Category: T

to time someone or something

• Em belo na bos i taimim mi.
  It is lunch time and the boss is timing me.
• Yumi mas taimim wokabaut bilong yumi.
  We must time our walk.

mushroom, edible fungus

• Talinga i stap long saksak.
  There are mushrooms on the sago.

okari nut tree and nuts, tropical almond tree and fruit

• Wanpela draipela diwai talis i stap long graun bilong Pita.
  There is a large okari nut tree on Peter’s property.

See also:

• Okari in Papua New Guinea
• Sea Almond in Papua New Guinea

to type

• Em i save long taip.
  He/She knows how to type.

eel.

green land snail shell

• Bubu meri i wokim bilas long talibung.
  The grandmother made decoration from snail shells.

1. sell

• Wanpela meri i salim kuka long maket.
  A woman is selling crabs at the market.

2. send

• Jon i askim papa bilong em long salim mani.
  John asked his father to send him some money.
• salim i kam send here
• Em salim i kam olgeta samting bilong mi.
  She sent me all my things.
• salim i go send away (from the speaker)
• Mi salim i go olgeta samting bilong em.
  I sent her all her things.
• salim tok (send talk) send a message
• Mi salim tok i go long mama bilong mi long ples pinis.
  I have sent a message to my mother in the village.

3. to supply

Protestant church leader

• Talatala i kam long ples.
  The church leader has come to the village.

the north-west monsoon

• Taleo i karim planti ren i kam long ples bilong mipela.
  The north-west monsoon brings much rain to our village.

see talibung.