tighten hand) to stretch out one’s hands or arms
• taitim pul (tighten pull) to paddle hard
• taitim rot (tighten road) to walk fast
• taitim skru (tighten screw) to tighten a bolt, nut or screw
• Taitim skru long taia.
  Tighten the wheel nuts.

2. to pull

• Taitim rop strong.
  Pull hard on the rope.

3. to exert oneself

• Tupela taitim pul na hariap i kam long ples.
  The two of them rowed hard and got home quickly.

4. to make fast

• Taitim kanu long bris.
  Tie the canoe to the wharf.

5. to secure

• Lapun i taitim trausis bilong em long rop.
  The old man secured his trousers with a rope.

6. insist

• Loya i taitim em long bekim tok.
  The lawyer insisted on him providing an answer (to his question).

Defense Force.

See also: Papua New Guinea Defence Force

vocational school.

1. title, as in champion

• Em i winim taitol.
  He/She won the title.

2. title, as an honorific

• Taitol bilong em profesa.
  His title is professor.

3. title of a book, song etc. (also nem)

a dinghy. (See also: bot, pinas)

snack bar, fast food outlet.

voice (also nek)

• Nekharim! em vois bilong husat?
  Listen! whose voice is that?

typist

• Hana em i top taipis.
  Hana is a great typist.

varnish

• Jon i putim vanis long tebol bilong em.
  John is varnishing his table.