bilong

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

blong

Preposition

bilong (Tok Inglis, belong > Tok Pisin bilong)

bilong samting, bilong sampela samting, bilong sampela manmeri
sista bilong mi
yumi save em long, em i mekim dispela
man bilong dringim bia

man bilong paitim

Tok Frens: à
Tok Inglis: of, belong
Tok Kotava: pu
Tok Solresol: fa

Cebuano

Etymology

Attested in Encarnacion's Diccionario Bisaya-Español—3rd Edition, 1885

Noun

bilong [[Category:Templet:ceb nouns|bilong]]

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Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

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Preposition

bilong

of, belonging to
sista bilong mi - my sister

James Leach and Porer Nombo, Reite Plants, p. 10
ol bai kisim retpela plaua bilong en
they gather the red flowers of this shrub
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  God i kamapim ol kain kain animal bilong ples na ol bikpela na liklik animal bilong bus. God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas.
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having a tendency to, known for
man bilong dringim bia - a drunk

man bilong paitim - an aggressive man
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for the purpose of
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  Ol dispela lait i mas kamap long skai bilong givim lait long graun.”
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James Leach and Porer Nombo, Reite Plants, p. 38
Skin diwai bilong rausim tewel
Bark for banishing spirits

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