The Tokpisin term "sloim ka" matches the English term "slow down"

other tokpisin words that include "ka" : english :
kainkain all sorts of
karamapim tok ambiguous (be)
anka anchor
katim maritnarakain annul a marriage
narakain another one (different)
kamap, kamap long arrive
bikmama, smolmama, kandere aunt, paternal
kago baggage
kamap become
bulmakau, kau, abus bulmakau beef
daka betel pepper
glas bilong kapten binoculars
kaikaim bite
brukim/katim lo bite off
blut i kamap bleed
kalap board (a vehicle)
kalap long PM board a PMV
mama i karim born
kapiak breadfruit
kaikai long moning breakfast
bringim, kisim . . . i kam bring
karamap bundle
buskanaka bush villager
kabis cabbage
kalenda calendar
kamera camera
kandel candle
kanda cane
kanu canoe
pul bilong kanu canoe paddle
kapten captain (of a ship)
kar, ka car
kabureta carburetor
kas cards
lukaut long careful of, be
kago cargo
karet carrot
karim carry
katen carton
kasava, tapiok cassava
kaset cassette
kaswel castor oil
Katolik Catholic
bulmakau, kau cattle
kai bar, kaibar cheap takeaway food bar
kakaruk chicken
kakaruk chook, fowl
katim long akis/tamiok chop
kouk, kokakola Coca-Cola
kakao cocoa
kala colour
plaua bilong kakaruk comb of chicken/rooster
kam come
kambek, kam bek come back
kamaut come out
kam hariap come quickly
kamap come up
kampani company (firm)
tokautim sin confess
ples wokabaut insait long haus corridor, hallway
kostim, kastim cost
katen cotton
kapuk, koten cotton-wool
kaunsila councillor
kaunim count (vb)
kantri country (nation)
karim leg courting ceremony involving crossing legs with a partner; literally 'carry leg' (Highlands)
kasen cousin
karamapim cover (vb)
kuka crab
kukamba cucumber
kap cup
kapti cup of tea
kapet cupboard
kari curry
kastet custard
kastam customs (n)
kat, katim cut
katim i pundaun, pundaunim cut down
katim gras cut grass
karamapim tok deceive
kusaiman, man bilong karamapim tok deceiver
dentis, dokta bilong tit, dokta lukautim tit dentist
switpela kaikai dessert
kamapim develop
narakain, narapela kain different
rot bilong kaikai digestive system
kaikai long belo dinner
sutim kaikai dish up, serve food
katim marit divorce
gris bilong bulmakau dripping
hap san i kamap, or es east
kaikaim eat
wankain equal
gamtri, kamarere eucalyptus tree, gum tree
wankain olsem example, for
let bilong karapela fan belt
katim diwai i pundaun fell a tree
bokis, kan, sem bilong meri female genitals
kisim . . . i kam fetch
kapa bilong pinga fingernail
piak, kapupu flatulate, fart
kaikai food
kakaruk fowl
OPM, Organisasi Papua Merdeka Free West Papua movement
arere bilong kantri frontier
bokis, kan, sem (bilong meri) ; bol, kok (bilong man) genitals
kalap long PMV get into a PMV
gorgor, kawawar ginger
man bilong kaikai glutton
kago goods
katim gras haircut
man i save katim gras bilong het hairdresser
hapkas half-caste
kamautim (kaukau) harvest (sweet potato)
kalabusim imprison
kamapim improve
kanaka indigenous person
katim tok interrupt
laka? isn't it?
wokabaut journey
kalap jump (vb)
kain kind, sort
katim buk lance a boil
kais left
han kais, lep han, lephan left hand
hap kaikai bilong asde leftovers
kamapim lait light (colour)
kambang lime juice, lemon drink
stik kambang lime, lemon
kalabusim lock up, imprison
lukaut! look out!
lukautim look-alike
kas luck
liklik kaikai or belo lunch
kaikai meal
taim bilong kaikai meal time
pas bilong ol kaikai menu
hapkas mixed-race
mun i kamap moon rises
kamera piksa movie camera
ples kanaka native village
belo kaikai noon
kain singsing na danis opera
abrusim ka overtake a car
pul long kanu paddle (canoe)
kalangal parakeet
karamap parcel
pasim kar park (car) (vb)
koki; kalangal parrot
mitim ka, bungim ka pass (oncoming) car
kasang peanut
ples wokabaut pedestrian crossing
pepa, daka pepper
man i go i kam long kot persistent offender
kagoboi porter
kapul, cuscus possum
poskat postcard
kaukau potato, sweet potato
kapsaitim pour
redim/wokim kaikai prepare food
kalabus prison
kalabusman prisoner
pulim, pulim . . . i kam pull
ren i kamdaun or pundaun raining, it is
kamapim mani raise money
katim singsing long teprikoda record (vb) a song
go bek, kambek, kam bek return
pul long kanu row, paddle
wankain same
so, katim long so saw so
kaskas scabies
sekan shake hands
kapa sheet metal
kam shell as penis covering
kalabusim shut up/away
slika silk
wankain similar
pekato sin
soka soccer
kain sort, kind
kaunim, spelim spell
stirim ka steer car
kaukau sweet potato
tapiok, kasara tapioca
kap bilong ti tea-cup
makao tilapia (fish sp.)
makau tilapia fish (Sepik)
kapsaitim tip
turis, kam man tourist
kaunsel haus town hall
senka(r) tracked vehicle
wokabaut travel
wanwokabaut traveling companion
sikau bilong antap tree kangaroo
wokabaut trip, tour
kandere uncle, maternal
hapka utility
karamapim tok vague, be tok
i kastim planti mani valuable
kainkain various kinds of
mit bilong pikinini bulmakau veal
wokabaut long sip voyage (n)
wokabaut walk (vb)
sikau wallaby
wok kaikai work for board and keep
kastim worth
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