decorated armlets made from cone shells used for trade in the kula ring islands in English translates to mwala in Tokpisin

other english words that include "from" :	tokpisin :
apart from	abrus long; longwe liklik long
change money (from notes to coins)	senisim
change money (from one currency to another)	tanim mani
early colonial lingua franca, derived from the Motu language	Police Motu
from	bilong
get someone up from bed	kirapim
leaf money from Milne Bay province	lip, lip bilong diwai
nomadic tribe from East New Britain province	Mokolkols
person from same village	wanples

other english words that include "cone" :	tokpisin :
piece of scone	hap skon
scone(s)	skon

other english words that include "used" :	tokpisin :
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi
the accused	man i gat kot

other english words that include "for" :	tokpisin :
before	bipo
before (time)	bipo long taim
comfortable	gut moa
compensation paid for a wrongdoing, but in reprisal more than revenge	payback
condom, contraceptive for males	gumi bilong kok
contraceptive for females	samting bilong pasim bel
day before yesterday	hapasde
example, for	wankain olsem
fat (for greasing body) , oil	fatwel
for	long
for no reason	nating
forbidden	i tambu
forbidden place	ples tambu
forearm, lower arm	han tambolo, han daunbilo
foreign	bilong longwe ples
foreleg (of pig))	han (bilong pik)
forest	bus
forget	lusim, lusim tingting
forget about, ignore	maski
forgive	lusim, lusim tingting long
fork	pok
former	bipo
formerly	bipo
fornicate	sikrapim bel bilong
fortnight	fotnait
forwards	poret
information	toksave
look for	painim
pay for	baim
platform (railway)	ples bilong wetim tren
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi
strength, force, power	pawa
tea (in liquid form)	ti
unfortunate(ly)	tarangu
wait for	wetim
what for?	bilong wanem?
work for board and keep	wok kaikai

other english words that include "trade" :	tokpisin :
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi
trade boat or dinghy	banana boat

