Category: W

1. small mangrove garden

2. around Daru also term with meaning similar to ‘tu kina bus’

volunteer.

1. a vote

• Em i givim vot long husat long kamap nupela memba?
  Who did he vote for as the new member?
• Em i givim vot long wantok bilong em.
  He gave his vote to his kinsman.

2. to vote

• Olgeta manmeri long ples bilong mi i save vot long kaunsil ileksen.
  All the adults in my village vote in the council elections.

sardines, bait fish

• Atun i raunim talai.
  The tuna are herding the bait fish.

typhoid.

mystery monger

of the same tribe, of the same clan

• Taim mi sindaun wantaim ol wanpisin, mipela save singsing long tok ples.
  When I sit with my clanspeople, we sings in our language.

a labourer, a workman, an employee

• Ol kaunsil wokman i stretim pinis warasaplai long ples.
  Council workers have fixed the village water supply.

See also: Labor in Papua New Guinea

of the same clan, same group

• Mitupela wanlain tasol.
  We are of the same clan (age, class, group, rank, occupation).

a female employee

• Kampani i givim yunifom long ol wokmeri.
  The company supplies uniforms to all the female employees.