English and Tok Pisin Dictionary

Look up useful Tok Pisin and English words for PNG markets, transport, food, farming, travel and daily community use.

Translate English and Tok Pisin words

This is a simple word-by-word helper, not a full grammar translator. Use it for quick marketplace words and short phrases.

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all

olgeta

All or everyone.

bad

nogut

Bad or not good.

bag

bek

Bag.

banana

Banana.

beef

bulmakau mit

Beef.

betel nut

buai

Betel nut.

big

bikpela

Big or important.

boat

bot

Boat.

box

bokis

Box.

bring

bringim

Bring.

bus

bas

Bus.

buy

baim

To buy.

cargo

kago

Cargo or freight.

chicken

kakaruk

Chicken.

child

pikinini

Child.

closed

pas

Closed.

cocoa

kakao

Cocoa.

coconut

kokonas

Coconut.

coffee

kofi

Coffee.

cold

kol

Cold.

come

kam

Come.

danger

denja

Danger.

delivery

Delivery.

driver

draiva

Driver.

farm

gaden

Garden or small farm.

farmer

Farmer.

father

papa

Father.

find

painim

Find.

fish

pis

Fish.

five

faipela

Five.

food

kaikai

Food or to eat.

four

foapela

Four.

freight

kago

Freight or cargo.

fresh

nupela

Fresh or new.

friend

wantok

Friend, relative or same-language person.

garden

gaden

Garden or food plot.

get

kisim

Get or receive.

give

givim

Give.

go

Go.

good

gutpela

Good.

harvest

havest

Harvest.

hello

gude

Common greeting.

help

helpim

Help.

hospital

haus sik

Hospital.

hot

hat

Hot.

house

haus

House or building.

how much

hamas

How much or how many.

I

I or me.

island

ailan

Island.

kilogram

Kilogram.

know

save

Know or understand.

later

bihain

Later or after.

location

ples

Ples or place.

make

mekim

Make or do.

man

Man.

many

planti

Many or a lot.

market

maket

Place for buying and selling.

meat

mit

Meat.

medicine

marasin

Medicine.

message

mesij

Message.

money

mani

Money.

morning

moning

Morning.

mother

mama

Mother.

mountain

maunten

Mountain.

name

nem

Nem.

need

nidim

Need.

new

nupela

New.

night

nait

Night.

no

nogat

No, none or not available.

now

nau

Now.

old

olpela

Old.

old person

lapun

Elder or old person.

one

wanpela

One.

open

Open.

passenger

pasindia

Passenger.

pay

peim

Pay.

person

manmeri

Person or people.

phone

fon

Phone.

pickup

kisim

Pickup or collect.

pig

pik

Pig.

plane

balus

Plane or aircraft.

please

plis

Please.

police

polis

Police.

pork

pik mit

Pork.

price

prais

Price.

province

provins

Province.

quantity

hamas

Quantity or amount.

quick

kwik

Quick.

rain

ren

Ren.

receive

kisim

Receive.

rice

rais

Rice.

river

wara

River or water.

road

rot

Road or route.

safe

seif

Safe.

sago

saksak

Sago.

sea

solwara

Sea or salt water.

see

lukim

See or look at.

sell

salim

To sell or send.

send

salim

Send.

ship

sip

Ship.

sick

sik

Sick.

small

liklik

Small or little.

sorry

sori

Sorry.

strong

strongpela

Strong.

sun

san

Sun.

sweet potato

kaukau

Sweet potato.

take

tekim

Take.

talk

tok

Talk, speech or word.

taro

Taro.

thank you

tenkyu

Also used like English thank you.

they

They or plural marker.

three

tripela

Three.

today

tude

Today.

tomorrow

tumora

Tomorrow.

town

taun

Town.

truck

trak

Truck or vehicle.

two

tupela

Two.

vegetable

kumu

Greens or vegetables.

village

ples

Village, place or home area.

wait

wet

Wait.

want

laik

Want or like.

water

wara

Water.

we

yumi

We including the listener.

what

wanem

What.

when

wanem taim

When.

where

Where.

who

husat

Who.

why

bilong wanem

Why.

woman

meri

Woman.

work

wok

Work or job.

yam

Yam.

yes

Yes.

yesterday

asde

Yesterday.

you

You.