1. the Malay apple fruit and tree (Yambosa malaccensis)
2. a kind of hardwood (Eugenia malaccensis)
Category: Tok Pisin to English
aibika
(Edible greens, green leafy vegetable) Hibiscus spinach’ or ‘Sunset hibiscus’ Hisbiscus manihot or Abelmoschus manihot. The centre of origin of the plant is Sulawesi-New Guinea, extending across Melanesia some time before European contact. The taxonomic name, Hisbiscus manihot or Abelmoschus manihot, differs among authorities.
- Mi laik kaikai aibika wantaim tinpis.
I like to eat aibika with tinned fish. - Aibika em gutpela kumu bilong kaikai.
Aibika is a good vegetable to eat.
See also: Aibika in Papua New Guinea
aidia
idea
- Aidia bilong em i gutpela.
Her idea is good. - Ol manmeri i no amamas long aidia bilong nupela takis.
People are not happy with the idea of a new tax.
aidin
iodine (also yot).
aigir
a soup-like dish from East New Britain (made by cooking chicken and vegetables rapidly in coconut milk heated with hot stones)
- Ol i hangre na kukim aigir.
They were hungry so they cooked aigir.
aiglas
eyeglasses, spectacle
- Mi mas putim aiglas long lukluk gut.
I must use spectacles to see well.
aigris
1. flirt, envy, desire, to look longingly at (see also mangalim)
- Yu no ken aigris long kaikai bilong mi.
Do not envy my food. - Ol meri i aigris long dispela man.
The girls give this fellow the glad eye. - Baundo wantaim pikinini i go sindaun arere long haus bilong Loime na aigris long kaikai i stap.
Baundo and his children sat down outside Loime’s house and looked hungrily at the food. - Ol manki go long maket na aigris long ol resa meri.
The boys went to the market and flirted with the fashion girls there.
2. (Place name) Aigris Maket a very small roadside market on the Bulolo-Aseki road near Pararoa Primary School, Watut Council area, Morobe Province, so-named because Watut girls are not meant to flirt at all.
aila
a tree with edible fruit, Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagiferus)
ailan
island
- Ailan Karkar Karkar Island
- Ol manmeri bilong ailan i save swim gut.
Islanders know how to swim. - Ailans the Islands region
ain
iron, steel, made of iron, metallic
- ain bilong tamiok iron axe head
- hat ain hard hat, helmet
- ain mani coins
- Hatim ain na ainim klos.
Heat the iron and iron the clothes. - Yu laikim ain bia o botol bia?
Do you want canned beer or bottled beer?