other english words that include "in" :	tokpisin :
acquaintance	poro, poroman
adhesive/sticking plaster	plasta
affines	tambu
again	gen
against	i go long
annoying person	hambakman, sikibaga
appear in court	sanap long kot
back (again)	bek
ballpoint	pen bolpoin or biro
be in a place	stap
begin	kirapim
behind	bihain long
bend (something)	krungutim
binoculars	glas bilong kapten
blind	aipas
blind in one eye	matakiau
boil (something)	boilim
boil, swelling, lump	buk
boiling, be	boil
bowstring	rop bilong banara
brain	kru bilong het
break in halves, divide in two	brukim namel
bring	bringim, kisim . . . i kam
build (something)	wokim
building	haus
bunch of tanket leaves stuck into a belt to cover a man's backside	arse tanket
bunch of tanket leaves stuck into a belt to cover a man's backside (Highlands)	arse gras
businessman	man bisnis
busy (doing something)	wok long
call (something or someone)	singautim
can, tin	tin
captain (of a ship)	kapten
cassowary (New Britain); see also Muruk	benetii
ceremony surrounding the giving away of goods to display one's wealth (Enga)	tee
ceremony surrounding the giving away of goods to display one's wealth (Highlands)	moga
certainly	orait orait
chain	sen
change money (from notes to coins)	senisim
chewing gum	pike
chin	usket, asket
cinema	haus piksa
clearing	ples klia
coin	mani ain
cold season (winter)	taim bilong kol
compensation paid for a wrongdoing, but in reprisal more than revenge	payback
complain	kotim
contain	holim . . . i stap
continue	skruim . . . i go
control, be in charge of	bosim
cooking pit, ground oven	mumu
cordyline plant	tanget
courting ceremony involving crossing legs with a partner; literally 'carry leg' (Highlands)	karim leg
courting ceremony involving rubbing faces together	turnim het
cousin	kasen
cover, lid of something	tuptup
criminal	man nogut, raskol
crumple (something)	krungutim
curtain	laplap bilong windo
dance and/or sing	singsing
dinner	kaikai long belo
do something regularly	save
drain, trench	trench - baret
dress (vb. as in a wound)	klinim sua
drilling machine	boamasin
drink (n)	dring
drink (vb)	dringim
dripping	gris bilong bulmakau
during	long taim bilong
early colonial lingua franca, derived from the Motu language	Police Motu
earrings	ol bilas bilong ia
engine	ensin
evening (early	apinun
evening (late)	nait
everything	olgeta samting
explain	toksave, tok save long
fact, in	em i tru
fat (for greasing body) , oil	fatwel
fence in	banisim
festered (stinking) wound	sua i sting
fin of fish	pul bilong pis
finally	pinis tru
find	painim pinis
find out	painim aut
finery	bilas
finger	pinga
fingernail	kapa bilong pinga
finish	pinis, pinisim
fly (insect)	lang
flying fox	blakbokis
footprint	mak bilong fut
front of, in	ai bilong
frying pan	praipan
fuzz, fine hair	mosong
gasoline	bensin
get into a PMV	kalap long PMV
ginger	gorgor, kawawar
glass (container)	glas
good morning	moning
groin	sangana
G-string	mal
hang (something) up	hangamapim
have sexual intercourse with a woman	hevim seks, wantaim meri, pilai wantaim meri, sutim meri, goapim meri, paulim meri
hind leg (of Pig)	lek (bilong pik)
I think (so)	ating
in	insait long
in order to	bilong
in the middle of	namel long
increase (price)	antapim
independence	independens
indigenous people of the Port Moresby area; language spoken by these people; one of the three nation	motu
indigenous person	kanaka
industrious person	man bilong wok
information	toksave
injection	sut
injure	kilim
in-laws	tambu
inner tube	gumi
insect	binatang
inside	insait
inside of	insait long
instead of	long halivim
insult	nogutim, tok nogutim
interesting	i laikim tru
interfere	paulim
interpreter	man i tanim tok ples
interrupt	katim tok
interviewer	intaviua
intestines	liva
joint	skru
keep, detain	holim pas
kina (monetary unit 100 toea)	kina
kind (friendly)	gut
kind, sort	kain
king	king
know (someone/something)	save long
know how to (do something)	save mekim/wokim
late (behind time) later	bihaintaim or taim i lus
lay (something) down	slipim
leaf money from Milne Bay province	lip, lip bilong diwai
leave behind	larim
lighter (flint)	sigaret laita
lightning	save laik
like (doing something)	klaut i lait
lime juice, lemon drink	kambang
line	lain
living person	laipman
loincloth	laplap
lying down	slip
machine	masin
magazine	niuspepa
main	bikpela
main road	bikrot
main village	bikples
make clear, explain	klirim
make hole in ground	digim hul
make magic against	mekim poisen long
man's bark type or G-string	mal
medicine	marasin
meeting	kibung, kivung, miting
menstruating	mun i kilim, i lukim meri
minibus	liklik bas
minute	minit
morning	moningtaim
mountain	maunten
napkin	napkin
narrative carving done on a wooden board	story board
never mind	maski
nine	nain, nainpela
ninety	nainti, nainpela ten
ninety-five	naintifaiv
no smoking!	no ken smok!
nomadic tribe from East New Britain province	Mokolkols
nose pin	pin bilong nus
nothing	i nogat samting, nogat
obtain	kisim
oil (something)	welim, grisim
ointment	gris
old (things)	olpela
open (new business)	kirapim
opinion	tingting
ordinary	nating
origin	as
pain	pain - pen
paint	pen, penim
pass (oncoming) car	mitim ka, bungim ka
pedestrian crossing	ples wokabaut
peeping Tom	lukstilman, man bilong luklukstil
perch, spiny fish	nilpis
petrol (gasoline)	bensin
Pidgin language	tok pisin
pin	pin
pineapple	ananas, painap
pink	ret
point out	mekim long pinga long
practice of making totemic figures (also called malangans) to honor the dead	malangan, malagan
Prime Minister	Prai Minista
province	provins
pumpkin	pamkin
put on (clothing)	pasim
Qantas (airline)	Kwantas
rain	ren
rainbow	renbo
raincoat	kotren, kot ren
raining, it is	ren i kamdaun or pundaun
rainy season	taim bilong ren
raise, increase	apim (pe)
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi
ring (n)	ring
ring of trading islands in Milne Bay province	Kula Ring
ring the bell	paitim belo
ringworm	grile, skin pukpuk
ritual costume representing a spirit	dukduk
rubbish tin	tin pipia
shell as penis covering	kam
shivering	skin i guria
shut up (talking)	sarap
siblings	bratasusa
sin	pekato
since (time)	bihain long
sing	singsing
sister (kin)	susa
skin	skin
softdrink	loliwara
something	wanpela samting
sore has pus in it	sua i gat susu
sort, kind	kain
spear (Something	spirim
spiny anteater	echidna
sprain	tanim skru
stand up, erect (something)	sanapim
steering wheel	stia
stockings	sokin
strainer	strena
string	string
string netbag	bilum
stringy silverbeet-like vegetable	haibica
suck finger	susuim pinga
tape (recording)	tep
tea (in liquid form)	ti
thin	bun nating
thing	samting
think	ting, tingting
tin	tin
tin opener	op tin
tinea	grile, skin pukpuk
tinned fish	tinpis
tinned meat	tinmit
toea (monetary unit 1/100 Kina)	toea
trade boat or dinghy	banana boat
train	tren
traveling companion	wanwokabaut
trench, drain	baret
tribe which inhabits East New Britain's Gazelle Peninsula	Tolai
turn steering wheel	tanim stia
urinate	pispis
valve stem on inner tube	maus bilong gumi
various kinds of	kainkain
vein	mambu bilong blut
vine	rop, rop bilong diwai
wait in vain	wet nating
washbasin	dis bilong waswas
we (three incl)	yumitripela
we (two incl	yumitupela
weed found in many waterways	salvinia
what are you doing?	yu mekim wanem?
white adult male (term originated in colonial times)	masta
win	winim
wind	win
wind up a window	wokim glas i go antap
window	windo
windpipe	mambu bilong nek
windscreen	winskrin
windscreen wipers	waipa
wine	wain
wing	han bilong pisin
wink	brukim ai
principle	stiatok
missing (as in not present)	no gat

