The Tokpisin term "brukim ai" matches the English term "wink"

other tokpisin words that include "ai" : english :
bihain, bihain long after, afterwards
man bilong pait aggressive person
i gat laip alive
orait all right
kainkain all sorts of
oltaim always
katim maritnarakain annul a marriage
narakain another one (different)
ansaim, bekim tok answer
buai, bilinat, bitolnat areca nut
stret long taim as soon as
sit bilong paia ash(es)
traim attempt
baksait; bek back
baksait back (rear)
wasim, baptaisim baptize
kukim long paia barbecue
paitim beat, beat up
nais beautiful
bipo long taim before (time)
bihain long behind
buai , bilinat, bitolnat betelnut
Baibel Bible
kaikaim bite
em i pait bitter, strong
wailimbung,wailimbum black palm
aipas blind
han bilong diwai branch of tree
kaikai long moning breakfast
lait bright
kukim, paia burn
busnaip bush knife
kil bilong diwai buttress root
baim buy
baksait bilong lek calf of leg
baim bas catch a bus
orait orait certainly
kai bar, kaibar cheap takeaway food bar
luluai chief
kisim long laik choose
bisnis, lain, famili clan
klab; stik bilong pait club
mani ain coin
taim bilong kol cold season (winter)
haitim conceal
tok insait conscience
tok pait controversy
toktok wantaim converse with
bihainim copy
ples wokabaut insait long haus corridor, hallway
draibisket cracker
longlong; waia i lus crazy
diwai kros cross
het bilong diwai crown of tree
krai cry
taim long san daytime
i dai pinis dead
biknait dead of night
daiman dead person, the dead
kusaiman, man bilong karamapim tok deceiver
switpela kaikai dessert
daimen diamond
buk bilong painim mining dictionary
dai pinis die
narakain, narapela kain different
rot bilong kaikai digestive system
kaikai long belo dinner
disaipel disciple
lain bilong Jisas disciples
painimautim discover
sutim kaikai dish up, serve food
tok pait dispute
ai i raun dizzy
draivim drive (vb)
draiva driver
drai, draipela dry
draibisket dry biscuit
taim bilong san dry season
long taim bilong during
bipotaim early
kaikaim eat
haus luluai bilong longwe ples embassy
wankain equal
mastamisis, ol waitman Europeans
ai eve
nait evening (late)
wankain olsem example, for
taitim bun exert oneself
eksospaip exhaust pipe
dua i go ausait exit (n)
gras bilong ai eyebrow, eyelash
lain, famili family
arasait far side
traipela, patpela fat, large
katim diwai i pundaun fell a tree
ples kunai field
fiftifaiv fifty-five
pait fight (vb)
fail file
painim pinis find
painim aut find out
paia fire
paiawut firewood
pastaim first, firstly
faiv, faipela five
oraitim fix up
taia i plat flat (tyre/tire)
plai flies (bird)
plai fly (vb)
bihainim follow
kaikai food
fotnait fortnight
fowil draiv four-wheel drive
taim bilong malolo, wiken free time
Fraide Friday
i bin praim fried
prairais fried rice
ai bilong front of, in
i ais pinis frozen
pikinini bilong diwai; prut fruit
praim fry
praipan frying pan
dewel bilong man i dai ghost (of dead person)
man bilong kaikai glutton
palai goanna
gut nait good night
tok baksait gossip about
ol pikinini bilong rop wain grapes
ples kunai grassy patch
kukim (antap) long paia grill
lain group
sambai long guard (vb
man i soim rot or gait guide
masket, raifol, gan gun
no laikim tru, hetim hate
hevim seks, wantaim meri, pilai wantaim meri, sutim meri, goapim meri, paulim meri have sexual intercourse with a woman
drai heal (of sore)
hat ain helmet
haiskul high school
haiwara high tide
hallans, hailens highlands
haiwe highway
paitim hit
haisapim, apim, winsim hoist, lift up
taim bilong san hot season (summer)
ais ice
bokis ais ice chest, refrigerator
aisblok iceblock
aiskrim ice-cream
bihainim imitate
insait long in
insait inside
insait long inside of
i laikim tru interesting
ain; ainim, ainim klos iron
ailan island
Julai July
stret long taim just when
kilim i dai pinis kill
kain kind, sort
wokim, paitim bret knead bread
naip knife
paitim dua knock at door
traipela large
bihain tru last
bihaintaim or taim i lus late (behind time) later
bihain later on
