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bilong

Long Wiktionary

Tok Pisin


Alternative forms

Preposition

bilong (Tok Inglis, belong > Tok Pisin bilong)

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


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

  1. 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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  2. having a tendency to, known for
    man bilong dringim bia - a drunk
    man bilong paitim - an aggressive man
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  3. for the purpose of
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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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