other english words that include "the" :	tokpisin :
another one (different)	narakain
another one (more)	narapela
bathe	waswas
break the law	brukim lo
breathe	pulim win
brothel	haus pamuk
brother	brada
brother	brata
brothers and sisters	bratasusa
ceremony surrounding the giving away of goods to display one's wealth (Enga)	tee
ceremony surrounding the giving away of goods to display one's wealth (Highlands)	moga
change money (from one currency to another)	tanim mani
clear the table	klirim tebol
clothes	klos
courting ceremony involving rubbing faces together	turnim het
dead person, the dead	daiman
disturb the peace	brukim sindaun
each other	wanpela narapela
early colonial lingua franca, derived from the Motu language	Police Motu
either/or	ating
father	papa
feather	gras bilong pisin
feather draped ceremonial body mask	tumbuan
fold paper/clothes	brukim pepa/klos
heathen	hiden
in the middle of	namel long
indigenous people of the Port Moresby area; language spoken by these people; one of the three nation	motu
laundry (clothes)	klos was
leather shoes	su let
light the lamp	ston masis
Lutheran	luteran
mother	mama, mami
now and then	wanpela wanpela taim
other	narapela
other side, opposite side	arasait
over-there	hap, long hap
practice of making totemic figures (also called malangans) to honor the dead	malangan, malagan
press (clothes)	ainim
rather	liklik
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi
release the brake	legoim brek
ring the bell	paitim belo
set the table	stretim, lainim tebol
speak the truth	tok tru
the accused	man i gat kot
theatre	haus piksa
theft	stil
their	bilong ol
then (at that time)	dispela taim
there	long hap
there is	i gat
they	ol
together	wantaim
wash, bathe	waswas
weather (n)	taim

other english words that include "kula" :	tokpisin :
green coconut - kulau	kulau
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi

other english words that include "ring" :	tokpisin :
bowstring	rop bilong banara
bring	bringim, kisim . . . i kam
clearing	ples klia
during	long taim bilong
earrings	ol bilas bilong ia
G-string	mal
man's bark type or G-string	mal
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi
ring (n)	ring
ring of trading islands in Milne Bay province	Kula Ring
ring the bell	paitim belo
ringworm	grile, skin pukpuk
shell as penis covering	kam
shivering	skin i guria
steering wheel	stia
string	string
string netbag	bilum
stringy silverbeet-like vegetable	haibica
turn steering wheel	tanim stia

other english words that include "islands" :	tokpisin :
bachelor house (Trobriand Islands)	bukumatula
red shell necklace used for trade in the kula ring islands	bagi
ring of trading islands in Milne Bay province	Kula Ring

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The English term "decorated armlets made from cone shells used for trade in the Kula Ring islands" matches the Tokpisin term "mwala"