submission.
Category: S
tinpis
canned fish
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- Pis bilong solwara save winim tinpis.
Fish out of the ocean are better than tinned fish. - No ken kaikai planti tinpis tumas.
Do not eat too much canned fish.
- Pis bilong solwara save winim tinpis.
sadel
saddle
- Taitim sadel gut.
Tighten the saddle.
suga
1. sugar
- Mi laikim tupelo suga long kopi bilong mi.
I like two (spoons of) sugars in my coffee.
2. sugar cane
- Planti suga i stap long gaden bilong ol.
There is much sugar cane growing in their garden.
See also: Sugar Cane in Papua New Guinea
sakim
1. shake, shove, push
- Sakim kanu i go longwe long bris.
Push the canoe away from the wharf.
2. sack, to sack
- sakim tok (sack talk) to disobey or contradict
- No ken sakim tok bilong tisa, yu mas harim na bihainim gut.
You cannot ignore your teacher’s instructions, listen and obey well. - Em i man bilong sakim tok.
He is a disobedient person.
3. to pack
- Sakim kopra long bek.
Pack the copra in the bag.
4. to reject, to ignore
- Ol raskol i save sakim lo bilong kantri bilong yumi.
Criminals reject the laws of our country.
susa
1. sister
2. in some areas, any sibling or close friend of the opposite sex (see sista)
- Yu lukim susa bilong mi o nogat?
Did or did you not see my sister?
tiktik
a reed, a kind of wild sugar cane used for fences, also Highlands cane
- Huk bilong mi i pas tong tiktik.
My fishing line was snagged in the reeds.
sakrifais
sacrifice.
tausen
1. one thousand
- Winim wan tausen kina.
Win one thousand kina.
2. a large number
- Planti tausen i kam long dispela bung.
A large number of people attended the meeting.
sait
side
- Tupela sait bilong kar i bagarap.
Both sides of the car are damaged.