List of Norfuk words and English meanings - Definition and Overview

Norfuk is a language spoken in Norfolk Island:

Expressions

• Whutawaye - Hello, greeting

• Welkam - welcome

• Yorlye (pronounced "YOR-lee") - second person plural "you"

• See yorlye mai - see you all later

• Whutawaye all yorlye - Hello everyone, general greeting to a group

• All yorlye - more common second person plural than simply "yorlye". Similar to the Southern American "y'all"

• Yorlye Kum Baek Sun - You all come back soon, traditional farewell from the island.

Nouns

• Stik - bush, rainforest

• Wettles - food (originally from archaic English "victuals")

• Norfuk Ailen - Norfolk Island

• Kompyuuta - computer

• Baccy - tobacco

• A Trip Ina Stik - A Walk In the Rainforest (tourist attraction)

Grammatical Operators

• Mai - later