hap sankamap

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

  • hap san i kamap

Etymology

From hap (“part”) + sankamap (“sunrise”), perhaps a calque of Levant.

Noun

hap sankamap

  1. east
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:14 (translation here):
      Nem bilong namba 3 wara em Taigris na em i ran i go long hap sankamap bilong kantri Asiria. Na nem bilong namba 4 wara em Yufretis.
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