lip, lip bilong diwai leaf money from Milne Bay province
lainim learn
lain learn about
kais left
han kais, lep han, lephan left hand
hap kaikai bilong asde leftovers
rait letter (character)
laisens, pemit licence
lait light
kamapim lait light (colour)
tulait light (gas)
laita lighter (cigarette)
sigaret laita lighter (flint)
save laik lightning
klaut i lait like (doing something)
laikim lime spatula
lain line
laipman living person
palai lizard
longpela taim long (time), long ago
haus lain long house (Highlands)
painim look for
laikim love
tait i slek low tide
liklik kaikai or belo lunch
ailan Manam Manam Island
kaikai meal
taim bilong kaikai meal time
bungim, painim meet
pas bilong ol kaikai menu
biknait midnight
bisnis, lain, famili moiety
moningtaim morning
motobaik motor-bike
papai mushroom
baksait bilong nek nape of neck
i no brait narrow
nidim, laikim need
i no gat wanpela taim never
bihain next (after)
naispela nice, attractive
nait night
nain, nainpela nine
nainti, nainpela ten ninety
naintifaiv ninety-five
belo kaikai noon
pepa bilong raitim leta notepaper
wanpela wanpela taim now and then
wanpela wanpela taim occasionally
oke, orait okay
pikinini diwai oliv olives
wanpela taim once
wanpela taim mo once more
wanpela sait long su, wanpela su one shoe
kain singsing na danis opera
arasait opposite
oda, odaim order
arasait other side, opposite side
ausait outside
bungim wantaim pack (vb)
pain - pen pain
insait long han palm of hand
baim rum gat pay bail
baim pay for
potnait pay week
gutpela taim peace
wanlain person of same (age, social) group
pai pie
pailat pilot
ananas, painap pineapple
paip pipe
pilai, pilaim play
pilaim gita, piano play guitar, piano
wanpilai playmate
plais pliers
diwai pole
kapsaitim pour
traim practise
redim/wokim kaikai prepare food
ainim press (clothes)
nais pretty
prais, pe price
praimeri skul primary school
Prai Minista Prime Minister
taia i plat puncture
pairitrum pyrethrum
lain queue
kwik, kwiktaim quickly
kwait, i no gat nois, no ken mekim nois quiet, quietly
wailis radio
taim bilong ren rainy season
bokis ais refrigerator
baim rent
rais rice
raifol, gan rifle
raithan, han sut right (hand)
paitim belo ring the bell
i bin kukim long paia roast
wankain same
tok hait secret
sampela taim seldom
stretim, lainim tebol set the table
ples bilong hait shelter (n)
plang bilong pait shield
sait, hapsait side
raitim nem long sign (vb)
sain sign, signal (n)
wankain similar
bihain long since (time)
Sikismail Sixmile
ai i hevi, ai x slip sleepy
ais snow
sampela taim sometimes
no longtaim, klosap, klostu, kwiktaim soon
kain sort, kind
aiglas spectacles
masalai spirit
pilai sport
stia, stiaim steer
dai (indai)i stop, stopim stop
straight on - stret straight on
haibica stringy silverbeet-like vegetable
lainim study (vb)
tais swamp
kunai sword grass
kil bilong diwai tap root
traiim taste (vb)
wailis telegram
bokis wailis wantem piksa television
traim tempt
dispela taim then (at that time)
klaut i pairap thunder
tait tide
nektait tie (n)
taitim tighten
taim time
taimtebol timetable
kapsaitim tip
wantaim together
tunait tonight
diwai tree
Tolai tribe which inhabits East New Britain's Gazelle Peninsula
traim try, try on
tupela taim twice
taipim type
taipraita typewriter
taipis typist
taia, taia stret tyre
i no naispela ugly
bung wantaim unite
kwiktaim urgently
kainkain various kinds of
kumu, sayor, grins, saior vegetables
tulait very bright
rop, rop bilong diwai vine
laik want
pait war
man bilong pait warrior
taim weather (n)
taim bilong ren wet season
wil , taia wheel (with tyre on)
wataim or wanem taim when
wait, waitpela white
waitman white man, European
brait wide
wel, welpela, wail, wailpela wild
bai will
waipa windscreen wipers
wain wine
wailis wireless
wantaim with
nais tumas wonderful
diwai wood (timber)
wok kaikai work for board and keep
sua i drai wound heals
raitim write
lukim yu behain goodbye, bye, see you later
mi laikim yu tru I love you
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