bilong
Tok Pisin
Alternative forms
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
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:25 (translation here):
- 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.
- having a tendency to, known for
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:7 (translation here):
- Orait dispela banis i kamap. God i mekim dispela banis i kamap bilong banisim wara antap na wara daunbilo.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:7 (translation here):
- for the purpose of
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):
- Ol dispela lait i mas kamap long skai bilong givim lait long graun.”
- James Leach and Porer Nombo, Reite Plants, p. 38
Skin diwai bilong rausim tewel
Bark for banishing spirits
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):
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