tang

1. tongue

  • Insait long maus i gat tang na planti ol tit.
    Inside the mouth there is a tongue and many teeth.
  • Dokta i glasim tang bilong mi.
    The doctor examined my tongue.
  • givim tang stick out one’s tongue
  • Yangpela meri i givim tang long mi.
    The young girl stuck her tongue out at me.

2. tank

  • Tang i pulap long wara.
    The tank is full of water.

sikis, siks, sikispela, sikspela

 six

  • Em i go baim sikispela kiau.
    She has gone to buy six eggs.
  • sikispela ten sixty
  • sikispela lek (six legs) – man with two wives
  • wanpela ten sikis sixteen (also sikistin)
  • tenpela sikis (also sikisti) sixty
  • Sikismail Six Mile (suburb in Port Moresby)
  • Mi laik go lukim em long Sikismail.
    I want to visit her in Six Mile.

See also: Numbers in Tok Pisin