Tok Pisin

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Tok Pisin:English:
mafla muffler
majestret magistrate
majik, puripuri, sanguma magic
mak bilong fut footprint
makao tilapia (fish sp.)
makau tilapia fish (Sepik)
makim measure (vb)
makim monument
makim hat o kol temperature
makmak multicoloured
mal G-string
mal man's bark type or G-string
malangan, malagan practice of making totemic figures (also called malangans) to honor the dead
malaria malaria
maleo eel
malmalum soft
malolo rest
mama i karim born
mama, mami mother
mama, mami mummy
mama, mami mom
mambu bamboo
mambu bamboo pipe
mambu bilong bensin petrol pipe
mambu bilong blut artery
mambu bilong blut vein
mambu bilong nek gullet
mambu bilong nek windpipe
mambu bilong wara water pipe
mami, yam yam
man male
man man
man bilong bikmaus loudmouth
man bilong giaman, giamanman liar
man bilong kaikai glutton
man bilong lotu churchgoer
man bilong nambis coastal man
man bilong pait aggressive person
man bilong pait warrior
man bilong samapim klos tailor (n)
man bilong save clever person
man bilong save learned person
man bilong toktok talkative person
man bilong wok good worker
man bilong wok industrious person
man bilong wokim gaden farmer
man bisnis businessman
man i gat kot the accused
man i go i kam long kot persistent offender
man i save katim gras bilong het hairdresser
man i soim rot or gait guide
man i tanim tok ples interpreter
man i wokim artificial
man nogut, raskol criminal
man, meri person
Mande Monday
mangal envy
mangalim covet, be jealous of
mango mango
mani money
mani ain coin
manmeri , pipel men & women
manmeri, pipel people
map map
marasin medicine
marasin bilong kilim jem, marasin bilong klinim sua antiseptic
marimari pity, mercy
marit married
marita pandanus fruit
maritim marry
maritman husband
maritman/meri married man/woman
Mas March
mas must
masalai spirit
masin machine
masis matches
masis i kol matches are wet, won't light
masket, raifol, gan gun
maski although
maski forget about, ignore
maski never mind
masta white adult male (term originated in colonial times)
masta mak surveyor
masta, bos boss
mastamisis, ol waitman Europeans
mastet mustard
mat or tepik carpet
matakiau blind in one eye
mau ripe
maunten hill
maunten mountain
maus mouth
maus bilong gumi valve stem on inner tube
mausgras catfish
mausgras moustache
mauspas dumb
me may
mekenik mechanic
mekim do
mekim gen repeat
mekim i masis blow out a match
mekim long pinga long point out
mekim Misa celebrate Mass
mekim ofa offer
mekim poisen long make magic against
mel long balus air mail
melen melon
meme pulp
meme, me goat
memeim pound
memeim pulverize
menaga manager
meri female
meri wife
meri woman
mi I
mi me
mi laikim yu tru I love you
mi wanpela I alone
mi yet I myself
miksim mix
milimita millimetre
min mean
minit minute
minit moment
mipela we
misin mission
misinare missionary
misis woman, wife (European)
misis kwin queen
missinari, misinari missionary
mit steak
mit bilong lek thigh
mit bilong pikinini bulmakau veal
mit, solmit saltmeat
mita metre
mitim ka, bungim ka pass (oncoming) car
mitripela we (three excl)
mitupela we (two excl)
mo more
moa nogut worse
moa tru most
mobeta better
mobeta sapos it would be better if
moga ceremony surrounding the giving away of goods to display one's wealth (Highlands)
Mokolkols nomadic tribe from East New Britain province
moning good morning
moningtaim morning
moran carpet snake
moran python
mosong fuzz, fine hair
motobaik motor-bike
motu indigenous people of the Port Moresby area; language spoken by these people; one of the three nation
mowa lawnmower
muli lemon
muli lime (powder)
muliwara like, as
mumu cooking pit, ground oven
mumu ground oven
mumuim pressure-cook
mumut bandicoot
mumutim scavenge
mun month
mun moon
mun i godaun moon sets
mun i kamap moon rises
mun i kilim, i lukim meri menstruating
muruk cassowary
musik or sing sing music
mwala decorated armlets made from cone shells used for trade in the Kula Ring islands