Tok Pisin

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ba bar
bagarap break down
bagarap worn out
bagarapim spoil
bagi red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands
bai will
Baibel Bible
baim buy
baim pay for
baim rent
baim bas catch a bus
baim rum gat pay bail
baksait back (rear)
baksait bilong lek calf of leg
baksait bilong nek nape of neck
baksait; bek back
balm, peim pay (vb)
balus aeroplane, airplane
balus airplane, aeroplane
balus pigeon
baman barman, bartender
bamim bump
banana banana
banana boat trade boat or dinghy
banara bow
banaras bows and arrows
banis fence
banis ribs
banis wall
banis bilong susu brassiere, bra
banisim enclose
banisim fence in
baret trench, drain
bas, PMV bus
basket basket
bata butter
baten button
bateri battery
bautim turn (boat)
bek back (again)
bek bag (n)
bekbun backbone
bekim tok reply
bel belly
bel i pas constipated
bel i tantanim nauseated
belhevi regret
belisi calm (person)
belisi peaceful (person)
belo bell
belo bilong klok clock's alarm
belo kaikai noon
benetii cassowary (New Britain); see also Muruk
beng bank
bensin gasoline
bensin petrol (gasoline)
bet bed
bet sel canvas stretcher
bia beer
bigman important man; leader
bihain later on
bihain next (after)
bihain long behind
bihain long since (time)
bihain tru last
bihain, bihain long after, afterwards
bihainim copy
bihainim follow
bihainim imitate
bihaintaim or taim i lus late (behind time) later
bikbus dense bush
bikhet stubborn, conceited
bikmama, smolmama, kandere aunt, paternal
biknait dead of night
biknait midnight
bikpela big
bikpela main
bikpela man adult
bikpela su boot (n)
bikpela tru enormous
bikples main village
bikrot main road
biktaun city
bil bill
bilas decoration
bilas finery
bilas jewelry
bilasim decorate
bilip, bilipim believe
bilong from
bilong in order to
bilong bisnis commercial
bilong em her
bilong em his
bilong husat whose
bilong longwe ples foreign
bilong mi my
bilong mipela our
bilong ol their
bilong olgeta man na meri public
bilong wanem, long wanem, bikos because
bilong wanem, wasmara, watpo why
bilong wanem? what for?
bilong yu your
bilum string netbag
bin did
bin past tense marker
bin was
bin, ol bin beans
binatang insect
Bipi Burns Philp
bipo before
bipo former
bipo formerly
bipo long taim before (time)
bipo tru longer than
bipotaim early
birua enemy, opponent
birua, tupela i bam, bagarap accident
bis beads
bisket biscuit
bisnis, lain, famili clan
bisnis, lain, famili moiety
blakbokis flying fox
blakpela black
blakpela sos barbecue sauce
blaksos, blakpela sos, soisos soya sauce
blanket blanket
blokim raise with block and tackle
blu blue
blut blood
blut i kamap bleed
boamasin drilling machine
bodi, skin body
boi; manki, pikinini man boy
boil boiling, be
boilim boil (something)
boipren boyfriend
bokis box (n)
bokis ais ice chest, refrigerator
bokis ais refrigerator
bokis wailis wantem piksa television
bokis, kan, sem (bilong meri) ; bol, kok (bilong man) genitals
bokis, kan, sem bilong meri female genitals
bol testicles
bombom, bumbum coconut frond
bos bilong haus host
bosboi overseer on plantation
bosim control, be in charge of
bosim oversee
boskru boat's crew
boskru sailor(s)
boskru bilong balus/sip crew of plane/ship
bot boat
botol bottle
brada brother
brait wide
bras, brus brush
brata brother
bratasusa brothers and sisters
bratasusa siblings
braun, braunpela brown
braunpela loli chocolate (candy)
brek brake(s)
bret bread
bret loaf of bread
bringim, kisim . . . i kam bring
bris bridge
bris wharf
bros brooch
bros chest
bros bilong tit toothbrush
bruk broken
brukim break
brukim ai wink
brukim bet strip a bed
brukim han make a clenched fist
brukim lo break the law
brukim namel break in halves, divide in two
brukim pepa/klos fold paper/clothes
brukim promis/tok break word
brukim sindaun disturb the peace
brukim/katim lo bite off
brum bilong winim pes fan
brumim sweep
brus, tabak, stik tabak, tobako tobacco
buai , bilinat, bitolnat betelnut
buai, bilinat, bitolnat areca nut
buk boil, swelling, lump
buk book
buk beten prayer book
buk bilong painim mining dictionary
buk em i soim rot guidebook
buk tambu bible
buksop bookshop
bukumatula bachelor house (Trobriand Islands)
bulmakau, kau cattle
bulmakau, kau, abus bulmakau beef
bulsitman skite, con man
bun bone
bun i bruk fracture, broken bone
bun nating thin
bung wantaim unite
bung, maket market
bungim wantaim pack (vb)
bungim, painim meet
bus bush
bus countryside
bus forest
bus, bikbus jungle
buskanaka bush villager
busnaip bush knife