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  2. Pidgin terms for animals


  abus game mammals, general term
  aina whitebait
  ainanga / aivanga whitebait
  ambusa porpoise, dolphin
  anis ant
  atun tuna, bonito
  balus pigeon, dove, also general term for bird
  battaplai butterfly
  bembe butterfly
  bikbel toadfish, pufferfisch, also buffalo
  bikmaus freshwater fish sp and codfish, groper
  pikpela pato goose
  binatang insect general term and also all little
  animals
  binen honeybee (oldfashioned)
  bislama bêche-de-mer
  blakbokis flying fox, cf. plaim poks
  blak koki black cockatoo
  blu lang March fly
  blupela pis blue parrot-fish
  bokis toadfish (careful, means also vagina)
  bonon dugong
  bosi tiger snail
  buka crow
  bulmakau cattle
  bulmakau bilong solwara dugong
  bunpis milkfish, ox-eye herring
  buris a fish
  dangil mackerel
  demdem snail
  dok dog
  donki donkey
  epa / eipa Manta sp., stingray,. cf. par
  esel donkey (oldfashioned)
  fli flea
  gam bailer shell, large cowrie
  girigiri Cypraea  spp small cowrie,
  golip Pinctada maxima , mother-of-pearl shell,
  goldlip shell
  gosgos louse
  grasop grasshopper
  grile Tinea  spp ringworm (skin disease),
  grilepis perch
  guma snail
  guria guria crowned pidgin
  hos horse
  kakalak cockroach, cf. kokoros
  kakaruk domestic fowl
  kal a bird
  kalang goldlip shell
  kalangar parakeet, also a red fish
  kanai gull, seagull
  kangkang small crow
  kapul marsupial, or large game mammal
  karabu water buffalo
  karua / karawa sea mullet
  katul hermit crab
  kavivi hawk
  kina oyster, clam, goldlip shell
  kindam prawn, shrimp, crayfish, lobster
  kinya pearl shell, mussel
  klamsel general term for all clams and mussels,
  specifically: Tridacna  (Mussau)
  klangal Eclectus parrot
  koki sulphur crested cockatoo
  kokomo hornbill
  kok(o)ros cockroach, cf.kakalak
  kol herring
  korakum / karakum big green (and red) ant
  korvo stingray
  kotkot crow, raven
  kumul bird of paradise
  kuka crab, terrestrial
  kurita octopus
  kuskus Phalanger  spp., Spilocuscus  spp.,
  cuscus
  lala a shoal fish, tailorfish, mackerel
  lalai Trochus shell
  lang fly
  langur trevally (fish)
  las dart (fish)
  laus louse, flea
  longpela maus garfish, Slender Long Tom
  longpela nek crane, heron, egret
  lori parrot
  makau tilapia
  malambul herring, scad
  malisa / melisa barracuda, sea pike
  malio / maleo eel
  malip small parrot
  manangunai sea eagle
  manigulai sea eagle, osprey
  manua a bird
  marak a fish
  marip lorikeet
  maulpis a fish
  mausgras catfish
  meme goat
  miliped milipede
  moran python
  morso a reef fish
  moskito mosquito, cf. natnat
  mosong bilong solwara jellyfish, sponge
  mumut bandicoot
  muruk cassowary
  musmus bedbug
  natnat mosquito, sandfly, gnat, cf. moskito
  nilpis blowfish, scorpionfish
  ninik bee, wasp
  palai / pelai lizard, gecko, iguana
  par stingray
  pato duck
  paul fowl
  pik pig
  pipi turkey
  pis fish, general term
  pis i gat so sawfish, cf. sopis
  pis waisan brass
  pisin bird general term
  pislama trepang (beche de mer)
  plaim poks flying fox, cf. blakbokis
  plantihan centipede, cf. sandavel
  popis porpoise
  prok frog, toad, cf. rokrok
  pukpuk crocodile
  pusi cat
  rat rodent general, small game mammal
  raba snek leech
  redpela pis red or sea bass, snapper
  rokrok frog, cf. prok
  sak shark
  sak angau dogfish
  sandavel centipede, cf. plantihan
  sela diving duck
  sikau wallaby
  sipsip sheep
  snek snake, worm, maggot
  snek bilong graun worm
  sopis sawfish, marlin, cf. pis i gat so
  spaida spider
  talai sardine
  talibun / talbum Turbo marmorata,  green snail shell
  tambu small shells (currency)
  tangir Spanish mackerel, kingfish
  tarar a shellfish
  tauka cuttlefish, squid
  taur Triton, conch shell
  t(a)rangau eagle, hawk (large birds of prey)
  trausel tortoise, turtle
  ula a fish
  urita octopus
  waitpela anis termite
  waitpela gras heron, egret
  wel paul brush turkey and scrub fowl
  wusta oyster