Category: W

one at a time

• Kamap wanpela wanpela na sekhan wantaim bikman.
  Approach one at a time and shake hands with the chief.

1. wild

• Go long maket na baim sampela abus bilong wail pik.
  Go to the market and buy some wild pig meat.

2. angry (also wel)

• Papa i wail nogut tru.
  Father is really angry.

crazy

• Taim yu spak tumas yu kamap wailman.
  When you drink too much you go crazy.

to look the same, lookalike

• Tupela meri i wanpes.
  The two women look alike.

playmate

• Tomas i go waswas long nambis wantaim ol wanpilai bilong em.
  Thomas has gone down the beach for a swim with his playmates.

wine

• Ol i save salim ret na wait wain long haus kaikai.
  They sell red and white wine at the restaurant.

immigrant

• Em ol i no as ples, em ol lain waira i kam long bikples.
  They’re not from here, they’re immigrants from the mainland.

same, similar

• Olgeta haus long ples i wankain, i no narakain.
  All the houses in the village are similar, they’re not different.
• wankain olsem the same as, like this

alone

• Mi no gat kandere, mi wanpis tasol.
  I have no relatives, I am alone.

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.