Category: D

to double.

to double something

• Taim yu laik wokim bilum, dabolim rop.
  When you want to make the bilum, double the thread.

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.

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

pepper which is chewed with betel nut (also pepa).

to dance

• Musik i pilai gut tru na tupela mekim save long danis.
  Good music is playing and the couple are dancing like crazy.

dust.

dozen.

(New Ireland) therefore (usually olsem na).

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.