to double.
Category: D
dabolim
to double something
- Taim yu laik wokim bilum, dabolim rop.
When you want to make the bilum, double the thread.
dai, indai
1. faint, unconscious, die
- Em i dai.
He has fainted, he is unconscious. - Em i dai pinis.
He is dead. - Em i laik dai.
He is about to die or very sick. - Han bilong mi i dai.
My hand is numb. - Yu ken dai long smok.
You can die from smoking.
2. to stop, to cease, to end, to be ended
- Dispela pasin i dai pinis.
This kind of custom has ended. - Ensin i dai.
The engine stopped. - Klok i dai pinis.
The clock has stopped. - mekim dai lait to put out the light
- Mun i dai pinis.
The month has ended. - samting bilong mekim dai man deadly thing
- Tok i dai.
The matter is settled.
3. to long for, desire
- Mi dai long wara.
I am very thirsty.
daiman
1. a dead person
- Bodi bilong ol daiman i stap longpela taim long mog.
The bodies of the dead people had been in the morgue for a long time.
2. diamonds in a pack of cards
daka
pepper which is chewed with betel nut (also pepa).
danis
to dance
- Musik i pilai gut tru na tupela mekim save long danis.
Good music is playing and the couple are dancing like crazy.
das
dust.
dasan
dozen.
dastawe
(New Ireland) therefore (usually olsem na).
daun
1. down
- Em i kam daun.
It came down. - Kisim i kam daun wantaim yu.
Bring it down with you. - Yu go daun.
You get off (the vehicle).
2. deep, low
- i no daun shallow
- Solwara i daun.
The sea is deep. - ples daun valley
- Wagi em i ples daun long Hailans.
Wahgi Valley is a valley in the Highlands.
3. steep
- rot i go daun tumas a very steep road
4. low
- Haus i daun.
The house is low.