Local Drinks

1. Ti

   Tea

   Usage

   It usually arrives with sugar and milk in it

2. Lifti

   Leaf tea

   Usage

   Tea brewed from loose leaves rather than a bag

   Grammar Note

   A compound of "lif" (leaf) and "ti" (tea); Bislama puts the modifier first

3. Neskafe

   Instant coffee

   Usage

   Instant coffee. Brewed coffee is "kofi", a word that covers both the plant and the drink made from it

   Grammar Note

   The brand name Nescafé turned common noun. "Neskava", the word for powdered kava, is coined the same way

4. Jus

   Juice

   Usage

   At the market it may be fresh passionfruit or pawpaw (popo) juice

5. Limonad

   Lemonade

   Usage

   The spelling stays close to French "limonade"

6. Koka

   Cola drink

   Usage

   What you buy at a store (stoa)

   Grammar Note

   ⚠ "kok" can also mean a cola drink, but "kok" also means penis. Use "koka" when you want to avoid the clash

7. Grinkokonas

   Green coconut (for drinking)

   Usage

   Topped and drunk straight from the shell.A dry nut is "draekokonas" and one with a dry husk is "redkokonas"

8. Kolwota

   Cold water

   Grammar Note

   ⚠ "kol" also means coal and call. Inside this compound it is the "cold" sense

9. Aeswota

   Ice water

   Usage

   Ice itself is "aes"

10. Freswota

    Fresh water

    Usage

    The counterpart of "solwota" (salt water). On the islands it usually means the water in a rainwater tank

    Grammar Note

    ⚠ Capitalised, "Freswota" is also a Port Vila suburb. Treat the place name and the drink as different words

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