טאָק־פּיסין

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Noun

טאָק־פּיסין • (tok-pisin) n

1. Tok Pisin (language)
   • 2023 June 22, Dor Shabashewitz, “אַ ייִדישע קרעאָל־שפּראַך אין די קאַריבישע אינדזלען [a yidishe kreol-shprakh in di karibishe indzlen]”, in The Yiddish Daily Forward‎^[1]:

     ...אינעם פֿאַל פֿון די באַקאַנטסטע קרעאָלישע שפּראַכן, אַזאַ ווי טאָק־פּיסין פֿון פּאַפּואַ ניי גינע

     ...inem fal fun di bakantste kreolishe shprakhn, aza vi tok-pisin fun papua ney gine

     In the case of the most well-known creole languages such as Tok Pisin of Papua New Guinea...