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kauhalienable vocative nounEnglishboy child; sonTok Pisinpikinini manThis term is used generally by adults to refer to a male child whether he is one's own son or not.kaukaknatung2Person4.1.9Kinshipkinship; person
kaukakalienable nounEnglishadolescent boy; young manTok Pisinyangpela mankalik átláikauh2Personperson
kaukaualienable nounEnglishsweet potato (generic term)Tok Pisinkaukaubalbal1pánpán2surwán kaukau a suski kán burkut5.2Foodfood
kaul pas-itransitive serial verbSurwás pasi; top pasiEnglishincludearound/surround getPákánbung di nagogon i Kiapmorot suri ngo a sipki mani kán aratintin, nagogon a top pas tám aratintin ngo ái mul a sipki te til on á mani kán aratintin. Ái tám aratintin kán tu kis taladeng má kápte a mánán on ngo nagogon ákte kaul pasi má ái mul ákte tur i nagogon.When they courted Kiapmorot for stealing the school's money, the law grasped/reached out to (catch) the teacher that he also stole some from the school's money. The teacher was unknowing and he did not know that the law had included him and (that) he also was courted.wás tikliknaiwás palai; wás pisra palaikauli
kaul-itransitive verbSuraririu káriEnglisharound; surroundingTan kakun Ieriko dikte bat kauli kándi malar mai tilik bámlin bat suri da máng kusak ur on i kándi tan kurtara. (Eba 11.30)The people from Jericho had walled surrounded their village/town with a large thickness of wall lest their enemies would enter into it.dan kaulkaul pasi
kaulbekalienable nounSurngisán sukEnglishvine type; thorny vineThe kaulbek is a kind of vine that grows around the jungle. This vine has thorns that are long. The Bible says that this exact vine they got it and they wove it into a wreath and they put it on the head of our Lord Jesus when they were preparing to nail him to the cross.1.5.3Grass, herb, vinevine
kaunamodifierSurbia; kápte táit turánEnglishonlyTu ololás kauna á di ani á kalilik má kápte te gemnai. Tan wák di tu tari ololás bia má kápte di tar te gemnai turán.It was only coconut cooked food the guys ate and there was no accompaniment (nothing to go with it, i.e. meat or greens). The women just gave coconut cooked food alone and they did not give any accompaniment with it.masik
kaungangkaungamkaungákaungáninalienable nounkaungamkaungánkaungá gitEnglishmy voice2.1Bodybody part human
kauraintransitive verbEnglishappear; dawning; riseThis is used of things which appear on a regular basis, as sun or moon.dorah1.7Nature, environmentnature
kausintransitive verbEnglishdirty; cloudyThis term is used of both fresh water (rivers) and salt water (ocean).dur1
kautintransitive verbSurmarán mátmátiah a posEnglishstarryThis implies a crystal clear night with thousands of stars visible.
kaut-itransitive verbSurrup on; tola páptaiEnglishscratchPákánbung di torong ái kalilik ami pokori, ki ák rup i di á surwán kuikui. Má inái a marán i kándi tan gengen manu kabin a kaut di i surwán kuikui.When the guys were going through the kunai grassland, then the kuikui thorns pierced them. And now there are many of their small sores because the kuikui thorns scratched them.Nabung ái mámán ái kalik a tár pákán woiwoi uri mat mák rup on i kaután woiwoi. Má inái má ák sut á kuir er a kauti á kaután woiwoi.Yesterday the child's mother chopped woiwoi leaves for a mat and she was pierced by the woiwoi thorns. And now that part that the woiwoi thorns scratched is swollen.kaután
kautáninalienable nounSursitán pákán táit ngo suk a lu arturEnglishthornTan pákán táit ngorer i naum, marit, woiwoi má te tan táit ngorer i marit, a lu mon i surwán i di a lu kis i hiusán pákán má i katbán pákán i di mul. Má tan surwán i di erei di lu utngi mul ngo kaután pákán marit ngo kaután pákán táit ngorer.Leaves of things like naum, marit, woiwoi (all types of pandanus) and some things like pandanus, there are their thorns that are on the edge of their leaves and in the middle of their leaves also. And those thorns of theirs they also call the thorn of the pandanus leaf or the thorn of the leaf of something like that.surwánkauti
kawangkawamkáu2káwáninalienable nounkawamkáwánkáu git (káu2)Englishmy uncle; my sister's childTok Pisinkandere bilong miThis is the reference term for one's maternal uncle, a person's mother's brother, or for a man's sister's child.arakáwánkáwánkoko4.1.9Kinshipkinship
kábauunspec. var. ofkubau
kábáikám/kábái
kábáiralienable nounSurkesi kuir áirEnglishone section of fenceárán6.2.1Growing cropsgarden
kábálEnglishlap (?)2.1Bodybody part human
Kábárámalienable nounEnglishhamlet nameThis hamlet is on the outskirts of Tekedan village.8.5Locationlocation
kábir1alienable nounEnglishoysterThe kábir is also just like the molot (clam type), but it is small. Its colors are varied. The kábir lives in coral out in the deep and on the reef too. The kábir lives in niches in the coral and it is very difficult to get-hold. When they want to get it to eat it, then they pry it with a piece of iron from that place where they live.5.2Food6.4.5Fishingfood; marine life
kábir2alienable nounEnglishaxepalngat6.7Tooltool