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Tok Pisin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A creole of Indo-European, Malayo-Polynesian and Trans-New Guinean languages (principally English and Kuanua).

Relateds

pidgin · Bislama · Pijin · Yumpla Tok · Wiktionary’s coverage of Tok Pisin terms · Kriol

Synonyms

Melanesian Pidgin English · tpi · Neo-Melanesian · Neomelanesian

Translations (13)

ru ток-писин (language) · cmn 巴布亞皮欽語 /巴布亚皮钦语 (language) · sv tok pisin (language) · fi tok-pisin (language) · el τοκ πίσιν (language) · sk neomelanézština (language) · tr Tok Pisin (language) · sk tok pisin (language) · tpi Tok Pisin (language) · de Neuguinea-Pidgin (language) · nl Tok Pisin (language) · sk novoguinejský pidžin (language) · mpt Wan Weng (language)

Tok Pisin en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /tɒk ˈpɪsɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Tok Pisin Tok Pisin, from English talk + pidgin or business.

Meanings

1. One of the official languages of Papua New Guinea.