long taladengSurlain longoi mai rakrakaiEnglishdo exceedingly welldo extremelyTám arbin er a arbin tungu i Sade, matananu di pángáng on sang á kán arbin. A long taladeng on sang, pasi tan kálámul kápdite kálik wor.That speaker who preached last Sunday, the people were gaping/amazed indeed at his preaching. He did it extremely (did it exceedingly well), resulting in people did not talk (even) a little.longoi
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long timan kalengna-iSurarkabat kalengEnglishresolve; restitutedo straighten/correct returnanokwailongoi; timani
long timan-iEnglishstraighten; tidydo straighten/correctlong sarailongoi
long tus-iSurlong muswan on sangEnglishdo accurately; do for realdo pointThe implication of this term is to really do something, to fulfil one's promise or do what one said.longoi
long-oiEnglishdo; make; build; constructTok PisinwokimThis is a generic term for doing, building, or making an item, like a house, or performing an action, like doing work. It is also used with the connotation of messing something up. The reduplicated form (longlongoi) is commonly said to children to tell them to stop doing what they're doing lest they break something or mess things up in some way. See the cross references and the preceding and following entries for some examples of this word used in idioms and phrases.bilsaiingailonglongoisak longoitu long taladeng
longlong sáksákna-iEnglishruin repeatedlydo do ruinlonglongoilong sáksáknai
longlong tomonoSurkápte hol tangrai táit a longoiEnglishstupid; without forethought; carelesslydoing Tomono or what Tomono doesThis is from the story about a stupid man named Tomono.Kesi kalik di dos on suri kipi rat namnam tilami bos uradi malar. Má kákán kalik er a oboi aru rat, kes a mon i táit i polgon, má kes, wáin rat. Ki kalik er a top pasi wáin rat áng kipi uradi malar. Má pákánbung a hut adi malar má dik mákái ngo a kipi wáin rat, ki dik parai singin, "Awái, uk longlong tomono mai kipi wáin rat tilami bos, má imi sang á rat ngo una kipi."A child they commanded him to bring a basket of food from up in the jungle down to the village. And that child's father put/placed two baskets, one had something inside, and one (was) an empty basket. Then that child grasped the empty basket and brought it down to the village. And when he arrived down at the village and they saw that he brought the empty basket, then they said to him, "Hey, you have done a tomono with bringing an empty basket from up in the jungle, and up there yet is the basket you were to bring."longlongoi3.5.3.1Wordinteresting idiom
longlong wakSura lu lala laes ngo a kuluk singin tan lite; agur pasi táitEnglishproud; boastful; tricky; deceitfuldoing a wallaby or what a wallaby doesThis includes being proud and boastful in public, and when the opposite sex is involved, of flirting with them. This meaning is based on the behaviour of the wallaby in traditional Sursurunga stories where, in addition to the above characteristics, he tricks and deceives people and other animals.Ngo tám him a lu lala laes suri kán him mák lu parai ngo ái sang a kuluk i kán him alari him kán tan lite, ki a longlong wak i mátán matananu.If a worker is very happy/proud about his work and says that he himself his work is good away from (compared with, i.e. better than) the work of others, then he is doing a wallaby (being proud/boastful) in the eyes of people (publicly).Ngo kálámul a lu agur pasi pirán tabal kán tan lite má nák himnai pasi kopkobon, mái sár kápate longoi ngorer a parai, ki kálámul er a longlong wak mam rung er a agur pasi kándi pirán.When a person deceives-getting the money of others and will work/invest it getting growth/interest, however he does not do like he said, then that person is doing a wallaby with (deceiving) those whose money he lied to get.longlongoi3.5.3.1Wordinteresting idiom
longlongoi1Surtungai himnaiEnglishkeep on doingGama tungai him sang ngorer pang i pákánbung ngo kángit tátáil na hut main suri mák gam. Má ngo na mák gam ngo kamu tu kálik lu longlongoi sang á him erei, ki na gasgas i bál suri him gam longoi.You all should continue to work like that until the time our leader will arrive here to see you. And if/when he sees you that you are indeed continuing to do a little of that work, then his stomach will be happy about the work you are doing.longlong tomonolonglong waklongoi2Surlong sáksáknai táit ngo kálámulEnglishbotherThis idiomatic usage of this term is typically used in the context of "Don't be doing that."Kalik erei a boptin má kápte iau nem suri gama apádái. A lain boptin er, má koion gama longlongoi suri nák pán.That child is sleeping and I do not want you all to awaken him. He's nicely sleeping there, and don't bother him so he will awaken.sokoi báltokoi bálalahi; alahlahi; arikrikái; asoksokoi; ingai; orok/orkoi; soksok alahi; tok alahi; tokoi; toktok alahi; toktokoilonglong sáksáknai
longoi holholSurparai sál suri da mur onEnglishimpose a plan; impose one's will on anothermake thinkingThis includes the idea of a parent forcing his child to do something the child does not want to do. For differentiation of the 'forcing' verbs, see hustap.
Ái siaman kán STK a parai sál suri ngádáh da longoi ngoi á arasosah i Buk án Sak on á pákánbung án arasosah. Ái a longoi á holhol má matananu dik mur sár i kán holhol.The chairman of the STK said the road/way concerning how they were to do the blessing/dedication of the hymnbook at the time of the dedication. Her, she made the thinking (imposed the plan) and the people just followed her thinking.hustap
longoi mai taladengSurkápte hol tangrai táit a longoi; kápte hol namurwai ngádáh a longoi ngoi á himEnglishhaphazardly dodo with very muchlong siari
longoi párángSurbalbal longoi; kápate arsok tili longoiEnglishkeep on; refuse to give upmake/do manyThis might be evidenced by a person keeping after another to do something, continuing to 'bug' the other person even after he has refused.Kálámul minái ák lala tari duk bul i iau ngo ina han tiklik mai ur Namatanai. Iau han kulkulut, má ái ákte lu tari duk i iau suri giura tiklik. A longoi páráng mai hustap pas iau.This man greatly insisted to me that I should go together with him to Namatanai. I refused, but he had already insisted to me that we two would go together. He made many (refused to give up) with forcing me.
longoi sápkinEnglishillicit sexdo badThis is a euphemism for having illicit sexual relations including pre-marital sex and adultery.
longra ilmiEnglishrecognize voice or soundhear recognizeilam/ilmi; longrai
longra kusa-iSurlongra kodongnai worwor; longrai worwor singin liteEnglishoverhearhear acrossIau longra kodongnai worwor di parai uri pasta, má pákánbung iau longra kusai, iak para aposoi si pasta.I heard secretly (without the speakers knowing) the talk they said about the pastor, and when I overheard it, I revealed it to the pastor.Pákánbung ái koner a longrai worwor er di parai, a lala mos i bál suri. Kápgite mánán ngo ai a longra kusai ái á worwor er di parai ur on má ngorer ák lala mos.When that one heard that talk they said, his stomach was very angry about it. We do not know where he overheard that talk they said about him and so was very angry.longrai
longra pala-iSurlongrai má kápte longoi táitEnglishignore; hear but not obeyhear removetu longlongrailongrai
longra pas-iEnglishheed; obey; take to hearthear gettaramlongrai; pasi1
longra tangra-iEnglishponderhear followinghol tangrai; holhol namurwailongrai
longsitEnglishcelebration; festival; feastTok Pisinwokim kaikaiA longsit is a feast or celebration which may or may not include singing and dancing, the main point being that a large meal is involved and people come from all over to participate. It is done in honour of someone or to mark an occasion to remember something.long namnamTypes of feastsawaugomgomngin i polsiusiu kán kaliktabar bulunánáttahtahuntáptápir5.2Food4.3.9.1Customanthro; food
lorEnglishinsect type; ant typeTok PisinkurakumThe lor is a kind of thing that looks like a mur (ant type). Its color is red and it bites if they shake its house. It makes its nest with tree leaves. It gathers together tree leaves and then glues it together for its house. All the lor live inside that house, and only how many (a few, not many) go around looking for food and they bring it to their house and all of them eat it. The lor is often angry. If they live on a cluster of betel nut or they live in a coconut tree and you go to climb that betel nut or coconut, then they get angry and they bite you or they will urinate in your eyes and it will sting.mur21.6.1.7Insectinsect
losangloslosamlosonlosamlosonlos gitEnglishmy scrotumTok Pisinbol bilong misitán káláuloson lamas2.1Bodybody part human
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